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My Top iPhone Apps for Social Media Marketing

It’s a little ironic that I’m writing this post about iPhone apps using WordPress on a Motorola Droid (Devour actually), but it allows me a chance to experience how hard it is to blog, using a tiny tiny tactile keyboard and also finally get this post started. Ah, back to a full sized Logitech keyboard and [...]

The Real Reason Google Dropped Youtube Support

So you’ve probably heard that Google has decided to drop IE6 support for Youtube. At first I just figured “Cool, we’ll get more people away from IE6.” But the real reason is that they want to promote Chrome:

That first Slot will get a majority of the clicks. Very clever Google. Evil. But Clever.

Customer & Influencer Research in Social Media

“If you don’t eat your meat you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat!” Pink Floyd, The Wall. That quote from Another Brick in the Wall reminds me of the cart horse situation with social media marketing:  If you don’t know your customers you can’t engage them. [...]

James Snider

Great piece. Thank you for writing. I agree with the premise that "So much time is spent on ...

2 March 10 at 07:37

James Snider

Great piece. Thank you for writing. I agree with the premise that \"So much time is spent on ...

2 March 10 at 07:37

How Journalists Use Search & Social Media

TopRank ran a survey of journalists, reporters and editors on their use of search and social media in 2008. We found 91% use search engines like Google to do their job. 64% use social networks.  Published in Jan 2010, a George Washington University and Cision survey of journalists reports 89% use blogs and 65% use social [...]

15 Social Media Answers From OMS10

Online Marketing Summit 2010 in San Diego is host to a smorgasboard of internet marketing topics and this afternoon I am priveledged to participate on a panel about Social Media. Panelists include:

Chris Baggott, CEO, Compendium Blogware Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing Michael Senger, CEO & Founder, StoneMass Caitlin McCabe, Founder, WhiteLabel Marketing Ben Hanna, VP Marketing, Business.com

That’s a [...]

Aaron: It’s not Spam, It’s a “Newsmaster Site”

Since you’re having trouble with it (and you ARE an SEO expert), no doubt some of my other readers are struggling with it as well. So for all of you, I’ll give you this infographic cheat sheet:

5 Twitter Management Tools You Can’t Live Without

Without a doubt, one of the most popular shiny new objects of many social media marketing programs is Twitter. There are Twitter books, Twitter conferences, Twitter blogs and numerous articles devoted to Twitter marketing.  Unfortunately, there’s not enough time left over after reading all the promises of marketing nirvana from using Twitter to actually implement [...]

Buzz Without the Buzz

Microsoft Live Integration

Jobs: “Don’t be Evil Mantra is Bullshit”

I think this is the year the worm turns. This is the year that both FSJ and the real SJ told the world that: The fact of the mater is, Google is full of shit.

CHARTS OF THE WEEK: The Average Facebook User Views 662 Facebook Pages Per Month

How Fox Conquered Cable News The Average Facebook User Views 662 Pages Per Month Magazines’ Winners And Losers In Ad Revenue Your Home On The Internet Is Facebook, Not Yahoo Bing Could Catch Yahoo By The End Of The Year

Zuckerberg: I decide societal norms. (Are Facebook users lobotomized lemmings?)

All told its been an extraordinary week for trans Pacific business relations. Google served notice on China that it would do what ever it takes to protect the privacy of the data within gmail accounts of human rights activists. Meanwhile back in America

Google Search Suggestions For Mobile Get Locally Relevant

At the recent Google Search Evolution event late last year, Google Engineering VP Vic Gundotra demonstrated search suggestions on mobile devices that varied by location. He showed that query suggestions could and would be different based on user locati…

Shashi Seth Now At Yahoo From AOL, Cooliris & Google

Yahoo announced that they named Shashi Seth as the new Senior Vice President of the Yahoo Search Products team. Shashi Seth will be managing Yahoo’s Search team and all things related to Yahoo Search. Of course, in the wake of the Microsoft dea…

Google Integrates “Real-Time” Messages Into Place Pages, Makes BlackBerry Mobile App More Useful

Taking a page from Facebook or Twitter, Google is putting a bit of real-time functionality on local business Place Pages. Google is promoting the idea that small businesses can use their Place Pages to promote time-sensitive (real-time) events. Here…

Experian Hitwise: Google Passes 72% U.S. Market Share

Google surpassed 72% U.S. market share in December according to the latest numbers from Experian Hitwise. For Google, that represents a slight gain over November’s share of all U.S. searches. Yahoo, Bing, and Ask.com all saw their search share dr…