3 Ways to Get More Media Coverage for Your Marketing Content
“Create great content! Create great content!” Are you sick of hearing this catchphrase yet? Well, it’s probably going to be a while before this one...
Not Liking the New Facebook “Browse Friendships” Function
I am not sure when Facebook started this, I just saw it today. I understand Facebook wanting to come up with new options and ideas...
HootSuite Adds New #SocialApps
HootSuite, has added several tools to the line up of SocialApps available on their Web-based dashboard. Reddit, StumbleUpon, Scoop.it, Nexalogy, and CMP.LY have been added to the company’s ever-expanding App Directory. HootSuite is...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 10/31/2012
Happy Halloween to all you Internet ghosts and ghouls out there! I have a spooky joke for you: “What did the birdie say on Halloween?”...
Shakeup at Apple: Scott Forstall Leaving, Jony Ive Taking Larger Role
Late yesterday afternoon, Apple announced a major overhaul of the upper level management structure in Cupertino. According to the Apple press release, Scott Forstall will...
Where to Eat During SES Chicago 2012
With SES Chicago just around the corner, many of you, out-of-towners, may be wondering where the best food in Chicago can be found. Aside from...
Mobile Search Marketing for BRIC Countries
Mobile search is big news everywhere. According to Google, mobile searches quadrupled in the United States last year. “Roughly one in seven searches, even in...
SEO Tech Leader #Conductor Secures $20 Million in Financing
Conductor, a leader in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) technology, today announced that it has secured $20 million in financing led by Investor Growth Capital, marking the...
How You Can Help Those Affected by Hurricane Sandy Now
It is obvious that millions of people are going to need as much help as we can give them by the time this hurricane is...
Suggestions for Businesses That Have Crappy Content and For Those Who Don’t Want It
Part of my job is to review websites and to find issues that could negatively affect SEO and more importantly, sales. A common problem I...
Mobile Has Changed Us: The Couch Potato is Extinct
Back in August of this year, Real officially launched their RealPlayer app for Android . As part of the development process for the video application,...
LivingSocial Contributes to Amazon Q3 Losses
Yesterday, Amazon posted it’s third quarter earnings statement. The $13.81 billion in revenues fell short of covering the company’s expenses for the quarter, costing shareholders $0.60 per...
Facebook Leaves the Privacy Barn Door Open to App Developers
Updated Post Yesterday afternoon, Miranda Miller of Search Engine Watch broke the news about how some Facebook app developers are exploiting the private information of...
Conversion Conference Recap From a First-time Attendee
There is something to be said for newer smaller conferences. Which, because of the quality of the Conversion Conference, hosted by SiteTuners.com and RisingMedia.com, it...
Four Ways to Add Life to Your Guest Posts with Social Media
As a guest blogger, you want to make an impression. The purpose of a guest blog post is to shake things up from regular programming,...
#SocialChat Discusses Social Media and the Law with Guest David Adler
On Monday evening, Oct. 22, the #SocialChat community on Twitter gathered to discuss the legal considerations businesses must keep in mind when using social media....
Learn PPC & SEO and Master Search Engine Marketing
New Online Training for Pay-Per-Click (PPC) & SEO from Instant E-Training begins October 31. The skill sets for successful Internet Marketing is constantly changing. The...
#Pinterest Makes Top 50 Website List
Pinterest has finally made it into the top 50 most visited websites in the United States, according to comScore, with just over 25.3 million visitors...
At 25,000 Tweets: My Thoughts About Twitter, Its Users, Business Impact, Advertising Obstacles, and Future
I remember the day I decided to sign up for Twitter. Like many other people at the time, I wondered why anyone would want to...
#Facebook Posts Better Than Expected Q3 Earnings, Stock Up
Wall Street investors seem to happy with yesterday’s 3rd quarter earnings statement from Facebook. According to Don Reisinger writing for CNet, “The social network’s shares have...
Anchor Text Analysis: Post “Penguin” and EMD
We all know by now that over-optimized anchor text was a huge factor for sites that were dinged by the Google Penguin update. We’ve seen...
Apple News: iPad, MacBook, iMac
As reported to you last week, Apple kicked off a what will be a full week of tech announcements and product launches—and the tech giant...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 10/24/2012
Well, if you’ve been following any of the twitter streams from the last two conferences, #Pubcon and #Convcon, you’ll see that there has been a...
10 Post-Panda/Penguin Era Link Acquisition Strategies
In February of 2011, the introduction of the Panda update shook up the search results, altering more than one out of every 10 searches. Content...
Pubcon Presentation: Proactive Link Building Tactics
In the session at Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, I spoke about link building, essentially revealing what works and what does not in a post-penguin world....
Meme Monday: Instagram Your Lunch for Me
Launched in October 2010 and acquired by Facebook in April 2012, Instagram is a free photo-sharing program and social network that lets users apply digital...
Future of Yahoo: Mayer Expected to Announce Plans
Yahoo will be releasing its third quarter earnings statement later this afternoon. CEO Marissa Mayer is also expected to announce her plans to turn the...
What’s So Special about Content Marketing?
These days, it seems like you can’t even open an article online without hearing the importance of content marketing being mentioned. Hell, I’ll even admit...
Social Media Monitoring: What You Need to Know
Knowing your social media marketing goals and finding the right tools to attain it is not enough. You also need to know whether your campaign...
Spotted: Facebook Profile Completion Meters
You’ve probably not felt the pressure of completing your Facebook Profile before—until today. Recently, some users started seeing a percentage meter on their Facebook Profile....