Here’s some tips on how to get more Facebook fans and Twitter followers:

• Update all pages on a regular basis – it doens’t have to be every day or every hour but as long as your fans know you will be updating they will keep interest in your content. Tweeting everyday for a week and then not at all for a month will leave them wondering what’s up
• Post or tweet about entertaining or buzzworthy topics that interest consumers – if I see an interesting news article or hear something that I think my followers have an interest in I share it.
• Share links to items in the community that are important to people – similar to just posting a snippet of content. Share some links from time to time. You may think everyone else read it too but more often than not due to busy schedules people are only reading articles that their friends and influencers post
• Tweet about non-company related items – if your company is posting on Facebook or Twitter, don’t forget to talk about non-corporate items. Company picnic, foundation grants, charity events, industry news.
• Ask questions that encourage interaction between the company and the individual – your fans and followers like to be engaged – interacting with them keeps interests up and make people feel included.
• Have a contest, promotion, or offer a gift card to people that become fans or followers – everyone likes free stuff or the chance to win something exclusive. Its not that hard to build some excitement for your company with contest
• Find other business in the area that are on twitter and see who they are following – join other companies in your industry to engage consumers or fans. Learn about industry topics and find consumer insights with your competitors.
• Make the environment open and friendly enough that people feel comfortable leaving comments – if your Facebook or Twitter feed seems just one way, your fans might not talk back to you. While you might not be able to answer every question or reply to all comments, being engaged with your followers is always the best customer service policy.
• Thank current fans and followers for their support and utilize word of mouth by encouraging them to recruit other fans and followers.
• Include links to popular sites on Facebook and Twitter.
• Make sure to understand who your audience is and keep track of current trends.
• Include Facebook and Twitter on business cards.
• Promote Facebook on Twitter and Twitter on Facebook – use applications like Twitter’s Facebook app or Selective Tweets.

I was approached by a new client with a small, but very interesting website called The Ouzo Papers. The website owner didn’t have a lot of projects for me but at Rhino Web Services no job is too big or too small. I reviewed his site and made some small optimizations and bug fixes for him.

The Church Of Ouzo has a bunch of original PDFs on there regarding certain passages of scripture and something known as the The Ouzo Prophecy.

Whether you need a birthday cake, wedding cake, or just something sweet for dessert Decadent Designs Bakery can make it for you.

At Decadent Designs Bakery you will be greeted by our friendly, helpful staff members who will be delighted to help you design the perfect cake for that special occasion or family gathering. Or you may want to take home a decadent dessert, grab some goodies for the folks at the office, or just satisfy a nagging sweet tooth. You will be licking you lips with delight when you taste the quality of our baked goods!

I updated their website with a WordPress installation to replace their previous static HTML site. Its easy to update, has multiple picture galleries of their cakes and has a blog. Their website is Search Engine Optimized and already getting tons of traffic and customers are walking in the door with print outs from the website!

I recently worked on a new site for a local Charlotte DJ (Rick Underwood). I built him a brand new web site using WordPress for his company Replay Productions: DJ & Entertainment Services.. His site consists of about 20 pages: including detailed customized form pages for his event planning; events pages for weddings, school dances, corporate events and private parties; a bio page and a list of web site links.

According to Rick, “Choosing the right DJ is crucial to your event’s success. A professional Disc Jockey is able to read the crowd, determine which songs to play and how to keep your guests motivated to make sure everyone has a great time!”

“Rick has been involved not only in the mobile DJ industry, but is well known in the Charlotte, NC area for his “on air” and production services for 107.9 The Link’s “RETRO DANCE PARTY” and KISS 95.1’s “CLUB KISS” weekend mix shows. He has also held head DJ positions for several years in some of Charlotte’s hottest night clubs.

Whether it’s a wedding reception, birthday party, corporate event school dance, or if you are just looking for a reason to have a party, Rick’s attention to detail and eagerness to please will make your event a success. His ability, matched with a great library of music and state of the art sound and light show is definitely a combination to “wow” your guests.”

Visit Replay Productions at http://www.replayproductionsdjservices.com/

I was reading some articles about how people use Twitter and came across one on MIT’s Technology Review web site. It made mentions of a survey done on Search Engine Lane about how people use Twitter. Here’s a summary:

• Half of all users ask a question using Twitter at least once per week.
• 40% say they are are “usually” satisfied with the answers they get.
• Nearly half of all users say they ask questions on Twitter either because they trust their friends (or followers) more than normal search results or because they are seeking expert answers.
• 40% say they use Twitter to find out about “real time” issues or to get a variety of opinions.
• Nearly 70% say that the questions they ask are related to computers or the internet; 44% asks questions about Twitter; 41% ask about shopping or products.
• Only 4% of users say they could give up a traditional search engine for Twitter.

So if Twitter users are asking questions on Twitter Search and getting answers who needs Yahoo Answers or Google Answers?