Day 2 of #17DaysofGiveaways - Web Development Week
This is Day #2 of InformIT’s giveaways. Congratulations to yesterday’s winners. Today’s prize is an eBook copy of Joomla! Programming by Mark Dexter and Louis Landry.
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We're heading to NYC -- BlogWorld 2012!
The Que team is setting-up shop at BlogWorld & New Media Expo this week. Here's what you need to know about the event, speakers, sessions and how you can win an iPad (even if you're following along from home):
#TuesdayTrivia: Win a Copy of Marketing in the Round
Social media for business is about results. The trick is integrating outlets into one message. But how do you take all channels and synch them?
Share Your #MyPinStory with Friends on Pinterest
It seems like everyone is using Pinterest these days to help with party planning, organize virtual bookshelves, create dream wardrobes or plan their future (maybe fictitious) wedding. So, why not use a board to share a little bit about yourself?
March Trivia #2: Use Social Media Strategically (Win a copy of No Bullshit Social Media by Jason Falls and Erik Deckers)
Stop hiding from social media--or treating it like a
playground. Once strategy is involved, it’s time to identify specific, actionable
goals… and make money!
March Trivia #1: Harness the Power of iOS 5 (Win a copy of iPad and iPhone Tips and Tricks by Jason R. Rich)
The introduction of iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch marks significant advancement and improvement, not just in the operating system itself, but in how we can utilize and interact with Apple's mobile devices.
February Trivia #2: Facebook "Likes" are Currency (Win a copy of The Like Economy by Brian Carter)
Facebook is a marketing tool unlike any the world has seen before because positivity is part of its DNA.
February Trivia #1: Google This
Google+ recently hit 100 million members and has social media enthusiasts and analysts buzzing. Why? Linked to the number 1 and number 2 search engines in the world (Google and YouTube), Google+ is incredibly powerful.
Why Companies are Afraid of Social Media
"We don't do social media, because people might say bad things about us," the executive said. "If we have a Facebook page, people might leave negative comments on it."
"They're already saying bad things about you," I said. "Whether you're on it or not, people are complaining about you, and they're telling as many of their friends as they can."
The rest of the conversation went as expected. Reason after reason. Excuse after excuse. We're not on social media because. . . we don't do social media because we. . . it's only for young people. . .
"They're already saying bad things about you," I said. "Whether you're on it or not, people are complaining about you, and they're telling as many of their friends as they can."
The rest of the conversation went as expected. Reason after reason. Excuse after excuse. We're not on social media because. . . we don't do social media because we. . . it's only for young people. . .
We want your comments. Let's DISQUS!
On December 15, 2010 Quepublishing.com and InformIT.com rolled out a new commenting feature that is powered by the DISQUS commenting engine and appears for all podcasts, articles and blogs. We're excited about the ease of use and powerful new features and in this post I'll talk about the new features and how we'll use it to drive more community feedback on our sites.
Community Tips: Host a Charity Book Drive at Your Next User Group Event
Gathering a group of talented minds for your next Meetup, PodCamp, conference or guru summit? Borrow a page from the St. Louis Day of .NET organizers and host a charity book drive. The surrounding community (and your tired, dusty bookshelves) will thank you.
Will you review our books?
One of the most important jobs we have as a publicity department is to give our customers a good idea of how valuable a book will be – and the best way to do that is to get the book out there and have you review it.
