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Is Anti-Social Media On the Rise?
This year will make a decade since Facebook was launched and social media usage has skyrocketed, but is social media turning us anti-social? Parents who were unhappy about their children’s texting habits in the early 2000’s would be appalled by today’s society of Instagraming, Tweeting, FourSquaring and Pinteresting fiends across …
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Social Media, Your Personal Red Carpet
Coined ‘Fashion’s Latest Muse’ by the New York Times in September of 2013, it’s no secret that Instagram has been the leading source of social media in the fashion industry for quite some time. Naturally, marketers and retailers alike have picked up on this trend, using Instagram as the latest …
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5 For Friday – Links, Stories, & Posts for Your Weekend
1. SEO 101: Getting the On-Page SEO Basics – Search Engine Journal This article provides a ground-floor explanation of some of the basic, on-page SEO elements. Though this article may not seem useful for experts, this article takes into account that the rules for SEO are always changing. A refresher …
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Social Media Goes Sci-Fi
Continuing the trend of the recent push towards wearable tech, Facebook recently announced that they have acquired the virtual reality company Oculus VR, for a price tag of around two billion dollars. If you have no idea what Oculus is, or does, their flagship product, the “Oculus Rift,” is depicted …
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5 for Friday — Links, Stories, & Posts for Your Weekend
1. Google To Protect Paid Search Keyword Data, Making it ‘NotProvided’ – Search Engine Journal This article discusses a report that Google will stop passing keyword data to analytics software, even for AdWords advertisers. The three main points of the article state that Google will likely stop providing referrer data …
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Determining and Leveraging Your Brand Advocates
At Pubcon New Orleans, Rob Fuggetta of Zuberance led a seminar on “Activating Brand Advocates.” Rob wrote a book called Brand Advocates that I encourage you to read if you’re a business owner looking to learn more about this game-changing topic. Rob talked about how brand advocates are people who recommend your …
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Social Media And Viral Content: Tips From Matt Siltala
If you haven’t heard of Matt Siltala, get your butt to Google right now and start searching. As an online search industry leader and president of Avalaunch Media, Matt came to New Orleans this week to present at Pubcon, a social media and optimization conference and expo featuring multiple days …
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Content: The Beginning
In the beginning there was the Internet. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I try to think back to my early childhood. Kids (whatever, I’m a kid, kids younger than me) are glued to smart phones, they have these things called tablets and nooks… but what of books? …
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New Search Influence Production Members
Take a look at our newest Internet Marketing Associates! Alex Talbot Alex is a native New Orleanian. He grew up in Gretna and went to Jesuit High school. Alex recently graduated from Loyola University with a degree in marketing and economics. Before joining us at Search Influence, he worked in …
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Content Marketing: Doing It Right in 2014
You might have heard the buzz: content marketing is not only here to stay, it’s critical for business success in 2014. The Internet noise is getting louder every day, and discoverability is becoming a greater challenge as the data streams expand with chatter from websites, blogs, and social media. If …
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