Social Marketing

There’s been a lot of talk in the blogging and IM world recently about spamming & etchis (but then again, isn’t there always?).
That said, the comment thread on this post got me thinking about the issue.
Think about MySpace (or other social networking sites) “spam.”
You immediately have a scenario in mind of what constitues spam on [...]

One of the most important things about marketing online is making information about yourself and your products available to potential consumers in as many forms as as possible.
For example, some people may be happy visiting your homepage, while others could be MySpace junkies and prefer to check what you’re up to there, others still might [...]

I posted about video marketing and included some tips on making your piece go viral, based on the example of a fella who’s got over 1 million views to just one of his videos.
A reader wrote the following and I think my answer has a couple of gems that might help you (1) understand why [...]

If you’re into buying and selling websites (and if you’re not, I strongly suggest you head on over to TubbyNerd and let Ed Dale tell you what you’re missing out on) coupled with nifty web 2.0 goodness, it’s imperative you read - learn - absorb Mike Arrington’s “The Magic Formula.”
Then dream up your web app [...]

I’ve got a video I want you to watch.
It made it to VH1’s “Best Week Ever” show, was IFilm’s Pick of The Day, and has over 200k views on YouTube.
Besfore I send you that way, I want you to take note of a couple of very important marketing tactics used here:
1)  The video begins and [...]

Ron @ Statsaholic.com (formerly Alexaholic.com) looks to be in a bit of trouble with Alexa.
Seems they’re suddenly decided his mashup of the their traffic data & charts is a bad thing and they’re blocking his site from displaying it.
So anti Web 2.0, anti-consumer, anti-information.  Is Alexa so egotisitcal that they think their platform can’t be [...]

Get high PR backlinks by blogging press releases at PRWeb, and using their trackback feature.
Check w/ the Affiliate Profit Center for details.
[Via the Friday Traffic Report.]
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Neil Patel at the Link Building Blog posted about building StumbleUpon networks - where friends agree to Stumble each others’ content first (and, likely favorably).
For those interested in my initial StumbleUpon post, this is a great follow-up. Found via the Friday Traffic Report, where Jack Humphrey Discusses the technique as well.
If you enjoyed this [...]

**** This message went out to one of my email lists tonight and I thought I’d share here as well. ****
Hey ,
This is an incredible news story I happened upon and wanted to share with you:
Basically, it talks about how department stores will be implementing new technology into their fitting rooms that allows [...]

Lots of people seem to think that MySpace marketing is all about mass messaging people about a gardening ebook you’re an affiliate of and hoping for a sale.
It’s not.
Download the call I did with Content Desk’s Jack Humphrey to learn more about some really innovative ways to earn with MySpace and MySpace traffic.
And I’ll say [...]