Going far beyond the old days when we learned that “red” would make products stand out on the shelves and sell better, here’s a great […]
Ann’s Blog
Video How-To for Driving Web Traffic & Making Money
Video is still right up there in the web traffic / SEO world, and it’s an area where most small business owners remain sadly behind. […]
AutoSchedule Comes to Hootsuite
If you’re using Hootsuite for your posts, good news: they’ve upgraded their service to include an autoschedule feature that will post your messages at the […]
Spamageddon – My Business Owner’s Spam Nightmare
I’ve been living a nightmare for the past 24 hours with an email service (not the one I’m using for this website’s email list), and […]
Keyword Research Quick & Dirty & On the Fly
If the prospect of keyword research makes you feel about as computer savvy as your pet dog, and you know you don’t pay enough attention […]
I Take Back What I Said About Pinterest
A few days ago I talked about Pinterest. I diss’ed it really. I did say you should in fact get an account and use it, because […]
Good-Bye AVG – I’m Breaking Up With You & You Deserve It – You Really Do
I received this notice today, addressed to the email account I used when I enrolled in AVG. Dear Ann, This is just a quick note […]
Pinterest – Embrace the Waste
Pinterest is a mind-boggling virtually instant success; the biggest indicator, to me, being the speed with which Pinterest became part of the language of television […]
Magical Money Source – Crowdfunding
There’s been an almost magical development in the way that small businesses can raise money these days. It used to be that you’d look for […]
Get Twitter Data That’s Actually Immediately Useful
I mean wow. Many small business owners start to get a brain freeze when social media gurus start talking about the thrill of digging into […]