BizNdex University

Break out the crayons & construction paper! In video 04 we will be using PhotoShop to create our custom background image. If making your own Background image isn’t your cup-o-tea, then we will also tell you where you can go…to get some already made bg images.

In this video we will cover the steps involved in creating & setting up our Twitter account. Every strong house is built first on a strong foundation. This is the twitter foundation if you will. So don’t miss this video.

In video 02 I will try and explain the phenomenon known as twitter and how it is used for fun and business. We will cover some of the things to tackle prior to setting up a twitter account. Don’t worry, it is completely painless and you’ll thank me in the morning.

In this video I will introduce you to the Twitter video series and give you a rundown and brief description of each of the videos.

The popularity of social networking sites is exploding in 2010. Nielsen recently reported that membership on both Facebook and Twitter is up nearly 50 percent, and time spent on the platforms has nearly doubled in 2010. Facebook has become the leader in Social Media Sites. With the recent accomplishment earlier this year Facebook has by [...]

I recently read an article in Forbes by Adrienne Graham about Social Media and Social Networking and it hit a home run. You mention Social Media and Social Networking and most people are under the impression that they are one in the same. Unfortunately, this is untrue. Graham puts it best; “Social media and social [...]

Twitter launched their first ad service today called Promoted Tweets.  Twitter is starting with a few ad partners; Best Buy, Bravo, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Starbucks, and Virgin America. Promoted Tweets are ordinary Tweets that businesses and organizations want to highlight to a wider group of users.  Visitors to Twitter.com will see Tweets promoted by [...]

$6.3 billion was spent in the 4th quarter of 2009. This is the largest amount ever spent in online advertising in a single quarter, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). Despite the economy, Internet advertising, and especially Local Internet Marketing are breaking all the records. As consumers spend more and more time on sites like YouTube, [...]

There’s a great graphic showing the usage of social media by the fortune 100. Flowtown’s graphic shows that 86% of corporate 100 are using at least one account on either Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or RSS. In fact 28% of all corporate 100 businesses  are actively marketing their businesses with all of these services. An amazing [...]

A couple of months ago, we were likely the very first to tell you about the Google “Live Search.”  This would display real time twitter tweets and facebook messages about popular search terms on Google.  This came on the heals of Bing being the first to bring real-time search to web search results. Yahoo was [...]