by: Anne Haynes

We are seeing strong Linkedin and Facebook integration daily. Here is the deal. If you receive a request for BranchOut on Facebook and you think, why should I ever duplicate my data from Linkedin to Facebook? You are correct and don’t copy and paste from Linkedin to Facebook. Soon enough you will see a Linkedin integration button on Facebook and I clicked that button tonight.

What’s not so great is the recommendation import feature on Linkedin. It doesn’t exist. In my opinion it seems like a milestone missed, but for other’s it may be a feature worth never seeing. Follow me here; some people are very different in work lives in comparison to personal lives. And for this type of Facebook users I would not want to add the BranchOut application to my portfolio of apps. But for professionals who are transparent and have nothing to hide, BranchOut is a blessing. So which one are you?

Social Media is a filter for integrity, truth and moral character. If you decide to behave in your life or your career in an inappropriate way, you can’t run from it. So, do the right thing and know the internet is our digital police.

As for Linkedin being fully integrated with Facebook BranchOut, I give it another quarter for a full integration.

This week I watched Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles” on Ted.com and it hit home to me. I’ve said in the past, Facebook is the AOL of our time. In this video Eli Pariser expands AOL to Google and all information providers within the internet. It hits home when Eli says, “We really need you to make sure that these algorithms have encoded in them a sense of the public life and a sense of CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY” – I believe in what he’s saying; I don’t want my life to be tailored to my interest, it’s the freedom of the internet which peaks my interests. I don’t want information delivered to me, I seek to find it on my own.

This is a must see video for everyone.

Quotes from Eli’s Speech:
“Now we are kinda back in 1915 on the web and we need the new gate keepers to encode that kind of responsibly into the code they’re writing. You know, I know there are a lot of people here from Facebook and from Google, Larry and Sergey; people who have helped build the web the way it is and I’m grateful for that, but we really need you to make sure that these algorithms have encoded in them a sense of the public life a sense of CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. We need you to make sure that their transparent enough that we can see what the rules are, that determine what gets through our filters. And we need you to give us some control, so we can decide what gets through and what doesn’t. Because I think we really need the internet to be that thing, that we all dreamed it of being. We need it to connect us all together; we need it to introduce us to new ideas, new people and different perspectives – and it’s not going to do that if you leave us all isolated in a web of one.”

Facebook and it’s updates constantly make learning Facebook a continual process. I haven’t had a need to post to my clients pages as myself because I’m generally the voice of the business. Tonight’s been different. I’ve been trying to upload a picture of the new car I purchased at Shawnee Mission Kia as me and not an administrator and it’s not doable with everything I’ve tried.

You can easily switch between business Facebook page and personal profile through the Account menu and make comments as an individual or the business Facebook page, but when uploading a picture of your new car, new shoes or anything you may buy as a Facebook individual to a Facebook page you administer, your out of luck.

Oh, and I’m still trying to figure out a reason to ever select this option in your Facebook Page Admin> Your Settings:

Has anyone had success posting a photo to a Facebook business page you administer without removing yourself as an administrator?

My twitter account created in 2009 was suspended for what? I still don’t know exactly, but it’s been a week and I’m trying to figure things out. I’ve been digging for the Twitter email which was sent regarding my account suspension and I never received it, but today I received my notification one of my support tickets was closed (1703739).

I painfully wrote three support tickets to Twitter asking for my personal Twitter account @AnneHaynes to be reinstated and am still waiting to see the Twitter verdict. If you read this, please shout out to @Twitter please bring @AnneHaynes back!

Let’s call this what it is; I was using automated services to eliminate the people I’ve followed who’ve not followed me back in 2 years. I don’t have time to visit each account and find out if they are following me back. I remember when Twitter had just launched and Danny Sullivan said on Webmaster Radio, the goal is to follow a lot of people, so you’re able to gather more information (paraphrasing). And I agree with this logic, but this was pre-traditional media and Hollywood even knowing what Twitter was at the time. Today, I see a ratio factor “people you follow : to people following you” and it makes sense to scrub your Twitter account. I see a similar ratio with Linkedin; I know 85% of the people I’m Linkedin with 500+ and I have 31 recommendations. I frequently receive requests to Linkin and I always view the “Connections : Recommendations” as an indicator of a solid professional network. I witnessed introducing Linkedin to a client (in sales) and within a month the guy had over 500+ Connections, but how about the Recommendations???

Integrity is built into social media and it starts with transparency. You can’t go from 0-100 without some indicators flagging your account as a robot. With this said, @AnneHaynes is a robot in Twitter’s eyes at the moment. If you want to help save me, please tweet, post or make some noise anywhere on the net stating; @twitter save @annehaynes – I would really really appreciate any help at this point!

I’ve been telling my clients and friends, you knew you were an SEO when your “test” website was banned, so in the spirit of an SEO, maybe I’m now an SMO.

It appears many others are finding out their Twitter accounts have become suspended.

Go here if your Twitter account has been suspended, don’t send a bunch of support tickets, just follow-up with your original ticket.

It’s amazing what’s about to happen to Kansas City and I have goose bumps every time I view and view again the Youtube video with Google executives and Kansas City State Council speaking about the prosperity in the works. Thanks to Google this change has the potential to positively and immediately affect the citizens of the Kansas City Metro.

This is the first blog post of several to follow in a series. As I research and study, I will share my knowledge and know, it’s important to call me on my logic or information I share in my series. I’m more of a technologist than a politician. Politics is a bunch of behind the scenes back and forth which is designed to make citizens dig and study in their spare time. Let it be known I don’t have a bunch of spare time to dig into the political drama. I want facts not opinion, so technology is more my thing than he said, she said.

I love the below video and it makes me proud to have relocated to a place where Google is literally digging roots!!!

The Kauffman Group and many other sponsors are making the Startup Weekend Kansas City event happen on April 15-17. I’m heading there on Sunday for the celebration, get your tickets now!

More to come soon! Anyone going to the KCStartUP?

If you are a PC, you’ve lost your hard-drive to a virus or malware. I’m a PC and I’ve lost everything; pictures, family videos, music and more. It’s only since I started using Trend Micro and Microsoft Security Essentials that I’ve had “some” sense of security. Understand, my software is set to update daily AND I do it manually because you can never be certain when a virus comes out that your scheduled update has that virus fix included. I’ve been searching for a laptop backup solutions and still have a hard time finding PC backup software that will backup everything; including software and licenses. I just want an all inclusive affordable mirrored copy of my laptop backed up. And here’s the catch, I don’t want my system to completely be bogged down in the process.

I’ve done some asking around about dealing with viruses and malware and ever since the iPhone came out people swear on the MAC as the total security safe platform.   I’ve pondered the pros and cons of being a MAC or a PC and when everything is said and done, if I can protect my PC data (including software) I prefer a PC and here is why:

1. MACs are more expensive

2. Any design work you want to do with a MAC can be done with a PC

3. Software releases always update PCs before MACs operating systems

4. I don’t want to ruffle any feathers here and while I’m not a super techie, I still like seeing the black command line screen.

Understand throughout my career I’ve been a PC, then a MAC and a PC again. I’ve had jobs where I’ve worked in a MAC environment (MAC Temps) and then go home to a PC.

I want to stay a PC, but I’d really like a laptop backup solution that gives me the easy button. Maybe this is why cloud computing is having its biggest growth year since its inception.

In my continued quest to find answers, I always go to the search engines and IT Guys! In my Google researched I found laptop backup software solution COPIUN. While it’s not designed for consumers, it sounds like an IT Administrators’ and users’ dream; follow me here, if you work for a mid to large size organization and must access the VPN while working remotely, then you know the feeling of SLOW data transfer. How many times has your system started backing up your data remotely and you’ve stopped it because it bogs down your computer? When I worked at Cisco Systems, the backup was the first thing I turned off after logging into the VPN! I know I’m not alone here, but it appears COPIUN has found a solution to remote data backup; the user can be on the phone, get a refill of coffee and never know the backup is happening. I don’t know all the interworking, but it looks good for both sides of laptop back.
I think I’m going to do a laptop backup series because there is no way to figure this out in one night. It looks like most of the laptop backup solutions out there are more for IT managers and not consumers.

Anyone have any experience is finding a complete mirror; easy button to laptop backup?

Ads, Ads, Ads I love the Super Bowl 45 XLV 2011 Ads!!

Pepsi Super Bowl XLV Commercials
Interesting on YouTube there are 42 dislikes, I love this commerical

Uncensored E-TRADE Baby – 2011 Superbowl Commercial Ad Snippet

Doritos Super Bowl Commercials
Check out the banned or not used funny videos below

Bud Light 3D

Bud Light Severance Package

Volkswagen Commercial: The Force (every superbowl search on Youtube generated this paid ad). Can you say SMART MARKETING!

Faith Hill Teleflora.com Behind The Scenes, I don’t have 4 minutes where is the commercial people.- FAIL

Justin Bieber. Ozzy Osbourne Super Bowl Commercial – Can’t Find the Youtube – FAIL

Chevrolet Silverado Tommy

Watch the Chevrolet ads from the website http://www.chevrolet.com/#cruze

Kia Optima: One Epic Ride Superbowl Commerical

Audi Super Bowl Commerical Teaser – FAIL

GoDaddy Joan Rivers Joan I’ve loved you for years, but really, can’t we see something fun?
Teaser, but go and see it if she is up yet!!

Eminem Brisk Super Bowl Commerical 2011
He’s too cool to have his commerical on Youtube…really?

Now for the Others Commercials

Hyundai Sonata

Brett: Hookers helped me, drinking a lot of water helped me, harassment helped me – FAIL

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Movie Trailers SuperBowl XLV 2011M
Thor Trailer: New

Super 8: New

Cowboys & Aliens: New

Fast Five: 1,883,904 views on Youtube

by: Anne Haynes

In the last 6 months my consulting experiences have positioned me to truly educate; lunch session with how-to-guides to follow, evening meetings to audit SEO and PPC campaigns and weekend meetings to review results! Through the successes of my clients, I’ve been introduced to new clients and everyone just needs checks and balances to make sure their content, design and development teams are on board with search marketing. It’s been an exciting time for me because my clients’ development teams want to learn and with my education we all experience the excitement of success together!

Last year when I was invited to speak at Dee Sadler’s KCWebCore/Adobe Web Community meeting, I introduced the concept of Company Keyword Missions. The Company Keyword Mission is designed from the top-down and it’s dictated by senior management and/or business owners. Let’s face it, if you have a website and are an organization of 1-100 million, you and your employees post to the internet about your company. And a Keyword Mission supports natural posts by employees for your product or service with the rankings in mind. Many SEO consultants will say this happens anyway, but I say more education is needed. I just had a client ask if they needed to add image ALT tags to a 2,000 page website. Let’s remember back in 2006 when Target was sued for lack of image ALT tags. Image ALT tags were designed for the handicap and specifically the blind. Programs like JAWS read the ALT tags and digitally speak the words within the tags to help the handicap make decisions on the web. With this said, if you have a content management systems with a staff member writing content for you site, create the Company Keyword Mission with details on image ALT tags.

The concept of Company Keyword Mission is about all departments staff knowing the Company Keyword Mission. When the staff posts on the web they will have those keywords in mind.

Here is my Company Keyword Mission Statement

What do you think? I like this concept, but it’s a tough mission to sell when C Level management is not on board.