Conversational Marketing to Become Mainstream by 2012

From: New Communications Review (via MarketingCharts) Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Absolutely amazing! From a start only 2-3 years ago, online social media and “conversational marketing” are projected to capture more advertising dollars than will be spent on traditional marketing vehicles by 2012! “Spending on social media and “conversational marketing” – albeit still in their … Read more

Online Shopping for the Social Networking World

BUY.COM PUTS INTERNET SELLING POWER IN THE HANDS OF CONSUMERS WITH NEW GARAGE SALE™ SERVICE Buy.com Press Release Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Keep your eyes on this one, boys and girls! The core take-away of this press release is that now Facebook members can sell their stuff to other Facebook members (usually family, … Read more

Google Custom Search – Business Edition

By Dave Ingalls Digital Marketing Consultant Dave’s Comments: As of July 2007, Google is now offering a paid (no advertising unless you link search to your Google AdSense account), hosted Web site search service for small/medium sized Web sites. It’s called “Google Custom Search – Business Edition” (Google CSBE) and it has 3 price points … Read more

Nielsen Scraps Web Page View Rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): This change by Nielsen/NetRatings in how Web site property popularity is judged is something to keep your eye on. It is more than a simple change in how site popularity is measured – it reflects fundamental changes that are occurring in the way Web content … Read more

Yahoo SmartAds Combine Brand, Direct Response Ads

By Yahoo! Inc. Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): This new Yahoo! display (“banner”) ad serving technology gives us all an insight into where banner advertising on the Web is headed, and the capabilities that it provides to the large consumer companies. From the July 2nd Yahoo! Press Release: Innovative, Patent-Pending Ad Delivery Platform Allows … Read more

How Do B2B Buyers Search?

By Kevin Newcomb SearchEngineWatch Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): A really interesting article for B2B marketers, especially the similarity found in user interaction with the search results page between B2B and consumer search. An insightful, quick read. “For business to business (B2B) buyers, search engines are the primary research source, and one of the … Read more

Google Retools Search Engine

SYSTEM REBUILD ADDS BOOKS, MOVIES, IMAGES, MAPS TO QUERY RESULTS By Elise Ackerman Mercury News Dave Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): I’ve been using “universal search” all day today. I like the universal search concept Google is pursuing, but I haven’t really noticed a change in the search results I receive in my typical business … Read more

One in 10 Web Pages Could Carry Spyware

By Brian Quinton DirectNewsline Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): This is an important subject that every Web surfer should be aware of. Read this DirectNewsline review of the Google report, “The Ghost in the Browser: Analysis of Web-based Malware”, to learn how you can protect yourself when surfing the ‘Net. “Research by search giant … Read more

Ten Questions for Dean Harris

Piggyback Publishing Invents a Video Model By Kris Oser Director of Strategic Communications eMarketer Dave’s Comments (Digital Marketing Tutorial Blog): Read this article! It will take you less than 5 minutes to get a bird’s eye view of how one really smart Internet Marketer has taken the been-around-for-years how-to concept, combined it with original online video … Read more