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Posted on 11.06.09

Post-Twitter Hack: Social Engagement Guidelines

by Stacy

A follow-up to yesterday’s post on our Twitter phishing hack. Here’s how we all pick up and proceed with caution. What to do next? Our Own Little Social Engagement Guidelines (aka: How to Clean Up and Not Feel Dirty After Getting Hacked on Twitter) 1. Clean thyself. Follow the Twitter Compromised Account settings changes. 2. Notify your partners. Immediately put a status message warning about it. 3. Don’t rush. Take time to read messages and notice URLs. Gregg Jaffe of Big…

Posted on 11.05.09

Twitter Phishing Hacks: What to Do

by Stacy

Twitter hacks have been on the rise since October and here are the things to do to protect yourself or recover from a hack immediately: - log out of twitter - clear your cache - close your browser - log back in - change your password - deactivate suspect connections. We feel dirty cause we got hacked on Twitter. How do clean-living, intelligent, digital-savvy folks get hacked? It happens. Our wake-up call this morning was mobile notifications that we (but not…

Posted on 10.30.09

Halloween Show: Bumpus at the Elbo Room

by Stacy

Halloween is here…what better way to spend it than hearing things go Bumpus in the night? MB’s own James Johnston and Travis Chandler are in Bumpus, a Chicago music group that plans to “go old school and return to their roots” at this weekend’s show. Halloween show info: Elbo Room 10/31/09 10 p.m. 2871 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL Q: James, what can we expect by spending Halloween at the Bumpus show? James: Scary music, a giant zombie banana, something to…

Posted on 10.29.09

Workshop: SEO for Success

by Stacy

Polish your pixels in SEO with this upcoming workshop hosted by Tim Frick. SEO for Success Date: November 6th, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. CST Location: Community Media Workshop Columbia College, Room 919 218 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL In this workshop you will learn: - The difference between inbound and outbound efforts to drive traffic - How regular content updates drive search engine results - Why blogs and content management systems are fundamental to website success and the importance of keyword-rich…

Posted on 10.29.09

Top Five Reasons to Upgrade Your CMS

by Stacy

Using an outdated system to manage your website’s content is fraught with many potential problems, including the possibility that the site could get hacked. Arts organizations and non-profits are particularly susceptible to this because they are often resource-constrained in technical departments and if they have IT resources at all, upgrading the website’s content management system typically isn’t at the top of an already long list of needs. But it should be. Your website is often the first place people go to…