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 | 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 | Aug 25, 2012 | Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
The latest in +John Rakestraw’s “Platform Live” Google Plus Hangout On Air conversations with +David Amerland and myself (and now with the very welcomed addition of +Susanne Ramharter) is on the subject of cloud computing. After an initial discussion...
by mtraphagen | Aug 21, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
Watch this live Google+ Hangout on Air webinar (at bottom of this post) I did host by the charming +Yifat Cohen. In it, I discuss what we know or can guess about how using Google Plus and Google Authorship (connecting all your web content to your Google+ profile)...
by mtraphagen | Aug 18, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
A Google+ Hangout On Air video discussion. Participants: John Rakestraw, Life Coach and Author (moderator) David Amerland, Author and Speaker Mark Traphagen, Director of Digital Marketing, Virante Social media networks like Google+, Facebook, and Twitter have opened...
by mtraphagen | Jul 27, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
My notes from a presentation by Jon Henshaw, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Raven Internet Marketing (@henshaw) If you build links the wrong way, Google will destroy everything you love. Kind of like this… Good link building is hard. Relationships...
by mtraphagen | Jul 25, 2012 | Content Marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
Here are my notes from an excellent talk by Paddy Moogan, Lead SEO Consultant at Distilled (@paddymoogan | Google+ profile) Linkbuilding: It’s not that easy! It’s easy if you already have a name (Mashable, SEOmoz, Wired). They have age, authority, following, and...
by mtraphagen | Apr 18, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Facebook, Google, Google+, Presentations, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
My slides (with added annotations) from a presentation I did for the Duke University Webcomm Group. I cover the growing influence of social media on search engine results, why search engines are seeking “social signal,” and end with a focus on test...
by mtraphagen | Apr 5, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
Watch this recording of a live Google+ Hangout On Air chat featuring Virante Director of Social Media Marketing Mark Traphagen and social SEO expert AJ Kohn. The Hangout was hosted by Tim Moore of CrushIQ. AJ and Mark discuss what Google is doing with what has come to...
by mtraphagen | Apr 2, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
This Wednesday at 2:pm EST / 11:00am PST, Who CARES? will conduct a Live Google+ Hangout On Air with +AJ Kohn of +Blind Five Year Old, and +Mark Traphagen of +Virante Search Marketing. We will talk about Google AuthorRank, and what this means for your business and to...
by mtraphagen | Mar 31, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
From the presentation by Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz titled “F%S#! Link Building. Content Marketing FTW” on SlideShare. Rand Fishkin says content marketing has better ROI and far less risk than link building. Here are his top 10 tips to brilliant content...
by mtraphagen | Nov 11, 2011 | Free SEO Tools, Hive Digital, Presentations, SEO
Yesterday Virante’s CTO Russ Jones (Twitter: @rjonesx) spoke at PubCon in Las Vegas on the topic “Low Risk, High Reward Link Development.” Virante Director of Customer Relations Jacob Bobhall (Twitter: @jakebohall) live tweeted the talk. The...
