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Recently I was approached by a representative of a company called Thumbtack telling me that one of my core spaces (social media marketing) is getting a number of requests from their network. Thumbtack has a very interesting business model in a fairly competitive space - their log line reads:

"Find and book trustworthy local services"

When I logged on to Twitter this evening there was a pop-up over my Twitter account notifying me that they have rolled out a new photo sharing opportunity.

FourSquare, a leading social check-in service has just come out with a pretty big announcement that they are allowing any business or brand to create their own check in page. Up until now the only way to create a check in page for your business has been to go through the team at FourSquare.

If you are getting ready to come out with a new product or service, conversion is a huge factor - how you present your offer will have a big impact

Today I had a very nice surprise as one of my tweets inspired someone whom I respect a great deal to write a blog post on their site.

If you've been reading my blog, then you are aware that I am big fan of what are called "Infographics". I like them because visually they are very fun, and from an information standpoint they offer a nice way to convey sentiment both based on the actual thoughts but also through added emphasis by design. So without further ado... the folks over at the SEO powerhouse company SEOMoz.com put together this nice inforgraphic titled "Blog Design for Killer SEO". Very well done. I'd say my only quick comment in addition to everything the have mentioned is that I would include social profiles up near the top along with RSS - RSS is great for insiders, but for people who don't make their living on the web other platforms, most notably Facebook seem to be considerably more relevant. In any event, this is a really good one with some great advice.