Orangejack

For those of you getting on Facebook for the first time, here’s a little instructional video for you.

YouTube – Facebook Manners And You

Recently I’ve been running across several concepts and ideas that I’ve tried to learn or figure out ways to accomplish the crazy.

Facebook Pages are interesting because I’m not sure even Facebook knows how they should work.  I’ve been playing with the Orangejack Facebook Page and have watched Facebook change and improve aspects of it. Some of the items I’ve noticed or figured out within the last month or so since I opened my page are:

• Pages are now public and searchable by Google
• Pages now allow owners to invite people to become a fan
• Page walls now allow links, photos, and videos … Continue Reading
  

I’ve mentioned before there are tons of ways to use Twitter; and I don’t want to turn this into a blog about Twitter. I want this to be a place that gives you ideas, answers questions, and helps you use the web well.

Today some strong storms were rolling through Central Florida. I receive severe weather announcements via email and normally that is the media device that works best for me.

Not everyone wants email updates and would rather get Twitter updates in real time. I started thinking that there could be a niche to carve out on Twitter for severe weather … Continue Reading

I’ve been enjoying the video series “Whiteboard Friday” hosted by Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz. Recently two videos were posted about what good links are and how to get them. As you know, links are important to how Google works.

I thought they were quite helpful so I’m posting them here for you to check out. He’s got some good perspective on links and even how it relates to social media.

SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Dude, Your Links Kinda … Continue Reading

Twitter can be used for just about anything; it’s people getting real-time updates in a way they want to receive them from people or services that they want to hear from. Dream about the possibilities!

Here’s an interesting idea of how some creative bakers are using it (via The Raw Feed: Box lets bakeries tweet fresh bread, cupcakes)

…the BakerTweet is a Wi-Fi connected box designed to be mounted on the wall of your local bakery. The baker pre-configures it with every item on the menu. Later, when something is about to come out of the oven, the baker chooses that … Continue Reading