Archive for July, 2010

How to Cultivate the Socialization of Your Business

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Sponsored by JenKaneCo, well known social media evangelist Brian Solis recently gave a presentation to an enthusiastic group of marketers in downtown Minneapolis to introduce the concepts behind his new book:  Engage! The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate and Measure Success in the New Web. The following is an overview of his […]

4 Steps to Social SEO Success

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The sheer volume of social media marketing and search engine optimization advice posted online can make it difficult for companies to make sense out what direction they should take. There are many models and approaches to leveraging  optimized content for discovery through search and how to develop social networks to engage customers and promote content. […]

10 Social Media Marketing Questions Answered by Engage!

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

I’ve been familiar with Brian Solis as many have, for several years. We’ve done a few video interviews with Brian and he’s contributed to popular posts here like this one on social media marketing and this one on content curation. I have to admit that based on his early writing, I thought Brian was overly […]

Getting Connected at SES San Francisco

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Search Engine Strategies conference from Incisive Media has really taken an amazing turn this year for the West Coast event. Not only have organizers move the conference from San Jose to San Francisco, but SES is now a part of an event called Connected Marketing Week that involves a coordinated effort from a number […]

5 Tips on Twitter Chats Plus 8 Marketing & PR Chats to Follow

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

There are many tactics companies can implement as part of a smart Twitter Marketing strategy. Growing the initial following is important as is providing the budding community you’re building with something of value to keep coming back and to spread the good word to their networks. One such tactic that offers value and brings people […]

Is Your Online Marketing Agency a Dud? 23 Signals of Credibility

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Hiring outside expertise to grow thought leadership, sales and market share is essential for companies that do not have the internal resources to do so. At TopRank Online Marketing, we have conversations with companies every day that have deep expertise in their fields, but when it comes to online marketing, they’ve realized the need for […]

Video: Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Sometimes we learn best about doing things in new and innovative ways by understanding them in terms of something we already know. Stories provide useful context and perspective and that’s exactly what David Meerman Scott has done with his latest book that’s just been announced: “Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every […]

SEO Tops Digital Marketing Tactics for 2011

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Here we are just past the halfway mark in 2010 and we’ve tapped into the stream of future marketing planning with our readers for 2011 with a poll. Our question? What 3 online marketing channels & tactics will you emphasize in 2011? The number one answer? Not social media, not email marketing.
The top digital marketing […]

6 Tools For Better Blogging With An iPad

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Like many others, I recently purchased an iPad out of curiosity. While my intentions were of discovery, I quickly found some productivity gains with blogging.
The upside to blogging with an iPad is that it’s portable and you can easily log your thoughts on a screen that is a lot more convenient than typing into […]

3 Things You Should Know About the New PRWeb

Monday, July 12th, 2010

As a longtime customer of PRWeb, I’ve seen many changes over the years. The oldest optimized press release I could find of mine that’s still online dates back to mid 2001 and in the years since, it’s been an evolving relationship moving from customer to consultant.
From the days of talking new features as a super […]