The topic for Social Media for Business in Corvallis today is: So You Have a Blog. Now What? Here are some of our notes, ideas and a list of post topics (in case you are wondering what to write about).
NOTES FROM SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS TODAY:
“Merit credibility” and “Invite feedback” where the two most selected reasons for [...]
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Notes and Blog Post Ideas from Social Media for Business in Corvallis
Happy Birthday Umbraco Video
Old friends, new friends and fellow web professionals Tamara Hill-Tanquist, David Hill, Micheal Laport and Chris Lee joined the ProWorks Team in Corvallis to join the global celebration of Umbraco’s 5th birthday. Here is a little video to share the fun and our thanks with the Umbraco community.
Umbraco is an open source Content Management System [...]
Happy Holidays from the ProWorks Extended Family
Happy Holidays everyone!
We made you a ProWorks Holiday Card
List of Great Corvallis Area Business, Technology, and Entrepreneur Events
Recently I participated in a radio interview with Andy Vaughn on KBVR and we got on the topic of how many cool things there are to get involved with and attend in the Corvallis area. For the size, Corvallis and its nearby communities have a lot going on.
Sometimes its hard to find out about all [...]
Thoughts and Suggestions for Startup Weekend Corvallis
I recently participated in Startup Weekend Corvallis and I thought I would share my experience and offer a few suggestions about how it might be improved for next time.
Thoughts:
I generally enjoyed the experience. It was interesting to work with new people (especially Michael and Chris at Peak Internet!) and I think we created something useful [...]
Selecting Social Media Guides
John Bergquist, a fellow social media professional for whom I have a high professional and personal regard recently published a blog post suggesting that the title of “social media expert” is overstated if we consider his observation:
“Social Media is such a new frontier that there really is no way that someone could honestly claim to [...]
Creating Blind Accessible Web Sites and Applications
The reality for more than 20 million Americans who are blind or have low-vision is that the web is generally an unfriendly place. As web application developers we can choose to improve this situation or continue to carelessly contribute to it. The good news is that many of things that web developers and designers can [...]
ProWorks is Helping Businesses Leverage Social Media in Corvallis
Our third session on ‘Social Media for Business’ hosted at the Corvallis Chamber was attended by fourteen forward minded social media explorers around Corvallis. It was great mix including Mayor Tomlinson, marketing professionals, brick-n-mortar and web store owners. The mix of experience and perspectives made for some great discussions.
Some of the things we talked [...]
My Sitecore Training Experience
My experience at Sitecore Content Management System Training in Mill Valley, California.
Measuring Success with Cookies
As a web professional, how can you measure that your clients are pleased with what you are doing? Simple. Cookies. No not that kind of cookie. Home made delicious mouse cookies with almond ears and pretzel tails personally delivered to your office. You know you want some.
Thank you to Gloria Pozniak of Pozniak Pottery who will [...]