by mtraphagen | Nov 13, 2012 | Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, Social Media
According to Google+ Chief Architect Yonatan Zunger, Google+ will now send you notifications for new comments in large comment threads, but only when a new algorithm determines it is likely you’d want to see such notifications Google+ used to stop notifying you...
by ekoppel | Nov 8, 2012 | Content Marketing, Internet Summit, Online marketing, Social Media
Below are some of the highlights from a panel on Customer Engagement Strategies at the Internet Summit in Raleigh, NC. Ori Hoffer @orihoffer – Social Media Strategist, General Services Administration The General Services Administration used the Federal Building...
by pbuckley | Nov 8, 2012 | Internet Summit, News, Online marketing, Presentations
This is the session I’ve been waiting for! An expert panel discussion on Designing and Optimizing for Multiple Screens featuring Alexandre Douzet from TheLadders, Les James from Capstrat, Ryan Manchee from MediaMind, Chris Stout from IBM and Aaron Schildkrout...
by Nina Martinez | Nov 7, 2012 | Analytics, News, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
Session Details This session is entitled “Increasing ROI with Data-Driven Decisions” and is moderated by William Grizack, Chief Strategy Officer at The Variable (@billgriz341). Panelist include Jim Davidson, Manager of Marketing Research at Bronto...
by mtraphagen | Nov 7, 2012 | Analytics, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
A live blog of a presentation by Patrick Toland at the Internet Summit Conference, Raleigh NC, November 7, 2012. Mr. Toland is Chief Revenue Officer at Optimal, a social media advertising, and analytics agency. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. EST...
by mtraphagen | Nov 6, 2012 | Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
We apologize that due to reduced wifi capabilities at the conference, our live blogs will be delayed A crew from Virante will be live blogging most of the public sessions at this year’s Internet Summit in Raleigh NC, November 7 and 8, 2012. Posts will be in...
by mtraphagen | Nov 5, 2012 | Online marketing, Social Media
A wise mentor once told me, “He who will not read will not lead.” It’s true. If you want to be a leader in your field–a “thought leader” as many call it–you need to be well-informed and up-to-date. You need to be reading...
by Russ Jones | Oct 18, 2012 | Content Marketing, Free SEO Tools, Google, Online marketing, SEO
Today Virante, Inc. launched nTopic, a content relevancy scoring API for Search Engine Optimization. Because there is nothing quite like it available in the world of SEO, we thought it would be appropriate to spend a little bit of time explaining what nTopic is and...
by mtraphagen | Oct 16, 2012 | Google, News, Online marketing, SEO
Big announcement moments ago by +Matt Cutts at #Pubcon Las Vegas : Google is today introducing a backlink disavowal tool in Webmaster Tools to allow sites hit by manual ranking penalties to disavow bad backlinks they have been unable to remove. Matt Shared some tips...
by mtraphagen | Sep 17, 2012 | Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media, YouTube & Video
In the video below I join the TekPersona Power Panel to discuss whether social listening and crowdsourcing by C-level company heads ends up benefiting or hurting their companies. This is my first week on the Power Panel, where I’ll be a regular now. Hosted by...
by mtraphagen | Sep 15, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google+, Online marketing, Social Media
Smart email marketers know that one of the reasons that channel can be so powerful is the ability to target content at segments of your brands’ following who are inherently receptive to that content. Your audience can opt in to a variety of newsletters centered...
by mtraphagen | Sep 7, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Recently the Virante Search Marketing Google+ Page was given “verified name” status by Google+. The only visible change this makes is that now a checkmark appears next to our name on our profile, as well as any appearances of our name in Google+ search. As...
