Category: Social Media

• January 7, 2020

  Brief(!) Outline of NPO/NGO WebPresence Strategy…

  If a WebPresence will run on a non-profit “status” and volunteer-powered basis – the equation changes. The model is driven by factors outside the economic realm, primarily – we have to consider those who come after us. Designing for successors is critical.
• June 20, 2016

  Being Unknown. Impossible?

  

  In Sidis v. FR Publishing Corp. the court held here that there were limits to the right to control one’s life and facts about oneself, and held that there is social value in published facts, and that a person cannot ignore their celebrity status merely because they want to. Astonishing.
• March 21, 2016

  NPO / NGO Web Presence Essentials

  

  Which Web Presence elements are essential for Non-profit groups. How to obtain and operate these components for free or very low cost. Web Presence Essentials for NGO’s / NPO’s — Your Church included!
• January 27, 2016

  SMB IT Newscast 1/27/2016

  

  The business of selecting and managing Small Business personal and shared computing infrastructure — PC’s, Tablets & Phones Big Three Tech Verticals: Google, Microsoft, Apple — characteristics that align with your business, affordability.  What should your SMB use to manage it’s presence online?  
• January 20, 2016

  SMB IT Newscast 1/13/2106 – The “Olden” Rule

  

  Discusses the “Olden” Rule: Good, Fast or Cheap. How to factor the rule into a strategy that affects ROI. Featured example “How to” Implement a FREE telephone number for your business that implements state of the art features like voice to text transcription. This might also be read: How to kill voicemail.
• January 14, 2016

  SMB IT Newscast 1/13/2106

  

  Overviewing how emerging low cost opportunities online can empower the SMB Web Presence through a “Portfolio” of services in the Cloud. Focused on Low to No cost…
• January 8, 2016

  Messaging growth portends big SM changes

  

  Increasingly, it looks like the next big thing in social media won’t be a Facebook competitor, like Twitter or Snapchat, or even a high-profile Facebook acquisition, like Instagram or WhatsApp.
• January 6, 2016

  SMB IT Newscast: Next Week

  

  SMB IT Newscast for 1/13/16 – Services and providers: conflicts of interest in balance with requirements driven solutions.
• December 28, 2015

  Hashtags: Protect your Intellectual Property?

  

  Are hashtags *sometimes* intellectual property? http://www.business.com/legal/are-hashtags-intellectual-property/ For instance our registered trademark “How hard can IT be?” is used everyday online at twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23howhardcanitbe&src=typd There are several questions, but mainly: Do we need to assert some sort of control? According to the article cited above, probably not — because our Registered Trademark doesn’t “Cite a specific […]
• December 24, 2015

  Why Hashtags? Versus Handles.

  

  Answering this question deserves a post of it’s own. In a recent example we noticed that Tripcheck.com uses Twitter Handles for each Oregon Highway. Cool, right? You can follow updates there. Citing this example: @TripCheckOR42A If you have a Twitter Account, you can get alerts from that Handle. But Hashtags are ubiquitous across social media channels. […]