http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university San Clemente Web University: Web Design, Web Marketing, SEO, Ecommerce, Social Networking and more! Wed, 23 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/big-list-of-social-media-sites?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-list-of-social-media-sites http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/big-list-of-social-media-sites#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Michael Garrity http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?guid=ee97e1d812a779054f72572c2be38187 At this point, even the most inexperienced Web marketer is aware of the vital role that social media plays in promoting a brand on the Internet. Of course, almost everyone has a presence on at least one of the major social destinations, mainly Faceboo...

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/big-list-of-social-media-sites/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-a-playground-for-email-marketers-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-a-playground-for-email-marketers-2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-a-playground-for-email-marketers-2#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:00:32 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2427 Twitter: A Playground for Email Marketers A recent post from the official Twitter Blog tells of how much the number of tweets has grown in the past years, minus spam. From 5,000 tweets daily in 2007, to a sudden leap to 300,000 the following year, and a huge 2.5 million messages in 2009. The bottom [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-a-playground-for-email-marketers-2/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-networking-is-it-for-you-2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you-2#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:00:59 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2390 Social Networking Is it for you? A question I am frequently asked goes something like this, “With all the different social networking sites out there, how do I know which which is right for me, and how do I find the time to keep up with it?” Great question! One that I am sure we’ve [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you-2/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/3-ways-to-alienate-your-peeps-a-k-a?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-ways-to-alienate-your-peeps-a-k-a http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/3-ways-to-alienate-your-peeps-a-k-a#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:00:25 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2373 3 Ways To Alienate Your Peeps a.k.a. As I put the final touches on my new report and what it means to businesses of all industries — online and offline — there are several things which have hit my inbox this week as great examples of how NOT to market your business and I want [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/3-ways-to-alienate-your-peeps-a-k-a/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-reasons-your-business-should-utilize-facebook?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-ten-reasons-your-business-should-utilize-facebook http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-reasons-your-business-should-utilize-facebook#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:15 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2367 Top Ten Reasons Your Business Should Utilize Facebook 1. There are over 400 million active Facebook users and over 50% of the users login everyday.  This means there is a huge, global audience to market your company to. 2. Facebook is a great place to distribute information about your company including events, photographs, videos, articles, [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-reasons-your-business-should-utilize-facebook/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-101-tips-to-get-you-started?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-101-tips-to-get-you-started http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-101-tips-to-get-you-started#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:00:43 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2363 Twitter 101: Tips to Get You Started I have a confession to make: I was not an early adopter of Twitter. To be honest, I didn’t get it. I didn’t get the language. It seemed like a string of links to even more things I had no time to read. It felt overwhelming. LinkedIn and [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-101-tips-to-get-you-started/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/7-reasons-to-love-hootsuite-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-reasons-to-love-hootsuite-2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/7-reasons-to-love-hootsuite-2#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:00:26 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2357 7 Reasons To Love HootSuite Twittering has progressed from a social “message burst” to a full-fledged social media tool, and more applications are being developed around its unique appeal. There’s a new player in this scenario, and it’s a hoot to use! The newest in social media, HootSuite, is pegged as a “social media dashboard”, [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/7-reasons-to-love-hootsuite-2/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/free-squidoo-lens-for-your-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-squidoo-lens-for-your-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/free-squidoo-lens-for-your-business#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:30 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2351 5 Important Reasons Why You Should Not Miss Out On A Great, Free Squidoo Lens For Your Business There are many excellent ways to market your website online but one often overlooked, free facility, is the creation of a Squidoo lens. A Squidoo lens is for all intents and purposes a free website page hosted [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/free-squidoo-lens-for-your-business/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/would-jesus-have-tweeted?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-jesus-have-tweeted http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/would-jesus-have-tweeted#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:00:21 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=2214 Would Jesus have tweeted? With all this social media around I have asked myself if Jesus would have tweeted: “Performed miracle at Cana wedding. Guests thirsty and restless. Asked mum to fetch more water”, or “Cranking out a few parables after lunch with Stephen Fry”? Recently, the Pope was in Britain and warned of “aggressive [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/would-jesus-have-tweeted/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-twitter-for-business-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-twitter-for-business-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-twitter-for-business-marketing#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:00:26 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1724 5 Reasons You Should Use LinkedIn Groups for Business Social Networking Today, social media networks allow business professionals to network like they never have before. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter allow business professionals to connect with people within their industry from all over the world. Social networking sites not only allow professionals to expand their contacts [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-twitter-for-business-marketing/feed 2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/facebook-fans-page-and-a-good-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-fans-page-and-a-good-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/facebook-fans-page-and-a-good-business#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:00:43 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1674 The Most Common Traits Of Social Networking Sites With the development and frequent use of internet, more and people are keeping in touch with one another. Not just keeping in touch with current friends but making new ones from others with common interests and views. Because of this, social networking sites like Youtube, MySpace, Hello [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/facebook-fans-page-and-a-good-business/feed 2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-networking-is-it-for-you http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:00:23 +0000 Web_University http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1656 Social Networking: Is it for you? A question I am frequently asked goes something like this, “With all the different social networking sites out there, how do I know which which is right for me, and how do I find the time to keep up with it?” Great question! One that I am sure we’ve [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-it-for-you/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/what-to-expect-from-web-3-0-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-expect-from-web-3-0-2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/what-to-expect-from-web-3-0-2#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:00:45 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1411 What to Expect from Web 3.0 The buzz is growing about Web 3.0, but as usual you have to filter out all the hype, self-serving PR, old-fashioned nonsense, newfangled marketing verbiage and other noise. You will then find a few facts that you can grab onto and try to figure out what’s going on. The [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/what-to-expect-from-web-3-0-2/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/linkedin-best-practices-for-you-and-your-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=linkedin-best-practices-for-you-and-your-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/linkedin-best-practices-for-you-and-your-business#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:00:45 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1393 LinkedIn – Best Practices For You and Your Business LinkedIn is a professional, business networking tool that is too easily lumped into the social networking service. Even though many of the same modes of operation are employed, the focus is on professionals, professional dialog, professional opportunities, and companies. This list of LinkedIn best practices was [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/linkedin-best-practices-for-you-and-your-business/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/dummies-guide-to-facebook-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dummies-guide-to-facebook-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/dummies-guide-to-facebook-marketing#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:00:14 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1371 Dummies Guide to Facebook Marketing Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 4 years, you know how popular and widely used Facebook is today. Just a couple of years ago, you had to relentlessly encourage your family and friends to join this social networking website (shortly after others had convinced you to [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/dummies-guide-to-facebook-marketing/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/building-brand-identity-marketing-with-twitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-brand-identity-marketing-with-twitter http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/building-brand-identity-marketing-with-twitter#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:29 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1366 Building Brand Identity – Marketing With Twitter Twitter, the net’s networking success story, is intriguing and intimidating because of its message limitations: they can be 140 characters, and no more. This is to say; each message sent on Twitter can be no larger than the previous sentence. Not an additional letter, space, period or dash [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/building-brand-identity-marketing-with-twitter/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-10-tips-for-using-twitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-10-tips-for-using-twitter http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-10-tips-for-using-twitter#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:25 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1361 Top 10 Tips for Using Twitter When it comes to social media, no one “gets it” as well as Twitter. According to Econsultancy, as of Jan 2010, Twitter has 75 million user accounts, with about 15 million of that total being active users. See http://tinyurl.com/yetgcru . That’s a lot of people sending a lot of [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-10-tips-for-using-twitter/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-followers-niches-and-myths?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-followers-niches-and-myths http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-followers-niches-and-myths#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:00:55 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1355 Twitter: Followers, Niches, and Myths Twitter has certainly emerged as one of the most popular social networking/blogging platforms of the past few years. There are various reasons why Twitter has become so wildly popular. It is a simple concept where brief messages can be sent to loyal followers. This is why Twitter is so helpful [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twitter-followers-niches-and-myths/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/can-google-become-the-next-facebook?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-google-become-the-next-facebook http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/can-google-become-the-next-facebook#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:00:11 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1341 Can Google Become the Next Facebook? Is it just me but didn’t Google recently put everything on its main homepage except for Google Buzz? What’s up with that? For heaven’s sake, they even put the PacMan game in their logo for two days running… you would think some of the brightest minds on the planet [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/can-google-become-the-next-facebook/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/5-common-facebook-tactics-that-dont-work?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-common-facebook-tactics-that-dont-work http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/5-common-facebook-tactics-that-dont-work#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1324 5 Common Facebook Tactics – That Don’t Work! There are about ten common Facebook marketing tactics. (You can probably think of more, but most are a derivative of one of these ten.) It may surprise you to learn that five of these tactics don’t even work — that’s fully half! Now, no Fire God will [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/5-common-facebook-tactics-that-dont-work/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/size-really-does-matter-when-it-comes-to-twitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=size-really-does-matter-when-it-comes-to-twitter http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/size-really-does-matter-when-it-comes-to-twitter#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:00:25 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1316 Back in the days when newsletters first hit the Internet, they were usually published in text format because many email clients did not support HTML email just yet. One of the problems many publishers faced was long URL’s being split in half and not being clickable to the reader. To solve this problem, shortening services [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/size-really-does-matter-when-it-comes-to-twitter/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-arent-george-clooney-get-your-social-networking-act-in-gear?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-arent-george-clooney-get-your-social-networking-act-in-gear http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-arent-george-clooney-get-your-social-networking-act-in-gear#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:00:14 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1306 When George Clooney was recently asked about his take on Facebook at the Toronto Film Festival, his response was short: “I’d rather have a prostate exam than a Facebook page.” Now, that’s probably understandable when movie studios (his potential clients) have his number on a speed dial, and pesky paparazzi (freebie seekers and unqualified prospects) [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-arent-george-clooney-get-your-social-networking-act-in-gear/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing-2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing-2#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1304 Twitter is a wildly popular microblogging service. It involves writing Tweets, which are short updates of a maximum of 140 characters that tell your followers what you are up to. Although your Tweets are technically supposed to answer the question, “What are you doing?” Twitter has moved far beyond that. Tweets are used to share [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing-2/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-ways-to-use-twitter-for-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-ten-ways-to-use-twitter-for-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-ways-to-use-twitter-for-marketing#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1283 Twitter is a micro-blogging site that asks you a basic question, “What are you doing?” It allows anyone with an account to write up to 140 characters in a text field as a means to update, comment, promote or communicate to others who are “following” you. When people follow you, they see what you’ve recently [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-ten-ways-to-use-twitter-for-marketing/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/real-time-search-5-reasons-why?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=real-time-search-5-reasons-why http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/real-time-search-5-reasons-why#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:53 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1274 If you don’t understand why the Real Time Web is huge, you will soon. Thanks to micro-blogging sites like Twitter, a constant stream of human-posted content has infiltrated the Web. This growing infiltration has created a bottoms up approach to content creation that via the progressive support of rapidly developing applications has and will continue [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/real-time-search-5-reasons-why/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-a-blog-can-seriously-help-your-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-blog-can-seriously-help-your-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-a-blog-can-seriously-help-your-business#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:00:19 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1270 If your business website doesn’t have a blog, get one. A blog, if done right, can act as a direct and indirect mechanism that brings large amounts of qualified visitors to your site, many of whom may become customers. This is mostly related to the way blogs interact with search engines and the traffic I [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-a-blog-can-seriously-help-your-business/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-for-business-guide?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-networking-for-business-guide http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-for-business-guide#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:05 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1268 It seems like there’s an over-abundance of social sites nowadays. For a newbie, it can be quite intimidating when first joining a network or two and building a community. A handful of questions may run through your head: • Which networks to join? • How to participate? • What’s enough, or too much? • How [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-for-business-guide/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-you-use-social-media-can-kill-your-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-you-use-social-media-can-kill-your-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-you-use-social-media-can-kill-your-business#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:00:45 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1264 The social media movement has expanded the number of people we can reach and connect with on a personal level. The new relationships and connections we create with people all over the world can have a profound effect on our personal and business growth. We learn about cultures and nations that we were, perhaps, previously [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-you-use-social-media-can-kill-your-business/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-and-conan-obrien?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-media-and-conan-obrien http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-and-conan-obrien#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:34 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1253 The way I see it, NBC has little chance of survival in the next ten years. They’ve proven themselves so caught up in the normal TV schedule way of thinking that they fail to understand their audience, what little of it is left. Their lack of knowledge about social media, how it’s formed and how [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-and-conan-obrien/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/the-color-of-branding?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-color-of-branding http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/the-color-of-branding#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:32 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1245 Web video is a communication technique that provides a viewer-experience that delivers several big advantages over broadcast: first, the length of your presentation is for the most part a non issue other than the degree to which your content and delivery holds your audience’s attention; second, the cost to produce and present professional online video [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/the-color-of-branding/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-facebook-as-a-branding-strategy-for-your-business?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-use-facebook-as-a-branding-strategy-for-your-business http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-facebook-as-a-branding-strategy-for-your-business#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:00:58 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1241 If you aren’t already connected to the social media revolution, it is time to get your head out of the sand and harness the power of the digital network. If you want to get out ahead of your competition and make consumers excited about interacting with your brand, social media is the way to go. [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-to-use-facebook-as-a-branding-strategy-for-your-business/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twenty-one-top-twitter-tips?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twenty-one-top-twitter-tips http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twenty-one-top-twitter-tips#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:19 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1196 Twenty-One Top Twitter Tips You’ve heard about Twitter–that curious, strangely addictive social-networking technology that facilitates torrents of truncated messages among millions of users. You might even know your hashtags from your re-tweets. But how can you make money with it? Forbes canvassed scads of businesses and pricey social-networking gurus looking for honest answers. Admittedly, we [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/twenty-one-top-twitter-tips/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/gain-links-or-make-friends-which-is-better-online?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gain-links-or-make-friends-which-is-better-online http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/gain-links-or-make-friends-which-is-better-online#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:30:18 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1179 Gain Links Or Make Friends – Which is Better Online? There’s much to be said about the respective values of social media and SEO, both as individual entities and a collective. A cornerstone of search engine optimization is linking, while social media is all about being, well, sociable. But which is better today? That’s very [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/gain-links-or-make-friends-which-is-better-online/feed 2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-google-rates-links-from-facebook-and-twitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-google-rates-links-from-facebook-and-twitter http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-google-rates-links-from-facebook-and-twitter#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:52:37 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1091 The first Matt Cutts Answers Questions About Google video of the year has been posted, and in it Matt addresses links from Twitter and Facebook, after talking about his shaved head again. Specifically, the submitted question he answers is: Links from relevant and important sites have always been a great way to get traffic & [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/how-google-rates-links-from-facebook-and-twitter/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/20-tools-for-tracking-social-media-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-tools-for-tracking-social-media-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/20-tools-for-tracking-social-media-marketing#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:29:04 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1140 20 Tools for Tracking Social Media Marketing By Merle (c) 2010 MerlesWorld (http://MerlesWorld.com) Social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter make it easy for people to come together and share opinions, experiences and thoughts on a number of topics. Smart companies understand this and are using the power of social media to connect and [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/20-tools-for-tracking-social-media-marketing/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/hyperrealism-as-a-motivating-factor-in-web-video?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hyperrealism-as-a-motivating-factor-in-web-video http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/hyperrealism-as-a-motivating-factor-in-web-video#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:26:15 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1137 HyperRealism as a Motivating Factor in Web Video By Jerry Bader (c) 2010 If there is one thing every Web business executive can agree on, it’s that websites need to motivate people to act. That action can be to place an order, send an email, pick-up the phone, or maybe just join a mailing list, [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/hyperrealism-as-a-motivating-factor-in-web-video/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-reveals-factors-for-ranking-tweets?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-reveals-factors-for-ranking-tweets http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-reveals-factors-for-ranking-tweets#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:01:34 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=1127 It’s ok to say “no” to Twitter if that’s your thing. There’s a chance that it just doesn’t fit into your strategy or help you achieve your goals. That’s cool. However, if it is your thing, you may be interested in how Google ranks tweets. That is if search marketing is your thing. Do you [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-reveals-factors-for-ranking-tweets/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-directory-guide?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=web-directory-guide http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-directory-guide#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:17 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=31 Below are a few directories that are not being penalized by Google and still pass on PageRank. Directory Submit Cost Comments DMOZ Submit Free It could take up to a year for your site to get listed. It all depends on the editor for the category you are submitting to. Do NOT continually re-submit your [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-directory-guide/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/link-building-strategies?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=link-building-strategies http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/link-building-strategies#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:02 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=27   Link-Building (Backlink) Strategies Welcome to the Link-Building portion of Web University.  Link-Building is an extremely important, fast paced, quickly changing approach to raising your websites reputation and of course ranking on all major search engines.  Although some strategies such as ‘Press Releases’, ‘Anchor Text’ and ‘Directory Submissions’ don’t carry the same weight (power) they [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/link-building-strategies/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-seo-commands?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-seo-commands http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-seo-commands#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:00:13 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=19 On the Google Search Bar, enter one of the Google Commands below and replace www.LinkWebServices.com with your website information.   ·          Cache: o    Description: Displays cached version of the site o    Example: cache:www.LinkWebServices.com ·          Cache + Keyword: o    Description: Displays cached version of the site and highlight the specified keywords o    Example: site: www.LinkWebServices.com Keyword [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/google-seo-commands/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-50-video-sharing-sites?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-50-video-sharing-sites http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-50-video-sharing-sites#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:34 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/?p=3 Top 50 Video Sharing Sites Link Web Services: http://www.LinkWebServices.com Web University: http://WebUniversity.LinkWebServices.com The Web Store: http://www.LinkWebServices.com/mm5/merchant.mvc

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-50-video-sharing-sites/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-must-use-social-media-to-promote-your-brand?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-must-use-social-media-to-promote-your-brand http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-must-use-social-media-to-promote-your-brand#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:58:16 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=1055 You Must Use Social Media to Promote Your Brand   If you think Twitter, Facebook, and other online social media communities are only for teens, you’re missing out on valuable and free marketing platforms for your brand (book, business or product).   Further, if you’re not on social media, you’re risking losing your own potential [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/you-must-use-social-media-to-promote-your-brand/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/is-social-media-worth-your-time?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-social-media-worth-your-time http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/is-social-media-worth-your-time#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:31:27 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=1040 Is Social Media Worth Your Time?   Everyone – from politicians, businesses, musicians, celebrities and many other groups of people – uses social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or other social networking outlets to spread their message, build their businesses and connect with others.   Do they know something we don’t?   Networking, whether [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/is-social-media-worth-your-time/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/simple-twitter-tips-that-attract-clients-and-partners?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-twitter-tips-that-attract-clients-and-partners http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/simple-twitter-tips-that-attract-clients-and-partners#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:35:17 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=1028 Simple Twitter Tips that Attract Clients and Partners   According to Mashable.com, a leading authority on social media, there are currently over 12 million users on Twitter. Another resource called istrategylabs.com reports that 46% of Twitter users are college grads, and another 17% have post graduate degrees. Furthermore, 47% are between age 18 and 34, [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/simple-twitter-tips-that-attract-clients-and-partners/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:58:02 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=1011 12 Ways to Use Twitter for Social Media Marketing   Twitter is a wildly popular microblogging service. It involves  writing Tweets, which are short updates of a maximum of 140 characters that tell your followers what you are up to. Although your Tweets are technically supposed to answer the question, “What are you doing?” Twitter [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/12-ways-to-use-twitter-for-social-media-marketing/feed 2 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-sites-list?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-networking-sites-list http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-sites-list#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 17:46:17 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=989 Social Networking Sites List · www.twitter.com · www.twellow.com (Find new people for Twitter) · www.myspace.com · www.sharenow.com · www.del.icio.us · www.ireport.com · www.comscore.com · www.alexa.com · www.dmoz.com · www.yahoo.com (Yahoo! Directory) · www.reddit.com · www.furl.net · www.blinklist.com · www.netvouz.com · www.digg.com · www.stumbleupon.com · www.hi5.com · www.flickr.com · www.blip.tv · www.reunion.com · www.linkedin.com · www.meetup.com [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-sites-list/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/xbox-360-leverages-social-networking?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xbox-360-leverages-social-networking http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/xbox-360-leverages-social-networking#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:38:56 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=981 Xbox 360 leverages social networking Facebook and MySpace have made the Internet obsessed with popularity. Sites are adopting social networking features as quickly as we can find and friend each other. It seems only natural, then, that services should adopt social networking features, too. You can argue that Xbox Live has always been a game-centric [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/xbox-360-leverages-social-networking/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-5-signs-that-your-website-sucks?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-signs-that-your-website-sucks http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-5-signs-that-your-website-sucks#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:04:02 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=834 By John Metzler Small business owners may not have the resources to invest heavily in their web presence and finding solutions to problems can be like finding a needle in a haystack. You know something’s wrong but don’t have the faintest idea how to fix it. Is it a technical issue? Are your ads not [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/top-5-signs-that-your-website-sucks/feed 1 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/search-engine-and-website-optimization?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=search-engine-and-website-optimization http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/search-engine-and-website-optimization#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:12:25 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=649 SEO is an essential part of website optimization, involving the formatting of a web page so that search engine algorithms score it highly for the relevant keyword. Each page should be optimized for only one keyword so that the page is listed in as high a position as possible for that keyword. If you understand [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/search-engine-and-website-optimization/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/best-and-worst-practices-social-media-marketing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-and-worst-practices-social-media-marketing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/best-and-worst-practices-social-media-marketing#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:31:04 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=387 Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing by Lee Odden Social media is hot, just take a look at Google Trends and to see the comparison between topics like “search marketing” being eclipsed by “social media” in terms of search volume and news references – at least according to Google. Along with all that “hotness”, [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/best-and-worst-practices-social-media-marketing/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/increase-landing-page-conversion-by-testing-these-5-elements?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=increase-landing-page-conversion-by-testing-these-5-elements http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/increase-landing-page-conversion-by-testing-these-5-elements#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:10:41 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=515 Are you satisfied with the conversion rate on your landing page? I hope the answer to that question – no matter what your conversion rate – is an emphatic “No!” Because no matter what your conversion rate is, there’s always the chance that it can be better. You’ll never know how much money you’re leaving [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/increase-landing-page-conversion-by-testing-these-5-elements/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/recession-proof-business-strategies-9-ideas?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recession-proof-business-strategies-9-ideas http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/recession-proof-business-strategies-9-ideas#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:29:20 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=229 Afraid the recession is here to stay a bit longer? If so, you’re not alone. What follows are several strategies that companies use to maintain and even increase-their sales, while their competitors struggle to stay afloat. Apply these techniques to your own marketing and selling efforts during a recession, and you will survive–even prosper while [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/recession-proof-business-strategies-9-ideas/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/keeping-your-content-fresh-is-refreshing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-your-content-fresh-is-refreshing http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/keeping-your-content-fresh-is-refreshing#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:47:56 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=237 To keep your site at the top of the search engines, it is increasingly important to your success in an online world, a savvy web site owner learns to keep his or her content fresh. The simple task of regularly updating the information on your web site crosses several must-dos off of your SEO list. [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/keeping-your-content-fresh-is-refreshing/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/help-the-traffic-find-you?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=help-the-traffic-find-you http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/help-the-traffic-find-you#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:08:34 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=233 I watched the movie “Charlie’s War” in it, the main character, Charlie told the story of how he became elected. He picked up voters who couldn’t get to the polls and actually drove them there. Why don’t you do the same? People may want to find you, but could use a little help. Help people [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/help-the-traffic-find-you/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/grow-your-business-in-an-economic-slow-down?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grow-your-business-in-an-economic-slow-down http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/grow-your-business-in-an-economic-slow-down#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:24:16 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=228 Depending on what’s happening in your business, you probably feel the same way too. Everyone is squeezed and it’s not a good feeling. You need to take specific steps if your business is hard hit by this economic downturn. It is only natural to revisit your overall business strategy when market conditions change so now [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/grow-your-business-in-an-economic-slow-down/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-marketing-for-the-%e2%80%9cnot-so-savvy%e2%80%9d?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=web-marketing-for-the-%25e2%2580%259cnot-so-savvy%25e2%2580%259d http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-marketing-for-the-%e2%80%9cnot-so-savvy%e2%80%9d#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:16:20 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=13 Make Keywords Your #1 Goal If you didn’t know, this is the single most important factor for most online success stories. Focus on making keywords and high ranking for keywords in all search engines your main objective if you’re marketing online. Many new marketers don’t truly understand how important getting top rankings for your chosen [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/web-marketing-for-the-%e2%80%9cnot-so-savvy%e2%80%9d/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/youtube-and-video-optimization?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youtube-and-video-optimization http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/youtube-and-video-optimization#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:22:27 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=114 From a social media marketing standpoint, YouTube isn’t an ideal social site because of the way it hoards PageRank, so it can’t be leveraged to increase your site’s rankings in the same way that a site like Digg can. But with Google’s “universal search”, YouTube now wields a lot of power to rank in Google’s [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/youtube-and-video-optimization/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/score-big-on-digg?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=score-big-on-digg http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/score-big-on-digg#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:33:57 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=45 SEO activity is influenced by Social Networking. Here are SearchRank’s five ways to score big on Digg: 1. Remove Blog Name and/or Sections From Title: all you need is the title of the post   2. Include Appealing Descriptions (Stay Within Character Limitations): if you want to practice writing tighter copy, and you should, sign up for [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/score-big-on-digg/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/giving-and-paying-it-forward?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giving-and-paying-it-forward http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/giving-and-paying-it-forward#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:36:16 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=213 Recently, someone at a Leadership Team Training Meeting asked my friend, how come he knew so many people. He responded, “Because every day, I make it my point to introduce two people to each other”. Absolutely nothing is more energizing than bringing two strangers together for their mutual benefit. I owe my commitment to this [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/giving-and-paying-it-forward/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-strategies?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-media-strategies http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-strategies#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:55:56 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=99 When you’re new to any social situation, your best bet is to listen and learn about the dynamics of the community or group. By understanding the social web as it relates to fundamental marketing principles, tactics, tools and best practices, you can create a framework for the development of a working strategy. As for building [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-strategies/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-for-seo?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-media-for-seo http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-for-seo#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:46:49 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=93 An increasing number community managers have become visible within social media sites like Twitter, on blogs and Facebook from various sized companies. Consider how the content creation and outreach efforts of a community manager can also be of benefit to an organization’s search engine optimization efforts. Many search engine optimization consultants that engage social media [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-media-for-seo/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-working?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-networking-is-working http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-working#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:39:47 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=196 Social networking is probably the Internet’s hottest trend. The term social networking is the act of connecting with people and forming a community based on common interests and goals. This has evolved and made its way to the Web through message boards/forums, micro-blogging, social networks, photo-sharing, blogging, and more. These communities all have one thing [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/social-networking-is-working/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/video-ads-its-about-branding?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-ads-its-about-branding http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/video-ads-its-about-branding#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:34:21 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=157 Searches for all sorts of terms on YouTube are turning up. Notice the videos on the right-hand side of results?  Those are the “promoted videos” the searches are turning up as well. Every one of the ads consists of one small image and Google Adwords style text ad.These are hybrid ads that combine Google type [...]

]]> http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/video-ads-its-about-branding/feed 0 http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/manners-matter-in-social-networks?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manners-matter-in-social-networks http://www.linkwebservices.com/web_university/manners-matter-in-social-networks#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:12:20 +0000 Luigi_M_Scollo http://www.linkwebservices.com/wordpress/?p=164 Social networking is all about being social and networking – duh The question is: How do you do this; what does that mean? It means being active in the community; it’s saying thanks to people who vote your stories up; it’s responding to comments on your blog; it’s posting comments on other folks’ blogs. It’s [...]

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