When the New York Times published the article, New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users the other day, it was the first time many Wi-Fi users heard of the easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox hack plugin, Firesheep. This simple to download and use plugin makes it so easy for low-tech hackers to snoop innocent users’
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Cocoa Butter Sister's New Yahoo! Store Bangs
With a few well-placed dollops of designer cream and a lot of RTML love, FastPivot’s Yahoo! Store developers, teased out the boxy droop, reeled in the wisps, mended the dead ends, and layered the bangs on Cocoa Butter Sister’s newly re-designed Yahoo! Store. Below is the before (when the site was still trying to find
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Mobile Friendly Website Comes Off the Grill Well-Done
In this Youtube, check out the sizzling m-commerce patty FastPivot.com grill masters just pulled out of the flames: FastPivot doesn’t use fatty page components, so it isn’t chewy and hits the spot every time. Hungry, low-bandwidth, mobile feasters love our recipe! THE secret is storing the meat on a robust cloud hosting environment, which promises
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How to Use Google Analytics to Measure Social Media Results
We’ve talked about the need to measure social media marketing efforts, not just qualitatively, but also quantitatively. Many social media experts are still unsure about how to do that. One of the best methods we have found to measure social media results is by creating an advanced segment within your Google Analytics dashboard, so you
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What Social Media Is For Businesses, And What It Is Not
Does social media work well for any business? It really depends on the type of business using it and the goals/expectations they have. To understand the role social media should play in your business, one must understand what social media IS and what it IS NOT. Social media IS NOT for many businesses and organizations:
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Q & A From Last Week's Webinar: Social Media Strategy for International NGOs & Universities
Participants working within a variety of professions (Study Abroad, Career Developer, Communications INGO, International Programs, College Advising, etc.) from a long list of countries: US, EC, BR, ZA, CN, KE, GB, PK, IN, JP, RO, CA, HK, AU, TR, FR, & ES, attended last week’s webinar titled “Social Media Strategy for International NGOs & Universities.”
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10 Reasons to Consider a New Design for Your Ecommerce Website
We’re well underway into 2011 and hopefully you took some time in the last 30 days to review last years results and develop a ’11 strategy. The web has changed so much in the past year that it has also impacted shoppers purchasing behaviour. To stay competitive in today’s changing climate, your website has to
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Social Media Strategy for International NGOs & Universities Webinar Recording Now Available
Over 120 attendees from 17 different countries registered for yesterday’s webinar on “Social Media Strategy for International NGOs & Universities. FastPivot’s Director of Strategy, Grant Henry served as moderator while Matthew Ledford, Jonathan Poston, and Weidong “Jim” Zhang, presented. FastPivot’s CEO & Co-Founder, Matthew Ledford opened with a high level overview of those social media
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FastPivot's Jonathan Poston Presents on Social Media for Blue Ridge Mountain Host
FastPivot’s Director of Social Media Communications, Jonathan Poston, presented on “Social Media Marketing” for Blue Ridge Mountain Host‘s monthly board meeting today. In attendance were officers of the board and a number of guests from the general membership. According to their website, Blue Ridge Mountain Host has over 190 business members from the following NC
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FastPivot Team Fits in a Bowl
When FastPivot held its annual bowling party in Asheville NC last weekend, the normally all-virtual team sprinted for the chance to meet up with the team in person. Remote teams have their virtues, but there’s no substitute for a face-to-face celebration. Naturally, the first order of business at any bowling party is to pick up
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