Yearly Archives: 2010

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is to: Choose a dictator. Committees design camels and K-cars, not success. Meet. Talk about features. Sketch out the plan, in rough terms. Stop talking and start coding. Build what’s necessary, and no more. Design what’s necessary, and no more. Code for speed, simplicity, and graceful degradation or progressive enhancement. Write great stuff. A beautiful… Read More

PPC

How do you know when you’ve hit a nerve? When MSN adCenter writes an entire post meant to deconstruct your post about adCenter Syndicated Search Partners. That was…surprising. But- it did finally crack a discussion about syndicated search partners wide open. First off – I don’t think Microsoft adCenter liked my writing style. I’m snarky.… Read More

SEO

My latest Search Engine Land column is up: 9 Step SEO Checkup Using Google Webmaster Tools. SEO is about actually doing stuff that helps. It’s not about talking about all the stuff you could do. Hopefully, this column will help you find simple, doable stuff you can tweak to improve your search profile. Read: 9… Read More

SEO

Outreach is a delicate process with no one-size-fits-all approach. The beginning is truly about trial and error until you find your own stride in effectively communicating with the public. Through some experimental approaches mixed with endless research on “expert” opinions, I have discovered a few guidelines that have helped me garner several high ranking, and… Read More

Internet Marketing

Dear brands: Why are you so freaking anti-social? Companies and organizations put a ton of time, money and hard work into attracting potential customers to their web site. But then those big brands abandon you: They seem to say “buy now, or we’ll ignore you forever”. That’s not very friendly. The average Fortune 500 CEO… Read More

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Oh. God. It’s been one of those weeks that shakes my faith in marketing. And it’s Tuesday. So, second day of the week, and second ranty post. First off, if Google is so damned smart, how is this butthead exploiting negative feedback for fun and profit? This is a guy who’s calling people ‘bitch’, threatening… Read More

Internet Marketing

Today is Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday got its start in the days when most homes still used dial-up Internet access or had no Internet at all. *shudder* Businesses were hooking-up to broadband and employees soon found that they could shop faster and more effectively at the office. Logic has it… Read More

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Update: Thanks everyone for responding. Talk about too much of a good thing. I’ve got almost 100 people so far who are helping out. Please be patient if i don’t get to you for a bit. Today I get to rant, and you get to listen. You’re going to help me kick a bully’s ass.… Read More

PPC

Moving on the part 4 in the Microsoft adExcellence Exam series, we explore the Tracking Ad Performance section. After this, you’re more than half way there! Microsoft Adcenter Reports (3:22) This section just explains where to find the reporting features and what kinds of reports where are. -There are 3 types of reports: Delivery, Budget… Read More

Internet Marketing

So, you’ve decided to hire an internet marketing company. Congratulations! Before you kick back your heels and say “go do it” to your newly hired partners, though, here are a few things you’ll need to know: You’ll have to change your web site. A lot. Search engine optimization will require changes to content, code and… Read More

PPC

Back in 2006 I took this little test for Yahoo to become a Search Ambassador. The test was pretty silly, a few of the questions actually required an answer that proclaimed Yahoo to be the greatest like “With the most searches globally, which search engine has more than X million searches?” Choose from Google, Yahoo,… Read More

Internet Marketing

This is a guest post by Bruce Lee. Bruce is one of the best marketers and marketing writers I know, and I’m excited to have him writing for Conversation Marketing. Hopefully more from Bruce in the future. Critters respond to contrast. They tend to ignore conformity. In Jurassic Park, the tyrannosaurus seemed to see prey… Read More

Design & Development

Whether you’re an internet marketing wonk, a top IT geek or an SEO pro, you need to know how to speak web server. Not fluently, of course. If you can do the equivalent of asking where the bathroom is, you’ll be in good shape. That’s what I’m going to go over now. When you visit… Read More

Social Media

As the Facebook of the business world, LinkedIn has become the go-to social media scene for career movers and shakers, and now it’s more influential than ever.

Internet Marketing

“Your father’s quite the character”. That’s what someone said to my son last year while he was getting his acting debut (he’s the boy you see swinging upside-down at the video’s start). She was referring to my habit of yanking his shoes off while he was on the swing set, and then trying to put… Read More