Vancouver Meetup of Meetups 09 – #yvrmeetups

By Jose Uzcategui June 26th, 2009 Events, Social Media No Comments

Last Wednesday Ceili’s Pub witnessed the Meetup of Meetups, a.k.a. the Mother of All Meetups, a.k.a. #yvrmeetup, and 3 floors were not enough to hold the 700+ people who RSVPed.

Surely not everyone who RSPVed attended, but there were so many people that it was hard to move around. Of course, that didn’t stop most of us to talk with all the cool people there.

I arrived at Ceili’s Pub at around 6:45 to find the place already packed. I head to the third floor to find @monicahamburg and @netchick trying to welcome the flood of people and give out the “Hello My Name Is” stickers. These women were incredible – Monica, Tanya, you guys should try to enjoy a Meetup, they’re fun!

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Chip’s Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile – That Was Fun

By Jose Uzcategui June 22nd, 2009 Events No Comments

Last Saturday I ended up watching people run in costumes, bridal dresses and underwear, riding a Ferris wheel in Kitsilano and drinking beer while listening to live music in the middle of West Vancouver’s 10^th Avenue, and it all started with a tweet.

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The Link Request Letter I Received Today

By Jose Uzcategui June 16th, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal 1 Comment

Today I received a letter requesting a link from my blog. Because I’m a relatively small player, I though some of you might be interested in seeing what one of these looks like.

Link building is ultra-very important when trying to build our site’s authority, page rank, and overall SEO awesomeness. What is “link building” you say? It’s any strategy used to get links from other websites pointed to your website.

How do you it? There are many ways, and one of them is sending a letter to the site’s owner requesting a link just like the letter I received today. Here’s the letter:

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Get Ready, Facebook Pretty URLs Are Coming!

By Jose Uzcategui June 12th, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal, Social Media No Comments

Facebook recently announced on a blog post that they’ll be implementing vanity URLs starting this Saturday at midnight. So get ready, because this means that millions of users will be racing to get a pretty URL.

By “pretty URL” I mean a web address that is easy to remember instead of the ugly string most of us have now. That’s big news for companies and individuals who are using Facebook for more than sharing pictures with their friends.

For whatever reason, Facebook has been reluctant to join the vanity URL party like most social networks. And now that they have, they’re doing it with a very short leash – perhaps a bit too short.

Take your time and think very carefully before registering your new personalized URL. Why? because if you go for facebook.com/hottie69* or you misspell your company name, you won’t be able to change it.

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Twitter: To Follow or Not To Follow (Video)

By Jose Uzcategui June 10th, 2009 Personal, Social Media 2 Comments

Here’s my take on following people on Twitter. Though this is what I usually do, lots of people share the same principles.

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Basics: How to Install Google Analytics on WordPress

By Jose Uzcategui June 5th, 2009 Internet Marketing, Social Media 2 Comments

Here’s a nice video on how to install Google Analytics on your WordPress Blog.

I tried a plugin when I started with WordPress. I don’t remember which one, but I remember that I had a small problem and decided to copy/paste the code myself.

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Trivial Tweets are Okay – Sometimes

By Jose Uzcategui June 3rd, 2009 Personal, Social Media No Comments

We’ve all complained about it. We all have “that guy” who tweets about nothing valuable. And we all advise those coming onto Twitter to tweet with care.

Well, the other night at the The Vancouver Sales Performance Meetup, I had the all too familiar conversation about non-sense tweets.

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Passed the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Exam!!!

By Jose Uzcategui June 1st, 2009 Internet Marketing, Personal 21 Comments

Yes, the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GAIQ) exam exists, and I just passed it!

Indeed I’ve been polishing my skills. First, the Advanced SEO Certification I mentioned on my last posts; this week was the GAIQ; and next will be…shhh, it’s a secret.

I enjoy learning new things, which is good since constant learning and Internet marketing go hand and hand.

Google introduced the GAIQ earlier this year – and what a great idea to encourage professionals to take the extra learning step. The test consists of 70 questions, is 90 minutes long and costs $50. To pass you need more than 75% and once you do, you get a very modest PDF with your name on it.

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