Social Media Experiment Update, Week Six
If you’ve been reading awhile, you may remember the social media experiment I started a few weeks ago. Well, after a month and a half, I figured it was about time to check on my Frankenstein monster and see how it was progressing. So far, most of the readings are negative. It’s not lurching around. [...]
A Crash Course in the Streisand Effect
Picture yourself standing in your kitchen. You shake the last bit of broomed-up crumbs from your dust pan into the trash. It’s taken awhile to clean up for the party, but you made it just in time. Your guests should be arriving soon to enjoy a pleasant evening in your spotless home. As you wipe [...]
My Social Media Frankenstein Monster
Since the dawn of search, SEO professionals have dreamed of controlling brand-related search results. Through the power of social media, I intend to do just that. I will wrest my name from the whims of the algorithms and take control of my own destiny. The Hypothesis By linking them together, social media profiles can be [...]
Launching a Successful Website, Step Three: Choosing an Online Brand
Now that you’ve defined the site’s purpose and identified your experts, it’s time to give it a brand. This is important from a purely practical standpoint because it’s difficult to develop a site without a name. Failing to give it one will inevitably result in a valueless placeholder like, “the new site,” that doesn’t convey [...]