Corporate Blogging at its Best
Posted in Social Media on May 31st, 2010
You fully understand the reason why businesses such as yours should invest in social media. You already have a Facebook and Twitter account. However, for some reason you can’t comprehend, you’re just not getting enough followers. Although your efforts at social media marketing are laudable, there’s probably a lot of things you aren’t doing right. [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing on May 27th, 2010
With how social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are changing the landscape of the Web 2.0, it’s about time we talk about crowdsourcing for your business. While traditional media meant that the audience can’t possibly talk back to companies in real time, new media has changed the rules of the game. Investing on [...]
Posted in Social Media News on May 25th, 2010
Well, it’s time for me to put together what exactly I think about Apple and Flash. Which means it’s time for a blog post. Just a little background: Apple has made the strategic decision of not supporting Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform. Flash is a proprietary platform that has gained a sort of lingua franca status [...]
Posted in Social Media News on May 18th, 2010
A sizable portion of Facebook’s 400 million users are up to something. That’s what Google Hot Trends showed last Thursday evening and the following Friday morning. The keyword phrase says it all: how do I delete my Facebook account. This is, by all means, unusual collective behavior among its users–considering how it’s grown to be [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing Tips on May 17th, 2010
I’m all for your plan to start an online business. The dream’s not easy and I’m sure you agree with me that beginning the dream is the hardest part. The next parts may be extremely difficult and at times hopeless, but having the courage to step down from your 9 to 5 and doing what [...]
Posted in Cool or Interesting Ads on May 12th, 2010
I am very aware that there are some commercials that would never (or should never) see the glow of a television screen, yet are perfectly suitable for YouTube or other online platforms. With that said, there are also some commercials that are simply not suited for TV or web. Is this one of them? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSp3RjwoknA] [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing Tips on May 8th, 2010
Let’s talk about your website traffic. In the Internet, the number of visitors you have is the next step to a high conversion rate. Conversion rate in internet marketing is the number of casual website visits that turn into desired actions. If your website’s aim is to sell a certain product, your conversion rate is [...]
Posted in Around the Web on May 6th, 2010
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aYDWf5JKYo] Here’s a fun little prank video where the pranksters put an alarm into a Microsoft Office box, left it out in public, and watched what happened. Most people put it down when the alarm went off, but I would have probably booked it until the batteries died off, because hey, free Office. Who am [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Tips, Toronto Web Design, Uncategorized on May 6th, 2010
In my last entry I talked about GoDaddy’s troubles over placing PPC ads on placecard holder pages without the url owners’ consent and without offering up any of the revenues. Of course, I am of the view that the pay per click revenue is the back seat issue to the fact that these ppc ads [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing Tips on May 5th, 2010
GoDaddy is under fire this week, and not for its racy ad campaigns featuring Danika Patrick. A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Federal courts of both Phoenix and Arkansas. The lawsuit is in regard to the web hosting company’s practice of featuring PPC ads on placement pages. What are placement pages, you [...]