Social Media Examiner | Diane Aull | Activity http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianeaull/activity/feed Diane Aull - Activity Feed Tue, 21 May 2013 18:41:56 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-favorite-productivity-apps-562012/#post-30554Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Favorite Productivity Apps (5/6/2012) in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-favorite-productivity-apps-562012/#post-30554 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:36:50 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Favorite Productivity Apps (5/6/2012) in the club Small Business @k4satin I haven't run across any limits so far. Each person joins as an individual with their own personal account. Once you have an account, you can grant access to your organization(s) to other Trello […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-favorite-productivity-apps-562012/#post-30407Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Favorite Productivity Apps (5/6/2012) in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-favorite-productivity-apps-562012/#post-30407 Mon, 07 May 2012 16:11:38 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Favorite Productivity Apps (5/6/2012) in the club Small Business My current favorite is Trello. (www.Trello.com) Right now, AFAIK it's browser-only, but they have Android / iPhone apps in the works.It's a great organizational tool that works well for an individual juggling a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-use-feedburner-for-your-blog/#post-29361Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you use Feedburner for your blog? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-use-feedburner-for-your-blog/#post-29361 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:43:03 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you use Feedburner for your blog? in the club Blogging I use Feedburner. I like the stats and I like that there's an option for people to receive the posts via email rather than having to use an RSS reader. That seems a little more proactive, to have my new posts […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wp-question/#post-28958Diane Aull replied to the forum topic WP Question in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/wp-question/#post-28958 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:25:25 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic WP Question in the club Blogging What Kristi and Amy said.A WP multi site would allow you to set up two separate blogs, if that works better for you. I don't know if you could create a home page such as you describe within WP, with buttons for […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/seo-importance-of-domain-extension-com-or-co/#post-28956Diane Aull replied to the forum topic SEO Importance of Domain Extension (.com or .co) in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/seo-importance-of-domain-extension-com-or-co/#post-28956 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:19:49 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic SEO Importance of Domain Extension (.com or .co) in the club Blogging In my experince it's the code, the page content and the links pointing to the page that affect the ranking, not the TLD.There are hundreds of TLDs, with the potential for thousands more now that companies (and […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/what-are-your-favorite-wordpress-plugins-1/#post-28951Diane Aull replied to the forum topic What are your favorite WordPress Plugins in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/what-are-your-favorite-wordpress-plugins-1/#post-28951 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:22 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic What are your favorite WordPress Plugins in the club Blogging One that has saved my behind on more than one occasion:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/Everybody focuses on the bells and whistles, but those don't do you a lick of good if your database is […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28589Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-list-you-email-on-your-website-or-do-you-use-contact-form/#post-28589 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:13:34 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you list you email on your website, or do you use contact form? in the club Blogging Add me to the contact form column. I like being able to specify certain fields as required... otherwise people are liable to, say, send me an email requesting a phone call but forget to give me their phone number. […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#post-28587Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Migrating From Blogger to Wordpress in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/migrating-from-blogger-to-wordpress/#post-28587 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:07:59 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Migrating From Blogger to Wordpress in the club Blogging Well, there actually is a paid version of Wordpress at Wordpress.com. What Erik is talking about is the underlying software, which you can download for free from Wordpress.org. Or most web hosting companies today […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/social-media-success-tools/#post-28079Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Social Media Success Tools in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/social-media-success-tools/#post-28079 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:49:23 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Social Media Success Tools in the club Small Business Love Hootsuite (first on his list). It's great for allowing me to schedule some tweets and FB posts while monitoring the stream for additional "real time" interaction.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/has-anyone-used-naymz/#post-26460Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Has anyone used Naymz? in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/has-anyone-used-naymz/#post-26460 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:50:02 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Has anyone used Naymz? in the club Small Business I have an account there and a few connections, but can't honestly say I've ever "used" it all that actively.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/linkedin-company-pages-vs-group/#post-25913Diane Aull replied to the forum topic LinkedIn - Company Pages vs. Group in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/linkedin-company-pages-vs-group/#post-25913 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:10 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic LinkedIn - Company Pages vs. Group in the club Small Business For specific, one-time events I've usually seen those done as groups. The advantage to that is that participants can easily network with each other, as they will all share a common group membership.The group also […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/268716/Diane Aull and Jenifer Swanson are now friendshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/activity/p/268716/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:49:03 +0000 Diane Aull and Jenifer Swanson are now friends

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]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/linkedin-company-pages-vs-group/#post-25758Diane Aull replied to the forum topic LinkedIn - Company Pages vs. Group in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/linkedin-company-pages-vs-group/#post-25758 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:50:33 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic LinkedIn - Company Pages vs. Group in the club Small Business We use a company page. You can post status updates to the company page, and people can comment, which gives you some basic interactivity. In addition, using the company page you almost get a little mini-website […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/two-50000-newbie-blogging-questions-and-a-request/#post-25755Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Two $50,000 Newbie Blogging Questions…and a request! in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/two-50000-newbie-blogging-questions-and-a-request/#post-25755 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:27:42 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Two $50,000 Newbie Blogging Questions…and a request! in the club Blogging Not sure of the answer to the first question (I don't use blogspot), but I can maybe help with the second. :)When they say to "target an audience" that just means to write your posts with a particular audience […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-improving-conversion-rates-3252012/#post-25613Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Improving Conversion Rates (3/25/2012) in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-improving-conversion-rates-3252012/#post-25613 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:10:12 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Improving Conversion Rates (3/25/2012) in the club Small Business I'm a heavy Google Website Optimizer and Google Analytics user. Love both tools. If you're a Google Analytics power user (or you'd like to get better using it), you might want to check out this Custom Report […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25598Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25598 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:33:28 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Business @djkyle, I'm so glad it seems to be working out for you!@jasonwiser, I know what you mean. Once you start thinking about setting things up this way, the ideas really start to flow. :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25317Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25317 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:20:55 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Business Cool! Good luck! :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25313Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Businesshttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/help-i-need-a-system-for-forward-and-email-to-several-people-at-once/#post-25313 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:11:26 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Help! I need a system for forward and email to several people at once! in the club Small Business Do you have a website? Does your web hosting ISP also include email for your hosted domains? (Almost all do.)Here's what I've done in similar situations. I set up a "dummy" forwarding-only email address […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/blog-topic-calendar/#post-24331Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Blog Topic Calendar in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/blog-topic-calendar/#post-24331 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:38:09 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Blog Topic Calendar in the club Blogging You're welcome, y'all! Glad I could be of help.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-customize-twentyeleven/#post-22850Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you customize Twentyeleven? in the club Blogginghttp://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-customize-twentyeleven/#post-22850 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:25:41 +0000 Diane Aull replied to the forum topic Do you customize Twentyeleven? in the club Blogging @jasonwiser @chrisloeser I use WP as a CMS for almost all my sites (many of which aren't, and never will be, blogs). To my mind, it's a wonderfully intuitive and easy-to-use "straight" CMS that also happens […]

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