Why do I Think Marketers That Don’t Embrace Google+ Will be Out of Business in a Year?
(Want to skip all this and get the courses right now? Go to http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/TwitterOffer and sign up now!)As I mentioned earlier on Google+ (where you’ll always hear tech news first from me!), I recently just finished a course on Pluralsight all about how you or your friends can embrace Google+ better for your business or clients (you […]
Read more...You’ll Always Hear it First on Google+
I’m starting a new experiment. From now on every post I make to StayNAlive.com will originate on Google+. This goes in line with my earlier post where I suggested that the Blogging landscape is significantly changing, and the blogs that want to survive will need to embrace social means of publishing and discovery. You’ll recognize this […]
Read more...Still Think Facebook’s Not Threatened by Google+? Facebook Now Supports "+" Tagging
As a Google+ user (Author of Google+ For Dummies), and also avid Facebook user (Author of Facebook Application Development For Dummies), I often find myself getting my keys mixed up going back and forth from Google+ to Facebook. This is particularly frustrating for tagging friends. When Google+ launched, I found myself constantly putting in the […]
Read more...Google+ Marketing For Dummies: My New Book!
Today I mailed in the contract for my new book, Google+ Marketing For Dummies. This will be my 5th book and 3rd in the “For Dummies” series by my publisher Wiley. It also marks my second book for Google+, among 3 other books for Facebook. You may have seen articles recently, fueled by Wall Street […]
Read more...Facebook’s Need for Consistency in the Competition With Google
UPDATE: After removing everything in the description and any mention of competition, the ad mentioned here that I created was approved. However, there are still some issues of consistency that Facebook needs to get around. Maybe it’s just a communication issue? Read on… When people such as Google and Twitter mention their inability to integrate […]
Read more...Wondering About Google+? Do Me a Favor and Go Buy My New Book.
You may have read some of my posts about Google+ wondering what it is. Or, maybe you’ve tried out the service, and just can’t see the point. Or perhaps you’re even an active user, looking for tips and strategies to improve your presence on Google+. Whatever your situation, could I ask you a favor? Go […]
Read more...Facebook to Google+: "Hey Look, We Have This Too – It’s Right Here!"
Facebook announced an expected update to its service today that is scheduled to be released on Thursday. It’s a simple one, which brings to the forefront features that Facebook has had all along and Google+ has been getting all the attention for lately: The ability to target posts and elements of a person’s Facebook profile […]
Read more...I’m a Dummy (again)! Writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition
I’m proud to announce that as of this week I am going to be writing Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition. This follows my last Dummies book, Facebook Application Development For Dummies, and will go back to my original roots (through the book I wrote with Jason Alba, I’m on Facebook–Now What???), writing easy to understand […]
Read more...Better Noise Control on Google+ is Coming, but its More Beautiful Than You Think
Over the last 2 or 3 years Facebook, Google, Plaxo, Myspace, and others have all been working on a standard to make fixing the noise problem easier. It’s called ActivityStrea.ms (pronouced “Activity Streams”), and its intention was to make it so companies don’t have to duplicate the efforts of re-creating stream formats in their news […]
Read more..."Follow" Networks and The Creep Factor – Why It Isn’t a Facebook Play
As I was setting up an account for my wife to be able to post to this blog today, I created a Google+ profile for her. She knew, and will probably even use it – some day. However, there’s something I just can’t get passed, and that’s that I’m a little creeped out by the […]
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