http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog Free tips, advice, ideas and how to's for Small Businesses Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:35:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/03/facebook-changes-coming-soon/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/03/facebook-changes-coming-soon/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:43:42 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3851
My friends over at Mainstreet reminded me that some mandatory changes are in store at the end of March for Facebook business pages.  To learn more about what you need to do to make sure your business page won't be negatively affected by these changes, visit the link below. If you currently have a custom [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/03/facebook-changes-coming-soon/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/google-analytics/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/google-analytics/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:22:22 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3786
I just finished taking my Google Analtyics Exam and I am pleased to report that I passed!  While I've been installing and reviewing my clients' website analytics for years, I thought it was time to get my Google certification by taking the 70 question Google Analytics Exam, even though it meant giving up my Sunday [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/google-analytics/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/understanding-website-analytics/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/understanding-website-analytics/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:22 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3777
I just happened upon some great video presentations by Google Analytics for interpreting your monthly website reports.  If you are a client of Emagine you probably receive monthly analytic reports with graphs and data that might be a little confusing.  The following short video presentations will help you understand each metric provided in the reports [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/02/understanding-website-analytics/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:50:01 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3754
Here's a handy tool for adding social media icons to your Email signatures if you use Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, WindowsLive Mail or AOL .  You can add inspirational quotes, your most recent blog post as well as your social media profile links for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, YouTube.com and many more!  The app is free and can [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2012/01/wise-stamp-email-signatures/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:26:26 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3551
  I just learned about another Free classified listing site called Oodle. Out to reinvent online classifieds, Oodle provides consumers with a friendly local marketplace to buy, sell and trade. Oodle Pro, launched earlier this year, enables local property managers, real estate agents and car dealers to join the conversation by adding their identity and [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/oodle/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:01:20 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3184
On the recommendation of my friend Debra, I started playing with an online video creation site called Animoto.com recently.  In addition to creating low-budget videos to help my clients promote their vacation properties, I also used it to celebrate my daughter's 16th birthday.  Its super easy to use, drag and drop and you can create [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/12/using-video-to-showcase-your-business/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/qr-codes/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/qr-codes/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:19:37 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3191
What is a QR Code? Have you been wondering what those funny black and white square codes are that are popping up everywhere?  They are called Quick Response codes, or QR Codes for short.  They are a type of matrix bar code that contains encoded information - that when scanned with a smart phone can [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/qr-codes/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-to-use-wordpress-for-your-website/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-to-use-wordpress-for-your-website/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:23:28 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3516
Here's an article about WordPress, from my friends over at MainStreetOpen.com.  WordPress is the open source content management system that I currently use to build websites.  If you are considering a website refurbishment (good to do every few years), you should consider WordPress!  MainStreetOpen.com explains why here... Six Reasons Your Website Should be Based on [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-to-use-wordpress-for-your-website/feed/ 1 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/08/article-marketing-without-littering-the-web/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/08/article-marketing-without-littering-the-web/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:37:21 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3473
Today's article is from guest author, James Wilson of Wireless Internet written as a follow up to the article I wrote recently called Article Marketing = Web Littering.  Take it away James....     There's a lot of confusion behind article marketing. In March of 2011, Michelle wrote a post on article marketing, criticizing the [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/08/article-marketing-without-littering-the-web/feed/ 0 http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/ http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:28:43 +0000 Michelle Harrington http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/?p=3242
Want to customize your Twitter profile with your business branding/logo or custom image?  It's not that difficult to do, here's how.... Create a Custom Twitter Profile Background: Create an image that is approximately 2000 pixels wide by 1700 pixels tall, making sure to keep your Logo/text content confined to the upper left hand corner and [...]]]> http://emaginewebmarketing.com/blog/2011/07/brand-your-twitter-profile/feed/ 0