Social Media Revolution – 2013
An update to the popular Social Media Revolution video for 2013. The numbers continue to rise.
The Art of Web Design – A PBS Video
In PBS’ latest video of their Off Book video series that explores cutting edge art, internet culture, and the people that create it they examine the art of web design. It’s a great overview of design, layout, CSS, HTML, etc. A great watch.
Rich Snippets, an Illustrated Guide
SEOmoz has created an another excellent infographic on the topic of rich snippets. If you are not familiar with Rich Snippets, take a look at this great documentation by Google. Snippets—the few lines of text that appear under every search result—are designed to give users a sense for what’s on the page and why it’s…
The importance of local search in your marketing plan
Local search is a huge opportunity for any business that operates physical locations. In the US alone, there are over 10 billion unique searches done each month. Of those searches: 20% of queries have local intent (1) 5% use the city and/or state name (2) 2% use informal terms, like neighborhoods (2) 0.5% use zip…
SEO Pricing by Region. A SEOmoz Infographic
Near the end of December 2011, SEOmoz ran a survey asking consultants and agencies of all sizes around the globe to discuss their pricing models and cost structures. They recently were able to post the results of that survey in the hopes that it will give everyone in the search industry a better idea of…
Features versus functions: how not to hype a new smart phone
I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials recently about the new Motorola Droid Razr phone. My dad asked me after seeing a recent ad: “what does that phone do?”. I didn’t have an answer. All the commercial showed was the phone flying through the air slicing everything in its path. Why would I want to…
Create an infographic of your LinkedIn profile with Vizualize.me
My LinkedIn profile has a lot of great information about my career but it isn’t very compelling to look at. A new site called Vizualize.me takes your LinkedIn profile and creates a infographic from your career timeline, skills and recommendations. It’s in beta right now, but is open to all. Check it out.
My Day2 Video
I’ve been working with ISITE Design for about 9 months and recently started a program with them called Day2. Its a perfect solution to a problem that we were facing with our redesign last year. Here’s a description from the Day2 website: Day2 is a new way of thinking about your website and digital marketing…
What keywords drive 97% of Google's revenue?
Google gets most of it’s revenue from Adwords. But did you ever wonder what the top 20 keywords that drive that volume? WordStream, a provider of hosted software that automates most of the manual work involved with creating and optimizing both paid and natural search engine marketing campaigns, has done some research to discover which…
Social Media Revolution
Still unsure whether or not social media should be part of your digital marketing plan? Check out this fantastic video highlighting key statistics on social media.