by Jonathan Towell
July 13, 2011
Have you noticed how sharing a link on Facebook will display a thumbnail and description?
Or, have you taken the time to look at your friend’s interests?
And have you wondered “How can I customize the thumbnails and descriptions for my links?” The answer is Facebook’s Open ...
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by Jonathan Towell
July 13, 2011
Traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) isn’t good enough anymore. Today’s digital marketer must think beyond SEO. There are new techniques which now allow developers to link data on a page such that it can be understood, formatted, and reused. As a marketer trying to share informat...
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by Jonathan Towell
April 5, 2011
Historically, tracking users’ behavior on Facebook tabs has been tough if not impossible. Google Analytics and other stat tracking platforms did not work with Facebook’s tab publishing platform, Facebook Markup Language (FBML). Recently, Facebook changed tabs from FBML to iFrames, allowi...
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by John Ware
September 16, 2010
Though Smooth Fusion is primarily known as a technical partner, part of our success is attributable to the fact that we understand marketer’s needs. Marketers work in fast-paced, competitive environments. Each project has its own unique challenges to navigate, but some elements are universal:
Ti...
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by Todd Knowlton
September 13, 2010
For years, Smooth Fusion has promoted itself as a company that “plays nice with others.” And while playing nice with others conveniently fits our personality, there are also business reasons why it is important.
Smooth Fusion conforms to a variety of client and vendor configurations. Here are some ...
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by John Ware
August 23, 2010
In February I learned that I'd lost my driver's license as I was standing at the TSA counter at the Lubbock airport. I was able to use alternate photo ID & credit cards to establish my identity and I was able to clear security. While alternate mean of identification works for the TSA, rental car co...
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by Todd Knowlton
July 30, 2010
Site: Microsoft Develop for Windows (www.developforwindows.com)Client: Carey Keller Anderson (Seattle)Creative Design By: Carey Keller Anderson Launched: March 2010
Microsoft was looking to consolidate information about developing software for Windows into a simple portal t...
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by Todd Knowlton
July 6, 2010
Site: Microsoft Design .toolbox (www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox)Client: Fuel Industries (Ottawa, Canada)Creative Design By: Fuel IndustriesLaunched: June 2010
Microsoft Design .toolbox is a unique and fun online learning environment for creative design concepts. Smooth Fusion implemente...
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by Ben Simons
February 17, 2010
In my hours away from the world of marketing and web development, I write a wine blog called Vinotology. Since I started my blog, I’ve become pretty active in the wine blogging and Twitter community and have had the opportunity to observe the way that a lot of wineries are using social m...
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by Jonathan Towell
February 16, 2010
Google recently introduced the WebFinger protocol and enabled it for all Gmail account.
What is WebFinger?
WebFinger is a protocol that can be used to attach public profile information to an email address. Engineers have been fumbling around with ways to standardize the way profile information is sh...
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