Changing your Twitter name without losing followers is actually a fairly easy process, thanks to Alicia’s post on how to change your Twitter handle. If you’ve changed your business name or your Twitter handle is different than your other social media...
What happens on the internet every day? We all know that the internet is huge, but you may not have realized how huge. This infographic from MBAOnline.com gives some numbers on what happens on the web on a daily basis. According to this infographic, every 24 hours:...
Facebook recently announced Facebook Timeline for business and brand pages! Instead of the old Facebook layout with Page Tabs, we now have Timeline Apps. Timeline Apps help brands tell their story and engage with fans through contests (like the Antavo and Strutta) as...
Changing your Gmail username may be necessary if your name recently changed (say if you got married) or if you were given a default name for your Google Apps account. For example, we were recently given the name “General Delivery 2” for a Google Apps...
At Boxcar Marketing we are big fans of Grammar Girl so this infographic from Copyblogger struck a chord. These 15 grammar tips are important to keep in mind when writing emails, website copy, Facebook updates or any other online content. As the infographic notes,...
Book publishers have been on our minds since our post on 25 Lessons Publishers Can Teach Startups. In particular because Digital Book World took place, then O’Reilly Tools of Change, plus the National Book Count data was released and our client Canadian...
You might remember this Monty Python sketch on “how NOT to be seen”. The players are working very hard to play the game but unknowingly make decisions that blow up in their face. Managing a Facebook Business Page is a bit like that, yes?...
Many of the lessons we learn in childhood stay with us into adulthood, enriching our lives and providing much needed guidance. Sometimes Oregon Trail was the game you played primarily to shoot rabbits instead of learning about America’s pioneers; but other times...
Despite the persistent reports of book publishing as a failing (or flailing) industry, publishers’ best-kept secret is that there is no nail in the coffin. I know you don’t believe me. But maybe the people publishing those inspirational business books you...
My what a large IPO you have. Facebook is hoping to raise $5 billion by selling shares this spring (some reports are saying $10 billion—not sure who’s right but $5 billion is cited more often). This is larger than Google’s 2004 IPO that raised $1.9...