Top costume searches include ‘Adult Care Bear’
The top searches this year are “Michael Jackson” and “Balloon Boy,” but it’s the ones further down the list that really start to up the creepiness factor.
CFL bulb with safety skin keeps mercury inside
ArmorLite is a new CFL bulb by ClearLite with a safety coating. It contains mercury and shattered glass if the bulb is smashed.
The Early Days Of Internet Marketing (OfficialWire)
Sheila Danzig found herself in good company when she appeared in the book ” Click Here to Order : Stories of the World’s Most Successful Internet Marketing Entrepreneurs” by New York Times best Selling author Joel Comm, not as one of the most successful marketing entrepreneurs but as the guru who taught one of them and whose product changed the course of the industry.
WordPress’ sophomore iPhone debut impresses
The second version of the company’s mobile blogging software still doesn’t help solve how difficult it is to bang out a long, media-rich post on the go, but it’s getting closer.
WhipCast app hints at GOP smartphone of choice?
The Office of the Republican Whip brings forth WhipCast…on BlackBerry.
NJ Candidate Daggett Campaign Says Can’t Reach Voters Online
If you think Obama’s campaign changed everything and from now on political campaigns will never again question the value of using online ads to reach voters, build lists, or generate donations, think again.
The campaign team behind New Jersey independent dark horse candidate for governor, Chris Daggett aren’t spending on Web ads. Yet, as Daggett has gained momentum among disillusioned Jersey voters, the opportunity has come — and less than a week till the election — nearly gone, to be there through advertising when people search for more info on Daggett, or read articles mentioning the candidate.
As former McCain campaign search ad guy Eric Frenchman put it, any momentum Daggett’s campaign is experiencing, “doesn’t matter” because “He has no online marketing.” He goes into detail on his blog.
There’s no question that different campaigns require different tactics. However, I rarely speak with any political or advocacy campaign or consultant (and I speak to them often) who doesn’t see search advertising or other forms of online advertising as an important part of any campaign.
But, then again, I tend to talk to people who understand the Web, rather than traditional media consultants, some of whom still operate the way they did pre-Internet. (Which, by the way, serves them well because they tend to take home a nice slice of the TV media spend for their commissions.)
So, I’m not accustomed to hearing things like the Daggett campaign apparently has from its media consultants, as noted in a comment on Frenchman’s post. This is from “Ali,” who works for the campaign:
“From our research, we have discovered that NJ voters are primarily reachable via TV and other media — not internet — and that is why we have focused our efforts where we have. I can imagine you have strong opinions as to how we should be using our money, but actually the media company who has led every successful independent in this country is spearheading our efforts, so we are deferring to the experts.”
So, think 2008 changed everything? As I demonstrated in the title of my book on the subject of paid digital media efforts of the ’08 presidential campaigns, it was only “A Turning Point for Digital Media.”
The Big Donts of Social Media Internet Marketing (Turks.US)
October 30, 2009 · Filed Under Internet Marketing · CommentSocial media networks have a big effect in internet marketing. Many online marketers know just how powerful these channels are and beneficial to their cause. So just what’s the role of social media networks to online marketing?
Internet marketing meeting set (The Sentinel)
October 30, 2009 · Filed Under Internet Marketing · CommentThe next meeting of the Central PA SECO and Internet Marketing Group is at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Murata Business Center, 453 Lincoln St., Carlisle.
Internet Marketing Company Launches Online Reputation Management Services (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
October 30, 2009 · Filed Under Internet Marketing · CommentSEO 1 Services, a Dallas-based internet marketing company has announced the launch of Government SEO and Online Reputation Management Services. The new SEO products come to meet the skyrocketing demand for online executive, brand, and corporate reputation management.
Yahoo, Microsoft Delay Search Deal Signing
October 29, 2009 · Filed Under Internet Marketing · CommentYahoo filed an extension last night to its self-imposed deadline for signing the pending search deal with Microsoft. When the deal was announced on July 29, the companies expected to complete the deal by October 27, but that didn’t happen.
During its analyst day presentations yesterday, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz told financial analysts not to worry about the move, insisting it was just a matter of “running out of time.”
“It’s a 10-year agreement, so we’d like to get it right up-front,” Bartz said. She said the delay should not impact the timelines Yahoo and Microsoft expect for regulatory approval.
According to the Form 8-K filing:
The Letter Agreement specified that the parties would execute Definitive Agreements by October 27, 2009, but given the complex nature of the transaction, there remain some details to be finalized. The parties are working diligently on finalizing the agreements, have made good progress to date, and have agreed to execute the agreements as expeditiously as possible.
