Internet Marketing

    Top Signs of Good Web Usability

    Over the years I’ve given web and branding advise to a number of companies, as well as having designed and built client websites. Lately, I’ve noticed a number of corporate sites to be, in my opinion, too-narrowly focused. These are sites which actually profess their own brand names well and use deep-niche, industry relevant terminology…

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    Four Top Social Media Objectives & KPIs

    What’s social media strategy? And how can it truly be measured? – Major and common questions in the new frontier today. Luckily both these questions can and should be addressed simultaneously in upfront planning. If one knows what to do, social media can provide noticeable ROI thanks to alignment with strategic objectives and monitoring…

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    Driving the Marketing Wheel & Spoke…

    I have a philosophy that’s fairly simple – it’s that sooner or later, marketing tactics (both off- and online) drive to a website or landing page (or increasingly a Facebook page). Of course it fits consumer behavior as products and brands are increasingly researched in preferred online environments (important to note that Facebook is the number one site for time spent online, surpassing Google). So the idea is just to fully realize all this upfront and plan for it…

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    So… exactly what is Web 2.0 again?

    I feel we’ve become so wrapped up in “social media” that we forget the vital, driving philosophical and technological strategies behind them. As I plan my syllabus for my Georgia State University Spring 2011 course on Social Media Marketing, I want to ensure the undercurrents are acknowledged. So, here goes…

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    Social Media Marketing – Upcoming Seminar

    I am lucky enough to be coordinating and moderating a panel discussion lunch-n-learn on Social Media Best Practices, through the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association, Thursday Oct. 21 (so please spread the word, and come! http://bit.ly/aJs4NG). The focus will be marketing approaches in the big 3: Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. But here’s a special preview; a giveaway in advance on social media marketing basics…

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