Andrei Petrik

Google Reader Alternatives

Andrei Petrik — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:10:55 +0000

It was heartbreaking to learn that Google is killing off Google Reader. I thought I didn’t have any emotional attachments to products and apps, but the death of Google Reader news proved otherwise. I had no problem selling my first car. Didn’t shed a tear. I had no problem getting rid of my mobile devices. [...]

The Only Question That Matters On a Customer Satisfaction Survey

Andrei Petrik — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:22:12 +0000

Marketers love to ask questions. We want to know who you are, where you live, where you work, what you do, how much you earn, your interests, hobbies, how you make purchase decisions, what TV shows you watch, what websites you visit and on, and on. We want to know as much about you as [...]

Fundamentals of Ranking Better on Search Engines

Andrei Petrik — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:24:08 +0000

It’s a race to the top. Everyone wants to be at the top of Search Engine results. And why wouldn’t you? You get more visitors, page views, leads and customers? But how do you get to the top of Google? Or even Bing or Yahoo? The most common way, that everyone heard of, is to [...]

Infographics – Why Create It When You Can Just Take It?

Andrei Petrik — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:33:18 +0000

Not so long ago, infographics were somewhat of a rarity. An art form in itself, was a domain of skilled graphic designers, data miners and story tellers. However, with help from social networks such as Pinterest, infographics have recently enjoyed tremendous gains in popularity. This rise in popularity also gave birth to speciality apps, production houses and graphics designers [...]

How to Launch a Corporate Blog

Andrei Petrik — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:49:25 +0000

This post is part of a series on Corporate Blogging. So far I’ve covered everything from getting management buy-in to how to build a blogging team. If you need to catch up, check out these posts: Why Your Company Needs a Blog Convince Your Boss To invest in Social Media Planning Your Corporate Blog How to Setup [...]

Where to Find Guest Blogging Opportunities

Andrei Petrik — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:07:19 +0000

There are many benefits associated with guest blogging. Including writing guest posts with a goal of placing targeted anchor texts, reach new audiences, build expertise and credibility. Whatever your goals are, here are a few ways you can find guest blogging opportunities. Blogs You Already Read Chances are, the blogs you visit on daily basis already accept [...]

Post Google Plus Honeymoon

Andrei Petrik — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:29:20 +0000

In my earlier post I mentioned I was going to stay off Twitter and facebook to dedicate more time to google+ … Looks like I’ll need more time, because in order to fully take advantage of what google+ offers you need to grow a following and build new relationships. That doesn’t mean I’ll be staying off Twitter [...]

Text Content – Would You?

Andrei Petrik — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:06:45 +0000

Would you text content to your audience (read: subscribers, customers, vendors, followers, etc.)? I would not, nor would I recommend it. But Gene Sigalov of Content Marketing Institute does: You need to shock customers out of their computer screen slumber. You need to generate a buzz… literally (in their pocket). You need to start sending [...]

Moving Over to Google Plus for a Month

Andrei Petrik — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:06:13 +0000

For the month of July, I’ll shift my social media time to Google Plus. I don’t want to call this an experiment because I’m not going to try to prove anything. However, I do want to learn something from this experience and discoveries I make about the network and myself. I say myself, because I’ll be quitting [...]

Just Create Good Content

Andrei Petrik — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:00:29 +0000

For the past couple of weeks or so, I’ve been spending a lot of my ‘learn something’ time on more advanced SEO topics. Watched several previously recorded MozCon sessions, video posts by Matt Cutts and searching for technical SEO blogs and SEO experts to follow. But what I learned is that it all has to [...]