Internet Marketing Solutions

Yahoo Turns Off Their Own Search Results And Turns On Bing’s Results

2010-08-25T18:34:44Z

As of today all Yahoo organic search results are being delivered by Bing in US and Canada. This morning when I was checking my Twitter feed I came across a tweet by Barry Schwartz about Yahoo Finally & Officially Gave Up On Search. After reading his article at Search Engine Roundtable I quickly opened up [...]

Why are Smartphones so important to your businesses?

2010-08-23T21:09:20Z

After running our internal mobile market share reports for DWI.com and DUI.com, we have found month-after-month that Apple has dominated our smartphone/mobile devices. Each month the iPhone has been #1, the iPod/iTouch has been #2 and Android has been #3. The interesting new player for us has been the iPad. Since being released in April, [...]

Verizon iPhone to be available January 2011

2010-08-18T22:07:50Z

The rumors are back in play that Verizon will be selling the iPhone in January 2011. I hope Apple and Verizon have worked out the details to make this happen, because Apple is going to have to open up to the CDMA market in order to keep their smartphone sales moving strong. With Google’s Android [...]

Looking for WordPress Developers and PHP Coders

2010-07-03T20:20:53Z

Austin, Texas company looking for WordPress help in the following areas: Gravity Forms: Need several custom hooks created. Thesis Theme: Need customization done and several custom page templates built around the Thesis Framework. PHP: Need some PHP coding for new plugins and modifications to some existing plugins. Please complete the contact form below if your [...]

Apple Releases OS4 for the iPad, iPhone and iTouch

2010-07-03T20:32:57Z

Mr. Apple himself, Tom Parish, breaks down “Apple’s release of OS4 for the iPhone, iTouch and iPad.” Thanks Tom for taking the time to share this article. -Bill Avinash Birnale provides a useful overview with some analysis of the lastest ‘Tent Pole’ additions for the iPhone and soon the iPad running OS4, all recently announced [...]

How long should a video be for Lead Generation?

2010-05-14T14:45:33Z

Content Strategiest Tom Parish jumps in and answers the big question “How long should a video be on your web site for lead generation?” Sometimes too much information kills the lead generation process. – Bill Useful links: Twistage • YouTube I get asked this question by clients, and I’ve been curious about it for some time. [...]

OS4 SDK Insights: Making the iPhone More Enterprise Friendly

2010-05-14T14:47:55Z

Nice article from Tom Parish on OS4 SDK Insights: Making the iPhone More Enterprise Friendly. Tom presents some insights on the OS4 SDK for the iPhone. – Bill I was perusing some blog posts and found an article from Techendeavour ’s Ramanda Shetty titled “Deep Dive into iPhone 4.0 Features“. I am extremely curious what [...]

Video Podcasting Using Skype – B2B Example

2010-05-14T14:50:37Z

Another great example of video podcasting using Skype from guest author Tom Parish. Tom presents a B2B example using the popular chatting, video and telephony software Skype which is available for Macs, Windows, Linux and smart phones. Useful links: Skype • ECAMM I have hosted a weekly podcast show at BMC Software for five years now [...]

Apple Moves iTunes to the Clouds and How This in Part Moves Us from the Me Generation to the We Generation

2010-01-22T06:09:00Z

Some rather amazing news has been released about Apple’s intentions to put iTunes into their own cloud infrastructure. The TechCrunch article below talks about the impact on their bottom line as they increase sales of music and, of course, make it significantly easier for us users to access our iTunes library like we access our [...]

BMC Today iPhone App – Get BMC Software News and Media On the Go

2010-01-21T03:29:23Z

I’m personally excited to tell you about an iPhone app called BMC Today and you can download it now. To create this app I had the honor of being involved throughout the entire development process with Techendeavour. They are an both technically competent at building mobile apps for a variety of smart phone platforms and an [...]

Why We Will Be Disappointed in the Apple Tablet

2010-01-19T08:59:00Z

Assuming this upcoming Apple event January 27th is actually about the so called (mythical) Apple Tablet then yes I have a sense we may feel disappointment. Why? Partly because there is so much wild speculation and expectation surrounding this charming yet mythical new device. I remember seeing devices like this at Disney World where there [...]

My Review of Google's Nexus One Smartphone vs. G1

2010-01-12T02:24:22Z

First of all let me give you a little background about me and my Smartphones. I currently use a BlackBerry Curve on the Verizon network. I have been using a BlackBerry since 1996. Prior to getting my CrackBerry I used the Palm Treo. My office tried using the BlackBerry Storm last year when we switched [...]

I just ordered my Nexus One phone today (unlocked)

2010-01-06T00:40:00Z

I bought the G1 in October of 2008, but I must say that I was a little disappointed at first. Once I was able to download 1.6 to the G1 the phone ran much better. My only complaints still with the G1 was the battery life and lack of support for Microsoft Exchange e-mail. If [...]

New Twitter list @tparish/enterpriseleadership-org – EnterpriseLeadership.org Interviewees

2009-12-15T14:26:00Z

As host and overseer of the EnterpriseLeadership.org community I’m making some end of year changes to get us going for 2010. One rather fun update is building a Twitter list list of 21 amazing individuals who have been interviewed by me and Elizabeth Ferrarini. The Twitter list widget sits on the home page and updates [...]

What Do you Do Differently Online Now Versus Last Year?

2009-12-13T00:31:38Z

Let’s have some fun. For just a moment stop and think about what you’re doing differently online now versus last year. What software, what device where and how you’re using the Internet. Email me or leave a comment below. What’s different? Tom

Tom Parish Inc. Fan Page on Facebook

2009-12-12T20:19:07Z

For those who follow me on Facebook I am posting my more technical geeky topics and projects on the Tom Parish Inc. fan page on Facebook. I still post of course nearly the same things at http://twitter.com/tparish. Clearly I need to spruce up the fan page but for now it’s there and functional and thankfully [...]

Texas High School Football – You have to love it!

2009-12-04T16:24:24Z

Late last night I was checking MyFoxAustin for possible school closings for today. The only school district to post a comment was Lake Travis ISD. The posting pointed out that there will be early release tomorrow for all grades due to the possible bad weather, BUT the Lake Travis High School football playoff game was [...]

'Cyber Monday' Sales are Strong for 2009

2009-12-03T15:00:00Z

The e-commerce sector and on-line shopping have reported a surge in traffic and sales for Cyber Monday compared to 2008. Web analytics company Coremetrics, Inc. reported at 6:30 PM EST on Cyber Monday that web shopper had spent 11% more in the same time period for Cyber Monday 2008. Coremetrics tracks on-line shopper behavior of [...]

SES Chicago 2009 – December 7-11, 2009

2009-12-02T17:35:43Z

Keynote speakers this year for SES Chicago are Jeff Jarvis (Author of What Would Google Do?), Peter Morville (President Semantic Studios) and Dan Siroker (former Deputy New Media Director, Obama Presidential Transition and Founder, CarrotSticks). Agenda Overview SES Conference 12/7-9 Expo Hall 12/8-9 SEM Training 12/10 SEO Training 12/11 Link to the SES Chicago 2009 [...]

Google Wave Extensions List for Integration Bots

2009-11-29T16:55:50Z

Here a a few Google Wave Extensions for Integration. Some of these bots are still in “In Progress” including the PlonieBot which is suppose to bring wave document editing capabilities to Plone. If anyone has any real applications that they have used with Google Wave please post a comment below showing us your work. The [...]