Headless Mannequins and Live Bunnies plus setting up Google+ for your biz!

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Marketing Fail of the Week Headless Mannequins and Live Bunnies This video was taken by me in Manhattan a few weeks ago.  Live bunnies and headless mannequins–not sure if it helped sales at all Google News-Google+ Business Pages–Video on how to set up! By Laura Google+ is gaining headway and this time I think Google [...] Read more »

Newsletter: Facebook Tops Google and Local Results Changed!

Marketing Fail of the Week  Courtesy of Facebook Friend  A good reason not to litter??  Facebook now TOPS Google by Laura  CNN is now reporting that Facebook traffic had passed Google and in a hurry! My friend Ryan Deiss predicted this in January and man was he ever right. Now, Ryan has massed the largest [...] Read more »

YYMI Newsletter Oct 26-A quick Update and a funny marketing fail

Marketing Fail of the Week Courtesy of Failblog.org Something tells me that the good folk in Salt Lake Utah didn’t realize they had a branding issue. It pays to check out a proof before going to print. The Cats Out of the Bag… by Laura In our last newsletter I alluded to a well known [...] Read more »

Yada Yada Newsletter July 13, 2010-Why Social Media Might be More Important than Google

I'm not sure if you missed this or not but about six weeks ago Facebook changed its designation of fan pages and they are now just called "pages" If you are so inclined you can quote unquote "like them." Not only that, Facebook overtook Google is the number one website worldwide. Read more »

YYMI Newsletter April 12, meet Moolah, my cash cow!

Marketing Fail of the week found by our own Steve Blom This one is wrong on so many levels.  It does, however, gives you an idea on why historically speaking advertising not trusted!  I suspect the drug commercials and ads of today will be seen in the future in the same sort of light. Don’t [...] Read more »

Yada Yada Newsletter March 16 Facebook Overtakes Google, Four Square and when to fire a client!

More new technology…lions and tigers and bears, oh my! March 16, 2010 Marketing Fail of the Week Some of the marketing fails I put here, I find on the internet, but I found this one in my local supermarket.   I did some research and this is most probably Brittish in origin.  I don’t suspect there’s a [...] Read more »

Yada Yada Marketing Newsletter March 4, 2010– The more things change, the more they stay the same..Marketing, social media and a cute cat and a monkey

Reader Feedback: "I've been learning online marketing for several months and it's refreshing to read your articles...full of great data and no hype!" Read more »

More Game Changers, Facebook ads, and yes, another puppy. Yada Yada Newsletter Feb 18, 2010

The game is changing again…so what’s new? FEBRUARY  18, 2010 marketing Fail of the Week Hmmm, not sure about that positioning.. The game continues… In the last newsletter I went over social search and real time search. This week–Google just released Google Buzz to Gmail users.  Why is this important?  Well, with the flick of a [...] Read more »

The search game is changing…Yada Yada Newsletter Feb 2, 2010

The game is changing again…so what’s new? FEBRUARY  3, 2010 marketing Fail of the Week Yes, we all need those don’t we? The game is changing again… What game?  The search game.  What we all want is traffic to our sites and results.  Over the last weeks many things have happened that have changed how we do [...] Read more »

New Years Issue Yada Yada Newsletter Jan 6, 2010

New Years Issue! Entering a New Decade Blast from the past.  This is a clip of Nile Rodgers on Tech TV talking about PCDJ.  PCDJ is DJ Software and I founded that company back in 1999. Who is Nile?  Well he’s one of the most prolific producers of all time–Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross–not to [...] Read more »

Social Media, Marketing and a Cup of Puppies Yada Yada Newsletter Jan 21, 2010

Social Media is all the rage… JANAUARY 20, 2010 Social Media is EVERYWHERE… I’ve been saying this for some time as you all know, but social media is  here to stay and it has changed how we interact with our customers and friends.   Do keep in mind though that social media is not a replacement for other [...] Read more »

How do u prevent adverts and newsletters from coming to ur spam and inbox?

Could you please gimme a lil’ help with that, because I’m tired of deleting soo many emails from my account……. thnx! STOP opening them! Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more. You can not completely stop all spam, but you can help [...] Read more »

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I am looking for sources that provide analytical reports on world’s oil and gas industry. I expect to get connected to a source of information that would give me in-depth insight on current issues. I want anything valuable that goes well beyond simply copying and pasting from other sources. Can anyone help? I’d look at [...] Read more »

Marketing Bloopers, Tarzan and Leg of Lamp! Yada News Dec 28, 2009

The Marketing Bloopers Issue ! Those of you who know me realize I have an interesting sense of humor. I see it in life, and I see it in marketing. This issue is a collection of things I've encountered this year that just don't make sense from a marketing standpoint. I hope you enjoy! Read more »

Marketing, augmented reality and the sh*t folder-Yada news Dec 11, 2009

It's all in the list... I've been marketing for about a hundred years. OK, it's about fifteen but feels like a hundred! I know you've heard it all before, but the truth is the larger your mailing list, the better you're going to do. Technology has changed alot over the years, but this rule always applies. Now you have to of course send out relevant information that people are interested in, but building the list is of vital importance. Read more »

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