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New Semiomantics XO Theme for WordPress

The above Screenshots represent just some of the pages, features and looks the 2012 Edition of the high performance XO Theme for WordPress has up its sleeves. The above site is the fruit of the 2 Days Ycademy Online Seminar for Semiomantics Developers and designers.

XO Theme Features

The 2012 Edition of XO is focused on even more flexibility in as much as editing, cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility are concerned.

The Site displays perfectly on Mobile devices, showing responsiveness also of the plugged in scripts chosen of which some have been adapted to satisfy the high standards of Semiomantics Publishing Scripts for Excellence.

The site elaborated at the Ycademy Online Seminar this past week-end features some smashing features, such as:

• Background Slideshow, customizable for each page, post or archive
• Built in Directory
• Media Library for YouTube and Vimeo
• Pro-sliders which can be deployed anywhere on the site
• In addition to the responsive design, a separate light Mobile Version is available
• Bold and Efficient Navigation
• Built in Custom Fonts
• Social Network connectivity and publishing
• and much more.

XO for Developers

The XO script is well commented and offers designers a clean and straight forward environment for custom developments. XO uses best practices for WordPress development and makes the best use of the possibilities offered by the WP back-bone, assuring smooth integration and optimized conflict handling.

XO for Designers

XO is a great playground for designers. The DIY version allows anyone to adapt layout and colors to taste right from the back-office; there is no need to have any knowledge about coding or designing. The theme behaves like a Chameleon and adapts to specific needs with just a few clicks of the mouse: pre-configured layout elements transform your XO quickly into a Magazine, Newspaper, personal Author Blog, a Media Hub, a Shop, a Marketing Machine, a Social Media Publisher, a Product Promoter or a Fan Site or most anything your imagination dictates.

For the professional designer, XO offers a well commented environment. Custom code can be added right from the dashboard or, as I prefer using a child theme. XO is tuned for HTML5 and CSS3 use, making it a modern and inspiring framework for exceptional design effects.

XO out of the Box

Out of the box, the XO Theme for WordPress provides a stable and reliable, robust and optimized solution for common use. It provides built in features such a slider with multiple transitions and a one click selector for easy use.

Layouts can be easily adapted to needs and purpose of the site. In fact, most custom designers rely on the theme engine to format efficiently layouts.

Custom XO

The site featured in the above gallery uses a few pro plug-ins to add functionality in function of customer requirements. The integration of such add on scripts is a relatively simple process for designers and developers.

Customization of the XO Theme

XO has been developed for high performance, productivity, excellence in publishing and flexibility. For the professional users, the XO Theme constitues a solid base with a huge potential for customization and creative artistic expression.

Semiomantics XO 2012 Release

The release of XO Version 3.3.x is planned for the first week of February. The present Release Candidate has been thoroughly tested. A few minor issues will be taken care off before XO will be available to the public.

Upgrading existing XO installations

If your site is running on Semiomantics XO suing basic customization, the theme can just be overwritten. (Save your custom CSS beforehand.)

If you are using a custom version with custom developments or a child theme, some of your customization will need to be adapted to the enhancements of XO 2012. This concerns namely custom headers and footers as well as custom functions.

Support for developers and designers is available as usual at our Ycademy Online Calls and Seminars or through Semiomantics Pro Support.

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Social Media Marketing spin

Oh dear, another trend and dilemma!

This Social Media puts me in a spin!
Do I Digg or do I Flickr?
Do I Mash or do I Twitter?
Circle here, Foursquare there,
Where should I really dare.

First it was the SEO,
Now its Linkedin, have a go!
Build the traffic, cause a jam,
Hostings going crazy with too much spam.

Do I tick or send a click?
Will what I do really stick?
For every action will there be some satisfaction?
Connecting, rejecting who or what
Communicating on YOUtube, Who cares a squat!

Do I Google or skip over and test out Noodle,
Make some pages? or Meetup with friends I’d not seen for ages.
Facebook, Empire, Tumble or Stumble
Or better still do I just fumble.

Fingers crossed it does the trick!

Reading, believing, staying in touch,
Tips and tricks and all that stuff.
When will it end this media run
It’s getting boring and now no FUN!

Social Media Marketing

Putting some fun back into social media marketing. Just enjoy!

Social Media Marketing

Facebook Business Account

What is the difference between a Business and a Personal Account? Which is the ideal solution for you and what are the implications of your choice?

First of all, be aware that according to Facebook rules you are not allowed to use multiple Facebook Accounts. However, you may create multiple Advertizing Accounts as a Managed Advertiser having a dedicated Facebook Representative.

What is a Facebook Business Account?

You can set up a Facebook Business Account, if you don’t already have a standard account,

Business Accounts are mainly designed for Advertisers and to manage pages.

How to create a Facebook Business Account

To create a business account you start by setting up a Facebook Ad or a Facebook Page.Once you have provided the required information, you will be taken to the log-in page and you will be asked if you have already a Facebook Account.  Select “I do not have a Facebook account” and continue by providing email and date of birth.

What can you do or not do with a Business Account

As the owner of a Business Account you can view and edit your pages and ads, add photos or videos and consult stats relating to your pages and ads.

You cannot see other users profiles or timelines as Business Accounts have limited access to information of Facebook.

You cannot see Facebook content that does not live on your pages.

Business accounts cannot be found on search or added as friends.

Business accounts cannot send or receive Friends Requests.

Converting Business Accounts

A business account can be converted into a regular account. Once done, the process cannot be reversed.

Note: The Big Disadvantage

The big disadvantage of Business Accounts are their absence from the internal search and friend feature, making it almost compulsory to spend big time and/or money to promote the content.

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KLOUT: Measuring your online influence with Google + Klout, the latest addition to your scores.

http://corp.klout.com/blog/2011/11/do-you-have-google-klout/

10 Steps to Implement your Facebook Strategy with WordPress

Implementing your Facebook Strategy will be at the center of the November Ycademy Seminar. This hands-on Seminar and Workshop will stretch over two days and build with participants an eye-ball-twisting Facebook presence. See the seminar schedule at the bottom of the post.

The Seminar is designed for WordPress Developers and WP users who are looking for high productivity and customized publishing and marketing solutions.

11 Efficient Facebook Strategies

This topic deals with efficient strategies which will efficiently improve your Facebook presence.

7 Ways to jeopardize your Facebook success for sure

Surfing through Facebook we notice some common errors well intended people commit when building their Facebook presence. We will discuss these issues and show you how to eliminate them from your personal or business Facebook.

4 Important Facebook features to focus on

While content is king, there are different ways of making it accessible to visitors. We will discuss the recent changes Facebook has implemented and show you where the focus should be in order to improve your visibility, traffic and business or network expansion on Facebook.

Facebook Privacy and Accessibility settings

Function of your strategy we will define and optimize privacy settings in order to grant potentially interested visitors access to relevant information. Privacy, Accessibility and List-building as well as Targeted Communication are the essentials of this key session.

Workshop: Information and Profile

For people looking for you, your business, services or products, your Profile and Info page are of the utmost importance, the more that your info is visible from outside Facebook and therefore Google efficient. We will set up with participants an efficient Info Page.

Friends, Fans and Subscriptions

We will discuss the recent changes implemented by Facebook and how they impact on our strategies.  Friends, Fans and Subscription features impact on the way we expand our network and influence on Facebook.

Facebook Pages

Overview of the Facebook Page feature. Integration techniques, Apps, Content, Canvas and Pages.

Workshop: Build a simple Facebook page

The focus is on the technical set-up of a Facebook Page. As  content we will use a graphic, picture of video.

Creative and useful Facebook Page Content

What is it you actually wish to display on your Facebook page? In fact there is no limit and it depends entirely on your strategy.

Integrating WordPress with Facebook

This is the center piece of the seminar. Creating Facebook Page right from your WordPress site is now possible. We will set up a reveal page and different Facebook pages depending on participants needs. In fact we show you how to create a whole website in Facebook, straight from your WordPress.

While this works with most any WordPress 3.1 enabled Theme, we will demonstrate the integration with Semiomantics XO.

In fact we will work with a professional plugin modified for Semiomantics XO.

Workshop: Build your Facebook with WordPress

The Seminar will guide you to master the following and more:

• Create Unlimited Facebook Fan Pages with WordPress

• Increase Likes by 150% with Reveal “Like” Tab Gateways

• Unlimited Customization Options When Designing Your Fan Pages

• Create Unlimited Custom Pages with the WordPress Page Editor

• Create Custom Menus and Navigation with Just a Few Clicks

• Comments, Like, Send and Over 50+ Custom Shortcodes for Enhanced Customization

• Facebook Open Graph Integration for Enhanced Facebook Integration and Google SEO

• Auto Post to Facebook From Your WordPress Blog

• Use Your Facebook Albums and Photos on Your Blog and Fan Pages

• Add Google Maps to Your Facebook Fan Pages

• Create Squeeze and Sales Pages with Just a Few Clicks on Facebook

Workshop: Add Social Network features to your WordPress

Add Facebook related widgets to your front and/or content pages. Google+ and Twitter buttons. Pull in Facebook Albums, Events, like Buttons and more. Use Facebook Connect to log in to or to register with your blog.

Selective Access to your FB Content

Create content which is only accessible after visitors clicked the “Like” button. A smashing filter which allows you to manage accessibility right from your XO.

Seminar Schedule

Time

Saturday and Sunday November 26/27, 2011.

We start at 1 pm London Time and end at 9 pm London time both days.

Materials

You need a WordPress blog preferably with FTP access.

Scripts and all other materials are provided.

We will install the necessary scripts for you previous to the Seminar; please get your Tickets early. If we are not yet in possession of the FTP access to your site, please send it by email to Bianca Gubalke at bianca(at)ycademy.com.

Tickets and Price

The Price for Participating, Materials and access to recordings is $85.

Discount as usual for Ycademy Pros. Please contact Bianca Gubalke at bianca(at)ycademy.com for the code or any other question you may have pertaining to the Seminar.

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Ycademy October Seminar

Today is the second day of the  October Ycademy Seminar on Social Network Marketing, which will also include workshops and hands on implementation of knowledge. Yesterday we covered certain issues relating to Klout ( used to measure social influence) and Facebook, and the developments in both of these  programs. 

Social Network Marketing

Whether we like it or not social media marketing does play a big role in product sales. Word and mouth promotion of products has always benefitted the manufacturers and played a vital role in delivering credibility for a product and used by many MLM companies to develop and deliver their sales.

Today we have the internet, search engines such as Google which can deliver sales  and now the social networking sites where human communication can either condemn a product or company or positively influence sales. Such is the power of these social networking sites.

As the seminar progresses each participant will develop a content flow to build a business profile and authority with tracking and mapping tools that are available, which will help to implement profitable strategies for business online.

 

Social Media Revolution

Social media is all around us on the internet and we use it most every day to connect and communicate, either with friends or to convey our message to the outside world. Are we really aware of how social media effects us and what is going on out there beyond our own environment, out there in the big wide world. I came across this short video on Youtube which I found really  fascinating to watch.

Social Media Revolution

The Social Media Revolution video  is only 3 minutes long, really worth listening to, with some absolutely fascinating information. Some of the facts are not so new but it just emphasises what is happening right before our very eyes.

But how long will it last?

New Facebook timeline

At last we can give our Facebook profiles a new look, a much cleaner and I think visually more stimulating look. Certainly an improvement on the old tired look and more inline with the leaner look these days, less clutter!

The new Facebook timeline is easy to set up just by following a few simple steps but of course you must first have a Facebook account.

Facebook timeline set up

1. Log into your Facebook account.

2. Go to search, there type in ‘developers’ and choose Facebook developers and there click on ‘create new app’.

3. Type in a title like Bake a cake, use this formula with the 2nd word being ‘a’ ; you will see why later.

4. Type in the namespace:  what you chose above in lower case with hyphens eg: bake-a-cake

5.  Go through the security check and save.

6.  Choose from the menu on the left – Open Graph.

7. In the 2 spaces type in your chosen words. eg: bake, cake ( you see why we needed the ‘a’)

8. Next page scroll to the botom and save.

9. Next page scroll and click ‘finish’.

10. Go back to your original profile page and on the left click on your name. Then click on get started.

You should now see your new profile page where you can make any changes and ‘publish’. The Facebok Timeline will be launched later in the month.

Should you have any problems with the set up you can contact me here  or leave a comment.

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Get the new Facebook Profile before your Friends

So, you cannot wait to get the new Facebook Profile? I understand you as FB looks kind of old and uncool. In any case, the release of the nice and clean Google + must have inspired Facebook. Even if Facebook still has to progress on ‘good taste’, it’s getting better and I even may once in a while login and follow up on some contacts.

How to get the New Facebook Profile

The easiest way is by joining tonight’s call at YORGO Live at 7 pm London time and we will do it together. Then of course you can do it yourself by following the steps here below. 1. Search FAcebook Developers and click : Create New App 2. Punch in a name, example: Fry a Buck 3. Enter the App Namespace, example: fry-a-buck 4. Go through the security check 5. From the manu to the left select Open Graph 6. Type in for example Fry and Buckinto the two respective fields 7. On the new page that opens, scroll to the bottom and SAVE. 8. Next page, scroll to the bottom and SAVE 9. Next page scroll to the bottom and Save and Finish 10. Head back to your profile and click on your name (top left) and you get the new Timeline Profile :-) Only developers who have also changed to the new profile will see your new profile for the time being, but of course you can allready take a screenshot and promote it on your blog :-).

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