Following my interview with Chris Boggs, I realized that an important tangent eventually got paraphrased and edited to fit in a neat little editorial package. The concept of user generated content isn’t new, you have user generated content everywhere you look: forums, blogs, social media platforms, ecommerce sites, review sites, YouTube, etc. It’s been a long-lived belief that any UGC, whether it’s flattering or not, should be predominantly positive, and that’s just not true. Negative feedback is perhaps the single most underrated opportunity for reputation management the social web has to offer, so don’t delete your negative reviews. Read more…
Lots of great content out there this month as it relates to search, social, and analytics. So much so that I’m beginning to worry. Doesn’t anyone go on holiday anymore? With all that great info out there, coming down to a handful of favorites was tough, but here it is, your online marketing articles of the month for July 2010. Read more…
March 2010 was a busy month for the search marketing industry, mainly due to news and announcements surrounding SES New York. Here are a collection of links to articles that I’ve collected over the month that I think are valuable resources to online marketing, which include great content covering paid search, SEO, web analytics, and social media. Read more…
This February, I’m going to start a new recurring monthly post of recent news and events in the search marketing industry. These are a collection of links to articles that I’ve collected over the month that I think are valuable resources to online marketing and can range from paid search, to SEO, to analytics, and social media. Read more…
The buzz is certainly upon us. Not unlike several months ago when Google spearheaded their PR campaign to introduce the world to what they thought (and still kinda is) a revolutionary work-flow solution in Google Wave, the company releases – albeit slowly – their social media platform entitled Google Buzz. Obviously, social media has become the focus of tech-savvy companies the world over, minus those that haven’t objected to social media or don’t know where to start. Few companies have really learned how to monetize the social media space. This is one area where Google may have the upper hand and wherewithal to succeed with Google Buzz, they know how to monetize useful applications and platforms. Read more…
Social media is already slated as the online marketing weapon of choice for the new decade by pundits in the industry, are you ready to join the conversation? Ugh, cliche already, but unfortunately quite fitting. By social media, it’s important to distinguish between individual platforms or tools and over-arching marketing strategy. You can’t talk about social media from a platform standpoint by only including Twitter in your tactical planning, you need to recognize all the facets and touch points that contribute to a holistic engagement program. Start off on the right foot, and enroll in Marketwire’s Social Media SM10x30 fitness program and make good on your social media New Year’s resolution.
Disclosure: I work for Marketwire, but I contributed to this program and think it’s pretty good, honestly. It’s free, so satisfaction is 100% money-back guaranteed. What have you got to lose? Read more…
It’s that time of year again. Time to look back at the last twelve months and reflect on what was a roller coaster year on PPC-Advice.com. There were good times and there were bad, there were times a few articles were stumbled and dug, and some articles that just plain sucked. Before we ring in the new year, and possibly a new site (OMG teaser…) let’s go over a few of my favorite posts, a few of your favorite posts, and a few odd-ball articles you may want to revisit. Read more…
After two days of intense information uptake via osmosis, I had already typed my fingers to bony stumps hacking out what seemed like an endless stream of status updates on Twitter @gprzyklenk and @marketwire and recaps of each day on this blog. Finally, day three of Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2009, and what would be my last day at the show. Lucky for me, I got out of Chicago on a delayed flight, several others couldn’t say the same due to a massive blizzard that struck the entire Midwest and Eastern seaboard. I’m thankful I stayed for day 3, because unlike other shows, the information didn’t stop as crowds thinned out. Read more…
Categories: Acquisio, Affiliate Marketing, Google Analytics, SES Tour, Social Affiliate Marketing, Social Media Tags: Andrew Goodman, Barack Obama, Dan Siroker, John McCain, Sarah Palin, SES Chicago 2009, Social Affiliate Marketing, Social Media, Spreadly
Today was a day that I could never relive in my head, even if I tried. I should’ve known better to think SES Chicago Day 1 was an anomaly, especially after keynote speaker Peter Morville described the internet as “information gushing towards your brain like a firehose aimed at a teacup.” Well Peter, if you thought the internet was overwhelming with information, how about a conference dedicated to internet marketing. Day 2 just took it up a notch, grab a raincoat and some rubber boots. Read more…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 7 years, or 2 years which seems more popularly accepted, you would be blind not to notice the impact social media and networking sites have had on society. Some say product purchasing decisions are slowly migrating from search to social, forgoing the researching and evaluating phases for instant gratification and credible influence. So why are online marketers finding it so hard to determine the net effect of their social marketing efforts on a handful of web 2.0 sites? Read more…
