There Are Social Media Experts

This post was made May 03, 2010 by Carlos del Rio


credit: *^ ^* Sherry Over the last three weeks I've seen a rather stupid rash of posts claiming that social media experts are a myth. Most recently an article at ereleases went popular on Sphinn. Many of these articles are ridiculous, duplicitous, and unhelpful. They make claims like: Social media is new and constantly ...

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Why Web Analytics is a satisfying job

This post was made Feb 26, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


Whether your background is in statistics and data crunching or whether you come from the usability / design world, if you are a web analyst your main goal is to help influence a positive experience for the customer.  Regardless of if your site is an ecommerce site, a non-profit site, a lead generation site, or just a blog site, if your customer has a good experience there is a much better chance that your customer ...

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How to Measure ROI from Your Traditional Media Using Online Metrics

This post was made Feb 04, 2009 by Carlos del Rio


credit: acameronhuff Measurement is a big deal to many companies. How do you measure the response to various advertising channels? I still frequently hear companies complain that they can't measure the ROI of their traditional media. Tracking traditional media is not that much different than tracking online content. Let's start with a simple example: Running a contest on a blog. Marx Foods ...

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How Much Time Does SEO Take?

This post was made Jan 06, 2009 by Carlos del Rio


credit: F3R/n@nd0 (FJTU) One of the hardest questions to answer about an SEO project is how long it takes to see major change in the results. There are three major factors: How long it takes to implement your changes What changes your competitors are making concurrently Whether the Search Engines make a major change during your implementation Depending on your situation you should be watching the results ...

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Facebook and Motrin Learn a Social Media Lesson

This post was made Dec 29, 2008 by Carlos del Rio


credit: Hamama Hareb [ DaDooDa ] There is a major group of on the web that has very strong opinions, unrestrained passion, and the willingness to plaster the web & your company headquarters with their disapproval.Who is this powerhouse of web savvy movers? New moms. In November Motrin put out a video implying that baby-wearing is fashionable. ...

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