I wanted to share a new service called AppMakr that allows anyone — even me — to easily create an iPhone app for less than $200. With just a few clicks, I created an iPhone version of my blog. The service offers a user-friendly interface to create a native iPhone application that you customize with […]
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Essential social media connections for your blog
Photo by WhatKnot This is day 6 of the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Today we’ll start digging in laying down the social media cable in your blog. The main goal with your blog is to be a platform for connection: your readers connecting with you, connecting with each other, […]
11 stats you need to measure on your Facebook Page
How to take advantage of Facebook’s Insights feature This is day 5 of the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Yesterday we spoke about measuring stats on Twitter. Today we’ll measure stats (called Insights) on your Facebook Page only for the purpose of setting a benchmark. Before we begin, if you […]
6 simple stats you need to measure on Twitter
This is day 4 of the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Yesterday we spoke about measuring stats on your blog. Today we’ll be gathering some stats on where you’re at on Twitter. In two weeks we’ll discuss how to analyze your network more deeply to build specific strategies. For now, […]
Information into action: Africa and beyond
Two organisations I’ve had the pleasure of working with – Tactical Tech and Fahamu – have independently announced the release of a film and a book that cover different aspects of non-profit digital activism. Both are well worth a look. Info-activism.org, a Tactical Tech initiative, explores how rights advocates “use information and digital technology to […]