Yesterday, I gave a Biznology Webinar called, “Search Marketing on the Cheap,” that covered the free tools and techniques available for search marketing. If you think that successful search marketing…
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Mike Moran
Mike Moran is a Converseon, an AI powered consumer intelligence technology and consulting firm. He is also a senior strategist for SoloSegment, a marketing automation software solutions and services firm. Mike also served as a member of the Board of Directors of SEMPO.
Mike spent 30 years at IBM, rising to Distinguished Engineer, an executive-level technical position. Mike held various roles in his IBM career, including eight years at IBM’s customer-facing website, ibm.com, most recently as the Manager of ibm.com Web Experience, where he led 65 information architects, web designers, webmasters, programmers, and technical architects around the world.
Mike's newest book is Outside-In Marketing with world-renowned author James Mathewson. He is co-author of the best-selling Search Engine Marketing, Inc. (with fellow search marketing expert Bill Hunt), now in its Third Edition. Mike is also the author of the acclaimed internet marketing book, Do It Wrong Quickly: How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rules, named one of best business books of 2007 by the Miami Herald. Mike founded and writes for Biznology® and writes regularly for other blogs.
In addition to Mike’s broad technical background, he holds an Advanced Certificate in Market Management Practice from the Royal UK Charter Institute of Marketing and is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He also teaches at Rutgers Business School. He was a Senior Fellow at the Society for New Communications Research and is now a Senior Fellow of The Conference Board. A Certified Speaking Professional, Mike regularly makes speaking appearances. Mike’s previous appearances include keynote speaking appearances worldwide
The right social media listening tools for the right jobs
Most of you know that I know that I serve as Chief Strategist at Converseon, a leading social media listening company, so I don’t claim to be unbiased in my…
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Read MoreHuman analysts turn social listening into market research insights
Let me ask you a question. If you just put up a survey on SurveyMonkey, and 1000 people responded, would you have the answer to your market research question? Ridiculous, you say?…
Read MoreSocial listening drives traditional market research
Most of you know that I serve Converseon as Chief Strategist, and I’ve watched Converseon’s great research team pull insights from social media conversation that have astounded me. But some…
Read MoreWhat Are Your Customers Saying About You?
A couple of weeks back, I had the great honor of presenting at the RKG Summit, where I explained some of the issues around social media listening. I’ve been the…
Read MoreSearch marketers battle Panda, Penguin, and other Google animals
You’ve probably heard about the various black-and-white animals that Google has named its new search ranking algorithms for. First, in early 2011, it was Panda. Panda used human raters and…
Read MoreLet your B2B content run free–the case against gating
Yesterday, in this very space, my friend Ruth Stevens made the case for “gating content”–placing your best stuff behind a registration or contact form so that you mine your Web…
Read MoreAgile Marketing
My monthly Biznology® Webinar Wednesday was called “Agile Marketing.” I talked for 30 minutes about how to “Do It Wrong Quickly” in digital marketing. It sounds odd, but the most…
Read MoreShould I stay away from highly competitive keywords?
If you’ve used Google’s Keyword Tool, you’ve probably seen the column called “Competitiveness”–low, medium, and high. The low. medium, and high are based on the competitiveness of a keyword among paid…
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