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When Social Media & PR Matters More Than SEO

When Social Media & PR Matters More Than SEO

| July 13, 2009 | 24 Comments

I’ve been contacted twice in the last three months by small business owners looking for SEO help — but needing PR and social media a lot more than SEO. In both cases, the companies offered what I’d call fairly innovative products and services. The problem is that no one would ever think to use Google, [...]

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Friday Night Link-o-rama

| March 9, 2007 | 0 Comments

And she’s buying a stairway to linkheaven… Hot off the presses is a good post from Loren Baker within the last couple hours titled Link Building : Measuring Directory Value. He sums up another discussion on the topic and adds in a few additional ideas and resources. Lee Odden, one of my former interviewees, has [...]

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What Do Pork and Proposals Have in Common?

What Do Pork and Proposals Have in Common?

| February 7, 2007 | 0 Comments

Aside from the fact that both made today a Good Day, probably nothing. Rand and Geraldine put a huge smile on my face with their televised wedding proposal and her breathless “yes.” Congrats to you both! Then Jenn made the smile even bigger with the news that her battle with the National Pork Board is [...]

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Friday Night Link-o-rama

| December 29, 2006 | 0 Comments

It’s the last linkfest of the year, so let’s make it a good one, shall we? Since it’s that time of year, Chris Winfield takes us through the 101 Biggest Stories in Search 2006 at 10e20. Here’s some good content/SEO advice from Ian McAnerin, whose opinions and ideas I trust tremendously. Sitemap – Embarrassment or [...]

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The SBS Interview: Lee Odden

The SBS Interview: Lee Odden

| December 20, 2006 | 7 Comments

Like water and oil, “small business” and “public relations” don’t mix very well, and don’t mix very often. In the rare occasions that I’ve worked with a small business owner who wanted to try public relations, the client’s idea of PR involved sending out a press release and crossing his/her fingers, hoping for the best. [...]

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PR Push and Pull at Pubcon

| November 16, 2006 | 0 Comments

What’s even better than getting recaps of PubCon from people sitting in the audience? How about getting the recap right from the guy who did the speaking? Lee Odden shares an overview of his presentation today on Social Media Release Optimization — press releases, pitching your news to bloggers, etc. Really good stuff. [tags]pubcon, pubcon06[/tags]

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Using del.icio.us as a PR hub

| July 27, 2006 | 0 Comments

I don’t know how helpful this might be to the typical small business (is there such a thing? probably not), but it’s really a great read. At PR-Squared, Todd Defren explains how his company has been using del.icio.us as a sort of “PR hub” to contact journalists who cover a client’s industry (namely, word of [...]

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