Category for "Tech Tools Tips & Trends"

Bots are computer programs designed to, among other things, stimulate conversation with a human being. You’ve definitely encountered bots in your travels around the internet; they’re notorious for creating off-topic comments on blog posts and sending spam to your email. Facebook believes that bots can be turned into a force for good, and at their… Continue Reading »

Having a top celebrity talk about your products or services is an absolute dream for many small business owners. For a while, there was something called “The Oprah Effect,” where the fact that the talk-show how mentioned an item as part of her favorite things show or chose a title for her book club would… Continue Reading »

Pinterest announced this week that it is rolling out a new kind of Pin. How To Pins are slightly larger than traditional pins, giving posters the opportunity to include several images and text in a single post. While How To pins are currently available only to a very limited number of brands, there’s every reason… Continue Reading »

I have to start this blog with a confession: I use ad blockers. Working in digital marketing means you’re online a lot. Adding an ad blocking extension to the web browser I use reduces web page size significantly – in some cases, by more than a third – which means pages load faster and I… Continue Reading »