Want to learn about the newest offerings from search advertising campaign platforms? How about optimizing your keyword list? I made the trek to sunny Austin, Texas this week to answer those questions, and more, at the PubCon Conference.   And to help keep you in the know as well, I'll be blogging and tweeting as much as I can while I am here.

PubCon has been around since the 80's and continues to bring speakers to their conference venues to ensure vendors of pay-per-click platforms, search engine optimization experts, site design/layout gurus and social media buffs have a floor to speak to professionals in the web development industry. ...

Should your company be on Twitter?

Twitter is a portal that allows you, or your business to give quick (140 characters or less) updates or conversation starters to those who are "following" you.  In other words, those who have added your feed to their account (those following you) can see your updates as you post them.  It can be a great networking/relationship building tool, as it allows you to meet other business professionals who may be interested in your products, industry, interests or expertise. ...

Don't have a breakdown over Social Media, let's break it down...

Many businesses are beginning to see the need to become more involved with social media networking sites. The buzz is here and is not leaving any time soon. Core3 is dedicated to staying above the learning curve for any and all internet solutions leveraged by our customers, as well as always researching the "cutting edge" solutions for the future.

So, to help out some confusion about what social media is and when it is appropriately used for our customers, we have put together a breakdown. Before I begin, please note that everyone should have Analytics set up on their site, that way these and other marketing efforts can be tracked for ROI.  ...

If you are a Twitter user, or know someone who is (who doesn't these days?), the following information is IMPORTANT. Further security information is also included in this post, a little further down.

If you or an acquaintance receives a Direct Message (DM) to your account with either of these four different text links:

1. "hey! check out this funny blog about you... http://jannawalitax.blogspot.com/ "
2. "Hey, i found a website with your pic on it... LOL check it out here http://twitterblog.access-logins.com/login/"
3. "Check out this blog type website. you need to see it.. http://bloggertwit.access-logins.com/login/"
4. "heyy!!! i want u to see my blog!! http://blogtwitter.access-logins/login"

Do NOT open it. If the recipients of these DMs clicked on this link, they would be redirected to a phishing site.

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