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Landing Page Optimization: 4 Key Aspects to Get More Users

First impressions are everything, especially for a start-up trying to court new users. A lot of start-ups believe it takes expensive design and brilliant imagery to get people to sign-up, when in reality none of that matters. All it takes to increase conversion rate is a solid headline, contrasting call to action button, detailed additional value, and social proof.

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Social Media Economics: The Science for Startup Success

The web is becoming social, and startups are jumping to capture the investment dollars. With business models and advertising effectiveness in question, it’s hard to valuate such ventures — unless you’re versed in Social Media Economics.

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Path.com: Not that Impressive

A new “personal network” called Path launched about a month ago to great fanfare. It’s backed by the likes of Shawn Fanning and Ashton Kutcher, so it’s gotta be good, right? Debatable.

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Google’s Algorithm is Outdated in the Age of Social

Back in 2000, it made perfect sense to rank sites by inbound links. If a lot of people were linking to it, it must be good right? Billions of dollars and queries later, the answer to that question is apparent. Google’s algorithm is phenomenal, but 2010 deserves better.

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Boutiques: Fashion Gets Googled

Google has stretched its might to many aspects of the web and our lives. This week marked the Beta launch of Boutiques, a fashion website offering mini closets based on.

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MyLifeRank, The New Social (Motivation) Network

MyLifeRank, termed “a social motivation network” by its team of developers, might entice you to try a new social network if you’re bored of Facebook. Explaining the inspiration for his.

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WordPress vs. Tumblr

Over the past couple of years blogging has become the thing to do. Choosing the right platform is almost as important as the content you will write, so I decided.

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How KarmaKorn is Changing the Face of Philanthropy

By Anne Feher If I could make one small change, make one quick but meaningful impact each day, what would I do? As an almost 26 year old, I’ve had.

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Chicago Police using Nixle to help you stay connected

The Chicago Police Department is now joining the social media scene by using text messaging. The department is using an alert based tool called Nixle. With Nixle, you can receive.

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Coming Soon: A New Social Media Recommendation Tool, Solving Your Social Media Conversation Overload

Social media provides a great vehicle for marketers, thought leaders, and individual contributors who share information organically. Despite the myriad of social media applications, many communicators still struggle to communicate accurately and effectively to their target audience. Meanwhile, the intended audience is left to their own devices to sort through mounds of superfluous information on a daily basis. n2, a new social media optimization and recommendation tool, offers a solution to those facing information and conversation overload.

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