Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Twitter Marketing Tutorial

Friday, April 10th, 2009

At GSI’s Social Media Brunch / #GSIsmb on April 2nd, our special guest speaker was Dave Barger, also known to Twitterfolk as @lalunablanca. Dave joined #GSIsmb via video conference from Memphis, where he runs a marketing and interactive agency called Lunaweb.
Dave made the connection with GSI when both Dave and GSI’s Julio Fernandez / @socialjulio [...]

Flash, SEO & Bacon at SXSW

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

One of the main reasons I went to Austin was to help promote my articles on Adobe’s new SEO Technology Center – www.adobe.com/go/seo, which have been getting some very positive feedback. I worked directly with members of the Adobe team, including Ryan Stewart, Justin Everett-Church, and Duane Nickull.

Twitter, Brand Management, and the New Social Search

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Yesterday, in a post on my personal blog, I called Twitter a “Real Time Capable Social Search Engine.” Little did I know that elsewhere on the web, Lew Moorman was proposing Twitter as Google’s first real threat to search dominance. I am not prepared to go that far. However, I am absolutely in agreement that Twitter will be used increasingly as a search engine by its users, and is certainly poised to play a major role as social search matures.

Universal Search, Eye-tracking and YouTube Optimization

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Google Blog (The Official Google Blog) released a new article today on Eye-tracking studies that reveals new information (though not many details) about the inclusion of thumbnail images in search results. And also has a trippy video of real time eye scan locations superimposed over real search results from a real participant in the study. Super cool.

Denny’s Free Grand Slam Super Bowl Fumble

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

The play I will remember from Super Bowl XLIII is Denny’s Free Grand Slam Breakfast SEO and Social Media million dollar fumble.

GSI Launches Social Media Brunches

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Global Strategies International is hosting a monthly networking event for social media enthusiasts. Come for the coffee and pastries, stay for great conversation, and if you can’t make it you can view and participate online.