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Resource … Monday? – August 9, 2010



Teamwork, Statistics, Signup Forms, Blacklists, and More!

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingDue to vacations, conferences, and the like, we decided to push off Resource Friday and move it to Monday. We were all looking forward to it. Who knows, this might be the first step in rehabilitating Mondays! Soon, people could be saying, “Y’know, I don’t understand why these old Garfield cartoons are always so down on Mondays, when we all know it’s the best day of the week!” They could be going to Sunday morning brunches, anxiously counting down the hours until Monday rolls around again. We could all be saying, “TGIM!” …Nah.
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Resource Friday – July 30, 2010



Branding, Facebook, Social CRM, XKCD, and more

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingThis week saw the triumphant return of Steve from his tour of the Great American West. From the grandeur of the Grand Canyon to the old Hollywood history of Palm Springs to the spectacle of Sight and Sound Theater in Branson, MO — and all the massively boring deserts in-between — he saw it all. And apparently video recorded it, too. Still, it was great to have him back so we could all sit around the lunch table share the information we ran across in the past week.
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Resource Friday – July 16, 2010



Customizing Facebook pages, hybrid theory, and being positive but not annoying

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingJuly is a time for skeleton crews, as vacations take over the calendar. With Steve in California, Jeff off in a tent somewhere, and Jonathan working on-site with a client, it was down to Astrid, Mike, and me. We still had fun learning and sharing. Here’s what we deemed important to teach this week.
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Resource Friday – July 9, 2010



Frenemies, Drupal, Facebook, and more

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingThe whole team (except for Mike) had Facebook on the brain today, as we all (except for Mike) talked about various aspects of the social networking behemoth. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at all the interesting things (except for Mike) that we had to say!
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Resource Friday – July 2, 2010



Surfing Personality, Google Me, Web Telephony, and more

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingIt’s been an interesting week, with part of our team working off-site. But the best thing about working for an internet company is that you can work anywhere you’ve got the internet! Check out what the team shared this week for Resource Friday.
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Resource Friday – June 25, 2010



Implicit Trust, Wikis, Fireworks, and More

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingStromboli was on the table (both traditional and spinach-mushroom), and varied topics were in the air as we brought each other up to speed in our fields of expertise at this week’s Resource Friday. Read on for more!
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Resource Friday – June 18, 2010



Linux, Radioactive Cell Phones, Pink Horses, and More

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingDespite the lack of pizza and our fearless leader at this week’s Resource Friday, the topics continued to be intriguing, thought-provoking, and engaging. Read on for more!
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Engage Your Customer: Daniel Klotz in Connections



Daniel KlotzWant some good tips on how to take your brand into the online world? YDOP’s own Social Media Strategist Daniel Klotz has those and more. He was recently featured in the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s June edition of Connections, where he agreed with former Virgin Airlines executive Alex Hunter that engaging your customer is vital. “Cool sites include engaging people who care about me and treat me like a real person.”

For more of Daniel’s perspective (who, despite what the article suggests, is strictly an employee of YDOP), take a look at the LCCI’s online edition here.


Resource Friday – June 11, 2010



Facebook, Website Design, Texting the Almighty, and more

Resource Friday at YDOP Internet MarketingAfter this week’s flurry of activity serving our clients, we all relished the chance to sit down together to enjoy some stromboli, and some time to teach each other more about our respective fields of expertise.
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