Social Media Marketing Dude

Back from E3 2011

I am back from E3 and it has now been a week since returning. The dude has seen all sorts of things at E3 and way too many parties. The Tanks from World Of Tanks really tied the whole show together. I have a lot of catchup to do but check out my main men and ladies over at XBLAFans.com for some awesome updates on the XB LA titles we had hands on with at E3 2012. Abide! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

What do John Chow, Travis Ketchum and HasOffers Have in Common?

This past weekend I hauled my self from Arizona to Seattle WA to meet the fine folks at HasOffers. Travis Ketchum and John Chow put on a great little party/networking event at the HasOffers HQ. Now a little backstory for you. I was introduced to the HasOffers affiliate marketing management platform in 2010 by Jeremy Schoemaker ( a.k.a ShoeMoney ) and Gillian Muessig from SEOMoz. I started using the HasOffers platform in December of 2010 simply because it came with a shinning recommendation from Jeremy. With imSMB we were using iDevAffiliate and after seeing what could be done with HasOffers ( Thank you Jeremy for the screencast ) we switched over immediately. I can truly say that without HasOffers we would never have been able to manage our affiliate program ( or Shoe’s volume, man he knows how to drive sales ). More important than the ability to handle a massive number of affiliate transactions, we were able to track each sale down with ninja like efficiency. Now, where were we? Oh yea, so after a brisk walk from my hotel room near the space needle and arriving at the Venom bar ( HasOffers Loft ) I met Patrick, who gave a [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Ticking Away The Moments That Make Up A Dog Day

It has been a very long time since I have written a blog post, so I figured I would start one today and shoot for once a week. This year has been crazy, insane, relieving and well, did I mention crazy! This post is about time, mindshare and partners. We all have tons of ideas in our heads and it is almost as if anyone who grew up in the 80′s has a horrid case of ADD….huh? SQUIRREL.. There is always that little shiny idea that we want to pick up and just run with. As a business owner you only have so much time in the day and really you can only surround yourself with so many good people before you start to find your life is just managing partners. I started this year with 6 businesses and now I am down to 4. The thing I have learned is that you discover your core talent, passion and stick to it. Find partners that can work autonomously and are really good at what they do. That great new earth shattering, life altering, groundbreaking idea may be hard to resist pursuing ( especially in this new bubble ). But if you have [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

So you think SEO is hard?

Hi, It has been a while since I posted here so I figured I would let you in on a cool too put out by my friend Shoe. When doing searches for SEO experts its hard not to come across Jeremy Schoemaker, aka ShoeMoney. But guess what? Jeremy does not consider himself a SEO at all. Fact is Jeremy he hates the association with SEO’s because most of them are like “snake oil salesman”, as he puts it. Even with that people constantly look to Jeremy for SEO advice because even though he does not consider himself a SEO he still dominates the search engines for many extremely competitive niches. Ready for a shocker? Jeremy just released a new service called FreeSeoReport.com. But after I checked out the service you can see that its everything that Jeremy has always preached about SEO. You can check it out here ==> http://www.freeseoreport.com The service takes your domain and keywords and then compares it with the top 10 sites in 6 different search engines and then makes suggestions on what you can do to your site to improve its ranking. This service just turned the SEO industry on its head. No more guessing what [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

PubCon Dallas 2010 – Networking and Fun – You Better be in Vegas!

Even though my blog name is Social Dude, I do not have a ton of time to blog (phone connected to ear lol ) so I am going to keep this short and sweet. I have attended and had the honor of speaking at PubCon for quite a few years. (This year was about Social Media Metrics ) But, I have always gone to Vegas ( so cannot resists Vegas sometimes ). This was my first PubCon in Texas and all I can say is WOW with a capital W-O-W. I knew quite a few of the people at PubCon from passing conversations, but never really had the luxury of sitting down with everyone and having really meaningful conversations. Not just about Social, Search or Internet Marketing but really meaningful conversations that can truly impact the world around us. I came away from PubCon Dallas 2010 with a renewed sense of giving back to the community and realized that while we are in the digital, social or whatever age, business is still getting done the way it was for us all in the 90′s. Meeting, talking, networking and helping others solve a problem. I would like to give props to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

PubCon South Social Media Metrics Session – Ben Fisher – Joe Tex – Jon Collins – BlendTec – Pepsi Refresh

I had the pleasure of speaking at PubCon Dalls 2010 with Joe Tex and Jon Collins. The goal of this session was to show how a big brand utilized Social channels with a large budget and made it work and then show how a unknown brand with no budget could also have the same kinds of results. I want to thank Jon for making a super sweet presentation and Joe for all his time and effort. Last but certainly not least, I want to thank George Wright (Formerlly of BlendTec) for taking the time to share with us some of the known and unknown results of the BlendTec campaign. George is no longer employed with BlendTec (although does continue to speak on their behalf), he recently took a position to work with a young company. Traeger Pellet Grills. that has no brand awareness and makes high end BBQ grills. In Georges words “It will turn your backyard BBQ into “Competition Quality” the first time you use it. I can see the campaign now “Will it BURN — NOPE” Original Post full credits goto Search-mojo.com , mirroring this post due to virus warning on the page The next panel I attended [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Get 21 Lifetime Free TextLinks from TextLinks.com

ok, so quite simply put, a friend of mine has this service. You get some free text link placement on on content / targeted blogs/sites. They give you 25 free to start and if you do not stay (on as a paid member) you keep those links FOREVER.*insert resounding deep voice here* If you do stay with the service they give you more links for every month you stay. The links can be in the footer of chosen sites, Sidebars, in content (contextual) or write an article and then submit that article to be posted on sites you choose (with up to 3 links or videos) All in all I have had fun playing with it. Sign up below for your free 21 day test drive and get 25 free links. For a limited Time only: Use the code SOCIALDUDE to redeem 50 FREE Link Credits Advertiser Account Registration To sign up for a TextLinks.com advertiser account and begin buying text links, submit the registration form below. First Name: Last Name: Email: Username: Password: Confirm Password: Validation code Enter code: I agree to abide by the TextLinks.com Terms of Service. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Google Buzz Shows Value in Week 1 -meetmicah.com

Google Buzz has already shown me results. Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Ricci Neer at PubCon Las Vegas. The neat way we met was actually via Twitter. I was sitting in my hotel room getting ready for the day, I was speaking about Twitter PR and Analytics. As I was getting ready I was surfing the #PubCon twitter feed. I saw a twitter post from Ricci asking if anyone happened to have a extra tripod, she needed it for that afternoon. Now, I had never met Ricci before, but she had a decent follower base, quite a few of whom I already knew. So being the helpful dude that I am, I tweeted her and long story short Ricci ended up with a Tripod and a few months later we are doing some really cool business things together. So what does any of this have to do with Google Buzz? This weekend I was doing some research on connecting sites to Google buzz and this dude, out of no where totally slams my site and logo. So what is a guy (like me) to do about this? Well Micah, being the dude he is, offered to take [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Google Buzz – How to Connect Your Sites Easily [Tested]

[Final Verdict] How do I Link My WebSites, Twitter, FriendFeed etc.. Accounts to Post to Google Buzz? Earlier today I posted about some tips for using Google Buzz. After some extensive testing of the theories below I have come to a final conclusion. Most of the thoughts on how to “claim” a website as yours on your Google profile are just dead wrong. It is actually much easier than it sounds and actually falls in line with what Google REALLY wants to know about you as a webmaster. What sites do YOU OWN as a webmaster. By allowing Google to know the sites you own you are also telling Google what sites they should in a sense ignore when it comes to interlinking. Back to the fact at hand. I tested all the theories below (excluding the fore re-crawl, since the service was down) and none worked very well or in a timely manner. The I recalled a Buzzlet I had seen in passing today. Add your websites to Google WebMaster Tools and they will show in your Google profile and on the “Connected Sites” Buzz page immediately. So I went into the Google Webmaster tools and verified a bunch of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

7 Google Buzz Tips – Yet Another Google Buzz Guide

Yet Another Google Buzz Guide Social Media folks and Gmail users alike are all getting addicted to Google Buzz like it is crack (so like, who owns gcrack.com . I have seen quite a few really good “Buzzlets” and guides about Google Buzz. So here is yet another one. Enjoy and please feel free to Buzz me ( http://google.socialdude.com ) How do I Link My WebSites, Twitter, FriendFeed etc.. Accounts to Post to Google Buzz? The first thing you need to do is bi-directionally link your personal account to each other. For instance, Add a link from your Blog with the “rel=me” yo our Google Profile and then in your Google Profile add a link to your Blog. When adding a link to your Google Profile tick the “This is a profile page about me” checkbox. Google has an official, albeit technical, guide on how to connect external sites to Google Buzz. The Dude has tested connecting sites to your Google profile and found out the fast way to make it happen. Update From other Buzzers: Force a re-crawl of your sites too from @bradfitz https://sgapi-recrawl.appspot.com/ “Go there and force-recrawl any “me” links you’ve just added to the site(s) you want [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.