by mtraphagen | Mar 20, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Hive Digital, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
Virante’s Mark Traphagen was the guest of +Max Minzer for his Max Impact Hangout On Air show, discussing the topic: “Author Rank: Facts and Fiction.” Mark shared his views on the distinction between Authorship and Author Rank, whether or not Author...
by mtraphagen | Mar 13, 2013 | Content Marketing, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, SMX West, Social Media
The Veg-O-Matic Approach to Smart SEO Writing – Heather Lloyd Heather Lloyd-Martin is a 20-year marketing veteran and recognized author. She is President and CEO of SuccessWorks, a marketing firm providing search engine optimized copywriting Once upon a time it...
by mtraphagen | Mar 12, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, SMX West, Social Media
What is Google Authorship? What is Author Rank? Why should you use Authorship? From SMX West, 12 March 2013. Panelists: Mike Arnesen, SwellPath (@mike_arnesen) AJ Kohn, Blind Five Year Old (@ajkohn) (There was another panelist, but I decided to just blog those...
by mtraphagen | Mar 11, 2013 | Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, SMX West, Social Media
Presented by Debra Mastaler, President, Alliance-Link (@debramastaler). A live blog of an SEO Boot Camp session at SMX West in San Jose, CA, March 11, 2013. Part One: Concept of Link Popularity There are five major engines, but Google is by far #1. The other four...
by annsmarty | Mar 1, 2013 | Social Media
There are many reasons content marketing is getting more and more popular these days: Content is what is given priority in search (even more so once Google AuthorRank kicks on) and content is what will attract links, social media shares and thus high Google rankings...
by mtraphagen | Feb 21, 2013 | Content Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
I was perusing Portent’s new “tool,” the Content Idea Generator, and wondering for what awesome purpose I could use it. For what topic do I wish I could spin out endless content ideas? And then it struck me. There is only one thing worth writing...
by mtraphagen | Feb 21, 2013 | Google, Google+, Hive Digital, Online marketing, Social Media
Virante’s Director of Digital Outreach Mark Traphagen (Google+ | Twitter) was interviewed by
by mtraphagen | Feb 13, 2013 | Content Marketing, Google+, Infographics, Social Media
I was featured this week in this infographic about Google Plus for Business, created by Jeff Machado of Fiore Communications. Original at http://fiorecommunications.com/2013/02/11/expert-advice-on-the-value-of-google-for-business/
by mtraphagen | Feb 11, 2013 | Online marketing, Social Media
Recently my friend and co-worker Phil Buckley posted on his personal blog “Graduating from Enthusiast to Professional.” In it he ponders where the line is between free advice and consulting that should be paid for. He didn’t try to give a final...
by mtraphagen | Feb 6, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Wherefore art thou, Google Author Rank? This past weekend The Wall Street Journal published excerpts from an upcoming book by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Among Schmidt’s seven predictions for what we can expect in the coming years of the digital age was this...
by mtraphagen | Feb 2, 2013 | Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
This past week I published what has become my most widely read and re-shared post ever, and in many ways I think my most important post ever: “Your Google Plus Network Is More Powerful Than You Know.” One paragraph of that social media influence...
by mtraphagen | Jan 28, 2013 | Google+, Online marketing, Social Media
Over the past few days I’ve had an interesting exchange with a young man who had sent me several unsolicited commercial messages via Google+ notifications. I had responded once before with a brief message informing him this was spam and that I was going to...
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