Aug
30
Smart Internet Marketing to Grow Your Business [Audio clip: view full post to listen] How big a deal is doing your first professional public speaking gig? It was a pretty big deal for me, anyway. I was thrilled when my old college radio (KWMU at UMSL) buddy Walt Holley, Jr. asked me to speak to …
May
16
Keeping it simple is the key to successful organization and productivity [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I met Monica Ricci in October, 2010 at Blogworld and the New Media Expo, on in the front row at the all day ProBlogger sessions put on by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret. I was there to …
May
11
Graphic Design and so much more [Audio clip: view full post to listen] On episode 2 of TalkAbout, Buz Phelan tells his story of inspiration, education, experience and success as a twenty-first century businessman with the title of Visual Branding Specialist. Buz relates his childhood pastime of thumbing through volumes of encyclopedia and his frustration …
Nov
18
The medium is the message: It’s all about discipline. Just do it! Go big or stay home. Practice what you preach. Several influential people in my life have asked me why I’m not more visible on the internet. One of them is Bill Reeves, a friend from church and a partner at Communicato. I met with …
Mar
20
Feb
06
I really enjoy reading books on social media and internet marketing. Books by Seth Godin, David Meerman Scott, and Malcolm Gladwell and the less prolific authors of books like Groundswell, Click, Crush It have all helped broaden my background and perspective on the subjects that equip me to serve my clients. But none of these …
Aug
04
A valued editorial mentor and colleague of mine, Dr. Jane Fryar, forwarded this Harvard Business article on social media ideas. This blog post contains three effective and economical ways to reach and engage audience members through Twitter, Facebook and other platforms: Soliciting ideas and suggestions—listening to customers Using widgets to deliver content—permission marketing Delivering offers …
Jul
29
This is a short blog to direct you to my new Online Video for Internet Marketing page. Go there to read about how video is great for internet marketing, a bit about how to use it, and some examples of my work. Few people will argue that video is an effective way to get a …
Jun
28
I updated my Resources page today. It includes lists and links to books, podcasts and websites that I’ve found helpful in staying current with the ever-changing world of Internet marketing and social media. Please feel free to suggest any Internet marketing, social media or technology resources that you think would be helpful to building communities.
Jun
20
There’s a lot going on these days. All good, All promising. I’ll share some of the relevant highlights. One of my clients is changing their domain name for SEO purposes. Smart move, I must say, but it’s not so easy. What about the existing customers who will search for or enter the old URL, and …
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