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<![CDATA[JENStarMedia.com - our blog]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:15:22 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Social Mention, Real Time Social Media Search and Analysis]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:06:24 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2012/05/social-mention-real-time-social-media-search-and-analysis.html

Social Mention is a great tool to track your key words that you want to be notified about or your name to find out when you are being mentioned. It's free too!

]]><![CDATA[8 ways Businesses are Using Social Media]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:22:11 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2012/05/8-ways-businesses-are-using-social-media.html

1. Facebook is a great way to list your business by creating a Fan Page. When businesses create their fan page, they begin connecting with their customers. A great place to find other connections for businesses is facebook.com/smbusinessroom.

2. Twitter is a quick newsfeed that connects 140 characters or less of information about your company or yourself. #HASHTAGs are important and many companies use them to tag their topic of interest. I just recently created a new tag for the our affiliated magazine #heartbeatmag. There are some really great hashtags out there and you can search for them at the top of twitter to find relevant customers. One example is a company called #foodiechats and they use their hashtag every Monday for live tweet meetups.

3. Pinterest is becoming a very important tool to business owners using social media. It's a place you can pin the pictures of interest to your virtual board. We have a board for Businesses we Love and companies websites get pinned to that board.

4. LinkedIn is a favorite for business owners that want to provide a professional appearance. It also provides a perfect resource for connecting with other business owners.

5. Instagram is a useful tool for those who want to join a world of photographers, some are professional but most are amateur. Instagram is a way for businesses to share visually what their company is all about. You can use #hashtags to categorize your picture, like #pottery, #art, #heartbeatmag, #media, etc.

6. Youtube sets the bar for sharing a message virtually. Once your company is live on camera, it allows your customer to begin to trust in you. Quick videos can be made with animoto or other apps on iPhones and edited during the upload process to Youtube.

7. Google+ is a resource for newsfeeds and connecting all areas of Google together with their circle of friends. They offer Google hangouts where you can have an online video chat session with clients or business owners on a topic of interest.

8. Etsy, I believe is a great resource for business owners that have handmade items. You can create circles of people that you want to follow and add favorites to connect further with new clients.

All in all, Social Media is here to stay and a big part of the life of your business.

by Nicole Flothe

]]><![CDATA[Money Apps for Smartphones]]>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:29:25 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2012/04/money-apps-for-smartphones.htmlServices for paying bills and getting payments from your clients is becoming easier. Now several Credit card companies offer free devices or apps that allow you to charge your customer instantly with your phone. If you use Bank of America, they have an app that can be used to transfer money or check your balance. It's convenient having it at the press of a button on your iPhone. Mint.com offers an app that can help you manage your money, budgets, expenses and bills. Manilla is a similar app that automatically retrieves and files your bills and statements and sends you helpful reminders so you will never miss a payment or lose valuable coupons or points. Here is a view of a few of our top favorites...

]]><![CDATA[Why JENStar Media?]]>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:08:07 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2012/03/why-jenstar-media.htmlFocus on what you Love to do while we take care of your Web Design.

Look Professional
Brand your site with your company's logo and colors. You'll get compliments and recognition!

Social Media Support
Find your way to offering specials, promotions, and updates on Facebook, Twitter & Bloggin with ease!

Worry Free Maintenance
JENStar Media helps keep you up to date on ways to generate traffic and maintain your site.

Develop a Tagline
It's easy to capture your audience and create a memorable impression with a unique tagline & motto. We love setting this up.
]]><![CDATA[Instagram App for iPhone is a Hit]]>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:49:10 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2011/08/instagram-app-for-iphone-is-a-hit.html

If you have an iPhone than this is a unique way to make friends and share what you have been up to lately through a world of pictures. I recently downloaded the free app and have been taking random pictures ever since. I love the editing software that comes with the program and how easy it is to post and heart other pictures. The popular page is one of those things that someday I hope to make but for now I enjoy learning from other photographers out there that take beautiful, amazing photos.

They also have many competitions and challenges that you can join. It makes it fun and interactive. What I like most about Instagram is that people share what apps they have used to make certain pictures pop with color or unique designs. This week I've downloaded many free apps and some I paid for to use and make my pictures more creative.

My top picks for apps this week I've been enjoying #instagram and using lots of hashtags. My favorite apps that are helpful are squaready, camera+, PicFrame, Watermyphoto, PhotoStudio, and Shapecollage.

For those of you that like to create connections with new people and perhaps share what you do, I think Instagram is a perfect fit for these type of friendships.

Enjoy!

]]><![CDATA[Keeping up with Bloggin]]>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:12:50 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2011/05/keeping-up-with-bloggin.html

I was reading a great article the other day that shared ways to keep up with bloggin ideas and topics to continue to post on your website. The article shared about how to set one day a week as the day that you will do your topics of interest. List them out and add anything random that comes to mind. Once you have your list created circle the ones that most interest you and do some online research and gather some links from articles and supportive data around your subject. Then once this is complete you can begin posting your favorite story and will have a weeks worth of content to keep you going.

Some people blog once a day, some blog once a week. I've seen many websites that don't get back to their blog for several months. It's kinda like a good book, if you find one your really interested in you will finish it within a few days but if it doesn't interest you then you might not ever finish it. Keep to topics that interest you and you will have your typing free flowing as your ideas continue to be something that touches a key to your message you want to share.

Here are a few links to some people that give suggestions on what to blog about...
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/100-blog-topics-i-hope-you-write/
http://freeblogplace.com/2011/05/21/how-to-get-interesting-topics-for-your-blog-posts/
http://bestbloggingtipsonline.com/weekly-free-blog-topics-at-for-bloggers-by-bloggers-2/

]]><![CDATA[Editing Websites]]>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:02:11 -0800http://www.jenstarmedia.com/1/post/2011/01/first-post.html

I recently read a statement that was said, "If you spend one hour a day for two years on something you will be considered an expert in that something."

I believe when we enjoy something than we need to investigate how we can make that something we do for a living. Editing sites and creating sites is one of my passions. I've been enjoying the creativity for the last 10 years.

Bloggin has been a new experience for me in the last few years but the more I learn the more I enjoy writing what I'm thinking and sharing this with others. If we spent time sharing more and not being so private in life we would develop a strong more connected world.

So for today I challenge those that are reading this to step into something you enjoy and see how you can develop it into a job for yourself. Step out of behind the curtain and into what you love.

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