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The Definitive Online Marketing Conferences List

Monday, 15 September 2008 by Paul O'Brien

One of the advantages of working for a local search engine that uses event listings to promote the business listings, is that I have, at my finger tips, a rich index of seminars, summits, and conferences all rank ordered by demand (popularity), based on the search query volume for each. It is amazing what a

Published in Advertising, AI, Conferences / Events, eCommerce, Insights / Research, Local, Mobile, Search, Social Media

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Chat with Online Marketing Heroes Author Michael Miller

Monday, 08 September 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Book your calendar, next Wednesday morning (11 CST) to, effectively, hear from 25 of the most successful online marketing gurus in the business. Put this link on your calendar. No, we won’t all be on the air but Online Marketing Heroes author Michael Miller will be and it is a unique opportunity to talk with

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Local Search Behind MTV Campus Daily Guides Reaches College Demographic

Tuesday, 26 August 2008 by Paul O'Brien

With a tremendous amount of fanfare (I had a parade come through the office this morning), I’m excited to share that Zvents has partnered with MTV to deliver a comprehensive local search experience to Campus Daily Guides published by mtvU. Creating a unique opportunity to reach the affluent college demographic, Zvents is powering the local

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Getting your events and promotions online

Thursday, 14 August 2008 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve had the distinguished honor of having an article featured in this month’s edition of Event Solutions Magazine bringing to their audience some of the most basic online marketing tenants that we so easily forget as still being foreign to most marketers. What are the basics? How does one get started? Here’s an excerpt: Most

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Published in Insights / Research, Local, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Social Media

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Who’s at Ad:tech next week?

Friday, 11 April 2008 by Paul O'Brien

ad:tech San Francisco, the interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition, starts next week at the Moscone Center. The show blends keynote speakers, topic driven panels and workshops to provide us with the tools and techniques needed to keep up and compete. It has, perhaps, the best show floor in the industry making it one

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Published in Advertising, Conferences / Events, eCommerce, Insights / Research, Local, Search, Social Media

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Marketing with Zvents – SEO and Shopping in One

Friday, 22 June 2007 by Paul O'Brien

The announcement has been made, not long ago I left HP to join the brilliant group of folks creating a remarkable event search technology at Zvents. Considering yourselves Mr. and Ms. America (not Mr. and Ms. Marketer), I’d be remiss (and not doing my job) to not mention that Zvents is where you want to

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Published in Local, Search, Surplus, Web 2.0

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Geo optimization in Paid Search

Friday, 11 August 2006 by Paul O'Brien

MSN Search is light years ahead of the other engines due to demographic and regional bid optimization. Different from targeting, MSN Search allows you to simply bid more or less aggressively to target profiles helping large brands reach all search users while appearing more prominently for key audiences. Consider: Geo targeting Brand A a national

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