Archive for March, 2008

Social Media Marketing Tactics and Resources

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Recently internet marketing legend, Larry Chase of Web Digest for Marketers asked for a contributed article on marketing with social media. Unlike many SEO focused social media marketing practitioners which tend to emphasize promoting stories to go “hot” for traffic bursts and ancillary links, TopRank focuses on a long term mix of Branding/PR/SEO tactics to […]

BIGLIST SEO Blogs Update 033008

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Ah yes, we skipped a weekly update of our SEO blog review for the BIGLIST. Conferences in New York will do that to you. This week we have the usual social media trend as well as SEO with one re-inclusion.

Social Media Mom - Social media consultant Kristen Munson sports some nifty red pumps […]

Superbowl Advertising Post Mortem: Tide Sticks it Out

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

 
While I am presently an offline/online media relations guy, my background spans a variety of media and tactics. As such, I have always been fascinated with the phenomena of Superbowl advertisements. What other event allows you to generate buzz simply by making a media buy?
When it comes to search, it is nearly useless […]

5 Tips on Social Media Advertising

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

A big part of my responsibilities at TopRank involve the wonderful world of social media. As with search marketing, there is both an “organic” and an advertising component to marketing on social networks, news and media sharing sites.
As social media usage increases month over month, marketers have found a way to use these popular sites […]

What is Your Social Media Marketing Strategy?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

There are many reasons social media can be a productive marketing channel or platform. Rather than emplying it as a tactic du jour, the purpose should dictate strategy and the tactics used for reaching desired goals. A few common outcomes for social media marketing efforts include:

Gain insight into a community of interest -You can […]

Parting Notes and Party Pictures from SES NY

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The abundance of Online Marketing Blog coverage of SES New York slowed significantly by Wed afternoon but there was nothing slowing down the SES NY conference, which had record breaking attendance numbers. Despite my TopRank blogging compatriot Jolina having Thursday off and myself moderating and speaking that day, there was plenty of action documented during […]

SES NY Session: Social Media & Why it Matters

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Social Media is an important, growing channel in the world of online marketing. Certainly indicated by the number of attendees crammed into this afternoon’s session at SES New York.
The panel for the session included moderation duties handled by Erik Qualman from EF Education and the following speakers: Jennifer Laycock, Liana Evans, Tamera Kremer and William […]

SES NY Session: New Face of In-House Search

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

The New Face o In-House Search included Ron Belanger as the moderator and Bill Hunt from Global Strategies International, Olivier Lemaignen from Intuit, Marshall D. Simmonds from New York Times, Bill Macaitis from Fox Interactive Media and Brendan Hart from National Geographic Digital Media.
First up is Bill Hunt to talk about what perspective companies should […]

SES NY Session: B2B SEO Tactics

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

B2B Search sessions (both organic and paid) can be few and far between, so any time it exists I’m sure to plant myself in the front row.  The B2B Tactics session was moderated by Jeffrey Rohrs, VP, Agency & Search Marketing, ExactTarget
Speakers included:
Patricia Hursh, President and Founder, SmartSearch Marketing
Barbara C. Coll, CEO, WebMama.com Inc.
Adam Goldberg, […]

Beyond Linkbait with Media and Blogger Relations - SES NY

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

On Thursday I’ll be presenting on a panel, “Beyond Linkbat: Getting Authoritative Mentions Online” with Chris Boggs and Sally Falkow. Sage Lewis will be moderating. I think this type of session is very timely as search engines begin to put more and more emphasis on higher quality and editorial link sources and less on sources […]