I was gonna write about the fact that the iPad is coming to the office this week. Pretty excited… But something pretty cool happened over the course of the last couple days, and though I said I wouldn’t always do social commentary, I had to share. It all started with a Conversation on Twitter As […]
Blog
The Downside of Writing on an Ugly Website | Bad User Experience Kills
Getting acclimated into the next stage of my career could have been an excuse. A great NCAA Mens’ Basketball Tournament could be a factor. Laziness, plugging back in to the New Media matrix, remembering the blues, getting the area social events…sure. All of it could have played a part. But in the end, the biggest […]
If I Had But 2 Minutes to Tell You About Search Engine Marketing
Well, let’s see. If I really only had but 2 minutes to sell you on Search Engine Marketing: 1) I would play the 90-second video from the Google Adwords home page – Google’s Pay Per Click Sponsored Search Engine Marketing Platform and with the remaining 20 seconds I would: 2) Send you to the Google […]
How to Inbound Market in an Age of Skepticism – Edelman Trust Barometer 2010
I’m sitting here in my friend’s office at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The first class I taught went surprisingly well. Of course I broadcasted the event on UStream but didn’t record it. Mistakes to be corrected tomorrow. I was also happy to see I had so many asking questions, staying attentive, and […]
99 Weeks Lasts 10 Weeks (so far) and the Trip to the University of Missouri
My 99 week plan was cut short by 89 weeks, and that’s alright by me. I had a week of work where I felt more refreshed at the end of the week than when I started the week. That’s a good sign. I was also afraid being unplugged from the inbound marketing industry for 10 […]
January 2010 #NWITweetup (Oh, What a Night)
Oh, what a night Late into the evening at BW3s What a very special time for we As I remember, what a night… Last night was my first Social Media event since I’ve been back from Ft. Myers, Margaritaville. I wasn’t sure how it would pan out. Wasn’t sure if it was going to be […]
Twitter Marketing for Dummies 140-Character Book Review During a Stopover in St. Louis
While on my cramped flight to Chicago with less then amicable elders, I found my escape in the form of: 1) “Reckoning” by the Grateful Dead & 2) “Twitter Marketing for Dummies” by Kyle Lacy. I pre-ordered Lacy’s book back in, what was it, October & I had it half-read in a few days. Then […]
A Unified Indiana Hashtag? What Do You Pick? (Indirect Open Letter to Amy Stark)
Hey guys – Amy Stark – innovator of the #indiana Twitter trend movement of December 10, 2009 and the founder of the Indiana Social Media Summit – just talked to a few of us on the prospect of developing one unifying Twitter HashTag for Indiana social media movements. I’m a fan. The topic needs further […]
Northwest Indiana’s Fight for Social Media Equality
I hope y’alls holiday is going well. Staying warm I hope? Fort Myers is being nice to my family. It might kiss 70 tomorrow. So brisk. So, y’all are probably wondering what’s up. Well, the folks of Northwest Indiana are in a battle with Indianapolis for Internet Marketing supremacy and apparently I’m not keeping up […]
Third SEO Boy Post and the Week Ahead
I just finished my newest post (to be published tomorrow AM at 6:59 CST) for SEO Boy. It’s about the importance of keeping your blogging, SEO, Social Media efforts as if every day leading up to Christmas is Cyber Monday. It’s a tactic my old boss preached last season and it’s a tactic more people […]