Ever since the internet was started there have been people out there ripping people off and today it is no different. Sadly, because of this when I tell people I make a living online they think I am doing some type of shady marketing or something like that. The truth is I am living proof…
Buying a Product Because of Instagram
I’m sure by now you’ve heard of Instagram and most likely have an account. If not Instagram is a simple way to take a share photos, and add some cool filters to along the way. It is a social network as well so you can follow users and see what photos they are sharing. I…
Interview: Pat Hanavan
Today I am kicking off my interview series with Pat Hanavan. Pat is a pretty close friend of mine. Over the past few years I have seen him be a big part of a start-up Vodka company and build an online community and destination website for Faded Industry. So let’s get this interview started!
Upcoming Interview Series
I get asked so many different questions about what I do. These questions range from what I actually do to how I make money online. Over the past few years I have met many different people that make a living online or that work in social media. To give you guys a better idea of…
Stand Out with Your Own Personal Brand
I’ve always been a big proponent of having a personal brand. In plain terms your personal brand is what people know you for. Think about that for a second, what are you known for? I would assume when people think about me they know I’m the guy who runs ThinkComputers, takes photos of what he eats and maybe even a guy who gives good advice about running an online business. There are many platforms for building your own personal brand, which we will get into in a second, but why should you waste time building your personal brand?
Building an Engaging Facebook Community
Facebook is one of the best places to build a community and help promote your brand and your website or blog. To be honest for a while I was very lazy when it came to Facebook marketing for ThinkComputers. Our “Likes” remained the same and there was not much engagement at all. This is never…
Why You and Your Brand Needs to be on Google+
Google+ keeps on growing and growing, but many people and brands still have not decided to move over. Well now with Google’s Search, plus Your World feature and other things they are doing to promote Google+ you and your brand better be on Google+. Actually before I continue why don’t you head on over to…
Finding More Interesting Content on Google+
I’ve always liked being able to find interesting and intelligent information and conversations online. I think it all started with people posting links on IRC and on forums. From there it went on to social networks. Of course MySpace was first, but when that was overrun with garbage and profiles that gave me a siezure…
PodCamp Pittsburgh 6
PodCamp Pittsburgh 6 was this past weekend and it was a blast! PodCamp is a free conference that is put on to teach people about blogging, social media, podcasting and much more. I didn’t attend PodCamp last year so I was interested to see what sessions there would be this year. PodCamp started on Saturday…
Google Plus Review – A Week In
It seems the buzz all around the internet for the past couple of weeks has been about Google’s new social platform Google Plus or Google+. We have seen Google social things before like Buzz, which really did not catch on, but it seems many people are embracing Google+. Google+ is a social network, but what makes it different from Facebook? Well first off Google+ does not have games or 3rd party apps at this time. This means you are not getting stupid requests for apps and for people asking you to help them in Mafia Wars or something like that.
My Social Media Update 2011
So it is 2011, with all of these new social media sites springing up where can you find me? I honestly have been using the same sites for quite a long time, but if you don’t know where to find me in 2011 here are some links… Twitter FaceBook Flickr YouTube (mainly ThinkComputers videos) FriendFeed…