During SMartCamp (Social Media Art Camp), nonprofits, artists, arts organizations, bloggers, strategists, and a bunch of other really really interesting people gathered to talk about the intersection of Arts, Culture, and Technology.
As part of SMartCamp, we also ran a 4 hour Social Media Bootcamp. The workshop, which was limited to 20 participants (broken up into [...]
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This winter, I’ll be teaching a series of classes at 3rd Ward. The first part of the series will be a workshop focused on setting up an ecommerce store. We will look at live sites and multiple ecommerce platforms. This will be a great class and flexible enough to meet your needs. Read below for [...]
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“Failing to plan is planning to fail”
- someone who planned
Whether you’ve got an existing site, or need a new one, you need to plan either way. While a web designer or programmer can help you build a site, it’s up to you to figure out “What do I need?”
Organizing 2.0: How to Plan for Your [...]
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So what’s been happening down at the barn?
Well, glad you asked…
We just recently launched a new site: Hudson Valley BarnHouse
The site was built for a rental property in Warwick, NY offering rentals to vacationers and people who simply want to get away. The site features a full lightbox gallery, fully customizable font colors, and is [...]
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberger recently announced that Privacy Policies will be changing on Facebook.
Here is an excerpt from the facebook blog:
Facebook’s current privacy model revolves around “networks” — communities for your school, your company or your region. This worked well when Facebook was mostly used by students, since it made sense that a student might want [...]
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Note: This post was written for participants in an ecommerce seminar. Please feel free to leave questions + comments below
To sell items online, you need:
a payment gateway (like paypal) to process payments
a good shopping cart solution
an SSL seal (if you’re processing credit cards on your website)
If you’re starting from scratch, don’t have the support of [...]
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I hope you’ll be able to join me this weekend at 3rdWard.
I’ll be leading 2 seminars on e-commerce and online marketing.
The workshops will be at 537 Metropolitan Ave
ONLINE MARKETING
This seminar offers a quick overview and demos of a variety of free/cheap tools and resources for your online marketing and promotional needs. From blogs, social networks, [...]
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[news via facebook's blog]
by Knot Pipatsrisawat
Facebook Groups have long been a part of the Facebook experience as a way for people to organize and discuss particular issues of interest. However, until now, Group activities have been isolated to the group page and it was often difficult to find out what currently was going on within [...]
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For non-profits, November and December translate to donation season. For businesses, it’s a time to think about what deals to offer their customers. And for marketers, it’s time to think – how will I help businesses reach the RIGHT customers?
by Sarah Mahoney
[via MediaPost]
With consumers determined to limit their holiday spending, a new study predicts they [...]
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In February, I did a presentation called, “How to Ruin Your Online Reputation”
One of the sure-fire ways to ruin your reputation is to call yourself a social media guru (or allow others to call you that).
This video sums up the pitfalls of working with a self-proclaimed social media guru
This. Is. Hysterical.
There’s cursing in here, so [...]
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