I have written for the past several years about SMBs and their need to do Internet marketing. I still believe that with all of my heart. There is, however, sometimes…
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Beware the sponsored study in the online space
Marketers talk a lot about the beauty of the online advertising and marketing world. The once elusive “proof that this really working” an age-old issue for traditional marketing, is no…
Read MoreDear SMBs: Don’t complicate blogging
It appears as if the years and years of shameless self-promotion, and an overly important view of itself, is catching up with the Internet marketing industry. I say this because,…
Read MoreJetBlue Flies a Successful Twitter Promo
In the social media world, it is so important to try to do things that haven’t been done before. Why? Well, since social media is so new and the applications…
Read MoreThe internet marketing industry needs a reality check
I just read an interesting post over at Search Engine Land by Greg Sterling. He gives some information about a study recently done that measured the impact of real-time search…
Read MoreEuropean Union gunning for Google
All the backroom rumblings and rumors that some day Google would be called to the antitrust mat may now be out in the open thanks to the European Union. Based…
Read MoreGoogle as an ISP? Is there no end?
Back in the early days of the Internet, there was a lot of talk about ISPs (Internet service Providers) and the power they had. They still have power today but…
Read MoreGoogle says, “It’s the applications, stupid!”
Google is being so intensely aggressive on the local search side that there is no denying that local search is the play of the future. With the continued proliferation of…
Read MoreInternet hucksters of the information age
Many people, including myself, have spoken about the death of sales as we once knew it. The ABC method (Always Be Closing) no longer has the same effect that it…
Read MoreDo rural and mobile play well together?
I have been watching the changes that have been coming down the pike for quite some time now with regard to local search. I am not some kind of an…
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