Thought Leadership on Social Media Strategy
Posted by southbend on April 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
With more businesses realizing the power of digital channels to nurture relationships, rally fans and build customer affinity, opportunity abounds for savvy professionals.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with facebook, guy-kawasaki, peter kim, Public Relations, sarah evans, shel israel, Social Media, social media strategy, social media tactics, twitter, valeria maltoni
Should You UnGoogle Your Online Marketing?
Several years ago (2007) I was asked to give a presentation at Jill Whalen’s High Rankings Seminar in Minneapolis. This was pretty cool because I had been reading Jill’s newsletter for years beforehand. The topic I spoke on was “UnGoogle Your Search Marketing,” where I discussed how to employ blogs, social media and optimized press releases as alternative, yet complimentary sources of web site traffic.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Online Marketing, SEO, Social Media, ungoogle
Social Media Strategy Before Tactics
It’s a debate that’s more common than you might think. Strategy or Tactics first when it comes to social media? Many companies approach their participation on the social web tentatively, picking a popular tool like Twitter, Facebook or for the more adventuresome, a blog. The exercise of setting up and populating a profile, friending others and seeing what happens is akin to the proverbial “throw spaghetti against wall to see if it sticks” school of marketing.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Online Marketing, Social Media, social media strategy, social media tactics, social-media-marketing
SEO with Feeds & XML
Posted by southbend on April 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Much of the search engine optimization advice found online and at conferences centers around keywords and links. A lot of the spotlight on internet marketing has focused on content and social media. There’s no question that we’ve been a strong proponent of these tactics, sharing many, many posts on them.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Blogging, google-webmaster-tools, Interviews, Online Marketing, RSS Feeds, search, Search Engines, SEO, SEO Tips, site-search, Social Media, xml-site-map
Top 5 Search Terms at Online Marketing Blog – Including Pirates
Posted by southbend on April 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Here on Online Marketing Blog, we post a tremendous amount of insight on organic search optimization and content marketing related topics each month. But how about the site search tool on our own blog? Who’s searching for what, and why? And what are they finding?
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Blogging, Online Marketing, search, Search Engines, site-search, Social Media
DoubleDutch: Foursquare for the Enterprise
Posted by southbend on April 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The buzz on geolocation marketing is hot. Recently Lawrence Coburn from RateItAll released the beta version of a new project: DoubleDutch, a platform for creating your own geolocation check-in app, ala Foursquare. I connected with Lawrence to ask more questions about DoubleDutch and to get tips for marketers that want to incorporate geolocation and review services into their online marketing.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with doubledutch, foursquare, geolocation, interview, Interviews, iphone app, lawrence-coburn, Online Marketing, Social Media
Setting and Measuring Goals for Business Blogging
Posted by southbend on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As companies that realize the value of online marketing understand the need to publish engaging content, one of the most common considerations is a company blog. Blog software is fundamentally one of the easiest content management software systems to install and use. Of course the software isn’t magic. The content and ability to reach and engage with customers is a big part of what makes a business blog successful.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Blog Marketing, Blogging, content marketing, Online Marketing, real time search, real time seo, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, SEO, Social Media
5 Ways to Leverage Real Time Search in Your Online Marketing Mix
Posted by southbend on April 9, 2010 · 3 Comments
Since late 2009 when Google introduced real time search, the concept has gained a lot of attention.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with Blogging, content marketing, Online Marketing, real time search, real time seo, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, SEO, Social Media
Landing Page Optimization Deep Dive: Interview with Tim Ash
Posted by southbend on April 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Tim Ash is a marketing machine. He writes a blog, contributes to Search Engine Watch, hosts a weekly show on WebmasterRadio.fm, is author of the book “Landing Page Optimization”, speaks at numerous conferences and is the chair of the upcoming Conversion Conference in May.
Filed under Community Marketing · Tagged with conversion-optimization, interview, Interviews, landing-page-optimization, Online Marketing, poll, Reader Polls, Social Media, survey, tim ash
Comment Management Tools You Should Know
Posted by southbend on April 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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