I am not an expert in social media. I am not an expert in search marketing. I am not an expert in anything, really. I don’t like the title when…
Read MoreMonth: October 2009
Is the mobile Web really happening this time?
If you’ve been working on the Web for more than a couple of years, you know that predicting that the mobile Web will take off this year is always popular,…
Read MoreGoogle Labs jumps into social search
People have been talking about social search for years, but the noise reaches a crescendo whenever Google does something–in this case, Google Labs suddenly delivering a Social Search function. How…
Read MoreDoing some things wrong beats doing nothing
This past week I helped a a man old enough to be my father to figure out something about Facebook that was bugging him. He wasn’t getting any replies to…
Read MoreRedefining social media
How can it be that at a moment in time when most people can’t even define social media that I can appear at a conference panel session trying to redefine…
Read MoreThe internet ocean is not a sea of tranquility
It’s starting to happen at a more and more rapid pace. The sheer amount of information and opinions and data and whatever else you can put online is turning into…
Read MoreWhy is engagement important?
I served as a panelist at the SUPERCOMM Digital Broadband Forum in Chicago today, at a session entitled “The Engaged Consumer.” The discussion was quite interesting, led by our moderator…
Read MoreUnderstanding what job risk really means
As someone who left the corporate world a year ago to pursue a new path in Internet marketing, I am often approached by people who ask me about “risk.” What…
Read MoreDeciding what to ignore in internet marketing
You’ve probably felt that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach. It’s another new “must do” Internet thing that you feel compelled to go investigate. You’re not sure what…
Read MoreThe missing step in keyword research
You probably know that keyword research is important in search marketing. After all, if you don’t know what people are looking for, how can you provide the right answers to…
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