http://buzzonlinemedia.com Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:35:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fed Ex has to deal with a very unfortunate situation today - a guy threw a flat screen over a fence per his 'delivery'. Thanks Fed Ex. Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ESU_PcqI38 Fed Ex has a response from their Senior VP of US Operations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ESU_PcqI38 His response has 306 views as of ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2011/test-2/ Most of the time these days, people are emphasizing Twitter & Facebook, "Social Media", Gowalla, Foursquare, LinkedIn, blogs, YouTube, Flickr, etc, etc. It gets a little complicated and it's always about the 'newest thing'. Email is under rated, in my opinion. It's the ultimate in 'social media' ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/email-still-a-huge-opportunity-for-your-business/ You need to pay attention!  Google is.  They just re-assigned Marissa Mayer, who used to lead the 'search' group at Google i.e 98% of Google's revenue.  Was this a demotion?  Some speculate yes, others speculate that in fact local search is on Google's radar as 'thee' next big thing, along ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/local-is-getting-huge/ I LOVE Chipotle - I love what they are doing for the 'environment', their zeal at sourcing local food in their various markets, their direction in ascertaining a more high quality, higher % organic menu year in and year out and I like their attention to detail, the speed of ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/test/ Get on with your 'social media' interaction and get 'your message' out there! One of the #1 impediments to doing just that is getting hung up on the questions of 'what medium should I use' - 'do I have the right camera' - 'is that picture "good enough", etc. ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/just-do-it/ Maybe your business is down as well, just a bit.  All of our client traffic, mostly restaurants, is down on average between 8-10% the week of June 27 - 4th of July. http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/its-july-is-your-traffic-down/ You know, you're not supposed to write something like that on your "business blog".  It's supposed to be "snappy", "smart" and "business-ee".  But I've been telling my clients for two years to be themselves on their blogs, yet I find it hard to do here myself.  So to that end, ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2010/havent-been-here-in-awhile/ Buzz Online Media is currently looking for a Web Copy Writer.  This person has, what we think is the fun job of ghost writing Twitter accounts, helping formulate user review responses, manually track, monitor and respond to client content online (Citations, citations, citations!!!) and to generally interact with our clients ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2009/details-details-details/ The more hassle imposed for people to park and pay money for services via small business = bad. More hassle = bad for small business. More hassle imposed by city = bad...for small business...in my opinion. This article agrees: http://www.blockbeta.com/blog/2009/9/14/seattle-parking-meters-bad-for-small-business.html http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2009/increase-in-seattle-parking-meters-bad-for-small-business/ I love King 5. I'd love nothing more than to see them succeed. In representing my clients, I try and help them generate the most qualified traffic to their small businesses around the Puget Sound. Recently a few customers have pointed out that The Best of King ... http://buzzonlinemedia.com/2009/king-5-seattle-killing-me-with-their-login-website/