Monthly Archives: November 2009

Google Voice (GV) was launched on 11 March 2009, based on GrandCentral, with new features, including voicemail transcriptions and SMS managing. Currently, the service is available by invite only to anyone living in the United States. (There is a loophole! Read our next post on GV in Calgary and 403 area codes!) You can request an invite from Google here.

A breakthrough in the way we use voicemail, Google Voice organizes all of your voicemails from all of your phones, transcribes them to text and will even send them to you as a text message. For a more detailed feature list, visit Wikipedia and learn about how GV can transform how you use voicemail.

Below is a video explaining why Google decided Google Voice was a good idea. The video also talks about some other great features of the service. To learn more, you can check out similar videos as featured in the YouTube sidebar, or search YouTube for your favorite Google Voice feature! Read More

We saved the biggest and best for last with this social media site post! WordPress is a content management system most often associated with hosting blogs. What a lot of people don’t know about WordPress is its seemingly endless possibilities. Currently, we build of our sites in WordPress because it allows us to give our users control over updating their content with a simple interface. We haven’t had to say no to a functionality request yet, view our portfolio to view a collection of WordPress websites. Read More

Social bookmarking at it’s best, that’s Digg! If you are looking for information Digg is great at paying attention to what you like and suggesting related sites. The articles submitted to them are very informative and helpful and you have some great bookmarking options to help organize your sites. If you are a company looking to get your message out then you better start submitting! Read More

Have you Googled yourself lately? Getting to the top of Google has and continues to be a main goal for most websites. It should also be a concern for you personally to see what comes up when you Google yourself. Many job recruiters Google all of their applicants to check them out. If you want to know what they’re finding, it’s an easy test to try yourself. Google offers more than just search though, for personal use you can do so much more. Use Google maps, get a Gmail email for professional use, create a personal profile, utilize Google Calendar for organization, etc. This list of products continues to grow, especially in the States. Read More

At this point in time even if you haven’t taken the time to visit YouTube and look around their extensive library, you’ve most likely still seen a YouTube video somewhere. YouTube has tons of videos in the way of entertainment, but they also have a wealth of educational and informative videos. It’s a great place to do research or find a ‘How To’. If you have a blog, YouTube makes it super easy to put a video right into your post! Read More

I think the real question for anyone reading this is how could you not love Flickr? Photo sharing made easy is enough to make anyone smile. I can’t be the only one who has watched the Facebook image uploading bar with fingers crossed in anticipation of a successful 5 picture upload, beads of sweat collecting on my forehead as the load reading changes from 98% Complete to Error! Fear no more! You can share those images with friends and have access to more options with Flickr! Read More

Have you heard? Nobody uses The Yellow Pages anymore, they just Google it. And now, if they can’t find what they want on Google they localize their search on Yelp. Yelp doesn’t just stop at finding what you want either. It’s a review site so you leave knowing where you’re going, why you’re going there and what you can expect to experience while you’re there. It’s free to submit your company so that people can find you so get on there! Read More

LinkedIn is one of what we refer to as ‘The Big 3′ of social media. It is an amazing tool for professional networking and enables you to go beyond traditional networking. It’s another one of those sites that if you aren’t on it you should be. I often Google people and the first search results for their name is their LinkedIn profile. You want to ensure that when someone does a Google search on your name it’s your LinkedIn profile that pops up and gives them information. Read More

Facebook is part of ‘The Big 3′ of Social Media services, the other two being Twitter and LinkedIn. Experts say if you don’t have a Facebook account already, you need to get one. There are a few reasons they suggest this. Firstly, Facebook offers a great service for free that allows you to network and stay connected by creating a profile with them. Through this profile you can invite other Facebook users to be your friend and expand your personal network. If you’d like to use Facebook to further your business, they’ve created some great options for that as well. Facebook allows you to create a page for your business and acquire fans to keep them updates on contests or promotions or to start a discussion and get people involved and talking. As well, Facebook has some great advertising options that work for almost any budget. Read More

The recession is pushing many companies to find unique, cheap alternatives to traditional marketing models and Social Media sites are great venues to get your brand seen and recognized. My Media Magnet has researched some of the bigger sites that are most relevant for professional marketing and we are presenting a series of blogs on each site. Twitter is number two in our list and the first to be presented of ‘The Big 3.’ Read More