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Adtech reviews: new trends: content production and syndication as advertising

On April 24th-26th 2007 we attended the ad:tech convention at Moscone Center in San Francisco; we did some great video interviews which will be featured here (3net Search Engine Marketing Blog by Social Media Systems) highlighting many of the booths and contributing companies.
New this year are several companies who seem to have an identity crisis: they [...]

Social Media Marketing Service | Rank for “Greatest Living American”

I have been following this story for a while, besides it’s comedic nature, it really shows the power of social media and bookmarking sites. Through social media, high profile bloggers and news portal links, Google now ranks, Stephen Colbert and colbertnation.com, number #1 for the Google search “greatest living american“. He [...]

Optimize For Google Blog Search | Insight From Their Patent

Looking at the results in Google Blog Search, which I believe is still in beta (like all their other app’s besides their core search product), you can glean some insight into how sites are ranked. Some of the criteria are listed below along with links to the patent submitted by Google. There are a total [...]

Social Media Systems and RISMedia Launch RISMedia Local Real Estate News | Press Release April 2007

Regional News And Listings Beta Project Local Real Estate Brokers Will Be Positioned as Exclusive Columnists and Sponsors on Social Media Systems Platform
Social Media Systems and RISMedia are proud to announce the official launch of their jointly created RISMedia Local Real Estate News | regional news and listings Beta project. Social Media Systems has partnered [...]

How much is search engine advertising worth?

How often do you click a sponsored link?  Rarely? Never?!
If you do not click them, who does?
If these are confusing questions, consider that according to Marketwatch.com and Google itself, Google alone pocketed $4 BILLION+ of over $16 BILLION that was spent on Internet advertising in 2006: and the only kind of advertising they (and the other [...]

An Internet Advertising Consultant Online Moving Guide - maintaining search engine placement

In order to maintain our rankings at our old site (rothmanmarketing.com) (which now is a 301 redirect to this one) without losing our first page search engine recognition for:

advertising consultant blog - Google
internet advertising consultant
Social Media Placement

…and many others too numerous to count: we had some considerations: we really should have taken the time to [...]

102 ways to make your blog not suck | Blogging Tips

Make sure a new visitor can discern the who, what, where and why of your blog within three seconds
Write original content
Make your posts scan-able
Use pictures and other visual content
Use a custom theme
Have easy and multiple subscribe options
Include blog author [...]

10 Rarely Used, Quick and Easy Tips to Supercharge Your Blog

1. Always make sure the top post on your blog has unique content that is attractive to a first time visitor. Bloggers write a lot of different things, including personal rants, news, link lists and lots of content that directs visitors to other resources and sites. While this is great, it can have massive effects [...]

10 steps | Migration from a static website to automated content management using WordPress

Many people do not know this, but the latest version of WordPress, combined with our optimized themes (this website is one) can fully automate a website, even  for someone who knows absolutely no HTML at all, with limited computer savvy:

As many static pages as desired can be built by simply posting, just like a blog [...]

LinkedIn | Tips and Tricks To Get 500+ Contacts

I know many professionals use LinkedIn to connect with colleagues, partners, suppliers and pretty much anyone they wish to partner or do business with. Considering there are over 9 million users, this is a pretty powerful online business network.
But what happens when you are short contacts and want a passive way to generate more? [...]

What will advertsing look like in 2008 | the lines blur between advertising and PR online

What will advertising look like in 2008?  Much different!   Let us project trend results of the forces that are now now in motion:

Nobody; not the Associated Press, Hollywood; nobody controls who gets published or heard but the majority of the audience!
Anybody can get opinion and or product to market if it is popular: regardless of quality or accuracy!
With the [...]

The New Internet Advertising Gold Rush | Press Release March 2007

Millions of Web 2.0 Applications Will Launch This Year to Capture Significant Portions of Over 1,000,000 Niche Markets
Redmond, WA—March 29, 2007— Social Media Systems Online Marketing Company, internationally known specialists in internet advertising and online marketing services, maximizes the power of Web 2.0 technology to achieve what they call “Human Marketing,” based on expert tracking [...]

New Internet Advertising Model | Content Production Turned On It’s Head

Customers are becoming blind or less susceptible to most forms of internet advertising! Content is being commoditized as both companies and individuals scramble to put more and more information online for free in an attempt to build authority and gain traffic. Traditional editorial print magazines [...]

Social Media Strategic Alliance - Real Estate Industry News and link popularity authority power

It is time to officially announce RISMedia Local Real Estate News | regional news and listings Beta project rollout: a bundled service making local real estate brokers into regional reporter/editors under by a strategic alliance between a time honered, nearly thirty year old print magazine (Real Estate Magazine) and Social Media Systems: to provide authority and [...]

Ban On PPC Trademarked Terms

People have been suing Google for years over competitors bidding on their trademarked terms, but not until now has one maverick state decided to do something about it. Say hello to the 45th state in our union, the great state of Utah? Huh? Not to worry though, the Trademark Protection Act will probably [...]

Rand Fishkin: How many SEOs does it take to screw in a light-bulb?

Okay… Apparently Rand Fishkin of SeoMoz.org had to ask this question.
38? Maybe 39? Aha… 37. The magic number.

Rand’s team put together a series of questions regarding search engine ranking with the expert opinion of 37 “leaders in the world of organic search engine optimization”, it came down to the slew of opinions, strange [...]

Effective marketing of SEO conferences?

I know at some point in time conferences held something interesting for me.
But lately, I’ve been perplexed by SEO conferences. In a short while there will be a Seattle SMX conference on June 4th & 5th. I’m sure they will have some interesting information presented, but the costs related to them as a whole seems [...]

Ethics, Placement, ROI, SEO and blogging: are they mutually exclusive? RANT!

I cannot believe that one of our newest clients is (was!) paying over $7 per click for their trademarked, proper name which they already own the organic results for!  This fool actually recomends it: http://www.semfire.com.au/blog/?p=38
I am so disgusted with people who will do anything to make a sale I could puke!  These guys not only are [...]

Mike Levin from HitTail is the Reason I Don’t Call Myself an SEO

Since I wrote a blog post critical of marketer Seth Godin’s SEO Advice, there been a number of responses from the blogosphere. The most critical came from the Chief Interactive Officer of a company called HitTail: Mike Levin. According to his company bio he was
“inspired by the notion that Search Engine Optimization and Public [...]

Ethics and Google?

I have been consulting on internet marketing for over a decade. In my career I have seen many unethical things, from Fortune 500 companies performing many questionable actions, to observing sales agents selling on a fundamentally wrong foundation. When doing consulting I like to debate and examine very complex issues regarding the marketing and sales [...]