While the economy in 2009 looks challenging for most companies, the outlook of marketing executives is rather bright and upbeat. Deborah Kania and her team at Brightworks Interactive have just released results of their survey of marketing executives' plans for 2009. The survey covered both B-to-B and B-to-C companies, as well as a mix of large, medium, and small businesses, so the survey results represent a good cross-section of marketers. Here are nine marketing trends you can expect during 2009: Marketing Trend #1: Increased use of digital media and a decrease

I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. I'm hoping to figure out a way to spark a meet-up around SEO / SEM in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles / South Ba The meeting had a decent case study and some pretty good discussion around the room of different tools that you might consider using. Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering.

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Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? This discussion always is at a pretty high level in initial conversations and then drills down from there. Yes, a lot of these questions are partially answered in a business plan / presentation deck / marketing plan. We’ll spend quite a bit of time I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from

Monday, February 23, 2009 -- SEO and Social Marketing. His history includes roles such as Director of Consumer Innovations and Interactive Marketing at REALTOR.com, Move.com and Top Producer brands. MOTM. How does Social Media optimize Search Engine Results? What is the potential and where are the boundaries?

I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing . not sure if SEO is as important. What's keeping you up at night? Growing faster, increasing cash flow and satisfying my shareholders' desire for an exit. That all sounds easy. ;) What are you doing with social media to drive business for MakeItWork? So far, its been instrumental in expanding our reach, presence and brand, but I still believe that we must do it, but not sure exactly why yet. Great stuff! I I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.

The sponsor for the evening is Jeff Henderson and Adept Marketing Concepts . I’m not sure if we should thank Jeff for this or send some SEO ninjas after him. Sponsored by Adept Marketing Tags: Events adept marketing francisco dao jeff henderson mike prasa If there is something crazy going on in the LA tech scene, chances are that Francisco Dao is involved.  He is always the man behind the curtain, with plenty of tricks up his sleeve and a feather boa and spandex in his trunk. 

Tonight at the Rubicon office in Santa Monica, SMCLA is hosting their panel “SEO in Your Social Media Strategy: Links and Other Tactics.” 8221; Watch some of LA tech’s  elite SEO experts talk about what they do best. Tony Adam - SEO Manager, Yahoo! Already versed in HTML ( how to make love )?  Then Then consider expanding your search engine optimization knowledge.

Tonight at the Rubicon office in Santa Monica, SMCLA is hosting their panel “SEO in Your Social Media Strategy: Links and Other Tactics.” 8221; Watch some of LA tech’s  elite SEO experts talk about what they do best. Tony Adam - SEO Manager, Yahoo! Already versed in HTML ( how to make love )?  Then Then consider expanding your search engine optimization knowledge.