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.

As a follow-up to my last post on Meetups SEO / SEM , I was just booted from the group and any of my comments about issues I had with the way the group was handled along with my negative vote about the event were deleted from the group. It makes me wonder if Meetup is actually encouraging this kind of thin

Let’s face it: social media strategy is going to cannibalize black hat and some current white hat SEO strategy. Social media strategy is the new way to do SEO (figure out how to give value to your client’s web strategy). Right now, there are a bunch of SEOs listening to what Danny Sullivan has to say about social media strategy because they trust him. ( Sphinn this ) Search Search engines react to behavior of its users and site owners.

Let’s face it: social media strategy is going to canalize black hat and some current white hat SEO strategy. Social media strategy is the new way to do SEO (figure out how to give value to your client’s web strategy). Right now, there are a bunch of SEOs listening to what Danny Sullivan has to say about social media strategy because they trust him. ( Sphinn this ) Search Search engines react to behavior of its users and site owners.

free) search engine optimization (SEO) content targeting. Marketing Trend #7: Increased use of search engine marketing (SEM) techniques, such as pay-per-click and other trackable paid marketing techniques. 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.

all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in general the battle has been over users and less on IP many more (please comment below) On one hand, it is nice that all of these appear to be lowering, but remember that all

Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc I’ve been mulling over a new series* of posts that I’ve been wanting to create for sometime.  Lately I find myself now very crisply focusing on the issue of STRATEGY.  I love strategy - not in the McKinsey sort of way (all though I have tons of respect for those guys), but in a real-time iterative way. 

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. For instance, it does not make sense  “I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” John Wanamaker

According to the company, which provides search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and other related online marketing services, it had revenue growth of 37% in 2009, and hired more than 40 additional employees. Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009. The firm said the growth came as a result of increasing demand for the firm's online marketing services.

free) search engine optimization (SEO) content targeting. Marketing Trend #7: Increased use of search engine marketing (SEM) techniques, such as pay-per-click and other trackable paid marketing techniques. 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.