Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 10, 2011

Moment Number Two: I initially got into social media because of my SEO background. I found out rather quickly how one could “game&# blogs for SEO and reputation management with hyper linked signatures embedded with key words. I commented and they commented back. That was truly Enchanted Moment #1.

Embedding 174

Embedding SEO Apple Template 174

Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 7, 2010

If I have left any out, please drop me a line and include it in the comments section. 11) #SEO411 Weekly chat to collaborate with colleagues and other marketers about their questions and ideas about SEO. Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

Social Media 214

Social Media Health Care Pharmaceuticals Social Entrepreneurship 214

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’m thinking it was supposed to be a constructive comment- but don’t mutter under your breath how I’m wrong and I’m crazy and you’re right. Tags: SEO/SEM naples florida restaurants salad creations. I can’t believe he’s doing this. You can’t be serious. Who is the customer?

Influencer 171

Influencer How To Construction SEO 171

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 19, 2010

The industry is growing by the day: Agencies (traditional, interactive, digital, public relations, etc), Consultants (individual or small teams), web-development (SEO, measurement, advertising, now with social elements), Software Vendors, Service Vendors and you could continue to sector this list ad nauseum.

RFP 159

RFP RFI Social Media Proposal 159

Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 12, 2010

Back then, comment spam and server farms did wonders for text based links and I was all over it. Tags: SEO/SEM social media marc meyer social media consulting social media consultants. The first reason is that when I first “dabbled&# in social media 5 years ago-I was that marketer. I was the one gaming the system.

Consultant 159

Consultant Company Social Media Remix 159

Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

You quickly determine there is no way to manually search every blog post, tweet or comment on the web so you turn to automation. Tags: SEO/SEM. So let’s focus a minute. You want to listen for mentions of your company, brand and top executives. Yeah, now you’re tracking buzzzz, but what does it all mean? via hashtagsocialmedia.com.

Sentiment 143

Sentiment Analysis Aggregator SEO 143

Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

Do some of the following questions and comments sound familiar? Comment on YouTube. Comment on any blog anywhere. Upload music and comment on the music. And… the majority of these activities have incredible SEO ( search engine optimization) ramifications. and another would say “We have to&#.

Social Media 202

Social Media Social Networking Education Guidelines 202

Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 5, 2010

It shows up in search in the form of great websites, sweet artwork, graphics, compelling, link juicy blog posts, articles, white papers, e-books, comments, mentions, profiles and bookmarks that you created all on behalf of the client. Simply put, your good work will and still resonates long after you have departed.

Social Media 131

Social Media Reputation Social Networking SEO 131

Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 31, 2011

“How can media organization encourage more readers to post and more thoughtful comments? Alternatively, what determines when you will take a few minutes to post a comment to a story online?&#. Over the weekend, I was asked the following question on Formspring. Great questions, don’t you think?

Social Networking 168

Social Networking Questions Organization Comments 168

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 18, 2011

I like differing opinions, thoughts and comments. We’re tired of repetitive thoughts, posts and comments without any backbone. I think it’s good to have a variety of thought. No one likes a yes man right? Except maybe in the social media world. Then sometimes it resembles a quid pro quo type of environment.

Influencer 221

Influencer Jive Wikipedia Engineering 221

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 12, 2012

Disqus is a better, real-time comments system for users’ site or blog with fully integrated social network elements. Inside View gives users an aggregate view of the social presence and activity of a company. bufferapp is tiny little tool that lets users schedule time-released tweets.

Tools 215

Tools Social Bookmarking Aggregator Disqus 215

Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 5, 2016

This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about.

Sports 100

Sports Social Media Policies Team 100

Direct Marketing Observations

MAY 5, 2016

This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about.

Sports 100

Sports Social Media Policies Team 100

Direct Marketing Observations

JULY 12, 2011

Sometimes we just don’t want to post, share, update, comment, tweet, or chat. Sometimes we just want to “lay low&#. Sometimes we just want to pull back and do nothing. We just want to be. However, as each day goes by, we’re starting to see that social doesn’t sleep.

Microsoft 131

Microsoft Social Networking Google Video 131

Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 11, 2011

One of the easiest ways to opt out of the social media revolution is to do just enough to satisfy the hacks that may be looking at your social efforts who then may be writing, speaking or commenting about your stuff and trying to poke holes at it.

Company 178

Company Social Media Compete Sports 178

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Essentially it boiled down to a “if you show me yours I’ll show you mine&# mentality of reading, commenting, and sharing each others blogs. In fact, today’s social elements were born out of the early days of blogging which were veiled in a sensibility of “us versus them&# camaraderie.

LinkedIn 173

LinkedIn Social Media Curation Social Networking 173

Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

.’s recent research , consumers are seeking out product information and reviews; they’re interested in both the good and the bad since 80 percent of respondents look at negative comments and 87 percent of respondents look at positive comments with the biggest growth area for purchasing decision information being blogs.

Forums 148

Forums Research Buy Compete 148