Local Marketing – More Than Just Google? No comments yet

Feb 3 2010

Local CommunityOn the face of it, it’s easy to get into the idea that Local Marketing for businesses involves either using local targeting in AdWords or ‘Google Local’ search results (where the map appears in Google when you search for something with a placename).

However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there is a lot happening at the intersection of Local and Social marketing – which is what this week’s Social Summit is covering. We haven’t had a chance to make it down there, but it is the most interesting dynamic happening in online marketing and communications at the moment.
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Old Media Fight Back, Or Game Over? No comments yet

Dec 2 2009

Newspapers Out of ScreenThese are both exciting and challenging times as the print media still tries to make revenue out of its’ failings. You could see this as the 12th round of a particularly intense boxing match, with the old champ on the ropes, face bloodied… knowing that returning fire is the only option.

The Case for Print

It seems that the concern is that Google has been long held that Google has been surreptitiously ‘stealing’ content from their websites using Google News and the new entrant Google FastFlip. By hosting pages on their own websites containing this content they have been using other media’s work to fill their advertising boots as well as stop visitors to these sites.
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