Dustin Schmidt

Westchester Real Estate, Internet Marketing SEO, and allegorical anecdotes.

Monthly Archives: November 2009

Yahoo! Pipes, Twitterfeed, and Common Sense to Brand Yourself on Twitter

Ok, some people know what they are doing when it comes to Twitter while many others are still in the dark.  Is it a web 2.0 vehicle designed to promote and market my products/business services or is it merely intended for staying in touch with people?   The funny thing about Twitter is that one[.....]

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In Real Life – A November Morning With My Dog Cohiba

In between chasing after tennis balls he’s popped, and scarfing down milkbones, my nine-year-old German Sheppard Cohiba spent some time to strut his stuff for the camera.  On this rainy Saturday afternoon a few weeks back I pulled out my Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XTI camera and fired away.  I consider myself an amateur photographer at best,[.....]

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Link Bait and Life 2.0

Being an internet marketer and social media guy (I know it’s become such a buzzword) lends itself to parody quite often.  I came across this satirical spoof on YouTube poking fun at the development of Web 2.0, and had to pass it along to anyone who could use a good laugh. I love the line:[.....]

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Social Network Neighborhood Meet The New Kid On The Block: iYobo

I was really excited when Friendfeed came out and started streamlining all of my lifestreams into one central location.  Another key feature to the social networking aggregator is that it brings together the best of both worlds: hashtags and @replies from Twitter combined with robust video and wall post from Facebook.  Don’t forget, the Friendfeed API also[.....]

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The Next Big Fish Caught In The Net: Anti-Trust Law Will Tame Google and Facebook

Let me start by saying that I’m sure the legal teams for both Facebook and Google are made up of some of the best and brightest corporate litigation minds known to mankind.  They do more than just eat their Wheaties every morning. I believe it is a fair assessment that the legal counsel for Microsoft Corporation did it’s[.....]

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10 Great Ways To Optimize Your WordPress Blog

Creating an effective presence in the blogosphere has become far more competitive in recent years. With the steady growth of Facebook and Twitter, blogs are morphing into social media micro sites of their social network affiliates.

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No, You Really Are Great… I Believe It, and You’re Worth Every Penny

Recessions do not happen by mistake. Whether you are enduring your own personal hardship or are witnessing catastrophe of a greater magnitude, your collective thought system and process of being have a profound impact on outcomes whether they are singular or plural. All we can do individually is take responsibility for our own role and[.....]

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Five Twitter Tools You Have To Have In Your Social Media Tool Belt

ComScore data indicates that Twitter attracted 20.1 million unique visitors in June. Conclusion: having a marketing plan for your small business including the surging social network is imperative. Since Twitter has become a social media giant comparable to Facebook, there has certainly been an excess of application development based on the Twitter API. It”s important[.....]

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Facebook, FriendFeed, Twitter, TweetDeck, and WordPress: What A Happy Family

Now don’t get me wrong: I’m still a big fan of David Cramer’s Lifestream plugin for WordPress. I have seen it at work and it is tremendous. I still will install, configure, and edit it on any project calling for social network fusion within a WordPress blog. It does require some serious tinkering with if[.....]

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