Laurie Thompson
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Dashboards, Platforms, Design Tools, and Email Marketing For Your Startup
This is the day, week, month, or year that you are going to take your startup and shoot for the stars. You have all of the right ideas, you know the right people, you know what goals you need to achieve, but the sticking point is limited resources. Money, what makes the world go round, […] → Read More
Boost Your Marketing in 2015 With Hootsuite
Thinking of boosting your 2015 social media marketing with Hootsuite? This is the perfect time of year to go from a free user to a Pro Account, and ramp up your brand on social media. To help you decide whether to purchase the Pro account, check out some of the benefits of adding Hootsuite to … → Read More
Local Optimization – Do You Have A Google+ Page?
If you don’t yet have a presence on Google+, I recommend that you grab our business page URL on Google for 2015. If you are thinking this is just another social media dashboard you will have to fit into your budget, don’t worry. I am just asking you to set up your account and save … → Read More
How To Organize Login Information For Clients
Whether it be a web design project, social media project, or an optimization project, I do not know how many times I forget to obtain the login information from the company owners. You would think after working with all of these profiles and dashboards it would just come second nature to all of us. Alas, … → Read More
What Is Hootsuite, And How Can It Help With Your Business?
One of my go-to tools for my business, or when working on client’s social media for K-3 Technologies, is Hootsuite. There are quite a few other social media dashboards out in the social sphere to use such as Sprout Social, Bundle Post, and Buffer, but Hootsuite has all of the bells and whistles that I … → Read More
Social Media Mistakes You Should Stop Making Now
Over the past few months, I have noticed quite a new group of followers on my social media accounts. I love being able to check out these new followers and find out what they do, because we all have to admit we like to look at who is following us. Human nature right? As I … → Read More
Social Media Mistakes You Should Stop Making Now
Over the past few months, I have noticed quite a new group of followers on my social media accounts. I love being able to check out these new followers and find out what they do, because we all have to admit we like to look at who is following us. Human nature right? As I … → Read More
Has Your Blog Flow Slowed?
I don’t know about you, but even when I was in school, July became a lazy month for me. I think it is because, in Georgia, July starts the count to the beginning of school again. Yes, we start August 1st, and yes it is hard to go that early! I still, to this day, … → Read More
SEO And Blogging
Blogging has taken hold of the internet. If you aren’t blogging at least a few times a year, then you run the risk of your company being drowned out in the constant barrage of information that is published every day. In this Article You Will Learn: Why You Should Be Blogging How to Boost Your … → Read More
Don’t Forget Your SEO In Social Media
Search Engine Optimization, otherwise known as SEO, does not apply just to your website. SEO can play a big factor in your social media profiles as well. If you have paid the money or done the research to find the keywords that fit your niche, don’t forget to use them outside of your website. Let’s talk about some commonly asked questions with keywords and social media profiles: * Where should I… → Read More
Two Fun Applications To Use This Spring
Everyone is always trying to find the newest and coolest applications to use, and then brag about the app before anyone else can. I was actually told of two pretty neat applications that I will be using this spring, and wanted to pass them along to you because I think we all need to share information and help when we can. 1. Canva Oh Canva, we have only been friends for a few weeks now, but we have… → Read More
3 Simple SEO Tips For People Managing Their Own Websites
Do you manage your own website? If so, working on managing your own SEO can be very time consuming. This is not to say that it can’t be done, but sometimes SEO gets tossed to the side with other things going on in your business. To help you, I have 3 simple SEO tips that will help your efforts to stand out online. 1. Meta Tags Meta tags are the words that you see at the top of the tab when you open… → Read More
Atlanta Used Social Media Right During #Snowpocalypse
It was a mess. It was cold. It was somewhere between 12-24 hours for some people in their cars. It was 2 inches of snow. It was “carmaggeden”. I know most of my northern friends and family have made fun of Atlanta, and the fact that only 2 inches of snow fell in the city. I can tell you every person who was stuck in a car, or bus, or Home Depot does not find the humor in any of those jokes. Though… → Read More
The Tale of the Broken Computer
A few weeks ago, what every computer owner dreads, happened. My computer caught a virus with a double dose of malware. My first emotion was anger followed by sadness, which soon turned into panic over all of my files on the computer. All of my work flashed before my eyes. Luckily, this tale ends with the Geek Squad coming to my rescue, and I did not lose any of my files or my sanity. What this tale… → Read More