Three Minutes to SEO Mastery

June 18, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

The more and more I work with SEO or Search Engine Optimization, the more I love the art and science of it all. It is definitely a bit of modern alchemy because you are trying to turn lead filled web pages into gold filled content that drives new sales or advertising click throughs. Sure, there [...]


Learning all you can through 100 Interviews.

June 10, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Many of us decided to go to this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive conference to learn what’s happening in the world of the web. Whether it’s database applications, marketing tips, how to tips, case studies, or gain some serious insight into what others are doing and what new things can be done to improve [...]


Like A Kid In A Comic Book Store

June 8, 2009 :: Mike Dougherty

Instead of trying to create tactics and plans that brings clients to you, try getting out and going to them. Seriously, go where your future long term customers will be. Market like you would to a kid…be where the eyes are.


Jay Berkowitz clearly defines Web 2010

June 5, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

It is funny. As I get ready to do a write up on a great event this week I find that there is an online “blog fight” about Web 3.0 vs 2010 Web vs whatever. This past Monday was a great event called SocStardom #3 hosted by Maya Ruiz-McPherson that hosted Jay Berkowitz of “Ten Golden Rules of Marketing” fame. He is CEO of TenGoldenRules.com and gave us a preview of his presentation called “Web 2010″.


Making Your Social Media Campaign A Success Through Whuffie

June 4, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

There is a phenomenon that is growing in the social media sphere known only as “whuffie”. But just what is “whuffie”? It’s social media capital. In other words, it’s street credibility. It will have considerable effect on whether the information you post on your website is repurposed, spread virally or redistributed, or commented on. So [...]


Internet Marketing Conversation with Shashi and Jay Berkowitz of TenGoldenRules.com

June 3, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

We were visited today by Jay Berkowitz of TenGoldenRules.com who gave a great presentation on Web in 2010 (more on that in a separate post).
He and Shashi sat down and talked about Internet marketing and the future of the web using tools like Twitter.
Here is the webcast (it is about 30 min)


Your search experience has gotten more relevant through Bing

June 1, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Over the past 48 hours, the Internet world has been abuzz over Microsoft’s recent announcement that it was evolving the way search was happening. As a result, Live Search is no longer a player in the game. Enter Bing – the “decision engine”. Set to be formally unveiled on June 1, I have been privvy [...]


What’s the Shelf-Life of Social Media as a Standalone Expertise?

May 28, 2009 :: Joe Loong

The week, the people who are usually abuzz about social media stuff were abuzz about the Gray Lady, the New York Times, appointing Jennifer Preston as their first social media editor.
Upholding the grand tradition of new media titles not being particularly clear, there was a lot of speculation as to what the Times saw as [...]


What “American Idol” can teach us about crowdsourcing

May 27, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

If you’ve been living under a rock over the past few days, you may not have known that a new American Idol was crowned. But we’re not here to debate whether the right contestant won. Rather, the focus is on the example this show has on the power of crowdsourcing. Just what is crowdsourcing? According to [...]


Zannel offers an adventure with every upload.

May 26, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Several weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a public advisory committee meeting for a new startup here in the San Francisco area. The startup is called Zannel and focuses on aggregating photos and videos you take through your mobile device and displaying them in a central repository online – similar to Twitpic, but [...]