We are almost four whole months into the year of 2010 and already we see a huge amount of growth in Social Media. Spring has sprung and new Social Media Networks that were planted last fall are now blossoming into beautiful active communities with hungry little bees, other wise known as users, coming into the community and sucking up all the honey. If you haven’t already used these networks, haven’t yet even heard their names, now you have no excuse.
It's Time for Search Engine Strategies NY 2010
A quick look at our President Chris Winfield’s speaking and moderating schedule for the annual Search Engine Strategies New York conference.
Google PuSH update and why PuSHPress plugin for WordPress is a must
Perhaps you have heard of the Google’s pubsubhubbub protocol (PuSH for short) that was unveiled last year. It is basically an extension of an RSS. Instead of Google and other various services pinging your site for new content, they can subscribe to your site; you tell them when the new content is published, and they can display it as soon as it is published.
Baking in Your Social Media Word of Mouth
This past weekend I was strolling the upper East Side of Manhattan under chilly, dark and drizzly skies when down a side street I caught a whiff of fresh baked bread. “Mmmm, gotta have it”, I said and paused spinning in 360 motion to find my target escape from the rain. It was a bakery that I’ve never seen before in all my years trodding these NY streets.
The Most Memorable Google Product Logos
It seems the jury is split on whether Google Product logos are good corporate branding or just a bit too boring and predictable. I am not going to try and convince you either way nor go into any deep analysis of the designs, but I will help you take a look at a few of these logos and showcase what product they represent. All of these product logos appear in clean, simple blue lowercase type alongside the Google logo.
Come See 'Social Media Marketing for Your Business' at SXSW
On March 12th (Friday) I’m presenting on a great panel called ‘Social Media Marketing for your Business’ at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX.
The March ‘10 Social Media Hot Topic List
Welcome to this belated March hot topic list! This list contains hot topics for the month that could do very well on social sites, and seeing that it is about a week later than usual, it is a great reason to get working on these today! Ideally you could use this to help aid in linkbait and content creation for social media. Hopefully these ideas can help you harness the momentum of a current hot topic and get more traction. Here’s what will be hot this March in social media!
How to Interact Within Your Target Communities (Without Being a Jerk)
Every smart marketer knows the importance of community. Interacting with your main consumer is a delicate skill. Many times a community can be infiltrated “below the line” by using poor methods engagement.
10e20's Speaking Schedule for SMX West 2010
A look at Greg Finn and Chris Winfield’s speaking schedule at the annual SMX West conference this week in Santa Clara.