The new iPad and the Marketer. Sounds like the name of a modern fairytale but don’t expect a Cinderella story. The new iPad is faster, sharper and slightly more functional than its older sibling, but it’s not a huge breakthrough for marketers. What it is, is proof that tablets are going mainstream and can’t be ignored in your marketing plan.
We often forget that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Being a site that hosts videos, we tend to miss the fact that a lot of people also use YouTube as a search engine to find what they want and need. These are the people who like to consume content in the form of video and are usually more qualified buyers and subscribers than the visitors from search engines. A few years back, if you posted a video on YouTube with the relevant keyword in the title, it would rank in the top 10
So what’s this have to do with Internet marketing you ask? Everything is the correct answer. Yahoo is announcing a deal to bring its first original scripted “series” to the online content producer and they are using a pretty big name, Tom Hanks, to make the splash.
Does someone own your real name as a domain name, or even the name of your business? It happens all too often and since domains are only around $10 each, it’s way to cheap and easy for people to just register a ton of domain names. So what are you to do when someone owns a domain name that you want? Here are a few ways to get that almighty domain you have been waiting for! Sure, this one sounds a ton easier than it actually is. Unfortunately, most people who own a domain name and doesn’t have a
Have you been slacking off and just waiting for the perfect opportunity to finally start your own blog and get your first domain name? Since today is Cyber Monday, some of the best deals of the year are now at your hands, especially when it comes to web hosting and internet marketing! HostGator is currently offering 50% off all of their web hosting packages, but I have an even sweeter deal to make this opportunity a hard one to pass up!
Name three of the most maligned companies when it comes to their Internet efforts or their overall Internet image. Many would say that Yahoo, Aol and Microsoft are fair responses. With Yahoo it just seems that they can’t keep out of their own way. Aol it’s just one bit of bad news after another interspersed with big purchases (which likely account for most of the traffic!) and with Microsoft there is more of a snicker in the industry whenever Microsoft and Internet are used in the same sentence. So
I'm looking for someone with whom to work on my next book project, What We Hath Wrought. The person I'm looking for is probably impossible to find, but I'm going to try anyway. Why impossible? Because I haven't met someone like the person I'm imagining, at least not in the right context.
Back when I needed a partner to help me get FM off the ground, I wrote a post looking for an office manager/person friday. I spoke of how I needed someone just like Stacey, who now runs conferences for FM. Out of the blue
ICANN has announced that companies and organizations will have the ability to turn their brands into domain name extensions starting in 2013. Applications are being accepted starting in January of 2012. TechCrunch reports The ICANN board has voted to approve the new gTLD program, which was first announced three years ago. The new program will significantly expand Top-Level Domains (TLDs) to allow companies, organizations and even cities to turn their own brands into domain name extensions. Think .ADIDAS,
