Tag Archives: sem

Don’t be a twanker: twitiquette

30 July, 2009 – 6:59 am

Read a great article today @ CTV.ca: CTV.ca | Don’t be a twanker: Common sense should rule with Twitter. The adage of don’t complain cause no one wants to listen, has, does and will always apply in any social setting, including online social media. A rant or pet peeve is one thing, but simply whining [...]

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How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job?

20 July, 2009 – 11:48 pm

This is a first, to my knowledge, but I highly doubt a last! How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job? – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership. Best Buy may have missed on valid criteria (as one reader commented it should be the @ follows or DMs not followers for the qualifier) [...]

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How Twitter Will Die

20 July, 2009 – 11:26 pm

Great article on the possible future of twitter, based on astute observation of other social media tools of the past decade. How Twitter Will Die | Social Commentary: Social Media, Online Marketing, Podcasting, and Your Business. In my opinion the author: Jeremiah Staes brings up many good and valid points however closes the door on [...]

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the social business conundrum

2 May, 2009 – 10:02 pm

For quite a while now I’ve been struggling with the whole social business thing; Where is the line? When I was brought up, educated and shown the ropes of business it was taboo to mix business with pleasure. You address colleagues and clients by Mr. or Mrs or Sir and Ma’am and your friends by [...]

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Improving Google Ranking….

29 December, 2007 – 4:55 am

I came across this article which, though having many similar points to my article on linking, lays out some specifics on how to ensure good quality in-bound links to your site, check it out: Google is by far the most important search engine on the net. To rise to the top of their search engine, [...]

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Linking IMHO…

5 June, 2007 – 11:53 pm

I’m consistently asked about linking strategies by existing clients as well as website owners calling me up to ‘kick the tires’. It is very true that the number and quality of IBLs (inbound links), that is links on other websites that link to pages within your domain, are a very important factor used by most [...]

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Organic SEO & SEM

31 August, 2006 – 4:25 am

Quite often optimization and marketing are confused. This error has been made by both those in the industry and John Q. Public. There can be quite an overlap in their functions (and optimization should be an integral part of any marketing methodology) and the two definitely blend together and work hand in hand. Much of [...]

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