Why you need webhosting tools

If your business is not on the web then someone else may be getting your business online.

A website can help expand from a local market to national and international internet market places. Compared to traditional media, such as print, radio and TV, web site Internet marketing can have a relatively low cost of entry.

Today, most people use the net to search for products and services. For a reasonable low cost it is not that hard to expand your market to the internet. Most hosting services have site builders for those that have no knowledge of website designing that are easy to use and can get your information online fast.

Where Social Media and PR Meet by by Jeff Barrett

Where Social Media and PR Meet by by Jeff Barrett

When it comes to content, there are no accidents. Most videos or pieces of content that go “viral” follow a formula intentionally or unintentionally.

Perhaps a great example is the “Double Rainbow” video. It went from thousands of views over a couple months to millions of views in days when it appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Not every video or piece of content follows such an exact or linear path but there are common elements. While content can thrive digitally, traditional media is still a beneficial tool to reach the masses.

If digital content benefits from traditional media then that means it requires having relationships with decision makers at various media outlets. That’s public relations. Social media is not a billboard, it’s a conversation. Public relations is about leveraging relationships to frame and position that conversation.

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Jeff Barrett is the CEO of Status Creative and a contributor to the HootSource blog.

NEW Google has used Earth and Maps to tell tales of unfolding tragedies

Google has used Earth and Maps to tell tales of unfolding tragedies and soldiers fighting for our country. Now its opening up those tools to the public, allowing users to build what they're calling "Tours" through Google Earth. Tour Builder was released in honor of Veterans Day and it allows users to create narratives tied to points on a map. The process is pretty simple: you drop a marker, add some text, photos or videos and you're on your way. As you piece together your tale, dropping pins, you can pull the viewer down into Street View or fly to a particular angle on a 3D landmark.
While the release of Tour Builder was inspired by Google's work on projects like Map The Fallen and VetNet, it obviously has much broader application. Whether it's spicing up your typical vacation slideshow or building a presentation to teach students about the Civil War. Check out the video demo after the break.

Should your website connect with the mobile generation

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Ways to get traffic to a new website with passion and effort

Ways to get traffic to a new website with passion and effort.

Ways to get traffic to a new website
By Jane Sadowy

Founder of TV Channel Online.com, Swaphandmedowns.com, Video Subject.com, and Media Technology News Ways to get traffic to a new website with passion and effort. Your web business is your passion and with some effort you can gain lots of traffic by following these tips.

Optimize your site for search engines.

Update your website content often and publish your pages when you update them. Don’t forget to add a site map to your site. Guest and XML site maps are not only useful to your visitors to locate your products and services faster but are useful for search engine to index your pages. Google offers a free search box script to add to your site. Attract more visitors to your website.
Submit your web address URL to major search engines such as Bing and Google.

Smartphones soon to get real-time 3-D video conferencing

Video, especially 3-D video, creates very large image files that transmit across wireless or wired networks too slowly to keep up with the words that go along with the pictures.  Read more