So many fonts on the Web to chose from, but what is the best? This depends on many variables such as availability, readability, character and application. What is the feeling or style you want to convey to the reader? Is it fun and friendly or formal and old fashioned? Does it have to be smaller than a certain point size or is it for headlines? Is it live text or an image? There are two basic types of fonts, Serifs and Sans-Serifs. For the purpose of this post I will get into web-safe fonts within these two font families.
Video Interview: Jonah Stein and Social Media Spam
I forgot that I had one more SES San Jose video interview in my arsenal, so here it is for your viewing pleasure! (See SES, I’m like a gift that keeps on giving.) I caught up with Jonah Stein, goliath blogger and SEO from It’s the ROI, to chat about the prevalence and impact of spam in social media, the notion of “black hat” social media and SEO, and to unveil a new term called “white knight SEO,” which “aims to protect users from scams by dominating organic search results with consumer protection information.”
What You Can Learn About Social Media from MC Hammer
Last week MC Hammer made an appearance at Harvard for a Gravity Summit conference on social media marketing. That’s right, MC Hammer, performer of such hits as the grammatically incorrect “U Can’t Touch This,” the Addams Groove and “Pumps and a Bump” spoke at Harvard University about social media. MC Hammer has been one of social media’s most ardent celebrity spokesmen, having enthusiastically embraced it and utilizing it to his advantage.
The 10e20 September 2009 Conference Schedule
It’s almost hard to believe that it’s already September, marking the back to school rush, the start of fall and, of course, the beginning of a very busy conference season. Members of 10e20 will be popping up at a bunch of really great shows over the next few months, but here’s a quick look at where to find us during the month of September.
Traveling on Social Media's Dime
You may recall a short while back how a Queensland Australia tourism bureau ran a contest titled “The Best Job in the World” in order to generate travel interest to the islands in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The September ‘09 Social Media Hot Topic List
Last month I started a “Social Media Hotlist” that contained hot topics for the month. Ideally you could use this to help aid in linkbait and content creation for social media. By looking at some of the topics and finding a way to relate to your field, you can harness the momentum of that topic and hopefully get more traction! Here’s what will be hot on social media this September!
Wine Tasting with Social Media
Before I attended SES San Jose, I went to Napa Valley for a couple days to do some wine tasting and check out their many vineyards. While I was there, I was pleasantly surprised to see that a few wineries were starting to use social media for marketing and branding. I also noticed that the wineries that were tapped into social media marketing seemed to be the nicest and had the best customer service.