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Security and the Event Website – Could This be You?

February 5, 2013 By Keith Johnston Leave a Comment

Hacking the Event Website

In security news last week, it was reported that Twitter (and other sites like ABC news) were the victims of hackers. Twitter announced that 250 thousand of its users accounts may have been compromised and the hacks are thought to have originated in China (Wow, Surprise, Feigns Dramatic, Over the Top, and Shocked Look).

What does China’s attack on Twitter Mean to You?

Nothing really, unless you are one of the ones that was hacked. There is nothing that you can do about it. Twitter has reset the passwords of the affected users, sent “oh shit” emails, and the world has gone back to burying its head in the sand until the next security breach happens. [Read more...]

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The Most Awesome Social Media Image Sizing Chart

November 30, 2012 By Keith Johnston 1 Comment

This infographic needs no explanation, no kind words, no hype. It is simply perfect and something that every conference and event marketer can use because I do not care how many Facebook cover photos you have created or how many Twitter backgrounds, we all forget the proper size 10 minutes after we have posted the image. Just-a-fact.

An big hat tip to Heather Taylor of eConsultancy for sharing this (she is right, this is too good not to share) and a huge thanks to LunaMetrics for creating this soon-to-be legendary internet marketing masterpiece. [Read more...]

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Quick Hits – Tags on Your Event or Conference Website

November 26, 2012 By Keith Johnston Leave a Comment

You have seen tags on websites. They are usually at the top or bottom of a page or a post and look like a jumble of words related to what you are reading.

If I were writing a post about Facebook, the tags you might see are “Facebook”, “Social Media”, “Social Marketing”, etc. Many people get them confused with categories and that is a reasonable mistake to make as they can seem very similar.

Early this morning, as I was enjoying my first day back at work after a long holiday weekend cup of coffee, I can across a post by JD Rucker. This post nails the differences and goes into detail about how to properly use tags on your website to make the most of them.

What makes the post even better than just a simple explanation is the fact that he goes into detail on how to properly use tags on a variety of website platforms including WordPress, Ning, and Tumblr which is good because we all know that not all conference and event websites are clones of each other.

Anyway, go check it out on Soshable.

Image: Jessica Wilson

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Quick Hits – Polling Your Attendees on Your Website

November 13, 2012 By Keith Johnston Leave a Comment

I have had a post about polling in the hopper for a long time but opted not to post it because, frankly, the election has me so “anti” poll that I want to puke.

I do understand the need for polling however and will not rest on my laurels in bringing you great stuff!

The fine folks over there at ManageWP have a post today; “4 Awesome Plugins for Adding Polls to Your Blog Posts”. If you are running your conference website on the WordPress platform, I would definitely encourage you to check it out because polling your attendees is a great way to get the “mood of your nation”.

Anyway – Here is the link, go read.

Filed Under: Event Planning, Web Design, Web Tools Tagged With: plugin, Polling, wordpress