TweetI’m a big fan of QR codes, those funky images made of a bunch of small squares that anyone with a smartphone can scan to reveal a message or link to your website, and I’m glad to see them catching on. They’re showing up on web pages, business cards, signage, store windows, coffee cups, and [...]

TweetIt amazes me how often I see a website or blog for a person or company that I know has a social network with Facebook or Twitter pages and yet there isn’t a link anywhere in sight. I’m also equally surprised when I get an email with a basic signature like, “Sincerely, John Smith” when [...]

TweetI’d just finished reading an excellent eBook on using social media, and in particular, Facebook, to market a business and was about to recommend it to my Facebook fans as an easy, relaxing Sunday morning read. But, I changed my mind. I had gotten a copy of the eBook without going through the process of [...]

TweetPeople are finding some really creative uses for QR codes; putting them on buildings, business cards, in store windows, on coffee cups, on posters, and lots of other places, but they really do make nice body art and look a whole lot nicer than having your phone number tattooed on your back. By the way, [...]

TweetPeople have been offering incentives to get others to try their product or service or join their club since there were enough people on the planet to form a club. The incentive to join the Neanderthal Club Makers Club was probably not getting hit with a club if you didn’t join the club and it [...]

TweetWhen Apple introduced the iAd in April it was touted as the cure for the typical mobile banner ad. The iAds will actually run within an app and fill the screen and offer a way to interact by using your finger, as you’ll see in the video. The time to recharge calculator in this ad [...]