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Fox Business Tells Small Businesses – Take The Ajax Union Boost

Joe Apfelbaum — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:04:31 +0000

Tobin Smith featured Ajax Union on Fox Business to let small businesses know that online marketing can give them the boost they need to succeed online. Joe Apfelbaum and Zevi Friedman spoke about how Ajax Union helps business succeed online. View the video on Fox Business Online

Or you can watch the Fox Business clip here

Is Referral Key Spam? ReferralKey Emails

Joe Apfelbaum — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:58:31 +0000

This morning I noticed a few emails from people that were asking me if I was taking on new clients in the subject. Imagine you got an email that said “Are you taking new clients?” from someone you knew? Wouldnt you open the email to see what they wanted? Well was was excited when I got the first email but then I got a second email and a third and a fourth.. soon I got like 20 emails from people that were my linkedin friends that they wanted to send me referrals via this website called ReferralKey.com. I signed up for an account and I did not connect my social media profiles because I wanted to see how it works. It really looks kind of spammy in a non web 2.0 way but they have a good concept. I read this blog post after doing a quick google search. I am not the only one that thinks its a bit spammy. I did send some emails so some of the people at our office to see what they think. After doing some research I found another website called has offers where I can reward people who refer business to Ajax Union. That site is so much better looking. That gets me thinking that good design really makes a difference! It can be the difference between people thinking you are a spammy site to people trusting you and linking to you in their blog post.

A lesson to all new social networking sites.. Don’t send out emails like that or you will get a bad name unless you dont care and just want users at any cost. So in that case you launch with a outdated design and hope for the best. If you did open an account at referral key and you dont care about spamming you can check out my profile https://www.referralkey.com/joeapfelbaum but remember I would not abuse my contacts with emails like that.

How to Download a Youtube Video to MP3 – Google Chrome

Joe Apfelbaum — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:04:07 +0000

Ever wanted to download a youtube video as an MP3 or as an Mp4 you can easily do that with a Google Chrome browser.

Now you can.. Download as mp3 or mp4 Or you can copy and paste the time on the video.. Make sure to pause it where you want to copy it from. Copy and paste timeline

Google Seminar In Brooklyn New York

Joe Apfelbaum — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:39:39 +0000

In partnership with Ajax Union, Google is coming to Brooklyn, and there are limited amount of spots available for you to join us at our seminars. This is a great chance for you to learn how Google tools can help you reach more customers, understand what customers are searching for, and operate more efficiently.

Ajax Union and Google now offering Marketing Training in NY These Google Seminars will be given by Certified Google Trainers Joe Apfelbaum and Zevi Friedman.

Anastasia Holdren Talks About Google Adwords

Joe Apfelbaum — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:04:48 +0000

How to Pick the Perfect Domain

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:55:48 +0000

A domain is a terrible thing to waste.

Both a branding opportunity and a home for your business, a domain is a valuable part of any marketing campaign and should be selected with care.

Choosing a domain is sort of like choosing a 1-800 number. You want something appealing, easy to remember and, in this case, easy to type in.

So, how do you choose the right domain? Your first step is to select your keywords. To begin, think about the products or services your company offers. If you’re an internet marketing company, for example, you can choose to focus on the word “marketing,” but “online marketing” or “internet marketing” would offer more flexibility.

To discover all the keywords associated with your business, try one of the many free tools available online, like the keyword tool from Google AdWords.

With your keywords in place, it’s time to see which domains are free for use. There are a variety of domain suggestion services available, including:

When creating domains, I often use PCNames.com to come up with ideas, then confirm their availability using GoDaddy.com.

NetworkSolutions.com is another one of my favorites — along with open URLs, it also gives you a list of expired domains featuring your keyword.

Speaking of expired domains, snapping up a lapsed URL is a great way to pick up an awesome domain for cheap.

For expired domains, I recommend the following services:

Not satisfied? These website marketing sites can also help:

Page Down/Page Up on Macbook Pro

Joe Apfelbaum — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:40:08 +0000

Problem: There is no page down on the macbook keyboard

Solution: While holding down the fn key, use the up and down arrows to achieve page up and page down.

CrowdSourcing.. Graphic Design Auctions

Joe Apfelbaum — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:34:02 +0000

There is a new way to get things designed, its called crowdsourcing..

It used to be that when you wanted to get a logo designed you would go to a designer you got recommended to your found online that had a decent portfolio. You would ask the graphic designer to make you a few drafts. You would get back three drafts that you would review. Chances are you didnt like any of them. They you would tell the graphic designer what you did and did not like about the designs and he would keep at it till the right logo came out. Imagine if you had 99 graphic designers do that for you at one time. How awesome would that be. Well the time has come. Its called crowdsourcing. Go to a website like 99designs.com or crowdspring.com and you make a request to have a team design something for you. Within hours you get many designs you can choose from.

Wired had a good article about crowdsourcing.

Read write web has a great guide to crowdsourcing.

Good luck..

Happy New Year Videos – 2010

Joe Apfelbaum — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:00:54 +0000

Jim Carrey Happy New Year Takes the CAKE!

Great Happy New Year Video for 2008 – 2009 With Dominos..

This one is great

Here is a short one that is interesting.