Microsoft is selling Razorfish, the search consultancy it acquired as part of the bigger aQuantive acquisition. Microsoft has been criticized for owning a search consultancy that manages clients’ paid search…
Read MoreMonth: June 2009
Searching for profits more than answers
The refreshing thing about search marketing is the way that the little guy was on equal footing with the big guy. Yes, I said “was” on equal footing. I am…
Read MoreTwitter’s Free to All Model is Wrong
I am going to write something that is likely to be unpopular. Today I experienced a “perfect storm” of sorts regarding the Internet and the idea of free is good….
Read MoreWhat if your boss is fraidy-scared of Internet marketing?
When I was a kid on Long Island (pronounced “Lon GUY-land”), I was one of those boys that was fraidy-scared a lot. Afraid of the bigger kids. Afraid of everyone…
Read MoreWhat’s Listening 2.0? Can you stand to hear it?
I was fortunate to be invited to do a Webinar today on Listening 2.0, along with Mark Kovscek of VivaKi and Pauline Ores of IBM, on what’s going on with…
Read MoreJust what constitutes a spam blog comment?
Make the decision several times every day, just like most blog owners. A comment comes in to one of our posts. I scan it and make a snap decision: is…
Read MoreA walk around the digital marketing block
I was early to the event, so I chose to walk around my old neighborhood, south of Washington Square Park in New York City. I feared the neighborhood when I…
Read MorePeople never get old on the Internet
I have been working in the Internet industry in some form or another for a total of seven years now. I have been in sales on the hosting side, sold…
Read MoreAre you scaring PR people away from social media?
If you’re reading this blog, I suspect that you “get it.” Maybe you’re not an expert at Internet marketing, but if someone asks you about, you don’t involuntarily drool as…
Read MoreIn social media, aspire to be reactive
Aspiring to be reactive seems to be shooting pretty low, huh? Well, if you’re on the social media sidelines, maybe it’s the best thing to try. You might be cruising…
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