Are You Using YouTube Analytics Yet?
Last time, I highlighted the recent changes YouTube made to channels, so I thought I’d continue the theme with information about YouTube Analytics. Those of you who used YouTube Insight are probably already aware that it became YouTube Analytics back in November of 2011. However, if you never got the [...]
New Hampshire Republican Primary: A Look at Candidate AdWords Campaigns
With all the news coverage of the Iowa primary yesterday, I thought I’d pull up and share some very quick information about how Republican candidates are using Google AdWords (as a proxy for search engine marketing and internet marketing in general) right now in the next stop on the trail: [...]
The YouTube Channel Upgrade
Have you checked your YouTube account lately? Surprise! Your channel got an upgrade. Since our Direct Online Marketing™ YouTube has a new look too, I’ve been exploring the changes. If you haven’t had a chance to compare the new look to the old, not to worry! I’ve already detailed the updates [...]
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 [...]
Want to Hang Yourself? Twitter Says, “Go for It!”
About a month ago, we were alerted to a tweet by one of our clients of a man who threatened to kill himself. While we were all fairly sure he was someone who tweeted something rashly and was not actually suicidal, I didn’t want to take the chance, sitting around [...]
How to Add LinkedIn Company Updates
If you’re an admin of a LinkedIn page, you likely received an email this morning announcing the ability to add company status updates just like you can for your personal profile: Engage Your Audience with Company Status UpdatesHi Justin,LinkedIn is excited to announce a powerful new feature for Company Pages—”Status [...]
Facebook Reviews Link Going Away on Halloween
When I logged into our facebook page today, I saw a message saying facebook recommendations reviews were going away: “That was quick,” I thought to myself. Facebook forced recommendations in the upper right hand corner of business pages only back in July. I was guessing they just received a lot [...]
The Great Facebook Redesign of 2011
Hot on the heels of the facebook redesigns of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, which involved a like button being made two pixels wider, the login shifted to the other side, and the main shade of blue shifted up an octave, we have possibly the most radical changes ever seen [...]
Update: Non-Admins Can Suggest Edits to Your Local Facebook Pages
Update: mea culpa time. Facebook added this feature to all pages with a local component (those set up as local pages or on other pages where the information tab has been edited to include an address). Instead of editing, though, this feature really just allows you to suggest edits so [...]
Facebook Recommendations: What You Need to Know
The US has long been wise to be fearful of and prevent business monopolies whenever feasible. With competition comes awesomeness. Google+ comes out (regardless of my feelings about it) and facebook speeds up a few announcements of its own like its Skype partnership for video chatting and today’s release of [...]
Google’s +1 for AdWords Ads Misses the Point
We’ve had clients asking us about our thoughts regarding Google’s recent roll-out of its +1 button, so I thought I’d share my thoughts here. This post will focus mostly on +1 for AdWords; you can bug Paul if you’d like to get his thoughts on Google +1 for SEO. Update: [...]
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 [...]
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