Facebook for Small Business
By now, most people are aware of social media. While many still struggle to understand the full scope of this rapidly evolving medium, it's clear social media is not a fad. With tens of millions logging in nationwide, Facebook is the undeniable kingpin of social...
Should we do this?
Several months ago, Luke posted an article titled, "Is This Possible?" talking about the limitless capabilities of the Internet. I'd like to take this idea one step further. The real question isn't "Can we do this?" but "Should we do this? When it comes to website...
Five sure-fire ways to annoy site visitors
Here are five things you 'could' do on your site, but they are five things you shouldn't. Put music on your site that plays automatically - Have you even been at a department store and picked up an item that started playing music? People turn and stare and no matter...
Twitter Updates Terms of Service
Twitter has been around for a while now, and has gained immense popularity as of recent. Because of this, Twitter has learned a lot about how people use the service. They have updated their terms of service, or the rules of how people can use Twitter. It's always...
5ives: Shoestring Marketing
Frankly, I'm getting tired of everyone talking about the recession. Times are tough. Money is tight. Whining about the current situation won't help your business. Take matters into your own hands and work to improve your business. The best way to generate sales is...
Marketing Tactics on a Shoestring Budget
Absolute Marketing Group has served more than 325 clients in the last 40 months. Regardless of industry, there has always been one constant - a tight budget. Effective marketing doesn't require large budgets. All too often clients feel they can't compete because they...
We’re Advertising What? Part 2 of 3
Sometimes the fault of marketing lands on the inventors. For proof, just look at the first installment of this three-part series. I'm still appalled that no one raised an eyebrow at that. The fact there hasn't been a backlash in the black community is puzzling and a...
Who’s Talking About Me? Tools to Monitor Your Brand and Reputation Online
So you've jumped into Social Media and are Tweeting, Following and Friending like a Pro. Great. You're also commenting intelligently on blogs and sending out RT Luv on a regular basis. Fabulous. So - who's talking about YOU, and what are they saying? If you're logging...
Paging and Custom WordPress Loops
The broken pagination at the bottom of the blog pages has been resolved - we are using a custom loop to display posts, and this breaks the Wordpress default pagination, therefore one must use a workaround to make it work again. I also installed a plugin called...