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Ten Twitter parody accounts

Monday, July 12th, 2010

There’s an emergence of parody accounts on Twitter.  According to Twitter’s help pages, “Twitter users are allowed to create parody, commentary, or fan accounts. Twitter provides a platform for its users to share and receive a wide range of ideas and content, and we greatly value and respect our users’ expression.”

Here are 10 accounts that are demonstrate Twitter’s users’ expression, and then some:

ceoSteveJobs
Bio: I don’t care what you think of me. You care what I think of you. Of course this is a parody account.

BPGlobalPR
Bio: This page exists to get BP’s message and mission statement out into the twitterverse!

Real_BP_CEO
Sample Tweet: “For the record we did not hide information about the oil leak. We never bothered to gather the information in the first place.”

FakeAPStylebook
Sample Tweet:  You may refer to him as Cap’n Crunch to others, but you must still salute him in person.

Michael_Bay
Bio: The original imposter. All others are imposter imposters.
Sample Tweet: “Hardest part of the day is picking out which one of these denim shirts I’m going to wear.”

FakeParamount
Bio: The great all knowing film company! (This is all satire and I expect you all to take it as satire. This is not affiliated with Paramount)

FakeeEtiquette
Sample Tweet: If you’re going to bother Google with a search, it is polite to type “excuse me” first.

AC180
Bio: Covering all angles. Except for the ones behind me.
Sample Tweet: “I want to go home. I ran out of clean underpants last week, and Kevin Costner won’t stop texting me.”

TheeRobertEvans
Bio: The only real Hollywood insider left. And I like to tell stories.
Sample Tweet: “My work day ends when I run out of cigarettes.”

DameElizabeth
Bio: “The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren’t true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart.”

OK, the DameElizabeth account isn’t a parody account.

What is your favorite Twitter parody account?

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Connect your WordPress blog to your LinkedIn profile

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

LinkedIn LogoNow you can add your WordPress blog posts directly to your LinkedIn profile. With this WordPress App, you can now sync your WordPress blog posts with your LinkedIn profile, keeping everyone in your network in the know.

Updates are automatically sent to your LinkedIn network for instant notifications.

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Five Favorite Fonts

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Design is always evolving and a good designer’s love of typography is shown clearly in their work.

Southern Web Group’s designers compiled a list of their top 5 favorite typefaces for your enjoyment. You might already be familiar with some of these fonts. Household names, like Facebook and Apple, frequently use these fonts in their marketing materials.

Enjoy our collection — and perhaps — use it in your next design project.

Klavika Regular

Frutiger LT Std Light

Gotham Medium

Myriad Pro Semibold

Helvetica Neue Light

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5 Things About Search Engine Optimization

Friday, February 19th, 2010

How can you improve your website’s search engine rankings, entice customers and increase traffic to your Web pages? There are several search engine optimization (SEO) techniques that are effective in encouraging visibility, traffic and conversion. Be sure to select a firm that tests multiple scenarios, monitors customer usage, provides maintenance and customizes SEO tactics so they are appropriate for your target market to avoid the common pitfalls of professional optimization. Consider these SEO strategies and techniques, and let them be key determinants in choosing the best search engine optimization firm for you.

  1. Link Building
    SEO providers should offer comprehensive link building options. From link bait recommendations to draw Web users to your site’s current, comprehensive and unique content to link strategy recommendations and more, an efficient search engine optimizer succeeds in increasing link traffic to your Web page.
  2. Testing and Monitoring
    A large part of strong SEO depends on testing and monitoring – investigating one tactic’s success over another’s to create the most impacting optimization for you. Select an optimizer that provides monitoring of Google Webmaster Tools, tracking through Google Analytics, usability testing and quarterly reporting.
  3. Maintenance
    Dated content isn’t optimized content. Be sure your SEO includes current setups, site updates and recommendations and monthly on-page optimization – title tags, meta tags, and image attributes.
  4. Rich and Relevant Content
    It’s imperative that your website content be rich, up-to-date and relevant to the audience you’re attempting to attract. Content recommendations, maintained business blogs, keyword-rich text and social media recommendations are all helpful tools in ensuring your website is significant and meaningful.
  5. Promises, Promises
    With everyone competing to be the biggest and best, be wary of optimizers that offer or boast the following: guaranteed #1 placement for your website on search engines, unclear explanations as to what they provide and where your money goes, shadow domains, doorway pages and traffic generation from fake engines or spyware.

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