Lawn Gnome

A digital marketing blog by Daniel J. Donovan.











My name is Daniel J. Donovan. This is my blog.
I write about digital marketing, technology, online strategy, communications and photography.


Google Buzz – “Epic Fail?”

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 21st, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has View Comments.

Well, much to no one’s surprise, and much as I predicted the other day, Google did not put their best foot forward with Buzz, privacy-wise or just-about-any-other-wise.

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Salesforce.com Goes Social

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 19th, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has View Comments.

“Why do we know crucial things about our family and friends in real time as they happen but we don’t know what’s happening with our top customers, our top deals, our critical support cases, or even our own employees we sit next to everyday?” Why indeed?

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Golden

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 19th, 2010 · social media · This post currently has View Comments.

2010-02-19

We’re golden.

Metrics for Twitter

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 17th, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has View Comments.

Convincing the boss that Twitter matters is still a serious thing, especially at larger firms in the B2B space where risk aversion is high, legal issues are legion and metrics are king. Putting effort into a Twitter account just because everyone else is doing it won’t fly.

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Free tethered mode shooting

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 13th, 2010 · photography · This post currently has View Comments.

ECP_00087 My children — aged 4 and 2 — love using the Playstation Eye camera and EyeCreate software on our PS3. The shots they take, though grainy and small, are spontaneous and full of joy because they can see the picture right away; there is immediate feedback on what they shoot. They have a blast and it shows. However, point a “real camera” at them and they become awkward and stiff. What to do?

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The buzz on Google

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 9th, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has View Comments.

Google is taking aim at social media again. Soon, you should have a new tab in your Gmail account that will give you access to Buzz, which is designed to make sense of your social media world.

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Easy way to first-page ranking on Google

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 7th, 2010 · SEO · This post currently has View Comments.

For some time now, Google has been presenting its search results in what it calls “universal search” but which everyone else calls “blended search.”

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Browser Breakdown

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 3rd, 2010 · technology · This post currently has View Comments.

Michael VanDaniker.com posted this page showing the browsers used by visitors to W3schools.com. The interface is fun to play with and check out what was done to create the visualization!

Bye bye IE 6

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 31st, 2010 · technology · This post currently has View Comments.

Here’s your hat; what’s your hurry? [Read more →]

The Art of SEO

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 31st, 2010 · SEO, what I am reading · This post currently has View Comments.

“The Art of SEO” is a solid account of the state of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as it stands today. [Read more →]