Monthly Archives: January 2010

SEO Tips

What are Blog Tags and How Should They Be Used?

Drew Hannush by Drew Hannush (28 Jan 2010)  |  Leave a comment

I recently had a client ask me to remind him what tags are and why they are useful. Tags are something you will find in blog software like WordPress, Blogger and even content management software like Joomla and Drupal.

When you write an article, you place it in a category.  A category is a general concept that the post fits, such as healthcare or IT.  A tag is more specific and helps people find hot or popular topics…such as Apple iPad, hospital care, influenza…etc.  In programs like WordPress your tags will actually create pages titled with this tag keyword…and showing only stories related to that keyword…great for search engines and for giving people a way to scout hot topics.

Check out the tags I used on this article and see how this could be useful for you and your readers.

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Website Strategies

How to send to Hotmail accounts if they block your email address

Drew Hannush by Drew Hannush (14 Jan 2010)  |  Leave a comment

A question I hear occasionally from people is, what do I do if I get the following message when sending emails to a Hotmail or MSN account?

Permanent Failure: MAIL FROM: <youremail@yourhost.com> 550 REPLY: 550_SC-004_Mail_rejected_by_Windows_Live_Hotmail_for_policy_reasons.
_A_block_has_been_placed_against_your_IP_address_because_
we_have_received_complaints_concerning_mail_coming_from_that_
IP_address._If_you_are_not_an_email/network_admin_please
_contact_your_
Delivery last attempted at Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:43:07 -0000

If you get this, you can write to Microsoft and explain your situation and ask them to reinstate you.  They actually will take action on this without charging you…unlike if you have a computer problem.

http://windowslivehelp.com/community/15.aspx

Hope that helps!

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Social Marketing Tips

Best Way To Get Blog Posts Automatically On Facebook

Drew Hannush by Drew Hannush (8 Jan 2010)  |  2 Comments

Wow, sometimes you have to jump though about 100 hoops to find the best way to do something in the web world.

All I wanted to do was have Facebook automatically import posts from my blog. At first, I thought this was going to be easy.  I found the instructions on this site but I ran into some problems.  The Facebook page I want the updates to go onto is a Business page (Fan Page), so the “Notes” technique is a bit more convoluted.  Then, it posts the items to your Notes in Facebook rather than pointing you to your blog pages.  Not what I’m trying to do.

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Social Marketing Tips

How to Get Facebook and Twitter Linked

Drew Hannush by Drew Hannush (8 Jan 2010)  |  Leave a comment

One of the toughest parts of social media is keeping up with all the places you can post your thoughts, brainstorms, and general gibberish.  For small businesses, it can take precious time away from sales and all the other tasks that need to be handled (got a chill about getting taxes ready).

To make the job easier, let your social media applications talk to each other.  The place to start is in getting Facebook and Twitter to sync up.  There are a few steps, but its fairly easy.  I have included the step by step process below (time to complete: 5 min).

STEP ONE: In Facebook Find the Twitter Application

From your Facebook page, look for the search box in the upper right hand corner.  Type “twitter” in the search box and click ENTER or the magnifying glass icon.  Go on to Step 2 –

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