Need to Know - Small Business Technology: February 9, 2012

How To Build a Rockin’ LinkedIn Presence - Short 5-step tutorial from a Chief Branding Officer on how to set up a company page on LinkedIn. You do have a rockin' personal LinkedIn account already, don't you?

2012 Mobile Trends And What They Mean For Product Strategists - This is the kind of article I look for to keep myself employed and my employer "in business." Short, easy-to-read list of the key trends you and I should keep abreast of and implement.

iPad’s Momentum in Restaurants Grows with Buffalo Wild Wings Trial - This is what I'm talking about today. Customers use iPads to order and pass the time in a major chain restaurant. The snow ball is gaining speed and snow.

Staples leads the way with new tablet-optimized experience -  Major retailer is among first to offer tCommerce (tablet commerce). Plan to show this site in my tablet classes today.

Is this the tipping point for mobile commerce? - Seems the logical follow on after the above mobile articles. Good summary of stats. Yeah, mobile commerce is at the tipping point and going over. BTW, I've registered for a free 1-hour webinar on mobile commerce during the past holiday season. You might also.

The Rise Of Content Marketing [Infographic] - Content marketing is the production of content like videos, music and other content which is used to brand a product or build market share. The infographic gives a good summary of the state of this industry.

what is mLearning - Short animated video explaining mLearning in simple terms. This video actually stimulated some ideas on how to add audio to my mLearning project.

ADL Mobile Learning Newsletter - Weekly list of mLearning articles. Haven't had an opportunity to explore the links yet. If you find gold, please comment.

Need to Know - Small Business Technology: January 31, 2012

Your Computing Devices Come and Go, Your Data is Forever: Ten Tips for Using the Cloud - If you don't back up your data, then here's a good primer on how to use the Cloud. I'd start with Dropbox.

5 Ways to Brand Your New YouTube Profile - YouTube has introduced new channel profiles. We put off trying to figure out how to exploit the new template for SEO. Good thing. SocialMediaExaminer did the work for us and put a great tutorial together. Step #2 looks like it will bring a return on my time investment.

15 essential tasks to complete after installing WordPress - These are pretty much the same things I have long done when setting up WordPress and almost in the same order.

Top 10 Content Slider Plugins for Wordpress  - Since we're discussing WordPress, here's some of the best sliders to add to the top of your template.

5 tips to develop an effective tablet strategy - Thought this was bout buying tablets for a small business, but its about a strategy for web development to ensure your web site is tablet friendly. Personally, we like the Sewanee mobile first model best.