Dinkum
Are You Giving Your Customers a Headache?
by Paul Fleming On September 16, 2011
First, let me offer a content warning. I will be discussing telecommunications companies. Ordinarily, I don’t like talking/writing/thinking about telcos because they do my head in. But a friend had just arrived from Australia to live in NYC and the first thing she wanted to do was get her phone activated. She said she felt … Read More
WordPress
Creating readme.txt for Our WordPress Plugin
by Emiliano Jankowski On September 13, 2011
We have been talking in previous posts, about the relevance of the readme.txt file, when you want to put put your plugin into the WordPress plugin directory. This is the text that explains about your plug in, answers common questions, thanks others for their input, and other like information. Sometimes, especially at the beginning, writing … Read More
Social Media
Facebook Friends Forever
by Guest Blogger On September 9, 2011
By now you know that WHYY and NPR are a couple of my favorite ways to keep up with the world. One of the reasons for this is that they cover cool stuff. They also drive traffic to their websites by letting you know, at the end of a broadcast segment, that you can find … Read More
WordPress
Testing an XmlRpc server
by Emiliano Jankowski On September 2, 2011
We are developing a big plugin with a big xmlrpc interface, and sometimes it’s hard to test your functions, and see what are the results. Googling a bit I found a very cool tool. It’s open source so you can download it and test it, or even better, you can edit and add the things … Read More
Internet Marketing
Interpreting Client Questions about Search Engine Marketing
by Guest Blogger On August 30, 2011
Some clients ask a lot of questions, some just go along for the ride. Sound familiar? I prefer clients who want to understand the Search Engine Marketing journey and who take the time to ask questions as they come up. These clients are often, although not always, more engaged and better partners in their campaign. Many … Read More
Dinkum
Multiple Google Account Logins
by Jacob Smith On August 26, 2011
If you use Google services, you likely use a lot of them. And if you’re like me and my colleagues/friends and many clients, you might even have a few identities with big old friendly (free) ‘goog. Your personal gmail address, your Google Apps for Business account, etc. I use four Google Apps email accounts each … Read More
Content Marketing, Internet Marketing, SEO
Content, Content, Content
by Guest Blogger On August 23, 2011
As a client facing member of the Dinkum team, I am sometimes called upon to discuss SEO with clients. Most often I am answering questions on basic concepts, which clients who have recently signed on want to understand. Sometimes I chat over the same things with clients who have been around for a while, but … Read More
Social Media
Social Media’s Dark Side
by Guest Blogger On August 16, 2011
In the Sunday edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, John Timpane wrote about the recent flash mobs in Philadelphia, organized through various social media. They are an ugly reminder that tools that can be used for good, such as the uprisings in the various Middle East countries over the last year or more, can be used … Read More