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February 10, 2010

Adjustable Bed Site Launches

Filed under: marketing — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 11:02 am

Contour Adjustable Bed launches site and I comment on PRWeb service usability.

New Website for Structured Settlement Client RSL Funding

Filed under: marketing — Tags: , — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 10:03 am

New website for our client RSL Funding LLC.

February 7, 2010

Direct Response Branding

Filed under: marketing, television — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 10:38 pm

Direct Response used as Branding during Super Bowl 2010 – Call Barney Stinson.

February 6, 2010

Transfering Blogger site to WordPress

Filed under: marketing — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 9:41 pm

Blogger.com just recently announced it was going to no longer support FTP publishing as of March 23, 2010. This post discusses the steps I took to transfer my blog to a Word Press system [...]

June 24, 2009

Banner Ads Drive Search

Filed under: marketing — Tags: — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 3:22 pm

Online Publishers Association has published a study on Banner Ads and how they affect search. This is really important information for marketers who track how effective are their Display Ads because they might be missing critical information in their calculations[...]

June 18, 2009

Influence Drive Optimize

Filed under: marketing, seo — Tags: — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 3:08 pm

Over the last year we have been working closely with Corinthian Media, a media buying firm, to develop SEO programs for some of it’s clients. Especially in the Direct Response arena. Over that time, I have come to realize how much we in the Internet space often ignore the fact that a vast [...]

May 15, 2009

This blog is published on Amazon Kindle (pending approval)

Filed under: marketing — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 10:33 am

I just went through a very simple process to publish my blog to the Amazon Kindle platform!  A beta program that went live Wednesday allows my RSS feed to be available in the Kindle Store. I am still pending approval, but have high hopes that I will be accepted. You have to have your Tax [...]

May 14, 2009

Trademark Keywords can be used in Google Ad compaigns

Filed under: marketing — Tags: — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 9:49 am

Just not in the copy. In order to generate more revenue, Google is kicking up a controversial strategy to allow competitors to use each others trademarks in the keywords that cause ads to surface when people search for such things as brand names. Starting June 4, 200 countries (including the USA – see list here).  [...]

May 13, 2009

Google Introduces Rich Snippets

Filed under: marketing — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 1:57 pm

Google helps users find pages by showing them a small sample of content  on page – this is called the “snippet.” Google uses a variety of techniques to create snippets and give users relevant information about what they’ll find when they click through to visit a site. Well, Google just recently announced Rich Snippets, a [...]

September 17, 2007

A Different Twist on Social Networking

Filed under: leads, marketing, networking, social — joseph-franklyn-mcelroy @ 3:29 pm

In my August 23, 2007 blog on Corporate Alumni Networking, I mentioned that I had recently joined an alumni networking group that IBM created specifically for ex-employees like me. This group focuses on business networking and making potentially rewarding connections with other people who share the common experience of having worked for IBM. [...]