Square Jaw Media » writing http://www.squarejawmedia.com Digital Marketing Strategy and Techniques Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 DIY Infographic Productionhttp://www.squarejawmedia.com/diy-infographic-production/ http://www.squarejawmedia.com/diy-infographic-production/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:56:10 +0000 Brian McDonald http://www.squarejawmedia.com/?p=1902 DIY Infographic ProductionI found this DIY Infographic Production by Voltier Creative that both informs and educates on infographic benefits and production. I find infographics like this instrumental in educating novice users about how infographics are more than an educational tool. The section where it talks about SEO, marketing and advertising is great to justify having your graphic [...]

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]]> http://www.squarejawmedia.com/diy-infographic-production/feed/ 0 Goin Mobilehttp://www.squarejawmedia.com/goin-mobile/ http://www.squarejawmedia.com/goin-mobile/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 01:17:07 +0000 Brian McDonald http://www.squarejawmedia.com/2010/05/goin-mobile.html This month is abuzz with mobile. Both the Triangle AMA and TIMA have speakers on mobile marketing and ads. Mobile Internet traffic is increasing with the proliferation of smartphones and Wi-Fi devices. This post is actually being drafted on an iPhone so I can gauge what a mobile blog post is all about. For one [...]

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]]> http://www.squarejawmedia.com/goin-mobile/feed/ 1 Five Starting Points to Build Your Online Presencehttp://www.squarejawmedia.com/five-starting-points-to-build-your-online-presence/ http://www.squarejawmedia.com/five-starting-points-to-build-your-online-presence/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:35:45 +0000 Brian McDonald http://www.squarejawmedia.com/?p=352 question_iconLast month I spoke to the Triangle Area Freelancers on how to use social media to market yourself.  The group is primarily freelance writers and they had some excellent questions including: Should I get on Twitter? Where do I start with social media? Blogger or WordPress, which is better and should I pay to host [...]

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]]> http://www.squarejawmedia.com/five-starting-points-to-build-your-online-presence/feed/ 0 More Blogging Lessons Learnedhttp://www.squarejawmedia.com/more-blogging-lessons-learned/ http://www.squarejawmedia.com/more-blogging-lessons-learned/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:21:00 +0000 Brian McDonald http://www.squarejawmedia.com/?p=64 Today is Day 25 of my 30 day blogging challenge and I wanted to share some more tips and other wisdom. I have to admit today was a tough motivational day. I still have some topics on my list that I started with at the beginning of the 30 days. But none of them really [...]

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]]> http://www.squarejawmedia.com/change-management-at-core-of-effective-communication/feed/ 0 Five Blogging Lessons Learnedhttp://www.squarejawmedia.com/five-blogging-lessons-learned/ http://www.squarejawmedia.com/five-blogging-lessons-learned/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:11:00 +0000 Brian McDonald http://www.squarejawmedia.com/?p=48 Today is day 10 of my 30 Day Blogger Challenge and so I decided to write about five lessons learned so far: Blogging every single day is a challenge to find the time and creative drive to publish a complete article. Also daily frequency may be too much for any single person to sustain without [...]

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