Posted March 15th, 2010 by Patrick Curl in category
Business
Image by deneyterrio via FlickrMaybe I should save this post for April Fool's Day, alas the novelty of it would be past done by then. I was reading a blog post(The Best of South by Southwest SXSW) from a Cyberjournal.com a blog that I subscribe to, and well lets see if you can find anything wrong with the following paragraph: CNN, MTV, Mashable
Posted March 14th, 2010 by Patrick Curl in category
Social Media
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You're presumably reading this blog because you want to make money as a blogger.
Whether you want to make a lot or a little is irrelevant. In the world of blogging it is very possible for the average Joe blow blogger to make at least $1400 a month. The only major secret is constant effort.
To be successful and make fat
Posted February 23rd, 2010 by Patrick Curl in category
Social Media
Image via CrunchBaseFor the past few months I have owned my own business. A brick and mortar pizzeria business. The business ultimately was not successful, it's a long story but we were told when we purchased the business that we it was averaging about $1000 more a week than it really was, however it was successful in that I learned many lessons
Posted October 25th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Announcements
For a year or two I had a love affair with Twitter, then I decided we needed some time apart, and Twitter cops an attitude and suspends my account. How rude, can you be?!
I have been a very active twitterer, I have worked some w/ the api, and I have wrote many blog posts regarding twitter. In July I decided to take some time off from social
This is the simplest tip I'll ever write about - it's also the hardest.
How can you guarantee more traffic?
WRITE MORE POSTS!
Did I say it loud enough for you? Fact: There are a million different things you can do to try and optimize your blog, but if you don't have the traffic it doesn't matter. Each blog post I write will bring in at least
Actress Natalie Portman apparently is not just a pretty face, who'd have thought of her as a social media expert?
Natalie Portman along with Co-founder Christine Aylward (form EVP for Epoch Partners) have teamed up to launch their own film social network entitled: MakingOf.
MakingOf is a social network platform with an emphasis on building a
Posted April 13th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Announcements
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Apps are great, but sometimes we can get overloaded by them. Whether they're facebook apps, iphone apps, wordpress plugins, or myspace apps, sometimes more is not better.
In an effort to bring attention to only the best of the best apps, myspace has announced that they are rolling out a new "Editor's Pick" category in
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To Follow or to UnFollow - That is the Question!
Right now Twitter is the most hyped social network on the planet. More people are joining Twitter everyday than any other website.
There's no way to discount that kind of momentum.
Now maybe you've been with Twitter for awhile, or just starting out - but you will
Posted March 19th, 2009 by Patrick Curl in category
Social Media
If you're looking to be more influential on Twitter, these tools will help analyze what the most popular twitterers are doing.
1. Tweetwasters: Get the scoop on how much time you waste on twitter.
2. Twitterholic: Find out who's who on Twitter.
3. Mr. Milestone: Get tweeted when reaching certain major milestones by Mr. Milestone
Obama is somewhat of a newcomer on the political scene, and yet he has garnered a huge following.
He has beat great odds to become the number 1 candidate for presidency. He is even beating McCain out by many points in states that normally go to republicans, like Montana.
Why is this?
Because Obama has embraced web 2.0.
He has