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Rick’s Tips: 5 Favorite Low Cost or Free Image Sources for WordPress Blog Posts
You’ve written a terrific article and now it needs a finishing touch – an image. Most people skim articles on the internet, engaging your reader with a great image is a great way to get your article noticed. I always add an image to my blog posts. But where do you find a great image that looks professional and is “legal” to use? Skip Google … Read more
My Favorite Social Media Icons – Free Google+ Icon
By now you have realized that Social Media 101 Artizon Digital loves social media icons. I have created a free Google+ icon for my favorite icon set, Aquaticus.Social Icons designed by jwolh. I was able to Photoshop a Google+ icon together in a flash using jwohl’s Aquaticus.Social Icons Template . UPDATE: I just put together the red Google+ icon for the Aquaticus.Social Icons set. Get … Read more
Rick’s Tips: Set up a Custom URL For Your Facebook Business Page Today!
Secure your Facebook business page custom address today! Facebook has lifted the 25 fan minimum for a vanity username. You can do away with that URL with the long number right away when starting a new page. Already shared that link? No problem it will still direct to your page. Update: September 17th, Facebook has set a limit to one upgrade per person, so if … Read more
How to Set Up RSS Graffiti: Auto Publish Posts to a Facebook Business Fan Page
We have updated our popular RSS Graffiti set up guide. Watch the video or follow our tutorial to start auto publishing your WordPress blogsite posts to your Facebook business page with this great application. You can get great results using the app’s default settings or choose from a set of custom settings to fine tune your posts. Besides grabbing your blogsite RSS feed, RSS Graffiti … Read more
5 Steps and 13 Tips to More Views on YouTube for Old and New Videos
Wish your YouTube videos had more than a handful of views? Want to get more from your video marketing efforts? Me too! That is why I am so excited about sharing James Wedmore’s highly informative and entertaining video: 5 Steps to More Views on YouTube. Honestly, these are easiest and hottest tips I’ve seen on how to gain great marketing results with YouTube videos. Following … Read more
Change Your Profile How to Get the New Facebook Timeline
The Facebook Timeline is here! Months after Facebook’s initial Timeline announcement the Timeline is finally available to everyone. Timeline allows you to turn your Facebook profile into a virtual scrapbook. Alongside your likes, friends and list of places you’ve visited, Facebook is giving you an interactive timeline, onto which you can post the story of your life. Mike Wise, CBS News Why wait for the … Read more
How to Make Your Facebook Timeline Cover Photo: The Basics
It’s official, everyone will be getting the Timeline by the end of February. The first thing you will want to do when your personal profile switches over to the new Timeline is add your cover photo. You can create a personalized Facebook Timeline cover photo in minutes by following few easy basic steps. Honestly, adding your cover photo is so easy there will be no … Read more
Rick’s Tips: Sign up for a Google Account without Signing up for Gmail or Google Plus
Breaking News for Google – not everyone who signs up for a Google Account wants a Gmail account and to join Google Plus. If you sign up for a new account from the Google home page that is exactly what you will get – a Gmail email address and a Google+ membership. You can sign up for a Google account without creating a Gmail account … Read more
Your New Facebook Timeline Cover Photo: Free Cover Picture Sources
Looking for a fast and easy way to put up an awesome cover photo on your new Facebook Timeline? These free cover picture sources are the answer. The most time consuming part of putting up a great cover photo will be browsing through the galleries of free beautiful cover photos specially designed and sized for the Facebook Timeline. If you have a few more minutes … Read more
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Rick’s Tips: How to Create a YouTube Channel and Upload a Video
You can join YouTube, create a YouTube video channel and upload a video in about the time its takes to drink a cup of coffee. Get started by watching the video or following our step by step instructions. Create a YouTube Channel and Upload a Video Step 1. To get to YouTube from the Google’s home page. Simply click the YouTube link in the black … Read more
Making Quality Videos with Your iPhone for Business
You can make quality videos with your iPhone for business with a small investment in some simple equipment. As a busy commercial realtor, I love to use video as a way to communicate more effectively with Buyers, Sellers, Landlords, and Tenants. It allows me to show the inside of a property without physically being there. In the following PowerPoint presentation, I will share with you … Read more
3 Quick Ways to Design a Logo
If you need a professional looking logo fast, you really need to check out this video featuring John McWade founder of Before and After. OK, I admit I am a John McWade design groupie, he is always sharing amazing design tips that you don’t have to be a “designer” to make use of. In this video he demonstrates three quick ways to design a logo … Read more
10 Free Facebook Timeline Cover Photo Photoshop PSD Template Sources
Looking for a Free Photoshop template for your Facebook Timeline Cover Photo? Try an amazing PSD template from one of these 10 sources. All the templates can be used for Facebook Timeline personal or business brand page cover photos. Here is some good news for those of you that don’t own Photoshop, PSD files can be opened and edited in several FREE programs such as … Read more
Free Pinterest Icon – More Icon Love for My Favorite Icon Set
Time for some more Social Media 101 icon love for my favorite icon set, Aquaticus.Social Icons designed by jwolh. This time I’m sharing a free Pinterest icon pack. The free Pinterest icon pack contains four popular icon sizes: 16×16, 24×24, 48×48, and 60×60 in png format. Download the Free Pinterest Icon pack: Pinterest Social Icon Pack Go to the deviantART artist community site to download … Read more
Quick Grammar Refresher: 15 Common Grammar Errors to Avoid
I wish learning grammar in grade school had been as fun as this infographic from Copyblogger. Displayed in a playful way are 15 common grammar errors that will turn you from an engaging writer to a “clown”. Take this quick grammar refresher course and “never look silly” again. Just in case you are wondering if there are any grammar rules you should break, check out … Read more
Guide to Reposting an Article on Your Blog
Want to share that great article you just read on your blog? By following a few simple guidelines you can share the article with your readers, give the author proper exposure, avoid copy and paste plagiarism, and get both articles some Google “love”. Here are best practices to reposting an article that will keep both the author and Google happy: 1. Write your own compelling … Read more
How to Make a Facebook Brand Page Cover: Timeline Cover Banner Maker
Your Facebook Timeline Brand Page is in need of a cover photo. You can make a professional looking cover photo for your Facebook Business Fan Page using Timeline Cover Banner cover photo maker in minutes. Timeline Cover Banner is an easy to use online Facebook Pages Timeline Cover Maker. This “mini editor” has all the graphic tools you need to create a customized Facebook Page … Read more








