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Is ChaCha Smarter than Google?
Like many folks, I underestimated the power of ChaCha. A lot of people thought that ChaCha has been a crazy experiment. People have joked about the ChaCha guides just looking stuff up on Google and responding with it. Working closely with Scott Jones and ChaCha has been quick-paced, challenging, fun… and rewarding. ChaCha is turning a corner… and people are…
Buying Behavior Has Changed, Companies Have Not
Sometimes we do things simply because that’s the way it’s been done. No one remembers why exactly, but we keep doing it… even if it hurts us. When I view the typical sales and marketing hierarchy of modern companies, the structure hasn’t changed since we had sales people pushing pavement and dialing for dollars. In many of the companies I’ve…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Three easy ways to start monitoring your brand online
If you have been following social media trends at all, you’ve probably heard a lot about joining “the conversation” and how to participate. You may have also heard the warning: “people are talking about your company whether you are there or not”. This is absolutely true and is a great reason to jump into social media and start participating. If…
- Content Marketing
Prepping Your Photos For The Web: Tips and Techniques
If you write for a blog, manage a website, or post to social networking applications such as Facebook or Twitter, photography probably plays an integral part of your content stream. What you may not know is that no amount of stellar typography or visual design can make up for lukewarm photography. On the other hand, sharp and vivid photography will…
How to Fake the Numbers: Lessons from Twitter and Facebook
I once wrote a satirical post that 3.24% of Facebook users are dead. My point was pretty simple, Facebook continues to inflate their numbers by counting the number of total accounts rather than accounts with recent usage. On the Facebook advertising page, it states, “Reach over 350,000,000 active Facebook users.” Really? If I sign up for an ad, that ad…
Marketing Blog Likes and Dislikes
Marketing Blogs are on my daily digest schedule. I follow marketing bloggers on Twitter and have a bazillion marketing blog feeds in my reader (which I never keep up with). I often read a blog and stop within a few days because of the content, others I’ve read for years. I don’t believe there’s any single #1 marketing blog on…
- Content Marketing
5 Keys to Your Successful Personal Brand
I had a conversation with one friend today and got an email from another asking my advice on how to build their personal brand… and ultimately profit from it. This may be a topic that’s better answered by friend Dan Schawbel, a personal branding expert… so keep an eye on his blog. I’ll share my thoughts on what I’ve done…
- Content Marketing
Content Science: Turn your Plain Jane links into Killer Contextual Content
What do the Washington Post, BBC News, and New York Times have in common? They're enriching the content presentation for links on their websites, using a tool called Apture. Rather than a simple static text link, Apture links trigger a pop-up window on mouse over that can display a wide variety of contextually related content.
- Email Marketing & Automation
You Might Need an Email Marketing Expert If…
No matter if employ an email marketing agency or in-house talent; this guide will help you to assess your current efforts and get more value from your email marketing.
