Say that 10 times fast. Business blogging is still an exceptional opportunity for lead generation, search optimization, and community building. It is also one of the most frequently misused online marketing strategies implemented by businesses. Perhaps a disconnect from realizing social (of which blogging is a big part) is fundamentally different than traditional advertising. Mumbo-Jumbo Jargon Write …
Take a trip down marketing lane in Google and you’ll find plenty of SEO myths shared as fact. Like old wives tales, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction, costing business owners dearly in wasted time and focus. Myth #1, Pagerank is King You’d be amazed at the number of inquiries my team receives for SEO services that …
Yesterday, Facebook announced the introduction of the new profile with features to give users a better snapshot of each other. Layout and features focus on multimedia, including images, video and letting you feature your favorite connections. Note: Facebook is not forcing the upgrade. All users will have the choice to upgrade their profile… New Introduction The new introduction will …
In recent months, Google announced Google Instant; and the web went into a frenzy. Bloggers speculated and search marketers claimed doom upon their entire industry. Yes, Instant has implications for search marketing. No, Instant is not the end of the world as we know it. Google Instant is a natural progression, resulting from the macro-trend of real-time, …
Social technology has empowered consumers, creating a revolution that has driven business marketing from broadcast to engagement models. And, as we know from Moore’s Law, this macro trend is never going back. As technology advances, consumers adapt and the foundation of how businesses market will continue to evolve. Customers expect to be heard. Technology has given your …
Tomorrow evening I will have the great honor and privilege of speaking on behalf of the earthly shepherd God used to save my live 5 short years ago – Pastor Luther Howard of New Providence Baptist Church. I would like to share with you, what I will be speaking about, to show you what ministry and …
Yesterday, Facebook made the anticipated announcement that Facebook Places is now live. Places is expected to be a major blow to other location based services like FourSquare and Gowalla. More importantly, Places presents another, location based marketing opportunity for businesses and organizations of all sizes. Imagine the possibility behind the power of location based marketing, on the world’s largest social network. Facebook Places from …
Not more than a year ago, many online experts referred to social media’s place in the online world as a bunch of cocktail parties across a cities throughout the world. I still like this analogy. At social media parties there are always people who know each other. There are friends of friends connecting together. And while the …
Once you step into the social web, email in hand, you’re going to get slammed with spam! Most of it from bots and automated systems to scrape emails off the numerous places found on the social web. Scr.im helps to protect your email and makes it a ton easier to share on the social web, like …
Facebook’s new pages and other changes have made quite a stir lately across the blogosphere. I don’t have enough time to explain to you why Facebook’s recent changes should be of no surprise or even why everyone is sensationalizing them as if they are ground-breaking. Here’s what I think matters, now let’s get on with business. …