by mtraphagen | Nov 15, 2011 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, SEO, Social Media
Anyone building a brand or business page on Google+ quickly comes to a rather unsettling realization: at no point in the process does Google do anything to check that you have any real connection to the brand name on your page. Anyone can create a Google+ Page with...
by mtraphagen | Nov 15, 2011 | Google, Google+, Paid Search, Social Media
UPDATE: Now that adding multiple managers to Google+ Brand or Business Pages is active, check out our handy guide “How to Add Administrators to Your Google+ Brand Page.” Also see our listing of all our guides to Google+ for business. Original Post: On...
by mtraphagen | Nov 12, 2011 | Analytics, Google, Google+, Social Media
Ripples is a Google+ feature unparalleled in any other social network. If you’re not familiar, Ripples allows you to play a timeline that shows you the spread of a viral post across Google+. You access it by clicking the little down arrow to the right of a post....
by mtraphagen | Nov 9, 2011 | Google, Google+, Social Media
In my last post (“Google+ Pages for Brands Are Here NOW! Why You Must Get One”), I gave reasons why I think it is essential that your business claim a Google+ Page for Brands. Now that you’ve got your Page, what do you do with it? ...
by mtraphagen | Nov 7, 2011 | Google, Google+, Paid Search, Social Media
Google announced today the long-awaited introduction of Google+ profiles for brands, businesses, and organizations, calling them Google+ Pages. The new Pages look very much like personal Google+ profiles, with a few additions: +1 Button: People viewing a brand’s...
by mtraphagen | Nov 2, 2011 | Google, Social Media
Last week I was on a panel of Bulldog Reporter’s webinar “An Advanced Look at Hot, New Google+: How It Will Impact PR Pros, Social Media Strategy and Your Customers.” My co-panelists all had pretty impressive pedigrees: Jennifer Lashua, Global Social...
by mtraphagen | Oct 27, 2011 | Google, Hive Digital, Social Media
Later today I’ll be on the panel for a webinar titled “An Advance Look at Hot, New Google+: How It Will Impact PR Pros, Social Media Strategy and Your Customers,” sponsored by Bulldog Reporter, a news and information source for professionals in...
by Jacob Bohall | Oct 21, 2011 | Analytics, Paid Search, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
I had the pleasure of being invited (again!) to a Transportation Marketing and Sales Association event. I met some wonderful people, and hopefully imparted some wisdom regarding the importance of search engine marketing, popular search engine marketing strategies,...
by mtraphagen | Sep 27, 2011 | Analytics, Facebook, Social Media
Last week I wrote about “What Facebook’s New News Feed Means For Your Marketing Efforts.” I wrote that I believed the new News Feed, with its non-chronological, algorithmically-ranked, Top News and Recent Stories (as well as the Twitter-like real...
by mtraphagen | Sep 22, 2011 | Google, Paid Search, Social Media
Google announced today that mobile website optimization now factors into mobile search ads’ quality score. Mobile AdWords ads that point to a web site optimized for mobile will receive a higher quality score. That translates to higher visibility at a lower...
by mtraphagen | Sep 21, 2011 | Facebook, Social Media
Facebook has introduced the most radical change in its user interface perhaps in its entire history. The familiar, straightforward News Feed, with its choice of either chronological updates from your friends and brands or an algorithmically-generated “Top...
by mtraphagen | Sep 15, 2011 | Analytics, Facebook, Social Media
Facebook has been adding a flurry of new features recently (many obviously in response to the challenge of Google+). Most of them have been so big that some smaller but important additions may have slipped by unnoticed. One that Page admins will appreciate is a new...