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How iPhones & Smart Phones Can Ruin Your Business

Date December 5, 2011

I Am Your Worst Nightmare – A Dissatisfied Customer With A Smart Phone

 
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When I walked into your shop or restaurant to spend my money with you, you had loud blaring music playing (probably chosen by your teenage part time staff)  and your staff gave me crappy service. In the past, I would have [...]

Why Social Media Isn’t For Everyone

Date August 24, 2011

Social media is taking the Internet marketing world by storm. Facebook has more daily traffic than Google.  Twitter has over 200,000,000 users.    And YouTube members have uploaded move video content in the last 60 days than have been created by the broadcasting industry in the last 60 years! So obviously everyone should be using social [...]

Finding Super Twitter Followers

Date July 15, 2011

All Twitter followers are not created equal. The best Twitter follower for you would have the following characteristics. large network of their own followers regularly posts and retweets on your topic is seen as a trusted leader in your field A single Twitter follower like this will have more of an impact for you than [...]

Forgotten Social Media: Forums

Date December 29, 2010

At the dawn of the Internet – before Twitter, Facebook or even Google there was a way for people to gather online and share with each other.  They were called Internet forums. Originating from simple community bulletin board systems (yes, with paper fastened with cork and pushpins or thumbtacks), they eventually metamorphasized into dial up [...]

My First Nanaimo Tweetup!

Date November 20, 2010

Went to my first Tweetup this week! For those of you who aren’t familiar with a Tweetup, a Tweetup is an opportunity for local Twitter users to get together and meet each other face to face. This was the 4th Tweetup held in Nanaimo.  I wasn’t aware of it previously as my main Twitter account [...]

Nanaimo Tweetup 4 – Nov 18

Date November 15, 2010

Hi everyone, Been so busy with the Internet stuff, I haven’t been out networking and meeting people face to face lately.  Well that is about to change!  I am going to the 4th Nanaimo Tweetup on Nov 18th from 5 to 7 PM at Pure Chiropractic. Garland Coulson. “The EBusiness Tutor” is an Internet Marketing [...]

Twitter Influence – How Far Do You Reach?

Date April 6, 2009

Found this cool Twitter tool that tells you how many people follow your followers on Twitter.  This shows how far your potential influence reaches if your followers love what you do and retweet your Twitter posts to others. In my case, I have only 608 followers, but my followers reach 1,043,331 people!  So my potential [...]

Follow Garland on Twitter

Date March 20, 2009

After much prodding (and good-natured ribbing) by my colleagues, I decided to embrace providing help, information and tips to my members using Twitter. If you are not familiar with Twitter, it is one of the fastest growing social networks on the Internet.  It lets people communicate with each other in short messages along with links [...]