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Images Are Dominating Social Media!

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How? By all the new Apps out there...here are FOUR that are topping the list! And they are all FREE! SNAPCHAT ~ available for both iPhone and Android It is a new way to share moments with friends. Snap away...add a caption and then hit send! Your friends receive it, view it and then SNAP it disappears! The users are mostly young teens, sending about 60 million images and videos daily! GIFBOOM ~ available for both iPhone and Android Express yourself IN MOTION! Use the app to take a series of pictures, add some effects, texts and comments. Then share away! GIFs have become a stable on sites like Tumblr.  It takes 30 smart-phone pics in rapid succession and lets users pic which ones to animate and share! VINE ~ available ONLY for iPhone It is the best way to see and share life IN MOTION! Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see. This app is backed by social-networking giant Twitter! It is s...

Make Google Fall in Love with You, Again

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With the Web technology constantly changing, you, in turn, have to keep up with it. For example, Google recently altered the way it indexes Web sites, which turned much of the predictable wisdom regarding search on its head. 1)  Create, don’t duplicate.  One of the biggest changes relates to identical content. In short, BE ORIGINAL. “Google aims to return authoritative relevant results,” says Jesse Leimgruber, certified Google analyst and SEO pro at Rank Executives. “They now remove sites that are not authoritative, post duplicate content, and fail to add value to users. Their recent ‘Panda’ update was designed to improve search experience by demoting low-quality sites that lack useful and original content.” So while sharing that awe-inspiring article you found on the Web will hold value in social media, i.e. Facebook and Twitter, it won’t aid in boosting your Google ranking. It can actually hurt your site’s rankings. So in a nut shell, keep it original when it comes ...

4 KILLER Strategies to Help You Rule the BIG 3!

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                   1) Improve Your Social Reach Complete & Update your profile Integrate your keywords throughout Add social icons to all NON-social stuff Add button to content to promote sharing Find influencers & interact with them When people talk TO you, talk back Facebook Use Cover & Profile pictures CREATIVELY YouTube Tag & Title videos with keywords Use educational over promotional sites Submit a video site map to search engines Twitter Use #hashtags Register in directories Build a compelling profile Follow relevant influencers Be consistent with your posts 2) Increase Fan Engagement Develop creative, non-promotional content Aim to strike a chord; be funny, empathetic or informational Above all else, be genuine and relevant Facebook Publish daily Check insights for stats Ask questions Use videos, photos and/...

Google+ is changing the way you search

I've been working with Google+ since it was invite only the first week, and it seems like there are new surprises every week or so. Google is serious about integrating as many Google products as possible into Google+, and they're moving quickly. However, starting into 2012, Google was really busy and in a very big way. Google+ has changed the way search results can be displayed. I'll show you here how that looks. But, there's more. I'm also going to show you a couple of other new things having to do with images and video. I'll use as an example a Google Page I created about my local area, a tourist and ski area in the mountains. It's not promoting anything, nor my real estate business, as I have another Google Business Page for that purpose. Google released "Personal Results" in Google search results pages came out in the first weeks of 2012. It created a turmoil, with Twitter crying foul and the possibility they would take it to the government for...