January 6, 2009 – 11:45 am
Want a recap of the internet marketing and social media news from 2008? Tamar Weinberg put together an impressive list of select posts from 2008 on Techipedia. The list covers a number of topics including SEO, Facebook, strategy, Flickr and more. Tamar worked over a month compiling this list, and the end result is a [...]
December 16, 2008 – 1:20 pm
Louis Gray takes a deeper look at ten new 2008 web services, and considers where they’ll be in 2009. Louis says, “Finding out what your friends were reading and sharing were key facets of most of the new products that gained my attention this year.” Visit LouisGray.com for details on Summize, BackType, TweetDeck, SocialToo, [...]
December 9, 2008 – 10:55 am
Marshall Sponder of WebMetricsGuru says that on a New York subway many less fortunate folks are forced to beg for money, “But few beg well enough that you feel compelled to donate.” Marshall argues that similarly, new creatives should not expect engagement, but rather they should be good enough to compel people to want [...]
December 2, 2008 – 11:10 am
Jason Falls posted on Drew McLellan’s The Marketing Minute blog regarding the importance of listening in social media. What makes this post particularly interesting is that it goes beyond describing how to listen using Google Alerts, Twitter, and RSS. Jason also offers examples from Comcast Cares, Dell Computers and others about how listening and [...]
November 25, 2008 – 10:55 am
Jennifer Laycock makes an interesting observation on the Search Engine Guide about having a post Tweeted. Jennifer says that in addition to reaching additional eyeballs, Twitter traffic is important because it is an engaged community accustomed to leaving comments. Jennifer says, “The true value in your blog traffic is in the visitors who add [...]
November 18, 2008 – 10:20 am
Jothy Rosenberg predicts that “millenials will abandon Facebook.” On Rocketvox Jothy provides a detailed history of Facebook, and he offers insight into why it has developed gracefully. But, according to Jothy, things are changing. He asks rhetorically, “what is turning the Millennials — Facebook’s original and core constituency — away in droves? Creepiness, complexity, [...]
November 11, 2008 – 10:45 am
Inspired by Al Gore’s keynote at Web 2.0 Summit, the quality of Brian Solis’ thoughts on the social revolution for change deserve special recognition. The following is an excerpt from Brian’s post, but I encourage all to read his words in full on PR 2.0.
This election, as well as Gore’s passion for change, is the [...]
November 4, 2008 – 10:35 am
Free time can be hard to come by, especially on Election Day. Amy Flanagan’s post on theshortestblogintheworld is particularly relevant. Amy says, “…We will send a message around the globe. It will either be, ‘Whatever’ or ‘We’re on it.’” Amy continues, “I don’t care who you are voting for, just VOTE! We are way, [...]
October 28, 2008 – 10:05 am
Many bloggers find it troubling that they put out great content but are unable to generate a high volume of readers. On Chuck Westbrook’s Blog he says, “There is a simple way to discover under-appreciated blogs and help them reach the audience they deserve.” See what Chuck has in mind, and find out what [...]
October 27, 2008 – 10:00 am
Anticipation for the Solutions Stars Video Conference is mounting. The video conference is a jam-packed 2.5 hours featuring 34 of the industry’s brightest minds giving their insights into online marketing. Best yet, this video conference is free and highly interactive (live chat networking). (Be sure to mark your calendars for October 29 from 1 [...]
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