Probably the biggest industry story this past month was the announcement that Eric Schmidt is being kicked upstairs at Google, with Larry Page taking the wheel. The triumvirate (along with…
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Are colleges waking up to social media?
My daughter has reached the end of her college selection process. She’s our first student headed off to college, so it was a learning process for all of us. She…
Read MorePaid search expert Andrew Goodman
Andrew Goodman is a writer, paid search expert, and SearchManager Advisor to American Express OPEN, the credit card AMEX markets to small businesses. Andrew is the long-time editor of the…
Read MoreThe Internet killed the “one-day story”
Yesterday, I wrote about how NBC has handled Keith Olbermann’s departure from his show on MSNBC. Writing that story put me in mind of one of the hoary chestnuts of…
Read MoreLearning from Comcast/NBC and Keith Olbermann
After the recent and sudden departure of Keith Olbermann as the host of MSNBC’s daily Countdown, criticism of parent network NBC (as well as Comcast, who recently acquired NBC) has…
Read MoreLocal Search isn’t always so local
You’re probably hearing a lot about local search. Small businesses are wondering about how much they need to do, but many big businesses haven’t realized how important it is for…
Read MoreThe Gap in Marketing Thinking
Social media isn’t always the world-changing force that people like to scare marketers about, with apocalyptic predictions about what happens should that force be ignored. But there’s no doubt that…
Read MoreFacebook doesn’t help me find anything
I watch my kids use Facebook to get answers from their network on just about anything. It can take a bit longer than just keying in a Google search, but…
Read MoreMy CEO does not believe in paid search
Perhaps this sounds like your company. No matter what you do, your CEO won’t listen. Everyone knows how important paid search is. All of your competitors are doing it. You’ve…
Read MoreAdvice for e-Commerce companies for 2011
Recently, I was approached, along with a lot of other digital marketing experts, to provide advice to e-Commerce companies for the most important areas on which to focus for 2011….
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