Here’s a short video from CommonCraft that demonstrates how to use twitter search.
- Find people (they may be talking about your business)
- Read news in real time
- Watch trends as they happen (use of the #hashtag)
All of this in real time 🙂
Use a Gravatar with your blog comments
A Gravatar is an image that follows you from blog to blog showing up beside your name when you comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums and it help in building your brand.
Setting up Gravatars on your site is super easy; you don’t even need an account! Watch the video below and see how easy it is.
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-10
- Go To School and get a job or … become an entrepreneur? Watch the video and decide for yourself: http://bit.ly/9QXSFt #
- WordPress internal link building plugin: http://bit.ly/a8z6c7 #
- From @Sphinn: Using Excel for SEO – the Grand Collection of Tips http://sphinn.com/story/155960 #
- Senate Democrats dropped $1.5 billion of #stimulus #funding for #renewable energy. Who’s running the ship? http://bit.ly/bWxlw8 #
- Five Solar Power Myths: http://bit.ly/dsOvBl #
- Great PPV Network. Demographic of 35+ with a majority being female: LeadImpact (formerly Zango) #
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-09
- #Tax #Credits for Biofuels: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/opinion/l08biofuels.html?_r=1 #
- Search Delicious, Twitter, Facebook and more. All in one tool: http://www.48ers.com/ #
- #Gulf disaster renews interest in #biofuel technology: http://bit.ly/bDGSXh #
- #Biofuel a Possible Solution to Massive Algae Takeover: http://bit.ly/d5dncV #
- Skype, is looking to raise up to $100 million in an IPO, should we buy their stock? I use them everyday and I love the service… #
- Add an #uppr or #dwnr hastag to your tweets and people will be able to check public sentiment on http://upprdwnr.com/. Pretty cool 🙂 #
Go To School and get a job or … become an entrepreneur?
They always to tell us:
- go to school
- get a job
- get married
- buy a house
- have kids
- retire
- enjoy life
Not necessarily in this order but… you get the idea. You have probably heard it yourself.
What’s wrong with this picture? What is all this is wrong? Or, let me say it better, what is the sequence is wrong? Or…what if this is wrong for SOME of us? I am not saying this is for everyone.
Here’s the problem: school prepares you for academic and/or professional education but there is virtually no financial education available.
However financial information is what banks ask for. And if you are unable to produce it then…you cannot get what you need.
School train people to be employees.
BUT:
- What if we can enjoy life now?
- And NOT slave for someone else?
- And be FREE?
- And financially independent?
- NOW?
Robert Kiyosaki has been teaching this for years. I always enjoy watching his videos and reading his books. I hope you will too 🙂
Here are some comments to the movie:
anonymousTuesday, July 20, 2010It makes me angry that we were sold this idea that if you just go to college and get a good job that you will be financially secure. A lot of smart, hard-working people have been sold this lie and it just isn’t true anymore. Maybe it was once, but not anymore.
And
steveWednesday, July 21, 2010How much is your degree actually worth, as compared to the cost of your schooling? Many folks pay for an overpriced eduction (e.g. Ivy league schools). With the help of financial awareness from Robert Kiyosaki, I am filling in the gaps that my formal eductaion did not cover. Still have several years before financial independence, but knowing was the first step to changing. The balance sheet helps keep my decisions in check with my goals.
Enjoy 🙂
The oil spill’s toxic trade-off from TED ideas worth spreading
Some more horror stories about the Oil Spill.
From TED.com
Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that’s grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it’s sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea.
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04
- Houses in the Sahara desert using living bacteria? http://sandrosalsi.com/3424/houses-in-the-sahara-desert-using-living-bacteria/ #
- TED (Ideas worth spreading) ROCKS !!! #
- Twitter tip (3): Free Twitter Buttons, Badges, Widget and Counters to Help You Find Followers: http://bit.ly/cPg1m7 #
- Twitter tip (2): Twitter Tools – Integrates your WordPress blog with Twitter and vice versa. I use to create blog posts out of my tips. #
- Custom twitter backgrounds: A) Create a simple background wide enough for most PCs B) Change the background color C) Add a background image #
- Twitter tip (1): Get a ReTweet Button for Your Blog http://tweetmeme.com/static.php?page=button #
- Financing Solar Power in the Developing World: http://bit.ly/bner2H #
- You da man … NO you da man ! http://sandrosalsi.com/3426/you-da-man/ #
You da man…
Houses in the Sahara desert using living bacteria
Another beautiful video from the good folks at TED – ideas worth spreading.
In today’s video Magnus Larsson is showing us a new kind of architecture. Using organic forms and living, growing materials to bring new life into buildings, homes and infrastructure we use in our everyday life.
He has a plan to build in the Sahara desert sands using living bacteria, creating sustainable living spaces and stopping the desert from destroying good arable land.
Twitter Updates for 2010-07-29
- Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States using existing federal authorities (Full report – PDF): http://bit.ly/c66qCP #
- Unmistakable Scientific evidence of a #global #warming (Rising and declining indicators): http://bit.ly/933PlO #
- Business Opportunities in Sustainable Consumption latest report (PDF) outlining the opportunities for companies: http://bit.ly/cHzP43 #
- Slimmed-down U.S. Energy Bill unveiled today focuses on offshore drilling and promoting alternative fuels: http://bit.ly/d299Se #
- Press release tip (3): do not use the word FREE in your title, that is at least 25 characters long and make sure it doesn’t sound like an AD #
- Press release tip (2): the title should focus on a specific event that you want people to know about. #
- Press release tip (1): spend lots of time on your title. if it’s not catchy nobody will ever read your release. #
- PPC landing page tip (3): test different versions of your ADS. If you have lots of traffic multivariate testing is best. #
- PPC landing page tip (2): your headline can make or break your copy. Make sure it has compelling benefits, the main keywords and power words #
- PPC landing page tip (1): with headlines, benefit, testimonial, call to action, etc, it can get distracting. Focus on your core message. #