Happy New Year
Just a quick thank you to all of the Direct Online Marketing™ clients, employees, vendors, partners, and everyone else who made our fifth full year in business a success. We hope you’ve learned information to make you more money in your business to buy you security or other necessities and [...]
Google+ Pages are Here for Businesses!
After waiting and one major false start, I’m pleased to announce that Google+ Pages are here. It was announced earlier today on the Google Blog (h/t Pat Strader) and they’ve been rolling out permissions apparently throughout the day. So if you’re trying to sign up and you’re not able to [...]
And the (No Pie No Sledgehammer Contest) Winner Is…
Thank you to all who entered this completely off-topic contest via twitter or facebook. Congratulations to Team Cream and their faithful captain Adam Daniels. Each team member has been contacted for jersey sizes, numbers, and names. As soon as we have information from everyone, we will order the jerseys, have [...]
Beastie Boys No Pie No Sledgehammer Giveaway Contest
I’ve been excited about the Beastie Boys new album being released on May 3rd in the US ever since I heard about it. Partially because they’re my favorite group and partly because I haven’t purchased non-kid music in what has certainly been at least five years. They even got me [...]
Social Media Week, Upcoming Appearances & Facebook Deals
I have a few more gigs coming up in the next couple weeks, so I wanted to pass along some details. As a thank you for reading through this mostly self-promotional post, I’m adding info about facebook Deals at the end, which you will want to read if your organization [...]
How to Protect Your Online Reputation – Ohio State University
As mentioned previously, on Saturday I presented “How to Protect Your Online Reputation” at THE Ohio State University’s Digital Media in a Social World. They’re sending over the raw footage that we’ll be chopping up. In the meantime, if you have 45 minutes or just want to skip through to [...]
Free SEMPO SEO Site Audit Webinar at Noon Eastern Today
Just a quick reminder that our very own Paul Woodhouse will be presenting “How to Perform an SEO Site Audit” today at noon Eastern for the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO). We’re pleased to have had Paul selected by SEMPO to deliver this presentation. This Webinar isn’t for everyone, [...]
Upcoming Speaking Appearances: SEMPO, State Journal
Here’s a quick update on a couple speaking appearances coming up in the next 30 days that are open to the public. They don’t include closed engagements like our online reputation management engagement with the West Virginia University College of Business & Economics next week. How to Perform a Technical [...]
Google Online Marketing Challenge Funding Issues: UPDATED
Once again, I’m serving as an adjunct lecturer at West Liberty University teaching an online marketing course to upperclassmen. They get an overview of major internet components, including paid search, SEO, local SEO, social media marketing, blogging, email marketing, conversion optimization, and analytics. Some of these areas get a deeper [...]
Unlike Banks, Direct Online Marketing is Open – Happy Presidents Day
Yes, just like you if you’re reading this, Direct Online Marketing™ is open today. Well, I guess you could be reading this on your iPad while enjoying the beach, but that would be inadvisable. Happy Presidents Day! Enjoy this pool trick shot video where the banks are always open until [...]
We’re Hiring
In expanding, we’re looking to add a new person to our staff to aid in a variety of our search engine marketing services. This position is better suited for someone who may have graduated in the last year or two or is wanting to switch careers and break into the [...]
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
Just a quick note to let everyone know that Direct Online Marketing™ is open today as we are on many federal holidays. In honor of all that Dr. King meant to America, we offer his historic I Have a Dream speech: Worth a listen every year. May we all do [...]
Tailored Search & Social Presentations, Live SEO Audits
We do a fair bit of speaking about internet marketing topics – sometimes at search engine marketing or other advertising industry conferences, but even more often to conferences and meetings outside this realm. Given that, I thought it might be worthwhile to show some samples. Here’s one fairly representative clip [...]

