Google+ has not seen the greatest takeoff since its launch in 2011, as it struggled to compete with well-established social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. The site pulled out all the stops, embellishing the new look with social bells and whistles, such as "Hangouts," in an attempt to gain media attention. Unfortunately, Google went a little overboard, their coup-de-grace being the muddled interface and a confusing layout that was less than use-friendly. However, they have begun to clean up their act, and G+ can now be a great tool in connecting with your clients and for advancing business. Using Google Hangout, an associated plug-in, you can create a virtual video chatroom from which you can conduct business meetings, share information, or just gain valuable face time with your clients. Here are tips on how to get started on Google Hangout and become a G+ master.
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Did social media take off and break the blogger hearts? Have Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, and all the other social networks done to blogging what video did to radio? Remember the lyrics? “Video killed the radio star.” Have blogger voices and careers been cut short by social media buzz? Is the era of blogging about to pass? We don’t think so. In-fact, we think the opposite.
Tags: Internet, design, wordpress, online marketing, blog, Whipp, google, online, viral
Ralph and Chris, Whipp partners, first began using Diet Coke when they took the Pepsi challenge in 1994 and Coke won. They desperately wanted to get out, but as the rewards points piled up the cost of quitting outweighed the benefit. They are most recently hoping to win a 60’’ plasma HDTV and a pair of Beats headphones. Coke caps, reward prizes, and bottles have begun to fill their offices, and hoarding has become an issue. As the Whipp partners have begun to realize they have a problem, they decided to start their very own, Diet Coke anonymous club.
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First, if your companies call-to-actions are not remarkable, no one will make it to the landing page. Every marketing firm should understand their homepage is not a landing page. A landing page is a form that can’t be navigated away from. Good landing pages are a valuable asset to your business and produce eligible leads. They keep potential leads reading, engaged and on your site. Remember, a landing page should be deciphered in 5 to 6 seconds. If a person or company does not understand the value of the offer in that time, it may not be a functional landing page. So how should you create a perfect landing page?
Tags: Internet, SEO, design, landing page, Whipp, analytics, google, marketing, content, online, inbound marketing
Companies optimize how their web pages are found by allocating keywords to their pages. Good keywords (and phrases) are relevant and easily found online.
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Everybody Google searches. Why not do it with ease and a style that makes you look impressive? There are so many tricks and tips for googling. These are just a few we use here at Whipp. Try them out!
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A news story I was reading this morning on NPR posed a question I think most our followers are interested in; Have we become weather balloons, helping government predict different futures through the web? Ok...I lied, it posed several questions...The next being, how do we observe the world as people, as organizations, and as a general community? Has Facebook and Twitter and other online social media/news feeds taken over? Have we become predictable, traceable, and mathematical creatures? If so, who is watching? Is it better to have predictive advertising or do we want the web out of our cookie-jar?
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