Online Industry Events in One Calendar
Thursday, 19 April 2007
For years, I have been frustrated with our industry’s conference and event promotion. Without a single, comprehensive calendar of search and marketing conferences, we’re left to subscribe to every newsletter and publication just to be informed of an upcoming event. Still, we often miss the smaller, local seminars and meetings. This year, I practically neglected
- Published in Change Log, Conferences / Events, Vertical Search, Web 2.0
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Marketing is Dead
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
I recently had a chance to discuss the future of online advertising with Shane Vaughan, VP of Marketing for Balihoo, and offered a forum in which to share his perspective. He has succinctly characterized how the relevance of advertising, enabled by the internet, will deliver more qualified customers while supporting, not replacing, traditional forms of
- Published in Advertising, Insights / Research, Search
Search Marketing is Reputation Management
Tuesday, 27 March 2007
I was wrestling with the concept of the value of Paid Search for Branding over the weekend as I contemplated the limitations of performance based bid management. As a fan of performance based bidding, I believe all search programs should be managed as such with even obscure objectives, such as creating awareness or branding, leveraging
- Published in Brand Marketing, Paid Search, Search
Will be Speaking: AMA Hot Topic Series
Wednesday, 07 March 2007
Marketers interested in discussion of advanced paid and organic (natural) search engine marketing strategies and opportunities should attend one of the American Marketing Association’s Search Engine Marketing Hot Topic Series I’ll be there sharing my insights on managing the long tail and measuring success in Search. Event Dates/Locations April 20, 2007- San Francisco, CA Crowne
- Published in Conferences / Events, Search
It’s all about Search
Saturday, 27 January 2007
That was a bold perspective I frequently heard years ago while working for Yahoo! This isn’t new insight about Yahoo’s strategy (I’m often wonder what they’re doing); no, I want to share and discuss with you the claim. It’s ALL about Search Think about whether or not that is true for a moment and give
- Published in Brand Marketing, Insights / Research, Search
Happy Friday Fun – Brand Marketing
Friday, 19 January 2007
If you haven’t caught wind of the show with zefrank, you are missing out on arguably the funniest and most original video blogger online. Rumor has it we’re going to lose his daily humor to bigger things the same way we lost Amanda Congdon (I still can’t find the joy I once had from my
- Published in Brand Marketing, Fun
Search For Insights
Friday, 17 November 2006
From time to time I’ve alluded to a little known, little used, concept by which marketers use search activity and trends to study customer behavior and marketing effectiveness. Consider that with the majority of U.S. adults online and studies suggesting 80-90% of those online use search, you have a tremendous, real time focus group of