Last month, I said that SEO is the top skill for digital marketers. This might seem outrageous to one who has not read that post. Even to those who have…
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2013: The year of internet marketing basics
This will be the only 2013 prediction or whatever you want to call it kind of post. I have never been comfortable with trying to predict the future especially in…
Read MoreToo busy with clients to post to my blog
Most of you know that I do career coaching, mostly for technical and marketing executives. I had an interesting conversation recently during one such coaching session, when my client expressed…
Read MorePredictions for B2B digital marketing in 2013
It’s that time of the year when observers can’t resist making predictions about developments on the horizon. I hereby take up that tradition, offering up four random prognostications for where…
Read MoreAdd a blog and blogging to your New Year’s resolution
Edelman recruited me because I blogged aboutWal-Mart; Rosetta Stone invited me to blog for them because I blogged about learning German; AdAge invited me to write for their DigtialNext andGlobal News blogs; blogging about social media marketing resulted…
Read MoreIs it time for your marketing to include a mobile app?
It is no secret that mobile applications have changed everyday life. People do business, set family reminders, deposit checks, track workouts and spend hours and hours of leisure time in…
Read MoreFacebook is now a local search tool for those on-the-go
On Monday, Facebook announced that they updated the “Nearby” feature in Android and iOS apps, making social powerhouse a potentially harmful threat to location-based social apps such as Foursquare and Yelp. “Nearby” on…
Read MoreThe biggest 2013 digital marketing trend no one’s talking about
As the year winds down, many of us have been highlighting the top trends for 2013. For some reason, while trends can be interesting at any time of year, when…
Read MoreSocial software adoption: Riding the hype curve
There is a lot of hype and skepticism around the actual ability for social software to deliver real, sustainable business value, which makes social software no different than every other…
Read MoreBecoming a social media pro doesn’t require all 10,000 hours
While Malcolm Gladwell posited, in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, that one needs to engage in a challenging 10,000 hours of experience and practice before becoming a master,…
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