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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How individuals make a real difference
Our colleague Beth Kanter, author of Beth’s Blog, turns 53 years young today. The past year has been a momentous one for Beth, who pulled up roots and moved with her family from Boston to the Bay Area, rented a house, co-authored a book, became a visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation — I don’t […]
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, […]












