PPC is Dead. Long-Live… Cost-Per-Action Ads
If you want to understand why pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has become a less and less viable option for small businesses and start-up companies, ask Tom Telford. According to a recent article in the New York Times, he had founded a vacation rental-management...Test Early and Test Often
At one point in my career, I was hired to manage the digital marketing for a particular Israeli start-up, which would ultimately end up folding over two months later due to a lack of successful fundraising. During this period of time, the CEO had asked me to create an...How to Build an Online Community for Marketing
In 2008, Forrester Vice Presidents Carlene Li and Josh Bernoff published “Groundswell,” a revolutionary book about business and marketing in what was then the beginning of the mainstreaming of social media. Four years later, their thoughts have not only...Google is a Machine That Wants to be Human
Google’s Panda Update is completed. The system goes online February 23, 2011. Human decisions are removed from website evaluation. Google begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware with the Penguin Update at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, April 24th,...Differences Between Social Media and Community Managers
Has your company ever put out a job opening for a social-media manager and then received countless resumes for people with experience as community managers – or vice versa? You’re not alone. Many people – and even many businesses – mistakenly think that the two are...
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“Someday, I’ll get to see Samuel Scott speak live. For now, the transcript and slides will do. Great material as always.”
— Blaise D’Sylva, VP Media at Dr Pepper Snapple Group