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More on Facebook Suicide and how to delete your Facebook account

Mark — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:26:32 +0000

Just as we’re building more and more Facebook apps (stay tuned, they’re pretty cool) it seems more users are bailing on Facebook and committing Facebook Suicide, if they can find the link. So, in case your curious, here’s a link to more info about this.

How do I delete my Facebook account?

Building Client Confidence… One way to lose it.

Mark — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:38:37 +0000

Yesterday I was in a local coffee shop in Evergreen, Colorado getting some focused work done. I go to coffee shops somewhat regularly because I can plug in my headphones and really focus on getting some work done away from the phone (I turn my email off too!). I went again today because I needed a couple hours to put together a new program I’ve been working on called SEO Readiness for the Small Business Website. But that’s info for another post (coming soon).

Anyway, yesterday I happened to pull my headphones out and noticed 2 women at the table next to me talking about building a website for what appeared to be this woman’s greeting card business. I didn’t hear much and I wasn’t trying to listen too hard, but as they ended the meeting I heard the client say “I REALLY, REALLY hope this works!”

hm.

My first thought was what did this web developer tell her client to make her doubt her abilities? How could she part with her client and leave her doubting? Definitely not the way to end a client meeting.

My second thought on this was to be grateful for the almost 15 years I’ve been in the internet marketing world and the knowledge I’ve gained. When I’m in a client meeting, it’s not over until ALL of their doubts have been addressed and are gone (and I can talk a LONG time). I never hold anything back; if you have a question, I’ll tell you everything I know about it. In this case, the client had a doubt and she did her job by telling the web developer, but the web developer either missed it, or ignored it and failed. I only wish I knew who they were so I could see what transpires.

Remember, it’s all about the conversation…

Google is bigger than they say they are

Mark — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:32:44 +0000

A short while ago I mentioned that I found on Google’s site that they’re adding 10 hours of video per minute. While impressive numbers, it’s actually mich higher, about twice as high… According to Mashable, YouTube is getting 20 hours of video uploaded per minute! There are 1440 minutes in a day, and that means that there are 28,800 hours of video uploaded per day!! It makes me wonder how many people they hire just to install hardware.

How long can they lose so much money? $470,000,000 this year alone.

I agree that You Tube is one of the strongest online communities, if not THE strongest, but somehow, they’ll need to figure out the monetization problems. No business can run with losses that continue for too long.

That said, taking advantage of You Tube’s channels for all of your company video is a pretty good way to broadcast yourself.