Are Twitter and Facebook Replacing Searc...

Tweet Sorry. All of that emphasis on page one SERPs of Google may not be the funky cold medina after all. Search Engine Optimization, which is a profession that didn’t exist a few years ago may not exist in a few years. Thus, the modern era of the Internet: professions that don’t exist today may be the top job in 3 years. [check this video for an interesting communication of this phenomena] In a recent  article, ClickZ likens the current environment to early paid search in  Social Media 2009 =...

Social Media Marketing “Hub and Sp...

Tweet I was at an Entrepreneurs of Knoxville meeting last week talking about the interplay between social media sites and main sites (however you define “main sites” blogs, main pages, or otherwise). It reminded me of this slide that I threw together for a client a few months ago: Interaction of Social Media Sites for Marketing Strategies It is certainly not a new idea to describe online assets in this way, but I think “hub and spoke” is fairly fitting for the current web environment....

Twitter Most Popular Social Media Tool...

Tweet According to my recent poll, it looks like Twitter is the most popular social tool. Although the respondents were a fairly limited set (only 10 because I am lame and no one really wants to take my polls), here are the results: 50% Twitter 40% Facebook 10%...

Tracking Gustav…on Twitter...

Tweet As Category 4 Gustav clips Cuba and tracks towards New Orleans, people from all over are sharing stories about the brewing storm on Twitter.  If you load this page, by the time you read the first tweet you will see 10 new tweets. CNN is using the live feed to report information online with Rich Sanchez...