Food for thought – Google vs. Facebook

Here is some data I pulled from a Perry Marshall website.   While it might not be 100% accurate the numbers are probably within some of the Facebook ballpark estimates.  If these assumptions are remotely true then they are extremely impressive for Facebook. Facebook now has close to 700 million users 50% visiting each day 365 [...]

What is Your Primary Method for Acquiring Customers?

What is Your Primary Method for Acquiring Customers?

I saw this post on Facebook from my friend David Bullock.  I felt it was an interesting question that deserved more than a radio button click.  The question is what is your primary method for acquiring customers? Social Media Referrals and Networking Speaking Offline Contacts Search Engines First we have to look at who this [...]

How to Write Compelling Content that Ranks

Want to know how to write compelling content like a online professional? I found this document on ProBlogger.com. One of the things I do for a living is help people with their SEO. This document says it as well as any document I have read in the recent past. Doing what Brian suggests will make [...]

Online is Going Offline in Retail – Yelp Ruh-Roh Transparency

Online is Going Offline in Retail – Yelp Ruh-Roh Transparency

I was at Whole Foods yesterday and I noticed that the posted very large window logos of Facebook and Twitter right on their entrance doors. I was like wow! This social media thing is really now a train that has left the station. In today’s news on TechCrunch they reported that Google is about to [...]

Can of Worms. Advertising as We Know it has Been Disrupted

Can of Worms.  Advertising as We Know it has Been Disrupted

How often are we reading or watching or linking to information that says that there is turmoil in the traditional media world? For example, the New York Times has a Billionaire investor, the Boston Globe was going to go out of Business, or Rupert Murdoch is going to do a deal with Bing and Microsoft [...]

Consumer Products Squeeze Consumers – Big Squeeze on Mustard, Yogurt, Deodorant

Consumer Products Squeeze Consumers – Big Squeeze on Mustard, Yogurt, Deodorant

The Big Squeeze It seems like the consumer products that aren’t loaded with sugar or corn syrup are getting smaller and while the products loaded with corn syrup are being supersized here in the USA. I’m having a little trouble making the financial sense of it all. In the last week or so (Aug. 01, [...]