How to win friends and influence people — updated Just because we’re digital and work in the cloud doesn’t mean everyone does. If I learned one thing from running my own digital, in the cloud, virtual agency, with upward of 40 active staffers, for five years, it is this: The moment I didn’t treat my […]
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Is Google turning from a search engine into a publisher?
Google’s search results are becoming more personalized, but users want to know: is Google moving away from its search engine roots and moving into the role of content publisher? Google’s Matt Cutts discusses how the company is trying to satisfy users’ needs without undercutting websites.
reddit is the elephant in the room of social media marketing
This is the first of two parts. Also see: • Don’t mess with Texas (or reddit) reddit is the 800 pound Gorilla in the room and has been for years. No one talks about the powerful and direct influence that this quirky, impenetrable, and oddly still-underground this social sharing site is. While people are writing […]
‘Intention Economy’ charts the rise of empowered customers
Doc still looks the same as when I photographed him at the Innovation Summit at Stanford seven years ago this week. More insights from the co-author of ‘Cluetrain’ Target audience: Businesses, marketers, entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, journalists, general public. In “The Intention Economy” (Harvard Business Review Press), Doc Searls picks up where he left off […]
5 ways to turn your YouTube views into sales and traffic
You followed the advice of the experts and created a YouTube channel. You even produced and uploaded some videos. Now you watch the numbers grow as YouTubers view your videos and subscribe to your channel.