Websites + E-commerce + AI
An article written yesterday in the NY Times made mention of what the Internet Farmer will call a “fantastic use of Twitter”. The article points out a great reason for the MTA to be using Twitter. Actually, two reasons: To communicate quickly with a large number of people To be transparent with the tax-payers who […]
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NY Times had a nice article today listing 10 tips to building website traffic. As an online marketing specialist, this is the basic idea no matter who you are or what business you are in. Maybe you are a larger company that can spend more on advertising to grow traffic, but overall online success is
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I’m usually wanting to stick to web technologies, online marketing and food in this blog, but I’m inclined to share one small way we can do our part and feel better about the energy we use everyday. If you live in Maine, we have an option to change where you get your electricity from. Here
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Twitter gets many different responses. Some good, some bad. But first, a brief definition for those who have no idea what this means… It’s like having a blog or website to write in, but you can only type 140 characters at a time. You might even hear it called “micro-blogging”, and it is to some
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Last year when I worked the first half of a season at Wealden Farm in Freeport, I fell in love with growing seeds. The attachment I had was amazing, and was only realized late in the summer when the harvest came and the little seeds I once planted in a tiny hole were bigger than
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In reading today’s news, Obama is taking yet another leap of faith to use the internet for reaching millions at almost no cost to our tax payers, and it leaves me speechless. Check out whitehouse.gov for the details on Obama’s 1st Online Town Hall. In the realm of online marketing, I can not think of
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When I started working on a farm, it started becoming clear to me that selling online would make a great addition to the local food system. My farmer thought I was crazy. The most basic reason why… because an online catalog can be doing all the work for me while I’m out working in the
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/business/smallbusiness/12social.ready.html Being the guy who says “I don’t build websites, I build communication and marketing systems”, this article stuck out at me during breakfast. The article is short and simple, explaining the idea of how blogging, podcasting, twittering(a.k.a. tweeting), facebooking are all different forms of making a connection and communicating. And for the majority of
Be It Twittering or Blogging, It’s All About Marketing Read More »
The businesses that look to get the most out of the Internet these days go past the written word, to audio and video. Putting jargon aside, this means putting video and/or audio on your website. It also means you have a podcast, and could potentially get a link to your website through submitting your podcast
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And now for something from the farmer side of things… An article in the NY Times about spinach got me dreaming about spring (on this cold-rainy-slushy day here in Maine) and how much I love spinach. It seems crazy that I’ve only said that the last few years of my life. For about 35 years,