Sales and PR Pitches in the Digital World Need A LOT of Work

February 14, 2011

Back when I was selling SEO services for an interactive agency I had a conversation with a guy who was much more experienced in the industry than I was at the time (this was in 2005). He said that he thought I was doing a good job on the phone because I was being sincere [...]

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Post Super Bowl Twitter Hangover

February 7, 2011

Yesterday during the Super Bowl I got involved in some back and forth on Twitter regarding ads and halftime shows and more. Today, I regret it.

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Google Beyond Search for Some

February 2, 2011

The last two days in the search world have been interesting and pathetic all at once. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version. Google caught Bing copying Google’s search results. Bing said it pretty much does that then denied it. Both companies look childish and make many people realize that this kind of activity is really search [...]

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Content Farms SUCK!

January 17, 2011

I read a post from the MediaPost SearchInsider from Derek Gordon and it broached a pretty sore subject for me. Content farms. I have referred to these companies like Associated Content (now owned by Yahoo), Demand Media (readying an IPO but not setting the investment world on fire with the idea), Examiner.com as producers of [...]

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Less Words Please

January 14, 2011

The din of the Internet is deafening these days. Everyone has an opinion and you know what people say about those. Everyone is an expert and people are laughing at them. Honesty and transparency are rare and it’s hard to even pick it out amongst the online hucksters.

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CenturyLink Sales Process Grade: D Minus

January 8, 2011

I am going to do something a little different this year with my blog. I have some new responsibilities with other things I do to make a living so my time is stretched a bit. What I want to do here, more often than not, is show how ALL marketing is eventually supported, fed or [...]

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Thank You and Happy New Year

December 31, 2010

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who checks in here at Frank Thinking About Internet Marketing and to wish you a Happy New Year. In 2011, I will continue my blogging efforts over at Marketing Pilgrim (post number 1,000 went up in the recent past). I will be blogging at Mike Moran’s [...]

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2010

I haven’t been around in a while. I hope you are well. Merry Christmas. I will be celebrating the birth of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, then maybe, just maybe, giving myself some time between Christmas and New Year to unwind.

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Stand Out By Being Genuine

December 14, 2010

Over the past few days I have been writing about topics that were ‘hot’ or ‘trended’ on Twitter and Facebook in 2010. Honestly, it left me frustrated and, in a bizarre way, motivated. Frustrated because the topics that are top trending include Justin Bieber and more distractions from real world issues. I get that people [...]

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Verifying Place Page Is Only A Start

December 13, 2010

A lot of attention has been given lately to Google Place Pages and for good reason. Google is the dominant search destination for much of the world and they are placing a real emphasis on making sure that local results get their due in the SERP’s (search engine result pages). Google has about 50 million [...]

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