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I'm Bill Wren, a writer-editor, social media enthusiast in Fredericton, New Brunswick. And that would be my dog, Molly Bloom, as a logo in the header. -
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Tag Archives: tools
Small business: up to speed on domain hosting?
I’ve encountered a number of clients who have been paying for domain registration and hosting with no idea of what a competitive price would be. As a result, many of them have been paying twice as much as they should. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Small business
Tagged account management, Business, content, design, digital, domain registration, email, google, google search, hosting companies, information, lack of knowledge, management tools, online tools, perspective, programming, programming languages, server speed, small business, storage, support, tools, web site design, web sites, website, websites, Wordpress
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Facebook grabs FriendFeed: a speculation festival
With just about everyone weighing in on the Facebook acquisition of FriendFeed, I thought I’d add to the noise and toss in my riveting insight (or lack thereof). First of all, I’ve no idea what it means. But then, no … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Social media
Tagged data, facebook, friendfeed, gmail, google, Internet, real-time, social network, social networking, Social networks, Technology, tools, twitter, writelife
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Readers have responsibilities too
I saw some tweets to a post, The Trouble With Twitter (Melissa Hart, The Chronicle review), and something occurred to me. The essay is another of the many Twitter critiques that, personally, I’m finding a bit tiresome. After reading it, … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Social media
Tagged journalism, journalist, meaning, melissa hart, Story, stream, tools, tweet, twitter
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What you save in dollars you spend in time
For my headline to be complete it should read, “What you save in dollars you spend in time because, as you probably know, time is money.” In other words, saving dollars doesn’t always save dollars. I’m thinking about businesses and … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Business, Communication, Marketing, Social media, Web
Tagged brand, creating a web site, facebook, information, Internet, Media, media tools, People, site, Social media, social tools, time is money, tools, twitter, Web, web sites
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Is social media just talk radio on meth?
Through social media I’ve been following a couple of issues recently. It has lead me to have questions about social media, particularly the conversation aspect. A news story, a blog post or a Facebook page has comment tools or “like” … Continue reading →