I am a member of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) and I usually do a free speech there once a year–my way of giving back some of the value…
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Google Place Pages: Beyond the ranking
In the Internet marketing world, we tend to get hung up on rankings and pure numbers. Of course, that is one of the beauties of the Internet in that it…
Read MoreLiving 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 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 digital marketing, sometimes the enemy is us
I am old, so I remember the Walt Kelly comic strip from the ’60s called Pogo, of which the most famous line ever was “I have met the enemy and…
Read MoreAre SMBs Slowing Down on Social Media Usage?
I realize that the terms “social media” and “slowing down” are never to be used in the same post (let alone a headline!) according to the Secret Brotherhood of the…
Read MoreContent anticipation: The power of the magazine
When it comes to content, it is quite popular these days to herald the coming of the full digital age. The industry of digital marketing and online content marketing industry…
Read MoreUntangled web: The internet keeps changing marketing
I listen to people constantly lament about all the awful things that the Internet has wrought, from cyberbullying to identity theft to arcane new scams that only a rocket scientist…
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