The next Flag Tech Talk lecture will be on Search Engine Optimization. It will be on Tuesday, August 16th at 6 pm at Pizza Furiosa (in the shopping center behind Walmart east).
"Having a website doesn't mean anyone is ever going to find it! One of the most important things you can do to make your internet presence work for you is to have your site prepared correctly for the search engines. This discussion will look at lots of techniques to make a website ready for Google, Yahoo, Bing, and the thousands of other engines out there."
This lecture will be presented by Joe Bodin of Flagstaff Central. It is part of an ongoing lecture series called Flag Tech Talk that is held on the third Tuesday of each month. The series is sponsored by Flagstaff Central.com, Inc., Orig'native, LLC, and Pizza Furiosa. Go to http://www.flagtechtalk.com/ for more information.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
FaceBook Tech Tip
If you run a business and already have created a "page" on FaceBook or even if you don't but want to make sure you have control of your listings, then you should also follow this tech tip.
FaceBook uses a wide range of databases to create automatic business pages. It's their way of expanding the content on their site. Typically, if you have a business license with a legal address, then FaceBook may automatically create a page for you whether you know it or not. Thus, you need to search for yourself to see if there is an additional posting that you didn't know about.
If you already have created your own page then it may also be necessary to have someone else (a friend or associate) search for you as well because while you are logged into your account the default when you search for yourself will typically only find your own page (i.e. the one your created). So, having a friend search and then email you the "link line" of this additional page may be necessary.
If you do find another page out there, then you need to "claim it" so that you can have control of the content. Currently the link for this is towards the bottom of the left column. The process requires you to be ready by your business phone. FaceBook will call the phone number on this page and give you a four digit pin number. You then type it in and officially "claim the page". Then, it allows you to combine this new page (that you just found) with your official page (that you created).
This will effectively "clean up" your listings on FaceBook to make sure that only the information you want out there about your company is visible.
FaceBook uses a wide range of databases to create automatic business pages. It's their way of expanding the content on their site. Typically, if you have a business license with a legal address, then FaceBook may automatically create a page for you whether you know it or not. Thus, you need to search for yourself to see if there is an additional posting that you didn't know about.
If you already have created your own page then it may also be necessary to have someone else (a friend or associate) search for you as well because while you are logged into your account the default when you search for yourself will typically only find your own page (i.e. the one your created). So, having a friend search and then email you the "link line" of this additional page may be necessary.
If you do find another page out there, then you need to "claim it" so that you can have control of the content. Currently the link for this is towards the bottom of the left column. The process requires you to be ready by your business phone. FaceBook will call the phone number on this page and give you a four digit pin number. You then type it in and officially "claim the page". Then, it allows you to combine this new page (that you just found) with your official page (that you created).
This will effectively "clean up" your listings on FaceBook to make sure that only the information you want out there about your company is visible.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Flag Tech Talk - Discussions about Technology for Regular People
We are very proud to be a sponsor of a new "technology" lecture series here in the Flagstaff area that we are calling "Flag Tech Talk". It's something we've been wanting to do for a long time, and we've finally got things rolling along. We've partnered with Bret Carpenter of Orig'native LLC and will be sharing the lectures so that we get a nice variety of topics. We hope to bring in other guest speakers later as well. And, we've also partnered with Richard Fernandez at Pizza Furiosa to have the talks in his restaurant. So, it looks like things are rolling along nicely!!!
One of the things that our clients say about our company is that we don't "Techno-Babble" them into confusion. We try to talk to our clients to make them understand what the options are. So, one of the goals of these technical lectures are to have them designed to help educate regular people so they understand more about computers, the internet, and the resources available to them when it comes to managing their small business or organization. They are completely educational and are absolutely Free!
The lectures will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Pizza Furiosa (which is located in the shopping center behind Walmart in Flagstaff). They will most likely be about an hour long, but might go longer if people are having fun. We want everyone to come armed with questions, and that they will be more "discussion oriented" than really lectures.
The first talk is:
Cutting Through the Technology Hype
Tuesday, July 19th at 6 p.m.
Presented by Bret Carpenter of Orig'native
We are constantly bombarded by marketing hype about The Cloud, Tablets, Android Phones & iPhones, Apps, iPads, Mobility, Chromebooks, the list goes on.... Let's take a sensible look at what all this means to small businesses and organizations. We will explore what these things are and how they relate to your business.
For more information:
Website - http://www.flagtechtalk.com/
FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flag-Tech-Talk/195121450537858
Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/FlagTechTalk/
We hope you can come to our Educational Lectures designed to Break the Technical Barriers!
One of the things that our clients say about our company is that we don't "Techno-Babble" them into confusion. We try to talk to our clients to make them understand what the options are. So, one of the goals of these technical lectures are to have them designed to help educate regular people so they understand more about computers, the internet, and the resources available to them when it comes to managing their small business or organization. They are completely educational and are absolutely Free!
The lectures will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Pizza Furiosa (which is located in the shopping center behind Walmart in Flagstaff). They will most likely be about an hour long, but might go longer if people are having fun. We want everyone to come armed with questions, and that they will be more "discussion oriented" than really lectures.
The first talk is:
Cutting Through the Technology Hype
Tuesday, July 19th at 6 p.m.
Presented by Bret Carpenter of Orig'native
We are constantly bombarded by marketing hype about The Cloud, Tablets, Android Phones & iPhones, Apps, iPads, Mobility, Chromebooks, the list goes on.... Let's take a sensible look at what all this means to small businesses and organizations. We will explore what these things are and how they relate to your business.
For more information:
Website - http://www.flagtechtalk.com/
FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flag-Tech-Talk/195121450537858
Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/FlagTechTalk/
We hope you can come to our Educational Lectures designed to Break the Technical Barriers!
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