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Adobe released its first major update to Photoshop Mix, its image editing app for the iPad. Photoshop Mix allows iPad users to do selective edits, basic compositing and other basic Photoshop design tasks.

The new version, Mix 1.1, adds some handy new features, including the following:

Twitter rolled out early access to its new analytics dashboard to select advertisers and verified users in July, but the company recently announced that this new feature is now available to all users.

What is the tweet activity dashboard?
The tweet activity dashboard is a tool you can use to learn more about your tweets.

The dashboard will allow you to:

• See how people engage with your tweets in real time
• Compare your tweet activity month over month and see how your tweets trend over time
• Click on any tweet to get a detailed view of the number of retweets, replies, favorites, follows or clicks it receives
• Download your tweet metrics

For two innovation-packed days in New York City, renowned speakers including bestselling author, Seth Godin; Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez; Moz co-founder, Rand Fishkin; and SEER Interactive founder, Wil Reynolds take the stage at the only industry conference addressing the shift to blend content, SEO, and social into web presence management. 

Having a website for your business in today's world is crucial. Almost every business, no matter how big or small, must have an online presence to reach buyers in this digital age.

Shockingly, a recent survey* reported that up to 40% of small-to-medium sized businesses still do not have a site. Being solely on social media just doesn't make the cut. A website is an essential piece of your online marketing strategy.

WordPress 3.9.2 is now available as a security release for all previous versions. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately or your site may be vulnerable to DOS attacks.

According to WordPress, this release fixes a possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML processing, reported by Nir Goldshlager of the Salesforce.com Product Security Team.  It was fixed by Michael Adams and Andrew Nacin of the WordPress security team and David Rothstein of the Drupal security team. This is the first time the two projects have coordinated joint security releases.

We're excited to announce that we've created several new packages for our most popular services. But don't worry...here at Flair, we don't believe in a "cookie cutter" approach. We utilize time-tested methods and processes that can be carefully adjusted and personalized for every one of our customers. Our packages are designed to get you up and running quickly. 

Are you looking for new ways to deliver content and drive engagement throughout the buying process?
Join the American Marketing Association for the Webcast New Ways to Deliver Content that Drives Engagement on Thursday, August 21st at 12:00 PM CDT.

YouTube still reigns as the most popular method of delivery for video marketing...but when it comes to marketing your YouTube channel, you have a lot of options. You can market your channel via blogging, social media, video SEO and more. Most of the more popular methods involve online sources, but there are also offline marketing tactics that can help to ensure that people find your videos online. 

There are tons of mobile marketing options to choose from, but where do you start? What do you focus on? To help you navigate we’ve created a mobile marketing checklist that you can put into play. 

#1 Social Media on Mobile Devices
If your brand is not on Twitter, Facebook or Google + you are missing out on a big opportunity. However, don’t let anyone tell you that there’s a ‘one shoe fits all’ approach that will work. The rules are constantly changing and how that affects you will depend on what your business is. It’s important that you always stay on top of these changes to maximize your benefits.