Social Media Smarts is an introduction to the social web, tools and strategies put on by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). The seminar will be held June 4, 2009 at MicroTek New York City. Leading this seminar is led by Lee Odden of Top Rank Online Marketing and blogger extraordinaire at Online Marketing Blog. The [...]

Search Marketing Expo – SMX West will be held in Santa Clara, California February 10-12, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Register here. Info on the keynote speakers are below as well as a couple of videos of our interviews in Singapore with Vinton Cerf regarding social media. What Does Social Media Mean To [...]

Michael Gray is seeking new BFF’s. At least Michael is not being elitist like Paris Hilton as she searches for only one BFF on her reality TV show. However anyone can be Michael’s BFF. Here’s all it takes according to Micheal. “If you wanted to mention my new service on your blog or on twitter [...]

Susan Bratton, Founder and CEO of Personal Life Media, recently interviewed Andy Beal on How to Write a Social Media Press Release. She had interviewed him earlier on her podcast DishyMix: Success Secrets from Famous Media and Internet Business Executives. The podcast was Episode 51: Andy Beal, author of “Radically Transparent” on Creating Your Personal [...]

I don’t get social media. Sure, I blog here and there and have MyBlogLog, Flickr and LinkedIn accounts but I really am not social media savvy. There are people like Rand Fishkin, Neil Patel,Cameron Olthuis and others that get social media. In fact they speak about it at industry events. They talk about the latest [...]