It is fitting that my first post on this site is about custom menus with Google Apps Script, because, often, custom menus are your users’ first touch with your custom functionality. Your users will be surprised the first time they see the custom menu on their Google App UI. And they will be delighted when the functionality …
If you are new to Google Apps Script or programming in general, Google Apps Script Web Apps may seem daunting. The good news is that it is easy to understand with a little trial and error. This tutorial will give you 12 recipes to help you get started with the doGet and doPost functions and show …
Google Apps Script doGet and doPost Tutorial + 6 Web App Examples Read More »
You might be new to the whole idea of “bots” or acronyms like REST, API, HTTP, and cURL. And you probably don’t know how to code your way out of a wet paper bag. But this doesn’t mean you cannot or should not get your hands dirty and have a little fun making a customized little …
Slack Slash Commands for Everyone + 10 Free APIs Read More »
I just finished a project where I was using IPython and Pandas a lot more than spreadsheets. I found that after using Pandas, I started to think about data a little differently. When I returned to Google Spreadsheets, I realized it wasn’t capable of displaying the data in the way that I wanted to. So …
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Website launches are a magical time- full of promise and wonder. They are a stress-free time where every stakeholder rejoices and relaxes, knowing that the hard work is behind them. Now all they have to do is let the smooth breezes of the digital ocean carry them to the land of Internet business success. If …
Website Launch Checklist for Digital Marketing in 2017 Read More »
This post demonstrates several ways to add click-to-call and click-to-chat Skype button functionality into your website. Beyond just being a modern way to use a web browser, it enables a modern approach to interacting with leads and customers. There is good reason to do this. Let me tell you why… A New Definition of “Social” Brands The …
Add a Website Skype Button to Talk With Leads and Customers Read More »
In the same way that user interfaces allow us to interact with an application, Application Programming Interfaces (API) allow applications to interact with applications. How do API’s work? This is best illustrated by example. If you have ever witnessed a Twitter bot randomly like or retweet your tweet, you have seen an API in action. …
This week I did a Google Tag Manager implementation where I had no control over the site’s source code and no access to the site’s developers. It’s an imperfect situation but luckily, GTM Auto Event Tracking affords a solution that is very effective considering these constraints. This post is meant share a few tips on …
9 Pro Tips for GTM Auto Event Tracking and the Click Element Variable Read More »
If you can remember your elementary school English lessons, you might recall learning how to format postal addresses so you could send a letter or navigate yourself to a particular destination. Today, most of us navigate to Web addresses far more often than street addresses and yet we no sense about how web addresses work, what …
Web Addresses Explained: What Every Human Should Know About URLs Read More »
I spent some time at Rise Conference here in Hong Kong this week. The conference hosts a few hundred startups from all across Asia and offers each of them a booth, an opportunity to pitch, and the hope of meeting their next, investor, engineer, or growth hacker. It was complete startup sensory overload. The talks …
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