Oct 15, 2009 | ActionScript, Adobe, Adobe Flex, Flex, widget development, widgets, XML
We have been heavily involved in a Flex widget development project this week. I have to say…Flex is a very, very cool technology. I plead ignorance…when I used to see dynamic Flash banner ads on search engine or content pages, I just assumed they were...
Oct 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Guys, I’m sorry. I just can’t keep these blogs updated lately. Things have gotten very busy around the office. We’re in a bit of a growth spurt and things are quite busy around the office. I really hope to find more time in the coming weeks to start...
Sep 23, 2009 | email, email marketing, internet marketing, online marketing, tiny urls
One thing I’ve noticed in various junk marketing emails I’ve received lately is that email marketers have started using tiny URLs in their email messages. A tiny URL is basically a URL that is routed through another service that knows what the actual URL...
Sep 2, 2009 | google, internet marketing, keywords, linking, linking campaign, ppc search engine marketing, search engine optimization, SEO
Google has been doing some things lately with its index that have caused quite a bit of shuffling of rankings. However, what we are finding is that, in general, in a few days things get restored to something like what they were before. So if you have high rankings...
Aug 26, 2009 | analytics, code, Programming, twitter
Jerry here. Man, I have been knee-deep in code for weeks now. Sometimes I curse having a background in programming. But the fact is, my having that experience is invaluable. One thing Work Media prides itself on is our flexibility in being able to help someone with...
Aug 19, 2009 | Facebook, internet marketing, social media, Social Networking, tweeting, tweetlater, twitter, twitter management, twitterfeed
The deeper we dig into the Twitter world, the more different ways we are finding to take advantage of it. I (this is Jerry) have to admit that I am much more intrigued by Twitter than I am with Facebook. I have yet to really realize the benefit of Facebook, although...
Aug 13, 2009 | internet marketing, keywords, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, SEO
Here is a trick of the SEO trade: To demonstrate your skill in SEO by achieving a very high search engine ranking for a very low competition keyword. Look, if your site ranks well for a keyword that noone ever uses, have you really accomplished anything? No! My...
Aug 5, 2009 | Facebook, internet marketing, linkedin, social media, social media management, Social Networking, tweeting, twitter, twitter management
There is a classic business metaphor that associates being in business with walking down a hallway with lots of doors. Just walking down the hallway (the state of conducting some kind of business) will reveal opportunities that you could not see until you walked down...
Jul 28, 2009 | internet marketing, ppc search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social media, Social Networking, video, video distribution
Work media is enjoying our new office located in downtown Dickson. Our productivity is up and our travel time is way down. We can all get to the office in 15 minutes or less, which uses more time to spend researching Internet Marketing strategies and applying them to...
Jul 22, 2009 | internet marketing, marketing, social media, tweet, tweet deck, tweeting, twitter
Once your Twitter account gets up to a couple thousand followers, it can be difficult to manage. Unless you’re rich and don’t have anything better to do, you can’t really sit around all day and do nothing but read tweets. However, checking out what...