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fring- talk, chat and interact with Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Facebook, Yahoo!™ and AIM®

I have another really interesting tech helper to tell you about:   fring- talk, chat and interact with Skype®, MSN Messenger®, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Facebook, Yahoo!™ and AIM®.

It’s a very cool Meebo-like grouping of messenging tools, a way of doing Google’s chat while you’re on your mobile phone.  “Interact via all your social networks directly from one, combined buddy list & profile!“  Much cheaper than texting, unless you have unlimited texting.  It seems to have a low-key but pretty serious glitch, though, the kind of glitch that breaks up relationships and business deals, so here’s  your heads-up: if one person sends a text while the other person is logging out, the text looks to the sender like it was sent, but it gets received as being fresh and new the next time the receiver logs in to fring.  In theory, sounds like no big deal, but just imagine saying “I love you” for the first time and your beloved doesn’t answer.  When they get it the next day, they think you are too wimpy to say it “to their face.”  Or, in a business scenario, imagine you change your order for your shoe store from 500 pairs of Manolo Blancos to 100.  Your vendor gets it the next day and thinks More »

Great Feedback

We have had some GREAT FEEDBACK lately! And we just want to share it with you, too! Here are some of our favorites:

• “My business has doubled and I spend half the time working that I did a year ago because of the work that I did with Honey Bee Buzz Marketing. Heather Cate's business coaching is wonderful; the process itself is more than worth the fees. Her process is totally different than the other people I looked into working with. It's like going to college. You learn to trust yourself, to honor and appreciate yourself and your business. It's not just a simple, thrown-together mechanical experience, it's a process of appreciation and discovery of yourself and your business.”
  —Barbara Fraser
• “Heather- I am in total awe of your web finesse! --Thanks for everything---”
  —Barbara Fraser Fraser Creative Expression #1 Google Listing for keywords

• “In just one brief consultation HoneyBeeBuzz Marketing provided feedback that made my practice appear more professional and presentable. I highly recommend their services.”
  —Bruce Cote Hands of Hope PR3

• “I can tell everyone: Heather Cate's advice was a godsend to me, for I was (and still am) largely innocent about how to design and promote sites. Thanks to her, that has not stopped me. I can recommend her services without hesitation. And she is a joy to work with!”
  —Maureen O'Riordan St. Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway PR4

You can see more compliments on our Honey Bee Buzz client testimonials page.

And here’s our big thank-you right on back to you fabulous clients!  We love working with you!

Tools to Boost Your Productivity on Twitter » TweetLater.com

Tools to Boost Your Productivity on Twitter » TweetLater.com.

This was recommended to me by Rob Bailey, in some follow-up after a teleseminar with Juliette Powell, social marketing expert.  Juliette, of course, had recommended using appropriate social networking to boost marketing, sales, market research, inter-office communication, and build community.  She mentioned using 3rd party apps (applications) to speed up the process, since it can be mundane and time-consuming, by using Twitter via mobile phone to generate info, which the 3rd party apps disseminate to Facebook, blogs, etc.

Social Marketing Security and Control Tips

Many people and companies are using social networking as an integral part of their marketing strategy.  But if you’re new to it, it may seem overwhelming, especially the part about setting up safeguards.  HoneyBeeBuzz Internet Marketing will do a series on how to secure your privacy while social networking.

Here is Control Tip #1 for Facebook:

Control Who Can See You:

Go to Settings
>Privacy settings (more global): profile, search, news feed/wall, and applications (this is different from the Application settings below. It contains their overview and global settings for applications in general.)
and
>Application settings (application specific)

In order to see your FB, people must be your FB friends. Then certain elements of my profile are limited even further.

Great Viral Videos That Just Make You Crave What They Offer

Can I just say that Honda has the best viral ads?  From the Element crab’s “I peench, I peench!!” to the CR-V ad of chocolate-covered strawberries, they’re the best.  Short, simple, funny, memorable — the things you want to share with your friends.  Which is why we bring you these examples of fine viral video marketing from 2 different ad campaigns:

Why are these viral videos so, well, viral?

Because you just More »