Web Savvy: Blogging and Building an E-mail List

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Web guru Jon DiPietro explained how blogs and newsletters go together like peanut butter and jelly.  The single most valuable marketing asset a business can have is a high quality e-mailing list.  Jon explains why and how you can build such a list to benefit your business.

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DiPietro: Keeping up with the Internet, Facebook

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Our web guru, Jon DiPietro shared the results of an annual Pew Research Center poll on Social Media.  Facebook was the big winner with 71% of all adults using the social media website.  There is ALOT happening on Facebook, and the demand is forcing changes to accommodate the huge amounts of activity.  Tune in to find out what you can expect for Facebook changes and what you should be doing to keep up with the constantly changing Internet before you fall hopelessly behind.

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DiPietro: “Don’t be a Jerk on Social Media!”

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Our Web Guru Jon DiPietro joined us with his Top 5 Social Media Lessons from 2013.  Included were a marketing executive fired for a kooky tweet, huge guffaws from Bank of America and JP Morgan/ Chase, the antics of a laid-off music retailer with “the key” to their Twitter account and very poor judgement on display by “newsjackers.”  Tune in for all of the dirty details!

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Web Savvy: The Next Domain Gold Rush

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Jon DiPietro explained the next Domain Gold Rush that’ll be bigger than the one that happened in California years ago.  $185,000 is all you need to get a “top level” domain.  Get the details on what, when and why from our Internet Guru.  And find out who REALLY runs the internet (it’s not Al Gore).   By the way, we’ve already purchased the rights to .OhMyHead!

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DiPietro: Fresh Changes to Facebook

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Our Web Guru shared his Web Savvy on the new changes coming to Facebook.  More changes?!  Don’t panic… the changes are for Facebook pages, not personal accounts.  According to Jon, these changes will be a big benefit to Facebook accounts like Girard at Large.  Nice!  Find out what the specific changes are and how you can cash in, too! 

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Web Restrictions in DC: Approved by Hollywood

Jon DiPietro(Hour 1c) Jon DiPietro did a little ranting of his own this morning when he detailed some of the laws that groups like the RIAA and the MPAA lobby for, and in some cases even write, in Washington, DC.  What are some of the laws that these powerful organizations have influenced and what has been the residual effect for us when surfing the web?

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