The long awaited update to WordPress 3.0 was released yesterday. As I've said before, version 3.0 makes WordPress a powerful Content Management System (CMS platform). Folks who say that WordPress is only good for blogging are going to have to change their tune. Between the new support for custom … Read more about WordPress 3.0 Released
7 Video Sharing Sites That Are Not YouTube
YouTube is by far the biggest video sharing site on the web. Because of this it is one of the best places to share your video content. There is the potential for much higher viewer counts on YouTube because it is so big. However did you know that there are lots of other video sharing sites that … Read more about 7 Video Sharing Sites That Are Not YouTube
Social Media in Plain English
Do you have trouble wrapping your mind around social media and what it's all about? If so, you might appreciate this video created by Common Craft. Common Craft This video was produced by a company that is creating instructional videos that they are licensing for others to use. Their … Read more about Social Media in Plain English
Free and Easy Social Media Plan
Weaving social media into your business marketing plan doesn't have to be a complicated affair. The basic principles are simple and straight forward. In fact I'll lay out the whole explanation for you right here. It's yours for free to get you started with social media today. Are you ready? Here … Read more about Free and Easy Social Media Plan
Add Video to Spice Up Your Business Blog
Most people agree that much of our everyday communication is non-verbal. The common number thrown around is 93% because of some study in California back in the 70's. Seems high to me because words are important. But hey, I'm not in California. Or in the 70's. Regardless a whole bunch gets left … Read more about Add Video to Spice Up Your Business Blog
Launching ChrisCree.TV Today
Most people prefer video over text. The ratio is something like 90%. And that makes me a bit unusual since I'm in that other 10%. Even though I prefer text, I get that most of you probably prefer video. So I thought, why not start making videos to help people get the info better? Launching … Read more about Launching ChrisCree.TV Today
Loving to Hate Facebook
As long as we're on a a Facebook roll this week, I thought I'd share this little video I found via Cherly Smith's blog. Over and above the TOS issue, the video pretty much sums up the things I don't like about Facebook. Check it out. 25 Things I Hate About Facebook - What do you hate about … Read more about Loving to Hate Facebook
A Little SOBCon Levity
You may not know Susan Reynolds. But I'm guessing you probably should. She bills herself as a new media consultant. And she is very active in Web 2.0 stuff like Twitter and Second Life. But don't let that fool you. Susan also has a remarkable creative streak. You may recall from my birthday last … Read more about A Little SOBCon Levity
A Glimmer of Hope in Microsoft’s Marketing?
I keep saying that business is about people and relationships with them. Build the relationships and the money will follow. And in greater quantities than if try to reduce people to numbers and statistics. In his Breaking Up With Advertising post, David Armano points out this treasure of a video … Read more about A Glimmer of Hope in Microsoft’s Marketing?