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Think Beyond Your Brand Site and Deportalize Your Content

November 16, 2009

Here are the slides from a presentation at the recent  Local Social Summit in London. What caught my eye was slide number 11 where Seb Provencher talks about how fragmented the...
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The value of Pay Per Click (PPC) versus SEO

October 29, 2009

I had a burning question finally answered last week during a conference session.  Kevin Lee, author of “The Truth about Pay-Per-Click Search Advertising” and other search marketing books led the DMA...
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Winners and Losers in 2009 Marketing Budgets

Winners and Losers in 2009 Marketing Budgets

It was standing room only at Bruce Biegel’s Outlook 2010 presentation at the DMA Conference last week.   Bruce shared a boatload of research and stats on trends in media spending and marketing budgets.   ...
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SMBs are Thinking About the Internet, They Get It

October 23, 2009
SMBs are Thinking About the Internet, They Get It

I keep my eye out for studies that give us some indication of what small and medium sized businesses are doing on the internet. This chart is from the BIA/Kelsey Local...
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Consumers Of All Ages Look for Local Information Online

October 20, 2009
Consumers Of All Ages Look for Local Information Online

TMP Directional Marketing released their annual study on how consumers find information about local businesses, do they go online or use printed Yellow Pages?   The quick answer is both but...
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Dealers Admit They Need Help in Buying Local Search

October 16, 2009
Dealers Admit They Need Help in Buying Local Search

Here’s are the key points from a recent Microsoft sponsored study about why small dealers need help with local search: The interesting part is that if a small-business tried it, they...
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Direct Mail is Dramatically Losing to Email

October 15, 2009
Direct Mail is Dramatically Losing to Email

A few months ago I read a report that predicted direct mail would be the next traditional medium to fall by the wayside, at a much quicker pace than what is happening to...
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Low CPMs Stall Ad Spend

October 13, 2009
Low CPMs Stall Ad Spend

Actually, I stole my headline from this recent article from e-Marketer, “Low CPMs Stall Social Netword Ad Spend” Here’s one of the main charts from the article that dramatizes the point. The basic idea here...
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JGSullivan’s Authorized Google AdWords Reseller page is live

JGSullivan’s Authorized Google AdWords Reseller page is live

Google promotes each of their select group of Authorized Resellers with a page describing their services and what they offer.  You should ask anyone promoting online search for their Authorized Google AdWords...
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Tweets About Brands are Mostly Positive

October 5, 2009
Tweets About Brands are Mostly Positive

Here’s a study that was trying to measure what tweeters are saying about brands. It looks like 52% of tweets that mention a brand and then express a sentiment about that brand are positive...
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