Alana Joy
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Posts by Alana Joy
Five Questions That Will Help You Define Your Brand
January 24, 2010 - 4:52 pm
Tags: branding strategy
Posted in Branding, Marketing 2.0 | No Comments
You’re starting a company that sells lederhosen online. They are top quality lederhosen and you offer them at a reasonable price. What is it that is going to set you apart from the other websites that sell lederhosen? What is special about your offering? What is unique? These are things you should consider from day [...]
Two Years With Tumblr: My Love Letter
January 19, 2010 - 12:52 am
Tags: tumblr
Posted in Blogging, Platforms | No Comments
Dear Tumblr,
It’s time that I just come out and say it. For all of the world to hear me shouting it from the pixelated rooftops. I love you! I love you and I will never leave you. Ever. When I first laid eyes on you back in January of 2008, I just knew we were [...]
Twitter Mistakes The Pro’s Make
November 23, 2009 - 6:13 pm
Tags: gary v, twitter strategy
Posted in Social Networking, Twitter | 1 Comment
I find myself acutely observant of the way various high profile Twitter personalities approach their use of the platform. Insight into their personal styles and why they have chosen to go about things the way they do allows me the opportunity to learn from those who have a proven track record in a way that [...]
24% Increase Predicted for Online Holiday Spending
November 17, 2009 - 2:31 am
Tags: online spending
Posted in Marketing 2.0, eCommerce | No Comments
According to the Deloitte Annual Holiday Survey, consumers will be turning to social media sites to help handle their holiday shopping this year. 17% of consumers, to be exact. It comes as no surprise that more than half of these users will be searching for discounts and deals. The rest are looking for gift ideas, [...]
Blogging: 5 Links To Help You Beat Writers Block
November 14, 2009 - 11:45 pm
Tags: stumbleupon, writers block, writing prompts
Posted in Blogging, Writing Tips | No Comments
Blogging successfully requires you to be consistent. You put a lot of work in behind the scenes to get your blog noticed, and if the people who find you and love what you have to say can’t count on you for new posts on a regular basis, they have no incentive to check back consistently: [...]
Abandoned Twitter Accounts & How To Weed Them Out
November 13, 2009 - 7:25 pm
Tags: twitter tools, untweeps
Posted in Twitter | No Comments
According to NeilsenWire, more than 60 percent of U.S. Twitter users fail to return from month to month. For the 10% of us that are responsible for 90% of Twitters content, these abandoned accounts act as dead weight. They’re empty seats in the auditorium.
Enter UnTweeps. UnTweeps connects to your Twitter account and allows you to [...]
Tutorial: You Suck At Photoshop
November 13, 2009 - 4:14 pm
Tags: donnie hoyle, lalawag, laurie percival, photoshop, video, web design, you suck at photoshop
Posted in Design Resources, Tutorials | No Comments
Tutorials can be very helpful when you are trying to learn Photoshop, unfortunately most of them are quite dull. That’s why I got so excited when Laurie Percival of LaLaWag introduced me to this series, “You Suck at Photoshop”.
Donnie Hoyle will definitely hold your attention with his dry sense of humor, showing you how to [...]
