These info-graphics are just cool – you may be tired of them but I keep finding cool ones I want to share. I’m in Austin at the SXSW conference that started 25 years ago as a “little music festival” that has now ballooned to 10′s of thousands of people attending & 10′s of millions of dollars being spent and earned in the local economy.
Have fun with the stats below – cool beans.

Staying in the vein of infographics here is, what is now, my favorite! SEO for dummies, SEO for newbies, SEO for beginners etc etc. It’s just cool & I can geek out on this type of infographic all day long – ENJOY!!


The idea behind the
social media marketing is quite simple. It executes the changes to the website thus it would be linked more easily, more visible in the searches and also quite frequently get included in various posts on the blogs. It helps us to promote business to the prospective customer directly.
1. Increase the link-ability
This is the important priority for the websites. As many of the sites are just static, this means that they hardly update. For optimizing the website for the
Social Media Marketing , one needs to increase the link ability of the content. If you add a blog that would be the great step, though there are many steps such as aggregating the content.
2. Make bookmarking and tagging easy
Add the features such as quick buttons; also ensure that the page includes the relevant tags. Ensure to tag the pages on common social bookmarking websites.
3. Reward the inbound links
It is quite often used as a tool for the success of the website and blog. Inbound links are the main tool to increase the search results and also the overall rankings. In order to increase them more, we just need to create it simpler and easier by providing clear rewards.
4. Social Media Content
SMM is not about making the changes to the site. Whenever you have the content which is portable like video files, PDFs, audio files then submit them to the relevant websites as it would help to make your content move further. Eventually getting links to your site.
5. Give value to the users
Give value to the users, even if that would not help you. Help them with the purposes and goals.
6. Reward the valuable users
Most of the times, the popular users would be the champions or the influencers within the social site, plan the ways to elevate by promoting the works on homepage, developing the rating system. This would actually help you to have all the valuable members of the community quite close to the website.
7. Participate in Social Media Conversations
Join conversations, we should not forget that the
social media is the tool for creating the awareness. Therefore by communicating with community you are not only creating
corporate identity awareness but also prolonging the buzz. By participating it helps to spread your message faster and further.
8. How to target the audience
If you do not know your target audience, then it would be a trouble for you. You need to be quite realistic. It is very important to know the target audience so you can know whom you are appealing to
Another great resource for social media articles.
Wow – It’s really been that long since I posted?!
It’s funny I read blogs and when someone hasn’t posted for a while they always apologize and say they will be more diligent.
It’s like they are apologizing for being lazy….Well, No Apology Here!
I’ve been crankin and busier than heck! And I won’t apologize for it either. As a matter of fact the busier I am the more excited everyone should be because sooner or later I will get on here and share it with you so we can all learn together.
So what keeps me so busy? Internet Marketing. I have finally finished the 8 DVD set that teaches the newbies or advanced marketers how you can crank out the results and then build a relationship and market like a friend not a used car salesman. They will be available soon for purchase on the internet at www.e-volvenow.com
I have also started a new venture with a partner and we are cranking as usual and doing very well in the process – BUT I won’t lie it has been a very challenging past year.
I have learned a lot about me, you and what it means to get results and what it means to build a business from scratch! AGAIN – you would think after bootstrapping it before building an engineering company from nothing I would have learned my lesson.
But No – where would the fun and struggle come-in. The best part is the business is thriving more and faster than anything I have ever done. What are YOU doing?
Are You pushing yourself? Are you out there winning everyday or are you watching the news and cowering in a corner? NEVER, NEVER, NEVER Stop, Give-up or Let-up!!
OUR TIME IS NOW….