Direct Marketing Observations

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The Confluence of Social and Search

Direct Marketing Observations

When defining the next big think, I am never surprised how much mobile, search and social continue to loom on the horizon. Three-quarters of Japanese social network users access the sites only from their mobile phones. In fact, if you look at what’s happening in Japan it would boggle your mind.

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Does Good Content Matter Anymore?

Direct Marketing Observations

The emergence of tablets and mobile devices has only enhanced our desire to consume digital content. Specifically, the dearth of original compelling content in the digital space has caused us to consume subpar content wrapped around good SEO. Forget good content, the goal now is “searchable”, SEO friendly content.

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10 Things I Thought About in 2016 that Will Still Matter in 2017

Direct Marketing Observations

iot) + (streaming) x (mobile) figure out delivery. Where does social fit in a brands mobile strategy? Digital transformation, yea, yea, yea… Disruption in mobile. Has the mobile imperative disrupted the design imperative? Mobile analytics is so crucial. Designers need to think about people.

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The 7 Fluid Absolutes of Social Media for 2010

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The importance of social media optimization, SEO and it’s relationship to mobile has never been larger, yet some still don’t get it. Consumer expectations of social media will not change during the current economic woes because they still don’t know what to expect.

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Avoid Managing the Minutiae of Social and Search

Direct Marketing Observations

There is SEO, both on-page and off page for main sites and micro-sites. There is PPC, there is mobile, local, and of course the whole analytics side of it all. For instance in search, there’s the whole aspect of campaign planning , or the strategy itself before you even launch or relaunch.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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11) #SEO411 Weekly chat to collaborate with colleagues and other marketers about their questions and ideas about SEO. Mobile Innovation; Fostering Soc Ent at universities; Support Women; eHealth; etc. . # Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

Direct Marketing Observations

People used mobile phones to talk. The iPhone became the first mobile phone to be used more for data than for voice. Tags: SEO/SEM. Newsroom employment would peak in 2001 as newsstand sales of the top 100 magazines approached 30 million. No one had heard of blogs. Fast forward to 2009. million blog entries every day.

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