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5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

Major stories that emerge (such as Michael Jackson or the health care debate ) can bring large spikes in search traffic, but it’s common to see the numbers drop after May and not pick up again until September. This is to be expected, and it’s one reason why year-over-year metrics have more value than month-to-month.

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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.

Social Media Strategery

Development Social Media Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite the Public Mon, Mar 23, 2009 Social Media “Social media on the Internet are empowering, engaging, and educating consumers and providers in health care. This movement, known as Health 2.0,

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Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google on to.

Adam Sherk

In looking at the current Living Story examples , one thing that struck me is that news sites will need to be careful not to pick subjects that are too broad to be effective. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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The Public Doesn't Need to Know What Gov 2.0 is, But They Do Need.

Social Media Strategery

We don’t really want to see the sausage making that goes on with the mechanics of government (just look at the congressional approval ratings as the health care debate has received a ton of exposure). More important, still, is the idea of showing people what can be done with the data. Why are my taxes so hard?

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Is Your Executive on Twitter?

Koka Sexton

Habib , MTV Werner Vogels , Amazon.com Wes Spears , The Weston Group Will Weider , Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 1 comment Date: 24 Mar 2009 Categories: Social Media Tags: There are 1 comment.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Habib , MTV Werner Vogels , Amazon.com Wes Spears , The Weston Group Will Weider , Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 1 comment Date: 24 Mar 2009 Categories: Social Media Tags: There are 1 comment.

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The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

Adam Sherk

Coming at this problem as someone who works in the nonprofit and health care sectors, let me add “community wellness&# to the list. I’ll read a blog by someone with so valid commentary and check the product data sheet if I want to know something about the product. And am surprised every time I see it.