Create a Facebook iFrame fan gate using Classic ASP code
As a social media marketing professional you will often have the desire to present different creative content based upon whether a visitor to your Facebook page is already a fan or someone you are trying to convert to a fan. This process of displaying different content based upon a user's fan relationship with you is often called a "fan gate" for Facebook pages.
So the question becomes "How to make Facebook pages show or hide content based upon a visitor being a fan or not a fan."
I have a degree in Advertising and all through college people would mix up Advertising and Public Relations, and with good reason, they are only slightly different from an outsiders view. Thanks to social media, the two are becoming even more intertwined.
Atomic has now been in business for more than a decade. Through the years, we've conducted countless web development consultations with marketing managers and business owners alike. One takeaway from this experience is, nearly 80% of our prospects have failed to invest the proper time into evaluating their search optimization needs and how it relates to the success of their new and improved web presence. 
Bloggers are the unsung heroes of the internet world. When you can't figure something out, simply conduct a search on Google and you will find at least one blog to lead you through it with infinite wisdom. Bloggers are the silent helpers standing patiently by until called upon, and the relationship is certainly mutualistic. You need the blogs, and the blogs need you.
For those of us who use email campaigns as a way to keep in touch with our customers, the struggle has always been getting them to first open, and then participate in our emails. Atomic is relied on to provide insight and expertise on how to improve this advertising medium and we are going to spill the beans on how to make your email campaigns more effective.
Don't call it a comeback because they never left! It looks like LinkedIn is about to see a whole lot more traffic. LinkedIn has started allowing businesses to post status updates like Facebook Pages, which begs the question, how is it different?
You may have heard people spout out website terms such as Joomla, Content Management System, Open Source, conversion strategy, site analytics, on-page optimization, SEO, social media integration, blogging, YouTube channels and wondered how they all correlate to your needs and more importantly your bottom line.
Snowmaggedon, Earthquakepocalypse, #Irene, Heat Wave 2011 – these are all terms I've seen scrolling through my Twitter feed over the last year as Mother Nature has unleashed her fury on the us. It's been anything but normal this year, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. This year alone we've been battered with ice storms, high winds and tornados and a record-long heat wave!
So you have your Facebook page and your Twitter page so social is all covered. You have some guy constantly working on the back end of your site making sure your keywords are perfect and you have a decent amount of backlinks out there. You should definitely be ranking first on Google now, right? Well, maybe not.
Another summer has come and gone and for me, that means the end of summer internships. For the past three summers, I've brought on and managed six very different interns. As the interns get younger and I reluctantly get older, I've realized the way college students and recent graduates view internships has changed since I was a college student looking for work. At the end of the day, the goal of an internship is to gain real-life experience that the intern can use to help them find a full-time job upon graduation. From an employer perspective, the goal of an internship is to have an extra set of hands on staff to increase productivity and to provide insight into the field you're working in. With these goals in mind, I've come up with the following tips for making the most of you and your intern's time:
Today, I conclude my very first internship. Working for Atomic Design and Consulting has completely and totally changed the way I think about life after school. With a (very generic) major in advertising, there are many things I could do with my life post-college. Now, I'm not going to go out, graduate, and immediately join a social media marketing firm... but it wasn't till I participated in this internship that I even realized that my passion was in writing. More specifically, writing blogs. Put me in front of a computer and I can write about anything.
As a marketing professional with a Twitter handle, I practically live for getting new followers and being retweeted by "big wigs." This is one of many reasons why I quickly began exploring 
We have been keeping a close eye on all of the changes that Google has been releasing to its search algorithms as well as the famed Google Panda Updates. If you're not familiar with this update in particular, it was Google's attempt to penalize sites that were using scrupulous ways to achieve high rankings. Results are a changing, keep reading.
As an intern at Atomic DC there are a lot of great things that I'm getting to learn about and do for the first time. One of my many "first timer" experiences was last night as I attended my first 
I have followed Harry Potter faithfully since the beginning. Ever since I picked up the first book, I've been sucked into the comings and goings of wizards and witches at Hogwarts. With the advancement of technology and the passing of time, the Harry Potter world has grown to include seven books, eight movies, a theme park, an online world soon to be released, and an overwhelmingly large fan base.
At the end of June, Google launched a a beta version of their new social media service called 
We posed a fun little trivia question on our Facebook page yesterday asking everyone...
Creating an official Facebook Page for your company or, if you’re an agency, for your clients, is important. A Facebook Page can show involvement, give helpful tips and most importantly can help generate leads.
As a college student, life can be pretty difficult. Juggling summer courses, two internships, a weekend babysitting job, and keeping up with a full-time family certainly keeps life interesting. After balancing all these activities taking place over the course of two months, the very last thing needed is additional stress. Aside from all the time management skills you learn (and you DO learn them…quickly), there is always the opportunity to learn and grow in all areas of knowledge. I guess that knowledge is one of the major contributing factors to my two hour visit to the AT&T store last weekend.
Have you heard of 
Social Media is a great outlet and tool for businesses, especially small businesses, but I do not see it taking over advertising because it can’t stand on its own. Think about it, would you let another media take your entire budget and only advertise on TV? Imagine all the people who use DVR and miss your message!
Atomic Design & Consulting is in need of an intern to join our team to assist with social media and SEO for our wide range of clients!
Social media is obviously becoming a must have for businesses across the globe. It has become such a big deal that riots and wars have broken out around it. And who knows this market better than the ones who have been on it since they were teens? The ones who grew up in a world where it was normal to share each detail of their lives with anyone who would listen; the ones who made the medium what it is today. These kids are now getting to the age where they are fresh out of college and ready to take on the real world and the real world is trying to learn what we, the recent college grads, already know.
Have you ever just really wanted a good beer but aren’t sure where to go and what to order? Well have no fear – we’ve compiled a list of brews and venues that will help you make a decision in no time.
O Hootsuite, with your cute little owl
With the New Year fast approaching, I figured it would be appropriate for me to take the time out to cover the 2010 trends in search that will likely continue to increase in 2011. The ubiquity of smart phones has contributed to an upward trend in mobile searches, while Google and Bing's move towards more personalized search results has driven the trend towards local and social search.
The simple answer is yes, but the real questions should be, “Where does your business need to be in the social media scene?” If you are selling watches out of the trunk of your car, Foursquare may not be the place for you. But I will say this, if you aren’t on some social forum, you are missing out on millions of opportunities and just because you don’t participate, doesn’t mean your business won’t be talked about. Why not lead the conversation?
Ever been annoyed by seeing not-so-great websites gain more traffic than your brilliant website, because they rank higher in organic search results? Well, thanks to the mid-November introduction of 
If you use Joomla, then use probably already know about Akeeba Backup. This tool will save you from many headaches involving backing up complete sites. You can select certain files, select only database, select only files, or the whole thing at once. There is one more VERY IMPORTANT use for this tool...... SERVER MOVES.
In this new world of geo-location, there are plenty of options to be sure all your friends know where to find you. Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Yelp, and recently Twitter and Facebook have even gotten into the location-based arena. So, here’s how to play the game.
Free publicity is an inexpensive marketing tool that can help to increase the awareness of a company, and consequently the sales of its goods and/or services. It's especially useful for small businesses, which have fewer resources at their disposal. However, larger companies have been better able to land mentions in the press than smaller companies, because they’re able to hire public relations firms to assist them in doing so. Now, a free social media service called 
Last week, Google rolled out 
Social Media is obviously the most talked about online opportunity today. Leveraging information through various outlets and increasing organic search engine performance. Fortune 500 companies have spent millions of dollars on content creation. They’ve invested in creative and quality video production, customized Facebook pages, guest bloggers, and more. All in an effort to get their message out to their audience before the competition does. Hopefully generating an abundance of traffic and exposing new targets to their brand.
Product placement is becoming more prevalent on TV as use of the DVR becomes more popular. Advertisers are coming up with inventive ways to get you to see their products, but are we, the consumers, even noticing? I think it depends on the brand’s top-of-mind awareness, which is what every brand strives for. Top-of-mind awareness is the first brand you think of when asked about a product. For example, when someone says name a brand of detergent, the first brand you think of is your top-of-mind awareness.
When it comes to 
We hear the phrase, “Go Big or Go Home,” all the time, whether it has to do with sports, a leap of faith or just life in general. Lately I’ve noticed that social media campaigns are doing the same – going big. They’re pulling out the big guns not only when it comes to the quality and consistency of posts, but also in the way they reward their Following, whether it is on Facebook, Twitter or a location-based social media site like foursquare. These incentives, whether they’re gift cards, concert tickets or even all-inclusive vacations, are keeping these followers coming back for more and most importantly, engaged with the brand.
There's little a client respects and appreciates more, than setting a realistic and accurate expectation of the services you intend to deliver. Want to damage your reputation the easy way? Promise someone something you can't deliver on. Chances are, your client is going to keep an eye out for someone new to provide your services. The following is a few basic fundamentals to meeting your client's expectations.
Over the years I have had the opportunity to work with several local Dallas web designers, agencies / firms, and independent developers. In an effort to practice what we preach, I am going to share a list that we feel will be helpful to the audiences that typically are searching for our services.
I spend a bulk of my days attempting to find companies who are interested in taking their social media efforts to the next level. Over the past few months, there have been some incredibly large opportunities for Fortune 500 organizations to effectively manage their reputation via social media. Consider the Toyota recall situation. Millions of Toyota owners wondering if their vehicle had the potential for unintended acceleration. The thousands and thousands of phone calls and customer visits that could have been avoided by addressing the situation on the heavily trafficked social media outlets. Putting those loyal customer’s minds at ease and reassuring them that their vehicle was safe. I personally own a Toyota Camry and was bombarded by opportunistic solicitations from a local Nissan dealership. I wonder how many people traded in their Toyota for another brand over the past few months?
This is intended to be an interactive blog. Your opinion matters! Which is your favorite? Or should I say, least favorite?
Congratulations to the Class of 2010 – you did it! You’ve finished four (or maybe more) stressful years of college and you’re ready to enter the working world. You’ve heard all the dismal news about the economy, unemployment rates and limited entry-level jobs, yet you’re still heading out there with your chin up and resume in hand looking for an opportunity to put that degree to use. You put in all the time and money to get to where you are today, but a bland resume, being un-prepared for an interview and sharing to much about yourself online can easily land you back at the starting line when applying for a post-grad internship or job.
You have created a beautiful design for your 
We talk to prospects every day that are interested in Social Media Marketing. They hear and see the buzz surrounding it. They hear the great 
I recently came across a fantastic script that will significantly improve web development for sites that use rounded corners, text shadows, and box shadows. This script allows Internet Explorer 6-8 to render rounded corners, box shadows, and text shadows where it wouldn't otherwise. The tool is called 
FEBRUARY 2012 UPDATE: Facebook made changes and so we have posted the new way using Classic ASP. 
I joined Facebook in fall of 2004 when I was a college freshman. Way back then, Facebook was referred to as TheFacebook.com, there were no photo albums or Fan pages and the idea of Facebook Chat was unheard of. Harvard student Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook in February 2004 and required members to have a college e-mail address to gain access to the collegiate networking site. Policies changed in 2006 when Facebook opened up to the world and just required users to be at least 13 years old and to have a valid e-mail address. When Facebook celebrated its’ sixth anniversary in February 2010, there were more than 400 million active users with more signing up each day.
By now, it’s no secret that social media is the latest marketing craze. Everywhere we turn, “Facebook this” and “Twitter that”. “Follow me here” and “forward this to a friend”. Many companies are now scrambling to meet the expectations of an ever expanding demographic of technology friendly consumers. Similar to real life social activity, many of us are not equipped with the skills necessary to successfully connect with our prospects on social media. The question isn’t “if” they should utilize social media. The question they’re asking themselves is “how to do it effectively”.
One of the best teachers I ever had was Dr. Alice Kendrick; she currently teaches advertising Research and Account Planning at Southern Methodist University while leading the field of Account Planning. She taught me many valuable lessons about becoming a successful account planner.
Everyone knows that word-of-mouth can either make or break a restaurant so it only makes sense that restaurants pay close attention to social media marketing. After all, social media is now one of the fastest forms of word-of-mouth marketing.
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