I was in London last week, reminding me how I always like the simple phrase that asks you to be careful as you step from the Underground subway car to…
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Unskewing the Web: Curators as filters
This is my final post on the skewed Web. In the early days of Web 2.0 awareness, much was said about the new —now old—Web being all about participation: in…
Read MoreDo online reviews matter to your existing customers?
You have been hearing the old story for years now that online reviews found on Yelp and Google Place Pages and other places are increasingly important in your quest to…
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Living the local life on the road
I am not a good traveler whether it’s in business or personal life. I mean this to say that I do travel, but it’s not my favorite thing to do….
Read MoreWhen is a search problem not a search problem?
Sometimes, problems that we are struggling with in our organic search rankings have somewhat surprising answers. After spending so much of our time treating a search ranking and traffic problem…
Read MoreA different kind of Facebook privacy issue
I’ve been in Europe the last ten days (coming home today) and it’s easy to see how European cultures differ from that of America, especially when it comes to privacy….
Read MoreTurning Off Social Media for One Month
You might recall that I like to take the month of August off, and that I stayed off social media for the entire month. Well, little did I know that…
Read MoreWhen social media is against the law
I know that many people worry about the risks of companies engaging in social media. Often they use these risks as excuses to stay out of social media and even…
Read MoreSmall biz starved for Internet marketing knowledge
This week I had the privilege to be a panelist at the first Local Marketing Exposition (LMX), held in Virginia Beach, VA. The idea behind this first-time event was to…
Read MoreIn Technology We Trust
I don’t know if this is an American thing, but we seem to have a trust in technology so deep that it can never really fulfill our fantasies. I thought…
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