We don’t change our bath towels every year like fashionable folks, but this was getting ridiculous—they were eight years old and they were plain wearing out. But my wife admitted…
Read MoreMike Moran
Does your marketing solve your customer’s problem?
Many of you know that I am a nut on how marketing ought to be helpful to customers–how it needs to solve real customer problems rather than be an endlessly…
Read MoreDoes your marketing still rely on fine print?
The Internet has placed a premium on honesty in marketing. Companies are vulnerable more than ever to being criticized for any les than the highest of ethics. But too many…
Read MoreIs SEO no longer important?
I got a question recently from a small business owner who asked about readable URLs. But he had a larger question lurking on whether SEO was still “hot.” With all…
Read MoreThe future of vertical search
I have seen the future of vertical search engines, and that future might not include an actual search engine. Confused? It actually makes a lot of sense if you think…
Read MoreJay Bhatti of Spock.com, the people search engine
Years ago, Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on the classic Star Trek series, hosted a TV show called In Search of…, where he explored a different subject each…
Read MoreCount clips and get cut: How PR metrics have changed
Next week, I am doing four full-day seminars for Bulldog Reporter to train public relations professionals in search marketing—I’ll be in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York. (There…
Read MoreVideo ads are ill-advised, even for Google
In these economic times, you can be forgiven if you’re always looking for the next big thing. It’s only natural to be alert for something that will bail us all…
Read MoreDoes your business ever sleep?
The nice thing about the Internet is that your business need never close–you can serve customers every minute of every day. The bad thing about the Internet is it gives…
Read MoreWho’s in Charge of Social Media Marketing?
The Internet is famous for fracturing the neat lines that divide traditional professions. Social media is one of those Internet forces, as different professionals might all believe that they should…
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