Yesterday, I was watching the morning news, and John Anderson, the anchor did a consumer spending story that went over the best times of years to buy certain merchandise. According to his resources, John said that March is the best time of year to be buying digital cameras, due to something to do with Japan’s taxes. So all the digital camera manufacturers will be unloading all of last years digital camera models.
Digital Camera Deals In March
According to the Sales flyers from my Sunday Paper:
Target -
Nikon S570 12 mega pixels – 149.99 – save $30
Nikon D3000 SLR camera – $499.99 – save $50
Nikon D5000 SLR camera – $699.99 – save$50
Staples
Kodak EasyShare C180 -$69.50 – save $30
Kodak EasyShare M341- $99.99 – save $50
Canon PowerShot A1100 12 mega pixels $129.99 save $20
Nikon Coolpix S570 -$149.99 – save $30
Flip Ultra camcorder $129.99 save $20
Best Buy
Canon EOS Rebel TLi D-SLR Camera769.99 – save $30
Canon EOS 7D D-SLR Camera 1799.99 - save $100
Nikon D3000DX D-SLR Camera $499.99 – save $50
Nikon Coolpix S70 $299.99 – save $50
Nikon Coolpix L20 Plus $89.99 – save $30
Sony Cyber-shot TXI $299.99 – save $50
This is just a small selection of the digital camera sales that I found in the Sunday sales flyers. I am sure if you do a little searching, you will be able to find greater sales online. Many times, if you stop in to the actual physical store, there will be sales that are specific to each store. Many times you can get the demo models at really huge discounts. Last year, a friend of mine got a real sweet Sony DSLR for a little over $200, just because he was at the right spot at the right time.
I am going to keep my eyes on the digital camera deals as the month goes on, and plan to update this post with any other deals that I find.
Today was day-two of interning for Baldy Dog so I worked on a mini project: I put together a fan page on Facebook for Baldy Dog. This is the first fan page I ever created, but it was pretty simple. I followed a few steps, and then added the company’s logo and some contact information. After a short time I was staring at the page which still looks rather blank. I posted a link to the website on the page’s wall, but I was still wondering, “What else should be on a page like this?”
How do you create an interesting fan page on Facebook?
I’m a fan of several pages on Facebook, including a photographer, a band, an athlete, a comedian and a few publications, but it’s been awhile since I’ve checked up on them. There were tons of interesting updates and links to look at- including videos and photo slideshows- and now I’m actually going to make a point to check these pages regularly!
Now that I’m on Twitter, I see a number of similarities between Twitter and these Facebook fan pages. A business, celebrity or whoever can write updates on what’s new or where they are with links to anything their fans should be aware of. Pages actually have a lot of options compared to a Twitter page. For one thing, fan pages don’t limit the number of words in a posting. They also allow photos and videos to be uploaded and notify us when new photos are added so we are sure to check them out. Many of the pages have links to follow them on Twitter as well, but I find the look of the fan pages more appealing than Twitter maybe because they are more interactive. I can watch a clip on YouTube without leaving the page, and because it’s Facebook, fans can “like” everything and leave comments. Right now, Baldy Dog’s fan page is just collecting some fans (I think we’re up to 5 …) but it would be nice to develop it into something more interactive.
5 ways that some pages (that I am a fan of) made use of the site:
YouTube video embedded in the wall post
Encouraging fans to pass along a new promotional video
Photo albums including professional works or promotional posters, as well as regular snapshots
Links to main website, Twitter, and email contacts
Links to other associated Facebook pages
Has anyone created a Facebook fan page for their company and found it beneficial?
Here is a link to the new Baldy Dog fan page if you would like to take a look or become a fan:
Below is an introductory article I asked our intern Katie to write about herself. Katie will be working with us at Baldydog.com for the next semester. Adam
No matter what your major is, people make assumptions about your plans. A chat with an old friend might turn into a mildly defensive speech about the options your future really offers. I’m beginning my last semester as a journalism major – which means I’ll be applying at WaWa because newspapers everywhere are going bankrupt, right? Luckily, I don’t really enjoy newspapers to begin with, and I’m learning that people can make a living online by writing about virtually anything interesting. Over the course of the next few months, I hope to become an expert on blogging, search engine optmization and other concepts that made my head spin when I first started to soak it all in. Okay, I’m not expecting to be the next John Chow (I know who he is now!), but I would love it if a few people read a blog that I wrote.
I wouldn’t say that I have always been interested in this kind of thing. I fell into this internship by accident. Home for fall break in October, I joined my mom and a couple of her girlfriends at a coffee shop where they were having lunch. I sat down with a coffee and began chatting with Kate, a woman from church who I hadn’t had a chance to speak with in ages. My major came up, and I told her I was looking for an internship. I wanted to finish off college with as much experience as possible. The internet came up as we discussed how popular online journalism has become – maybe even eliminating printed magazines and newspapers someday, but I wouldn’t count on it. Anyway, noticing a connection between my need for some online experience and the blogs she has read, she mentioned her friend Adam Donkus, who works from his computer by blogging and running an SEO business called BaldyDog with his wife. We got in contact, and now it’s January and I’ve begun the gradual process of developing my online presence. I promised myself I would resist the new fad of “tweeting”, but now I have a Twitter account (http://twitter.com/kdoud10) if you would like to follow me. You may also see me on Socialtivity and Baldydog – two sites built on concepts that are still foreign to me, but hopefully not for much longer. Sometime before May, I might even have my own blog that you can check out!
4 days into the New Year and I have yet to post my resolutions or goals post. Lets see how about a quick review of the Goals for 2009 before I do a Goals for 2010 post.
Goals from 2009, How Did I Do?
1. Attend church regularly and read the Bible on a daily basis.We did attend church regularly, I am in several Bible studies every week, so I have been reading the Bible quite a bit. I however did not read the Bible every day.
2. Pray daily. I also did not pray every day..prayed more often than not.
3. Increase our tithing to well over 15%. Tithing was at a little bit above 10%..will work on that one a bit more..
4. Double our business income..Our income was actually a bit less than the previous year…we have increased our number of clients, and our accounts payable is higher than it has ever been...recession..need I say more.
5. Develop and implement our SEO training program with new Baldydog staff..Training program is still in the works..we do have new staff, but the training program needs work…our processes are quite a bit more developed though..
6. Rebuild Baldydog.com using Wordpress as the CMS...Baldydog.com did get a redesign(yea), but did not use Wordpress as the CMS.
7. Write at least 1 blog per week here on Pixelheadonline..blog writing on this blog has dropped considerably, and often more than a week would go by before posting again..
8. Physical exercise 3-4 times per week..Physical exercise..lol..
9. 1 outing per month with my kids individually...I was pretty good about the outings with kids and wife.
10. Take at least quarterly vacations with my wife...I am not sure if we went on quarterly vacations, we did take a few, but did not do quarterly vacations.
How Where Your Goals for 2009?
I may not have met all of my goals from last year, but I think that I did a lot better than I would have done had I not set goals in the first place. My next post will be the actuall goals for 2010. I encourage you to write a similar post, and then drop the link to your 2010 goals post here.
Tag Clouds, what the heck are tag clouds you might ask? Well if you look over in the sidebar you will see the tag cloud for this site.
Tag clouds are generally alphabetically ordered lists of tags that make a visual representation of the overall content on a a website. Words or tags that are represented more often on a site are listed with darker and larger text. Since many of my posts are about SEO, the SEO tag is the biggest and darkest.
When writing posts, each post is “tagged” with representative keywords. And the more often a tag is used, the bigger and darker that tag will become in the tag cloud.
When I take my son to hockey at the BodyZone in Reading, I frequently pass by the Reading Hooters. While sitting at the traffic light, I got my camera out and made this quick little video.
I wonder if Hooters pays Steve Carell for this advertising.
Inspite of Michael’s negative buffoon type character, I think the branding for Hooters is mostly positive.
Do you watch The Office? What do you think about the use of this type of advertising? Is it effective?
mization and other concepts that made my head spin when I first started to soak it all in. Okay, I’m not expecting to be the next John Chow (I know who he is now!), but I would love it if a few people read a blog that I wrote.
Goals from 2009, How Did I Do?
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