Archive for September, 2011

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Sep 11

exporting emails from constant contact

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

This should be helpful mostly to my clients who want to switch from constant contact mailing list services to their own newsletter manager.

1.)login to your constant contact account

2.)at the home page tab go to manage your contacts

3.)select the lists you want to export.

4.)at the top next to the right of manage contacts click export

5.)under export selection put a check box in first name and last name only

6.)export as a CSV

7.)open your admin and go to mailing list subscribers>import users from file

8.)under step 1:click browse and select your file you just downloaded from constant contact and click upload. do not change the default settings.

9.)on step 2 define fields, you should now see some of your emails and a first name and last name column which are blank. click define data selection

10.)step 3 perform import click it.

You will now see a screen that says inserting data….Import Complete and the number of records inserted. close the window you are done.

You can open up the original CSV file in Excel to see if all your emails uploaded by noting the count and then the count in your admin.

08
Sep 11

Google Places for your business-local SEO

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Getting listed, improves your seo (search engine optimization) in local searches.  Per Google, studies have shown, 97% of consumers search for local businesses online.  A complete and detailed listing in Places can help Google better understand your business and match you to relevant search results too.  Using Google Places you can help your business stand out with tools to add photos, videos, get and respond to reviews, or give a shout out to special promos.  Using stats gathered you can study keywords used in searches, and where your customers coming from.  Google Places is a tool to help with your marketing and seo.  Why not get listed today, it’s a great tool and a FREE one!

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06
Sep 11

How to control what image or information Facebook shares.

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

By using Open Graph tags you can control how  facebook shares your information. These are like  <meta> tags that you add to the <head> of your website to describe your page.

 If you use, Open Graph tags, the following six are required:

  • og:title – The title of the entity.
  • og:type – The type of entity. You must select a type from the list of Open Graph types.
  • og:image – The URL to an image that represents the entity. Images must be at least 50 pixels by 50 pixels. Square images work best, but you are allowed to use images up to three times as wide as they are tall.
  • og:url – The canonical, permanent URL of the page representing the entity. When you use Open Graph tags, the Like button posts a link to the og:url instead of the URL in the Like button code.
  • og:site_name – A human-readable name for your site, e.g., “IMDb”.
  • fb:admins or fb:app_id – A comma-separated list of either the Facebook IDs of page administrators or a Facebook Platform application ID. At a minimum, include only your own Facebook ID.

An Open Graph tag looks like this:

<meta property=”og:tag name” content=”tag value”/>

If you are just concerned about the image Facebook will grab and don’t want to deal with all involved in Open Graph tags, you can use the following meta key in your <head>

<link rel=”image_src” href=”path_to_your_thumbnail_image” / >

02
Sep 11

how to login to your Google sitemap

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

To see Sitemap details:

  1. Sign into Webmaster Tools with your Google Account.
  2. On the Dashboard, click the site you want.
  3. Click Sitemaps.
  4. In the list, click the Sitemap you want.