When people speak about driving traffic through social networks, the first site that comes to mind is usually Digg. Digg’s popularity is obvious: as the numbers increase above the “digg it” (or “dugg”) button, the likelihood for increased traffic goes up as well. There are numerous posts that explain how an extremely popular link on…
Halftone and Bitmap Effects: Photoshop Tutorial
Adding texture to illustrations or photographs is something that can pack that extra punch and make a graphic really pop with character. In this tutorial we will explore Photoshop’s bitmap and half-toning tools and effects. Much of this tutorial will be based on experimenting with the various options and finding out what works best for…
Online Publicity and Link Building in 2007: An Eric Ward Webcast
While I enjoy writing about what I am learning from the extremely informative SearchMarketingNow webcasts, I recommend that you take some time out of your day to hear from experts on all matters related to online marketing (they only occur 1-2 times per month). This week’s presentation was given by Eric Ward, master “link baiter,”…
The Emerging Political Strategy into the Blogosphere and Social Networks
As presidential hopefuls are looking to strategize their political campaign, new media outlets are being explored as novel ways for these candidates to reach out to a different demographic. Candidates are looking at blogs, search engines, and other popular social networks to reach out to the tech-savvy and the youth that embraces the online social…
Yahoo Goes Mobile: 19 Nations to Embrace Cell Phone Advertising
Even though Yahoo is still in the “Big 2″ for search, not being #1 has got to be disturbing. It’s like looking for your desired keyword term in the SERPs and finding that someone else is in the #1 position with you not far behind — but you’ve apparently done everything you could possibly think…