Tag Archives: Social Media

Building a House on Sand: Why Social Media is a Team Effort

The more I work in social media, the louder the chant becomes. It’s a chant that has the power to make any social media practitioner cringe – the befuddled mantra of social media naysayers echoing: “What’s so hard about Social … Continue reading

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The Closed Loop of Consumer Intent and Insights

The last year has seen enormous pressure on the advertising business as we know it. Beyond all the well-documented ills that have troubled the sector, an additional staple of the way media has been planned and bought is seeing its … Continue reading

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You Know Your Business, But Do You Know Your Competition?

Having an online business can have many challenges – designing a website that ensures a positive user experience, ensuring your shopping cart works properly and promoting your product or service appropriately through online and offline advertising. And there is also … Continue reading

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Wall Street Journal: Shift in Search; Savvy Use of Search and Social

The Wall Street Journal reported today in an article, “Shift in Search-Ad Tactics Seeks More For Less,” a shift in thinking and strategy around search marketing for advertisers as they seek to capture a broader audience online with greater efficiency. Continue reading

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GroupM Search, comScore Announce Study Exploring the Interplay of Social Media and Search

Download the white paper: The Influenced: Social Media, Search and the Interplay of Consideration and Consumption A study announced today by GroupM Search, comScore and M80, exploring the interplay of search marketing and social media, reveals the dramatic correlation influenced … Continue reading

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Let’s Be Friends – Using Facebook to Build Online Branding

In a recent Business Week article it stated that Facebook recently took a $200 million investment from Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies which values it at a total of $10 billion. But is it really worth that much to your company? … Continue reading

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Let's Be Friends – Using Facebook to Build Online Branding

In a recent Business Week article it stated that Facebook recently took a $200 million investment from Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies which values it at a total of $10 billion. But is it really worth that much to your company? … Continue reading

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Still Think You Can Ignore Social Media?

While some brand managers have enthusiastically embraced social media and others have dipped their toes in the water, some recent changes at Google should force the rest of the pack to take their head out of the sand. Google has … Continue reading

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“Real-time” Search – What will they think of next?

Ever wanted to find out what people are talking about…right now? Now you can! Topsy is a new search engine that looks for what people are talking about in various social communities. The search engine is listening to everything posted … Continue reading

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