PetHub adds Toll-Free Service to Find Displaced Pets Homes by: 00juno, June 5, 2012 What have dog tags done lately? They offer assurance that a pet has been treated, registered, possibly spayed/neutered, if they’ve been treated for diseases, and provide details of ownership. However, the tag alone just has some numbers and maybe a name, but no real way of tracing the pet to its rightful owner—who is probably missing and/or worried about their displaced pet. There’s got to be something to better bridge the gap and help displaced pets get back home. Read More
Custom Toll Free Photo Contest to Win a #Kindle Fire! by: Custom Toll Free, June 1, 2012 What’s going on these days with Custom Toll Free? Check out their Photo Contest going on now. How are you using your vanity number in advertising? Send in a current photo of how you are using your vanity number in your advertising today and you could win a Kindle Fire! It’s easy to do. Here are the steps: Read More
New Look-Up Service Keeps New Jersey Charities Honest by: 00juno, May 31, 2012 Charities that use toll free numbers to call and ask for donations is often an attractive pitch and in many cases can serve great causes. This can recruit and enable participants and activists to reach out without physically being there. On the other hand, some shady business owners can seek profit under the guise of a charitable organization and scam customers out of their money while doing little to nothing to serve the actual cause. Read More
Marketing Strategy: Facebook’s Latest Acquisition by: Custom Toll Free, May 30, 2012 Facebook's share price dove almost 10% again yesterday for over $35 billion in lost value since the IPO. An announcement of a new acquisition could make things even worse. What does this mean for business owners debating marketing on Facebook? Read More
#Social Media Networks #Facebook & #Google Extinct by 2020? by: Custom Toll Free, May 28, 2012 Are Google and Facebook destined for a MySpace fate within the next 3 to 7 years? Besides Facebook's miserable IPO performance and a line of potential lawsuits, some voices in the blogosphere are already questioning whether the social media giant and its nemesis Google will still be around and be relevant in just a few years from now. Read More
NASDAQ Overpowered, Facebook Overvalued. What We Can Learn From the Facebook IPO Fiasco. by: 00juno, May 24, 2012 Many expected a huge turnout once Facebook finally became a publicly-owned and operated machine. Much of the fanfare came that Friday morning, as Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell for NASDAQ. Many Facebook followers and fanatics made their long-anticipated move. The NASDAQ was packed wall to wall with hopeful investors. Unfortunately, found themselves trapped, unable to rapidly sell their recently-purchased stock which quickly dropped in stock value. Read More
#Technology: Windfall Profits for Zuckerberg’s #Facebook IPO or Not? by: Custom Toll Free, May 18, 2012 Where is Facebook's stock going to top out at today? Not ready to put your money on the line yet? That's OK, join the fun with a harmless prediction via Tweet and have your vote counted on the site thrown up overnight on Tuesday by James Proud. The current average stands at a forecast of $54 a share or a total value for Facebook of $135,718,802,154. However, if you're feeling lucky there are a few sites that offer the ability to acquire a single share. Consider it a souvenir or make it a gift. Read More
From Panda to Penguin: Understanding Google’s Algorithm Alterations. by: 00juno, May 17, 2012 In the interest of keeping your Google audience clicking toward your store and your service, holding down that position and keeping the first page on the searches speak more volumes and spark more sales than a Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or yellow pages section combined. That’s just simple business and strong reputation management. But what you see, and more importantly, what your customers see is not the same as what Google sees through the eyes of its constantly-shifting and ever-altering algorithms. Read More
Facebook Tells Brands They Aren’t Pitching Hard Enough! by: Custom Toll Free, May 16, 2012 In an effort to spur more marketing and more usage of the social network for business, Facebook has followed the recent lead of search giants, Google and Bing, in sharing with brand owners what they need to do to increase advertising effectiveness. After a month of comparing the results of various brands on Facebook, the social platform has determined businesses aren't pitching themselves hard enough, contrary to what many "gurus" have been saying. Read More