June 30th, 2010 in Social Media, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Is it time to put a fork in the poor old SEO (Search Engine Optimization) bird that’s been maligned all these years by posers, wannabees, hucksters who wanted to make a fast buck.
Lets face it, telling people you were in the SEO biz was a short cut to either dumbfounded looks (“what’s that?”) or instant [...]
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June 23rd, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
At this juncture we are grizzled SEO Veterans and have the click scars to show for it! We were recently responded to a LinkedIn Question about “best of breed SEO tools” that are indispensable to us all. Here’s our short list – check back at a later date for a longer list.
1) Aaron Wall rocks [...]
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June 22nd, 2010 in Social Media, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Everyone is talking about Social Media Marketing today but no one has a real good handle of the value of a Social Media Connectors: Follower (Twitter), Fan (Facebook) or Check Ins (Gowalla).
We’ve seen valuations across the board that rate these social media digital entities or connections from under $5. to $300. This is ridiculous – [...]
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June 16th, 2010 in Social Media, Uncategorized | No Comments »
This is a very simple question with a complex answer and I think there is real truth in all online discussions about this, even though there is inherent contradiction in comparing these answers.
I’ve been in online advertising for thirteen years and for the past three years much of my work with clients and/or managing a [...]
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June 15th, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
1) The web is a powerful research tool for competitive analysis on the front end of tradeshow marketing; identify some of your competitors attending the tradeshow and use a tool like Aaron Wall’s toolbar to understand where/how they are advertising or Spy4U.com for PPC advertising. Also look at competitors’ back links, open hires, PR, etc. [...]
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June 9th, 2010 in Social Media, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Blogging is a wonderful accelerator for just about any online business and needs to be a critical element of your Social Media Marketing Strategy. Our take on a Blogging Strategy for Business:
1) Use WordPress as your Technology Platform; it’s free, has a tremendous amount of Plug Ins that extend its functionality, huge pool of talented [...]
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December 15th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Executive Summary for How to Generate Search Engine Traffic: Write Keyword Rich Content, Incorporate Unique Title Tags for each Page, Build Quality Links back to site, Setup XML Site Map, Keep Page size under 100K, Cross link Interior Pages, Utilize Social Media to Generate Real Time Search Rankings.
How to Generate Search Engine Traffic – based [...]
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