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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.

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.

Many people will receive Hallmark Holiday cards with augmented reality treats inside this year. And this blog post will help you figure out the technology! What I love about augmented reality is the experience, especially when children are around. In my opinion the best gift for adults, trying to mingle with other adults, is a holiday card filled with hours of computer fun for the kids.

1. Download the software from the location on the back of the card. It’s generic, so you need to navigate the process and find your card. When you get to the site you will see the following image and click “GET STARTED”:

2. You will go to the next screen with an option to print the instructions, don’t do that keep it green and select “CONTINUE”:

3. On the next screen make sure to select “HOLIDAY” and then find your exact card.

4. The next display will give you an option to download for MAC or PC.

5. Now the rest get’s fuzzy. If you are on a PC, know you can’t have your camera running at the same time the Hallmark application is trying to access the camera. If you do this and receive errors, just close your camera and “Retry”. And if “Retry” doesn’t work, reboot your computer, use IE and download again.

6. At some point for PC users you should receive the following Setup message:

7. If the install is going well, you will receive a License Agreement, select the radio button “I accept the terms of the License Agreement” (or not).

8. Next screen will be “Completing the Setup”.

9. At this point your computer should detect your camera if it’s built in or connected via USB. If your computer is giving you issues, close all browsers and restart with your camera off.

10. Have the card it hand, don’t open it or try and use the back of the card like I did:

11. Just use the front of the card. And you should see something like this:

And This:

And This:

And This:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!

I’m helping a friend find an Information Technology position and a recruiter contacted me last night for a Business Systems Analyst position with SQL and MS Office requirements at the expert level. My friend is perfect, so I logged into Linkedin. To my amazement, when I found a position I couldn’t “Send to Friend” from the list view, see below image.

How is it, that Linkedin overlooked a key social usability feature, to send a job posting to a friend? It seems obvious to me and other job posting sites. In the Time Magazine, Person of the Year article, Mark Zuckerberg speaks of the information age paradigm shift from crowds to friends; page 5 paragraph 6.

In my opinion Linkedin is using apps to allow the code base to appear social. Fundamentally, the site hasn’t integrated important features; helping exceptional friends find exceptional business opportunities.

What are your thoughts?

Outsourced and Not Ordinary Family are my favorites for non-reality TV shows in the 2010 season. While I’ve disliked reality TV, I’ve been sucked into it and it’s all good. What I enjoy about non-reality TV shows is the no reality; I can chill and relax.

I love Outsourced and following are my faves from Outsourced episode 2.

“Why is there a deer on the wall?”
“Babies don’t suck pacifiers they suck on ribs.”
“You take a bite man, its good. It’s a lentil burger.”
“The Indian head-shake it’s a way of answering without answering”
“How many Indians does it take to sell Novelties?”
“I heard the barbecue in KC saying someone is going to be fired.”
“I can look at a herd of elk and pick which one I’m going to shoot.”
“You know what you problems is, your too close to your employees, you need some distance, guys that work for me, I don’t even know their names, that’s Frodo, Morpheus, Indiana Jones.”
“Hey, don’t bobble me”
“The lips, that’s what the mustache is for.”
“They kill the cow, then they age the meat, why not just let the cow live a little longer?”
“I’ve never been out of Mumbai, now I’m talking to all these women from exotic places like Des Moine, Fresno, Chattanooga.”
“Janet that’s filthy, I can’t make a cute little teddy bear say that.”
“Maybe an inflatable punching bag that says, “Men suck will ease your pain.”

Are you a company or individual trying to make a presence with Facebook (FB)? Well I’m this person and I find it interesting when implementing FB advertising campaigns because the platform is amazing. Follow me here; let’s say I want to target people whom only “Like” X Fan Page, or are friends with X, and live in LA or Silicon Valley or Kansas City? You can do that in FB. It’s the hottest and easiest platform I’ve seen in a longtime.

When I think of social media, I think pain or pleasure. The 1 Facebook Ad tonight which caught my attention was the evil eyes!

Facebook Ads for Conversion

I’ve written blog posts about the FB user interface and how much I disliked the features, but I love it now. Cheers to making the peanut butter in the grocery store easier to find. Understand my 2010 New Year’s resolution was to give up FB games. I’m glad I made this decision; it keeps me focused on what I’m doing with FB; nurturing, likes and leads.

How big are the millions? It’s interesting to see the dynamics of the recent issues with schools. People learn in different ways and it’s clear that learning with video, audio, and virtual workbooks works. It’s not about where you live or how much money you make, you can give your children an education online. But you need to be online!

I’m a lifelong student with a technical degree from SJSU and it’s amazing the resources students have now at their fingertips. I really don’t understand why there is an issue with our schools. I went through grade school and college sifting through microfilm. Now, the students have information a click away with the internet.

If we are fighting to make the unions more accountable I agree. But how bad is it really?

Check it out the KhanAcademy.com, you can become the Genius if you put in the time!