Welcome To TheDevJungle

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Welcome to TheDevJungle: The developers den

There are already a dizzying myriad of excellent teaching and tutorial websites out there that do a great job in educating for the future of the web. This site is not designed or aimed at being a competitor to Nettuts or CSSTricks or any of those kinds of sites nor will it be the next lynda.com. On the contrary, this will be a journaling of my web adventures as well as your web adventures. Things you learn, things you find worthy of sharing, and things that need to be brought to the attention of the developer community. There are excellent tools and projects in their niche categories. You have nettuts and lynda for learning, github and pastebin for sharing and irc for support, but none of these are a real, tight community that fosters interaction. That is where the idea behind this project comes from. This project is under construction so it wil be a develop as we go approach. Feel free to offer your own ideas or quick snippets of insight. There is no monetary motivation and I cant promise everything that people send my way will make it on to hear but it will be a good read.

Twitter: beyond the basics

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Twitter: A More Modern Method Of Marketing

Today’s discussion will encompass Twitter’s role in the business-marketing arena. In recent years, as the U.S. economy has taken a plunge, one of the first areas where businesses have chosen to cut costs is in their marketing departments. It is interesting to note that, although economic hardship is never a pleasant condition, many times it’s end results are new beginnings. When placed between a rock and a hard place, those businesses that survive and even flourish are those that are fluid enough to be able to reinvent them-selves to fit the modern marketplace.

Marketing is a crucial component for the success of any business, big or small. No matter how great your product, idea or service, if no one knows you exist, how far will you really go? Promoting your business and creating an easy network for potential clients to learn more about your business is essential. However, traditional marketing practices just don’t cut it anymore. In a world that is so interconnected, where information is exchanged with the click of a button, it is to your advantage to step up to the plate and begin to utilize modern social media networks to build your business’ reputation.

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