Michele Bachmann’s GEO-Targeted Google Attack Ad

The Michele Bachmann campaign has purchased Google AdSense ads that are geo-targeted and anti-Elwyn Tinklenberg. Kris Jensen, my colleague at Tunheim Partners, noticed the ads after searching for population numbers for Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He arrived at this page on idcide.com (note that these ads run in rotation so you may not see it if you [...]

Truthsourcing

On the way to work this morning National Public Radio aired a segment about how 527 groups weren’t having much success with their attack ads this election cycle. The story blamed attack ads’ ineffectiveness on lack of resources; in this economy, everyone is tapped out and these groups just cannot afford to air the commercials as [...]

Social Media Is Mainstream

October 24, 2008 · Categories: Online Behavior, Social Networking, Statistics · View Comments 
I don't have much time today but I wanted to share this with you because I love this stuff: Josh Bernoff at the Groundswell blog posted New 2008 Social Technographics data reveals rapid growth in adoption. The piece is a superb statistical breakdown of the different types of social media users. It's a must read for [...]

Cabinet Level Technology Position

October 23, 2008 · Categories: Internet Marketing News, Technology, Video · View Comments 
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has promised to create a cabinet-level Chief Technology Officer position for the United States should he win, reports iMedia Connection:

Bill Tancer Speech – What Search Activity Tells Us About Society

Bill Tancer, author of Click: What Millions Of People Are Doing Online And Why It Matters, gives a keynote speech at the SMX East search marketing conference:

The Ultimate Internet Marketer

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Microsoft Is Suddenly Relevant

Two recent developments make Microsoft suddenly a lot more relevant to search engine marketing: Last week, Facebook integrated Microsoft’s search engine, Live.com, into their network so in addition to searching Facebook itself, you can now search the web within Facebook. Additionally, Microsoft extended their banner ad deal with Facebook to include search advertising as well. [...]

Blog Action Day – World Poverty

October 15, 2008 · Categories: Client News, Conference/Event, Ecommerce, Trends, Web 2.0 · View Comments 
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but I just learned about Blog Action Day today. According to the Blog Action Day web site, it "is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and [...]

The Move To WordPress

October 15, 2008 · Categories: Blog Marketing, Web Design/Development · View Comments 
I have decided to move this blog from TypePad to WordPress. TypePad is a fine service and perfectly suitable for beginning and intermediate bloggers but I need more flexibility and marketing muscle than it can currently offer, so I’ve decided to use WordPress. In order to get the most out of WordPress, I will host it myself. The [...]

Search Engine Optimization Tips For Bloggers

I will be offering SEO tips for bloggers at tonight’s WCCO Webinar, so I thought I’d share. If you are going to attend, please do say hi. Search engine optimization fundamentals: The StepForth blog has a series of articles on how to optimize for Google in three parts that are the best I’ve read for [...]

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