117 | The Bunker Project – Twitbook and Facer

Oh no… not another fart app?

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 Bunker Project Episode 117:

Mavens in the House:

Andrew McGivern @podcasthero on twitter 

Bob Garlick @bobgarlick

Bonnie Sainsbury @bsainsbury

Randal Orser @numbercrunchers

Margaret Reynolds @bc_insurancegal

Paul from Australia (England actually)

Curtis Hemmingway @webguroo

Craig Griffiths @askfindbuy

Show 117 – Twitbook and Facer?

Voicemail Feedback, Youtube Comment, and an email…

• Stuart sends us an email about an online petition to label GMO foods… Everybody likes that idea but Curt says everything is GMO now so we have no choice.
• Norm calls in to say Bob is hilarious and doing a great job and doesn’t need a nose job.
• Comment on Youtube about how long the intros were… and he said we talk over each other…

Onto the show notes…

• New Microsoft Social Network – Socl

• Bob wonders if Socl will integrate Skype into Socl to make a G+ Hangout competitor. 

• Karaoke Apps???
• www.mobileconduit.com – Check it out. You can make your own mobile website for free OR a mobile app. And they will help you get it into the various App Stores.
• Bonnie says that the content in an App is not searchable by search engines and the market is too crowded. Too much competition in app marketplaces.
• There are different types of Apps and different reasons for having an App.
• Kurt says might as well make a good mobile site and forget about an App that only displays content that would be on your website anyway.
• Bonnie says whether the App is awesome or not… people won’t find your app.
• Washington State legalized pot before BC because everyone in BC was too stoned to get the act together.
• Bonnie says Mobile Website real estate is much more valuable than a large monitor.
• Paul brings up a good point about responsive design.
• Andrew wants Curts opinion on responsive design vs separate mobile site design.
• Andrew called Coast Capital Savings and in the IVR it said press 5 to hear a Wood Pecker… it was hilarious.
• ING Bank was bought by Scotia Bank.
• Randall wants a wine app that will dispense the wine so he can drink it.
• They don’t pour a Guinness you build a Guinness.
• Students in Asia that didn’t have a teacher were given iPads and they taught themselves.
• Collaborative Learning: The teachers are primarily facilitators and kids learn on their own.
• Bob is the CEO of his kids.
• How many people take their Social Media to the bathroom with them…. 32%. No wonder there is so much crap on social media.
• Bluetooth Speaker in the shower head… hell ya… podcasts in the shower.
• Michael McAvie is captured… blogging from his jail cell.
• Blackberry filter on a blackberry?

10 Twitter blunders business should avoid: 

• Shameless self-promotion – Bonnie said 4 educational tweets to every 1 promotional tweet.
• Repeating tweets – Bonnie says it is ok to repeat a tweet just not too much. Bonnie’s secret tip: Retweet your most popular tweet from yesterday…
• Retweeting yourself. Don’t do it. But on facebook some of us like our own stuff.
• Retweeting mentions of your own brand… Margaret doesn’t like pointless tweets like thanks for the follow… to thank her retweet one of her tweets.
• Too many hashtags – Bonnie says more than one is too many and if it isn’t related to an event than forget it.
• Generic Questions – Bonnie says NOOOO stupid questions!
• Irregular Activity  – Not Tweeting for a long time and then sending tons of them.
• Robot Posts – too many scheduled posts make you look like a robot.
• Tweet Length – leave some space.
• Misleading Link Descriptions – Noooo forget it. Don’t false advertise.
• Wix.com is easy to use and kicks butt… make a site using Wix this week!

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