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Archives for July 2015

How to Preserve Your SEO When Rebranding


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Perhaps you are aware that rebranding is not an easy task. Apart from all the legal, creative and repositioning headaches you will no doubt have to deal with, you must also ensure Google is OK with all of this. A lot of what marketers do is connected with building online visibility and brand recognition, and if this is not done the right way, a transition to a new domain and name may put all of this at risk. If you wish to change the name and logo of your company as well as your website, keep ... Read More

Social Media Fails: United Breaks Guitars


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The whole idea behind studying history is to learn from mistakes from the past and not repeat that. With that in mind, we'll discuss some famous social media fails in a short series to see what we can learn from companies, organizations, and people who got it spectacularly wrong. Our first example is almost ancient considering how long social media have been around: it's the infamous 2009 case commonly known as United Breaks Guitars. Here's what happened: country singer Dave Carroll's guitar ... Read More

Minecraft: Let’s Play #4 – Prank Wars Begin


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I will admit that in three months of being on a Minecraft server, I (Jeremy) expected at least one prank to have been pulled. So I take it upon myself not to prank one person on the server, but everyone. Expect more to come from this, this is only the beginning. What prank should I pull next and on whom? ... Read More

FACT: Men Are Retweeted More. Why?


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Men are retweeted more than women on Twitter. Almost twice as much actually. As a woman, that fact intrigued me. I'm not the type to start screaming discrimination right away and take to the streets with banners demanding equality. Instead, I was curious as to the why. Turns out, there's a reason. ... Read More

The Optimal Length for Social Media Updates [Infographic]


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Sure, you can post whatever your heart desires on social media, but if you're serious about getting engagement, you may want to study this infographic. It shows you exactly what the optimal length is for social media updates. And not just that, it also shows you the optimal length for domain names, hashtags, blog posts, blog titles, and even subject lines for emails.  ... Read More

The RPG Productivity Player’s Guide: How to Survive the Dungeon Crawl [Series]


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[This is part 6 in the RPG Productivity Player’s Guide series.] In RPG’s, dungeon crawls are about as simple as it gets. Oftentimes, there’s only one goal (survive, or a variation thereof) and no megaplot. All you need to do, is hack and slash your way to the finish line, whatever that may look like. Some gamers look down on dungeon crawl games, because they crave a more complex game. They want an overarching subplot, the option to develop multiple characters, they love the conflicting info ... Read More

How to Learn to Code [Video]


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I don't know how to say this any better, but Cheers, Kevin, a YouTube star, says how to learn to code best. Honestly, I cannot wait to teach all of my kids how to do this. It's a must. The question is, what do you need? A book? Experience? How about a problem to solve. My first problem was entertaining myself with creating a game. My second was a database manager. My third was to cheat at Yahoo! Checkers. My latest I had created, but never released, was a Youth Ministry app for a check-in ... Read More

Busyness: The Death of Your Heart


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I am a very busy person. Sometimes that's my fault. Sometimes stuff happens. Sometimes I find myself having an anxiety attack and realize that it's because I've got a to-do list longer than Psalm 119 and haven't taken time to breathe, let alone pray. And that's when I start to fall apart. We were created for God's presence, and we were created to live in balance: quiet times and times of high energy and activity; times in the dark and times in the sun; times to think and times to act; times to ... Read More

How to Increase Volunteer Sign-Ups [Infographic]


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I don't believe in a lot of life hacks for people because many people are simply using cognitive behavioral tricks that temporarily change their thought patterns which do not generalize into a "it will work for you too" mentality. But the infographic below is not just a life hack, but something that has been scientifically provide which companies like Starbucks and Apple have done to make a fortune. So even the doubter in me is taking note. Churches, apply this to your website and bulletins. ... Read More