Archive for February, 2010

Custom 404s – A Good Way to Not be Lame

Good soul, dry your eyes.

Every once in a while… it happens. Someone on your site ends up on your 404 page. Perhaps they mistyped a URL they swore they “knew” – or maybe you have done some site reorganization and broke some links, or Google has some no longer existing pages still showing up in their search results.

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Posted by Rob Reed February 26th, 2010 at 6:15 am to Marketing, Website Design & Conversion

Everything You Really Need to Know Right Now about Social Media

Value Of Social Media
Okay, time to give props.

Econsultancy, with the support of Online Marketing Summit, have gone and done a good thing.

They produced and published their “Value of Social Media Report”  and it makes me want to give them a round of applause, a high five, a fist bump – or perhaps a nice plate of brownies.  (more…)

Posted by Rob Reed February 24th, 2010 at 7:30 am to Marketing, Social Media Marketing

Internet Strategy Consulting vs. Tactic Execution

We often confuse strategy with tactics.

Internet strategy consulting is a worthwhile service because so many companies approach their Internet marketing strategy with no plan in place.

The reason this can be confusing is that for so many of us using Twitter is a strategy.  Using Facebook is a strategy.  Using a blog is a strategy.

In fact, these are just tools.  They are tactics that can be used to execute on a strategy.

Your Internet strategy should be comprised of:

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Posted by Rob Reed February 22nd, 2010 at 11:35 am to Marketing

Local Search Engine Optimization Checklist

Local Search Engine OptimizationIf you have a business with a physical address or a chain of businesses with local addresses — this post is for you.

As a local business you want to ensure that you are positioning yourself to be found in as many ways as possible on the Internet — this includes the local side of the search engines.

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Posted by Rob Reed February 18th, 2010 at 6:00 am to Search Engine Optimization

Facebook Marketing Tactics

Facebook Marketing TacticsThere are two important concepts in any marketing campaign that must be understood — Reach and Frequency.

To illustrate, let’s look at a traditional advertising campaign for a brand like Taco Bell before delving into some non-traditional Facebook marketing tactics(more…)

Posted by Rob Reed February 17th, 2010 at 6:00 am to Social Media Marketing