What can link bait do for you?A year ago Social Media Marketing was still known to just a handful of people. This year it has grown in awareness and interest. The panel at SES was moderated by Detlev Johnson, VP, Director of Consulting, Position Technologies and the speakers were:Neil Patel, Co-founder, ACS Rand Fishkin, CEO, SEOMoz Todd Malicoat, Independent … [Read more...]
Social Media and Building Community
Seven tips on how to run a successful community.Social media is getting a lot of buzz and most companies have realized that it must be a part of their internet marketing strategy today.But if you want to make the most of social networking and 'word of mouse' you have to understand what it takes to build a community.In Robin Good's recent post in MasterNewMedia … [Read more...]
Enterprise RSS Feeds: A Viable Messaging Medium
The rapid growth of content syndication and social media requires a new marketing and PR approach.The days when a static business website or a mass media press release could attract visitors and customers are long gone. The use of RSS and social bookmarking sites to manage and organize news and information is on the rise and marketers need to create RSS feeds offering … [Read more...]
SEO : Optimize for the bottom line
SEO is not a guessing game - metrics tell all.In an interview with Lee Odden, Laura Lippay from Yahoo made this comment:Bottom line: you need to optimize for what makes you money. If your target market is techno geeks and you think you tend to get more referrals from techno geeks from Google Search, then see what you can do to get more quality traffic from there. But if that … [Read more...]
Website Content Awareness Day
Recognition at lastWell I guess if no one else will give us a day of recognition it's OK to create one ourselves.A group of web content providers led by Dina Giolotti are putting together a day of celebration for quality in Website content.Now there's an idea I can support. For years wesite budgets have had line items for design and programming but not … [Read more...]
