Buzzflikr Blogs: Dan’s Pollen Count

This is not quite web related, yet helpful nonetheless. We run mostly a Mac shop here at Buzzflikr so I write on Mac tips every now and then. (yet I didn’t leave out Windows users entirely) One of the most frequently asked computer questions is “Where did all my hard drive space go?”

There are multiple tools out there and I wanted to shoot some links at you. Here are a couple tools I’ve used personally. They install easily on your computer and give you a good idea on where all your hard drive space is being used.

• Disk Inventory X
• JDiskReport (Also for MS Windows based computers)

Here is some information on these programs and others if you are going to dive in.

• MacWorld: JDiskReport review
• Macworld: Byte Breakdown
• OfZen&Computing Blog: Free up disk space with Disk Inventory X

So you have your Facebook Fan page setup right? You are actively facebooking it and filling up you or your companies Fan Page. That’s great! Why not spread that information around? One simple way to link up your website and Facebook Fan page is by creating a “Fan Box.” First, lets take a look at one…. Buzzflikr client CRATE Interiors recently included one on their website homepage at http://crateinteriors.com

Now that you know what it looks like…

Here are the steps in a nutshell – For complete details, check this out: Fan Box information on Facebook

1. Follow the simple instructions
2. Copy the code
3. Paste where you want on your website
4. DONE!

I know I just made it seem really over simplified, yet I know its something you can accomplish. For more details checkout the link to Fan Box Information .

FollowFormation has now made it easier to follow the top twitterers in the category of your choosing. In a few steps you can easily and automatically follow 10 – 40 or more twitterers based on the category of your choosing. For instance I just had our Buzzflikr Twitter follow the top 20 “Fashion” twitterers.

Now whatever you are into, there is an easy way to stay up to date and increase your follower counts.

I think it’s a very useful service that will probably evolve into something greater over time.

Twitter is in action this LA Market Week and filling up at #FMLA09. Check it out for twitters covering this week. Like I mentioned in the last post, we’re streaming the week at the BUZZFLIKR HUB. The Buzzflikr Catch a Buzz lounge has been a huge hit serving up free PR advice and refreshments for all the buyers/exhibitors/press until Monday June 15, 2009.

Been talking with awesome brands, looking forward to more!

Stay in the action! Follow @buzzflikr on twitter – http://tweet.buzzflikr.com and be our Fan on Facebook – http://fb.buzzflikr.com

Buzzflikr is setup at the California Market place in the Catch a Buzz lounge. We’re servicing up free PR advice plus coffee, tea, wine & cheese, and beer! Check out the details at http://buzzflikr.com/catchabuzz

We’re also updating our new project, the buzzflikr HUB. The location for all things LA Market Week. We’re tweeting all things fashion/trends/brands.  Check us out!

hey folks,

After taking care of some rolling buzzflikr web server issues its time to have a positive blog post. When issues arise its easier to write about problems than the things you really like that you are working on. Of course there is only so much that can be shared, but hey – thats the nature of the tech job.

Onto my topic of “getting more social.” To start, Buzzflikr just cracked the 1,100 followers mark on Twitter! {follow us!} We’ve been sending out a few tweets a week to highlight a few things around the hive.

Now, moving onto Facebook, we’ve amassed a small fan base of less than 100. We know there are way more of you out there on Facebook, so hop on over and become a fan to get exclusive updates, and check out our other exclusive FB content – http://fb.buzzflikr.com

Now, that is that for the social internet, but what about the classic social? We’re that too! Buzzflikr will be returning to the FOCUS show during market week – June 13 – 15. The Buzzflikr team will be at the CATCH A BUZZ Lounge providing refreshments and complimentary PR, Branding, and IT advice. Put it on your calendars and we’ll see you there!

We’ll also be launching some exciting web features for this June Market… more on that soon!

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** updates below

It has been a tough week for buzzflikr.com … problems have arisen (some of which are publicly viewable on the website) and i’m deep in the trenches trying to work this all out.

Over the course of the weekend I’ll be fixing the big issues and update as I can.

Thank you.

* UPDATES *

5/12/09 – after a long weekend and lots of troubleshooting, it came down to a web server misconfiguration. Issues resolved as of now. Thanks for your patience.

hi all,

A few odd issues have arisen in the hive today. One affecting the load times of certain pages, specifically the homepage. I was able to find out part of the problem was the way RSS feeds were being pulled in. So for the time being a few things are disabled as I work out why it happened in the first place.

There is also a few other issues to attend to, but nothing critical.

If you see anything, it would be very helpful to shoot me an email – Thanks!

On a lighter note, its cinco de mayo! Celebracion! I missed blogging all through April, sorry about that! More tech updates coming…

A few stories broke this week concerning the rapid growth of both Twitter and Facebook. The latest figures put Twitter growing at over 1,300 %… can you believe that!? Facebook has been growing steadily as well and continues to reporting 149% growth in February alone. (as compared to Feb. 2008)

Now, how does this affect you – the brand, marketer, or whatever you may be? GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE! It make sense right? You want to gain or keep more customers, and social networking reaches out to an active audience that has a higher chance of seeing you than other traditional methods. Creating a Facebook Page [such as fb.buzzflikr.com] taps into the huge audience (175 million active users) that you can constantly reach out to. On the other side, Twitter [tweet.buzzflikr.com] is the micro-blogging revolution that allows ‘followers’ to subscribe to your updates… which turns into X amount of viewers instantaneously.

What I’m trying to say here in so few words is that social networking is a huge new resource to tap into. Twitter and Facebook are just two examples with incredible growth and opportunity right now, but there is a plethora of ways to ‘connect’ in this exciting ‘web 2.0.’ I’ll go over more in future posts.

Don’t know what’s going on here? Contact Buzzflikr and we can help take your PR efforts to the next level. Or just dive right in and get started! Here’s some info on the incredibly helpful Wikipedia: Facebook, Twitter.

Dan @ Buzzflikr
Twitter | Facebook

Hi everybody! Apologies for the silence but don’t worry, that is all over now! As I’m getting back into high gear blogging… starting with deleting wayyyy too many spam comments I thought I’d let you know about a couple other ways to be a part of the ever expanding Buzzflikr colony.

We have setup a Facebook Page to keep you informed about everything Buzzflikr… including trends, our newsletters and even special FB exclusive content! I also just started up our Buzzflikr Twitter! Now you can follow us and get up to the minute updates in less than 140 characters. If you aren’t on Facebook or Twitter yet, why not join now?

Thanks!

Become a Fan of Buzzflikr on Facebook! http://fb.buzzflikr.com

Follow Buzzflikr on Twitter – http://tweet.buzzflikr.com

We’ve been working on the next version of our site since… well pretty much since I launched the first version. Thats just the way it goes in these extremely fast times. We are definately at the point of needing a fresh face to the website.

We are looking for graphic designers who would like to provide mockups of a new version of Buzzflikr.com. Specifically we would like a layered Photoshop file that can be turned over to a coder. [If you code templates for CMS's then by all means there is a bonus for that]

We are prepared to work with you on any method of ‘payment,’ whether it be monetary or otherwise. We are a team of professionals in the fashion, PR, and technical industries and have alot to offer if you are looking for something other than cash.

If you are interested please contact me, Daniel Scally at daniel AT buzzflikr.com

Thanks!

I wanted to let you all know that you can now become a fan of our page on Facebook! If you aren’t on Facebook, nows a perfect time to join! We’re still working on everything constantly so become a friend and our fan now!

I’ve inadvertently moved my numbers update to every month so here we go. Check out the November and September numbers. I accidentally missed October.

• Google – “buzzflikr”
  Results: 1,430
  (up 719 from 711)
• Google Page Rank
  PR Results: 3/10
  (no change)
• Alexa Ranking – buzzflikr.com
  Results: 2,967,590
  (up 1,536,916 from 3,666,956)
• November Buzzflikr.com stats
  Unique Visitors: 959 Page Views: 4,311
  (up from 284 unique visitors, 1,263 page views)
  

As you can see we have some growth and action under our heels. We have seen exciting growth all across the board – a doubling in google search results, our Alexa ranking up over 1.5 million, and triple the amount of unique visitors!

November was a great month with Siana on board and we’re still picking up the pace! I will be making a dedicated effort to more blog posting because there is lots always going on in the background.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday… now on to Christmas and New Year!

As the day we all fill ourselves with delicious food approaches I’ve been working on buzzflikr with a drool…

I wanted to bring a few things to your attention.

• The Stingers menu at the top has been modified so you can view Style Stingers (our public monthly newsletter) and Bee Stings (our weekly Colonist newsletter) separately.
• It is no easier to sign up for Style Stingers – sign up here – http://www.buzzflikr.com/subscribe
• Some links that were broken are now fixed
• Added the initial version of our Frequently Asked Questions, which I will be updating more later.
• Check out some of our feedback in the Buzzflikr Praise section in Our Buzz

More to come… and I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Its been awhile since my last numbers update so lets get caught up.

• Google – 711 Results (up 207)
• Google Page Rank -3/10 (up 1)
• Alexa Ranking – 3,666,956 details (down 850,744 from Sept: 4,517,700)
• October Buzzflikr.com stats – 284 unique visitors 1,263 page views (we’re working on getting out there!)

These numbers should be changing hopefully very soon as we are now aggresively in business. We welcomed our new Director of Public Relation and Marketing – Siana Brennick last week and we are thrilled to have her.