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Month: May 2012

The Evolution (or Lack Thereof) Search Engine Optimization

The Evolution (or Lack Thereof) Search Engine Optimization

I’ve talked about my SEO origins in the past and explained how even though I was aware of SEO, I wasn’t formally introduced to it in 2006.  At the time my job was basically to tell clients that called in what was good, what was bad, and ultimately how not to screw up their website.  A little over a year later I would be the one trying not to screw up their website and consulting with them on a regular basis…

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Pinterest for the Everyday User

Pinterest for the Everyday User

Pinterest has taken the internet marketing world by storm. Hell, even I caught the Pinterest bug and have written variety of pieces on America’s fastest growing social network highlighting how to resurrect old content with Pinterest, how to optimize for Pinterest search, how to use Pinterest for small business and even shared some great examples of Pinterest in health care.  But as more companies explore Pinterest and more users explore its appeal I am noticing that user ignorance is oftentimes making…

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NBC 4’s @RealTimeLARiots a Clever Use of Social Media or Confusing Social Noise?

NBC 4’s @RealTimeLARiots a Clever Use of Social Media or Confusing Social Noise?

A few years back I posted about a modern day War of the Worlds that I feared would break out on Twitter.  In October 2009, California was holding a statewide earthquake drill and the Orange County Register was considering running simulated tweets during the event.  The proposed tweets would coincide with the event and would report as though a magnitude 7.8 earthquake had hit the region.  At the time I wrote how it was a clever idea, but it came…

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