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How Important Is Your Bounce Rate? — Remarks from #SESLondon and @newpr

Tinu — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:21:31 +0000

Somehow it slipped my mind that today is the second day of SES London — probably because today is my sister’s birthday and so my thoughts are elsewhere. Anyway, upon remembering this, I began to vicariously explore the day via the #SESLondon Twitter stream. If you’re not on Twitter, one good way to do this [...]

Why Isn’t Google Showing Me All My Links?

Tinu — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:56:13 +0000

Because Google is a tricky, sneaky little so and so, that’s why. Okay that’s not really the answer. To get to that answer, we have to look at the two ways you’re most likely to find linking pointing back to your site using Google. The first method is to use Google’s advanced search operators, particularly [...]

Google Question Month

Tinu — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:18:52 +0000

Just a quick announcement. For the month of November, we’re going to have a month where I answer all your questions about Google. There have been a lot of them coming in lately, some very basic, other quite complex. So if you’ve sent a question before today on the topic of Google, it will be [...]

How Do I Build a Bigger Audience Around My Content?

Tinu — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:47:21 +0000

I just read a comment on Google+ in response to some great advice Google+ John Jantsch shared from his blog. The gist of it was that the idea that the results John gets on platforms like Google+ only applies to people with large audiences already, like Tom Anderson, John, Guy Kawasaki, etc. To which my [...]

Thanks Lisa, Or How Far Kind Gestures Go

Tinu — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:33:20 +0000

I was having the second of two really crappy bad days in a row. Then Lisa Byrne (who does awesome things, including Social Zest & DC Event Junkie) sent these flowers over to brighten my day. The card was also signed by pal Shashi Bellamkonda, and on behalf of the rest of the team I [...]

Google Plus Walkthrough Video

Tinu — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:41:11 +0000

Edit: I’m aware of the audio problems. Time was a factor in getting this video out to its intended audience. I haven’t written a walkthrough, review or any other commentary of Google+, despite the fact that I’ve been using it since late in the first round of invites. (And just to be clear, when I [...]

How to Increase Your Web Visibility

Tinu — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:56:41 +0000

How do you get seen online? That’s our web visibility question for the day. In this audio: The Question: How do you increase web visibility? Summary of the Answer: Go where the people are. People are: on Google, in social media sites, checking the news and checking their email. Infiltrate those areas. But before you [...]

Grow Smart Business 2010 Compilations

Tinu — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:28:22 +0000

Using a site called Storify that was recently covered in Mashable, I’ve been compiling a list of resources from the Grow Smart Business 2010 Conference. This page will update as I add new things to the page. If you’re reading via fee and can’t see the page, you can visit the Grow Smart Business Conference [...]

Where to Get the “How to Increase Traffic to Your Website” Tweetchat Recap

Tinu — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:50:54 +0000

This past July, I was honored to be Network Solution’s featured guest at their monthly Tweetchat. the topic was “How to Increase Traffic to Your Website”. If you were unable to attend (or didn’t know me back then), you should know that there’s a recap of the event available from their site. It includes my [...]

Go Boot Camp! #wgbiz

Tinu — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:21:50 +0000

In less than nine hours (which means I should be asleep! too excited), the Women Grow Business Boot Camp is starting. I am out of my mind excited about all the things I’m going to learn and the people I’m going to meet. And the fact that I’ll be conducting one of the breakout sessions [...]

A Shout Out to My AOC Peeps

Tinu — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:41:12 +0000

Yes, I realize I used the word “Peeps” but I do believe it is Friday. So, yeah. I have been blessed to participate in the Age of Conversation project again this year. Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton put a call out to authors on the topic of Social Media, and those who make the cut [...]

Support Department Temporarily Backed Up

Tinu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:03:09 +0000

Just had a new friend of the Free Traffic Tips family named Steve write me a message, when today, my first day of feeling less that 50% crappy for the last week, a gut instinct told me to check the Help Desk tickets — where messages go to when you write to ask@asktinu.com. And I [...]

Google Buzz and Google Social Search Links

Tinu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:45:49 +0000

That pretty picture is one of my two attempts at a Google Buzz persona type icon. Right now, I’ve written several pieces on and in Google Buzz, and though few of them are public yet, I’ve got a quick summary of those that are. My Google Buzz Profile 50+ Articles, Blog Posts, Buzzes & Videos [...]

The Conundrum of Consistency

Tinu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:10:41 +0000

Not that this blog has some kind of huge audience, but the guilt of not updating is exactly the same. And I’m writing about it because I know you’re having the same types of issues. I want to let you know that I’m not immune, that you have options, and that it doesn’t somehow make [...]

Being Featured on BusinessWeek

Tinu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:05:11 +0000

I got an email today informing me that my Business Exchange profile will be featured at BusinessWeek tomorrow, starting around 9:30 am Eastern for about 24 hours. Compared to other Business Exchange contributors, my level of activity and contribution pales, though I think I hold my own as far as the quality of my shares. [...]

What Should You Do If You Don’t Get Social Media?

Tinu — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:26:40 +0000

Many of my local business clients say that they just don’t get social media. They tell me they just don’t understand how using social media is going to get them more business. And the answer is simple, really. More effective exposure, faster. To really wrap your head around this, it helps to realize that behind [...]

Outsourcing Saved My Business (Go Read Soren’s Post)

Tinu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:47:01 +0000

He made an excellent post about outsourcing, and I'll be frank, there's an affiliate link in his post, for a product I think is a must-have. If I had gotten any sleep last night before watching the twins (during my mastermind call!) I would probably go and try to sign up as an affiliate myself.

My Totally Selfish Archive/Re-Broadcast of #GrowSmartBiz

Tinu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:14:54 +0000

I heart the lot of you but I simply can’t pretend I’m embedding this rebroadcast of today’s Grow Smart Business conference (soon to be archive of the entire event, btw) because of that. It was simply amazing to be there and I was in great company. Not to mention that I made some really key [...]

Updated: Meet Me in Person Next Tuesday with This Freebie Worth $299

Tinu — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:57:01 +0000

I’m sure you’ve probably seen me talking about the contest I’m having, here on Facebook or on Twitter. If not, here’s the deal. Though my business is based on the West coast, I live in Maryland about half of the year. As a member of Network Solution’s Social Web Advisory board, I’ve been offered a [...]

The SCORE Awards — An Inspiring Experience

Tinu — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:56:16 +0000

Yes, I’m Serious — The 2009 SCORE Awards Were Great So on Friday, I promised that I’d talk more about how Awesome the SCORE Awards were and the Awesome people I met and the Awesome time we had. I really thought it was an important thing to share for several reasons. (Besides the sheer Awesomeness.) First, [...]

The Score Awards, iPod Touch & More

Tinu — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:56:14 +0000

I'm blogging from my brand new 32 gb iPod Touch. First of all.

If I Could Change Email, Twitter or Facebook?

Tinu — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:43:32 +0000

I was asked in a survey what I would change about email, Twitter or Facebook. I can’t say whose survey because I agreed not to blog about it. But here’s the answer I gave them. I would love email if I could view it like a forum, see at a glance what to skip and [...]

How You Can Get Them To Do What You Want

Tinu — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:01:59 +0000

Everyone wants to know how I’m able to help my clients get their stories in the Buzz section of StumbleUpon, in Tweetmeme or on the front page of Digg. You can’t sell access or ranking in any of these social media sites,and buying votes is a tactic that doesn’t bear up, strategically. What I am [...]