http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below are some of the most common mistakes that businesses and people make when it comes to social media networking. Try to avoid all of these. 1. Setting up a blog, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter page and then not providing updates. Would you send out a blank newsletter to ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/03/social-media-mistakes-to-avoid/ So many companies and products are reviewed online by opinions of their customers. Today, more than ever people are posting their personal opinions. They are posting them - Positive and Negative.  Services like Yelp make it easy for people to review personal experiences of other customers.  Yelp has shifted ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/03/the-importance-of-hugging-your-customer/ I recently read an article the regarding the change in online marketing spending in 2010 thus far.  For many individuals and companies 2010 has been an interesting year. For many I believe it has been positive, customers are coming in the door, the phone is ringing and it seems as ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/03/social-media-spending/ What can the Olympic Games, Lindsey Vonn, Rachel Flatt and you have in common? Millions are arm-chair athletes watching the Olympics, some are reading results in the newspapers or likely on various websites, and many others are commentators.  You like to know what’s up with hard news, results, and take time ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/02/olympic-games-lindsey-vonn-and-me/ In this economic downturn, Boomers are becoming more attentive to technology especially with websites when looking up searches or researching for their encore job. Many organizations and individuals are designing web sites with the boomer in mind. The web is a critical part of all our lives. Keeping in pace ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/02/boomers-turn-to-learn-about-websites/ Please join Phil Percuoco and Boston Web Creative on Thursday, February 4th at 12:00pm-1:00pm for the Underground's presentation at the New England Grows Conference. It is at the BCEC in South Boston.  The conference is for members only of the green industry in New England. For more information ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/01/please-join-us-to-find-out-how-social-networking-tools-can-be-used-to-build-your-business/ Are you presently unemployed, underemployed or feel like it is impossible to find a job in this economy? Do you have skills and experience that separate you from the pack? Have you posted your resume online with very little results? Have you dabbled a little in social media and find ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2010/01/presentation-on-web-at-wellesley-hills-congregational-church-for-underemployedunemployed/ Interesting news hit the web today as Google released "Google Goggles", a brand-new addition to Google Labs. It is an experimental application for Android devices that supports visual search. How does it work? Just open the application and snap a photo. Google (Google Wave) will process the image and return search ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2009/12/google-goggles/ Tomorrow Tuesday November 10th Sesame Street will be celebrating its 40th Birthday. To join in on the fun this week Google has been using images on their homepage. I thought I would share two with you if you missed them. Happy Birthday Ernie & Bert! http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2009/11/happy-40th-birthday-sesame-street/ Often I hear from my customers how do I back up my content on my blog. So I did some snooping today and I found the below tutorial on the wordpress.org site. You will need access to your ftp information and some knowledge of how the blog is set up ... http://www.bostonwebcreative.com/blog/2009/11/backing-up-your-wordpress-database/