Conversation seems to be the major Buzz word of the day..hour…make that year I guess.  Get engaged and add value and you will be showered with leads and profits. Apparently anyway. It all makes for more genuine relationships online , and if thats all it brings to the table then its worth it.  Have a gander at this handy Linkedin Tips video to see what I’m talking about:

Joining a Linkedin group Conversation is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: So you use Google all day everyday and you might even use Google Chrome, their browser they launched last year ( if you don’t, don’t panic its not essential) and if your moving in tech circles you might even have heard whispers about Chrome OS, Googles operating system for your computer. Again, if you haven’t, don’t panic, its not essential! Most of us will have fallen into the second category and right now are sitting wondering what this Chrome OS thing is and what I’m on about, well, instead of making it even more complicated, why not watch this handy video…

Googles Chrome Operating System explained is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: There isn’t a day goes by on the web without someone being a victim of  (or indeed complaining) about Spam. It affects our daily working lives, and has been estimated to costs $20 billion each year in lost productivity. (PDF Report here).  However, regardless of how much Anti-spam software products we create to help solve the problem, the real reason it still exists in 2009 comes down to one thing. The vast majority of web users are dumb. Like it or not, the average web user doesn’t recognise spam when they see it. Nor do they know how they should react to…

Spam is not the problem users are the problem. is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: This post was started right after the ReTweet changes were made… alas before I could finish the RT was rolled back and releases out of Beta! Believe it or not I was continuing with the 3 Stooges theme from the Twitter Lists post for the dev team… in fact the video is a Stooges Classic “The Plumbers”! Twitter Tries To Change Retweets, Doesn’t Get The Social In Social Media was pretty condemning of “the boys” basically saying they didn’t know their audience. MilwaukeeSEO did consider both sides of the story and did defend “the boys” to some extent. I think Twitter do in fact know their users all…

Twitter Ads or Forced ReTweet Etiquette? is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: Am in Costa Rica. I’d always thought of Costa Rica as South America, but it’s actually Central America. To the north is Nicaragua and to the east and south is Panama, home to the historic Panama Canal, one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. I’m here developing an iPhone app, one of the smallest and easiest computer engineering projects I’ve ever undertaken. Costa Rica is a small country, about two thirds the size of Scotland. Nearly a quarter of the country is made up of protected areas of rainforest and mountainous terrain. The wildlife here is incredible. You can’t…

Data backups while traveling in Costa Rica… is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: Today Google announced the release of Google Commerce Search. Ordinarily I yawn and move along but for whatever reason I decided to read this closely. When the news broke on Twitter I thought it was just an improvement to the Search API and with that there was still the issue of getting the site fully indexed. A few hours later I got a chance and had a gander at the video below. Watch it because it gives you a great overview of the Google Commerce API at work! I have been managing and optimizing Feeds for 4 or 5 years. I was early to…

Google Commerce Search or Just Gbase Monetized! is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: Social media as I understand it is about engaging your audience to learn their concerns, needs and wants through human discourse and interaction. To start this post I pose this question: after reading a post if your visitor leaves a tweet instead of a comment has the goal above been achieved? The other day, Shaun over at Hobo Web posted a great piece on his feeling that the “linkerati” are linking less with more discretion and how twitter is affecting comments on blogs. It was that post that started me on the path to considering the ramifications of adding twitter to comments of blogs. I had been noticing less engagement…

Twitter: Blog Engagement Killer or Lazy Linkeratti? is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: When launching a website, the layout often becomes one of the last questions on our minds. Unfortunately, it should be one of the first questions you ask yourself since it will determine the design and structure of the site. I know I didn’t know what to include when I first started, so if you’re not sure, you’re not alone. (JustinParks.com) Here’s a quick list and some tips to get you started: Home Page Content Every website has a home page. This is the main page everyone will land on when typing your main URL (ex. http://www.example.com/). This page should also tie the rest of…

Important Content for a Website — What Pages Should My Website Have? is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Costa Del Sol Business Awards 2009. I´m usually not a fan of events like these, mainly because I´m just not very good at networking and don´t feel very comfortable talking to people with the purpose of getting some business, but yesterday was different. I came home happy, relaxed and content having viewed some inspiring presentations and met some interesting people, plus one or two beers always makes for a good evening. The Costa Del Sol Business Awards Speakers My compliments to CADE Marbella, they put on a good show. The host, one Maurice…

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Excerpt: You might be trying to figure out what the hell the word “phishing” means(and how to pronounce it) right now, so lets clear that up. I pronounce the word as “fiishing” because for me, the significance and definition are somewhat similar. Here’s are some more definitions and reading material describing the term phishing. Whats phishing? Phishing happens when some arsehole decides to send out automated emails or instant messages with the intent of stealing your username, passwords, credentials or other important or personal information. These arseholes (yes I am going to continue using that term throughout this post so get used to it)…

Twitter Phishing Scams and Arseholes with Hooks is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas