“State of the Internet” video entertains viewers with stats

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Ken Barber

If you’re looking for some jaw-dropping stats on the volume of Internet activity at the end of 2009, check out the “The State of the Internet” video below. It will quickly remind you of the very catchy Socialnomics video that went around last year and similarly used music, animation, and very large numbers to show [...]

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Must-do activities for any digital marketer

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Ken Barber

Thought it would be a fun exercise to create a list of the activities that a marketer should engage in if they want to be able to identify digital marketing opportunities. This is definitely a first pass – leave additional list items in the Comments box below. Entertainment Listen to online radio via Pandora (experience [...]

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Leveraging social media to shorten customer lifecycle

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Ken Barber

Just returned from a great social media panel entitled “Leveraging Social Media to Accelerate the Customer Lifecycle“ put on by Red Door Interactive, one of the newer additions to Denver’s digital marketing scene. Red Door has built a strong presence in San Diego and opened a Denver office a year and a half ago to [...]

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25 ways to make friends, fans, and followers

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Ken Barber

If you build it, they won’t necessarily come. This statement rings especially true for social media. Many companies put up a page on Facebook or Twitter or start a blog. And they post great content. Then they wonder why their ranks of followers, friends or visitors aren’t coming close to reaching their goal. Yes, search [...]

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Great webinar on social media marketing

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Ken Barber

Just sat through a 60-minute webinar on social media marketing (SMM) from a company called Social Media Magic. Very well done – I highly recommend signing up for one of these free webinars while they last. Yes, they have something to pitch at the end–online educational classes and an eventual certification on social media marketing–but [...]

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Twitter receives $1 billion valuation, gets $100 million

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Ken Barber

A previous post discussing the popular Socialnomics video asked the question if social media is a fad or not.  Well I just saw the news that the financial community has placed a valuation on Twitter–one of the cornerstones of the current social media world–of $1 billion. (Interestingly, the company has yet to report any significant [...]

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