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 | Jan 26, 2013 | Google+, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube & Video
Vine was the latest app craze, creating tons of buzz across social media this week. What is Vine? Vine is an iOS (iPhone & iPad) app created by Vine Labs and recently bought by Twitter. The tl;dr of the app is it’s Instagram for videos. Vine lets you quickly...
by mtraphagen | Dec 5, 2012 | Conferences, Content Marketing, SMX Social Media, Social Media, Twitter
A live blog of the Wednesday Keynote address at SMX Social Media in Las Vegas, December 5, 2012 By Del Harvey, Director of Trust and Safety, Twitter (@delbius) Broadway Books in Portland was on the brink of shutting down. @everydaydude in 2008 tweeted “buy a...
by mtraphagen | Aug 15, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
Virante’s Mark Traphagen joined John Blossom (Shore Communications), Mark Thomas (SlingshotSEO), Su Ann Lim (TekPersona), Steve Faktor (IdeaFaktory), and Patrick Healy (Phacient) in a live Google+ Hangout On Air broadcast hosted by Shaker Cherukuri of...
by mtraphagen | May 24, 2012 | Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
Following up on a delicious rant on Google+ about sloppy use of correlation studies in the SEO & Internet marketing worlds by my friend Corey Creed, Ronnie Bincer shared a “funny-because-it’s-all-too-true” PHD comic: The comic shows how (in the...
by pbuckley | May 21, 2012 | Social Media, Twitter
You’ve seen those Twitter accounts that just tweet out inspirational messages right? Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together -Vincent Van Gogh — Wendy Fisherman (@WendyFisherman) May 21, 2012 Obstinacy in...
by mtraphagen | May 15, 2012 | Apps, Content Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Two of my favorite Twitter tools have just been combined. This may be the best thing since someone eating a chocolate bar crashed into someone scooping out of a Jiff jar and bang! Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! Twylah does way more than I can describe here, but...
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 | Mar 26, 2012 | Analytics, Facebook, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, Paid Search, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
A weekly roundup of the most interesting and useful posts and articles on search / inbound marketing from the past week. Social Media & Content Marketing Facebook Adds News Feed Noise Reducer Facebook now auto-suggests adding “friends” with whom you...
by mtraphagen | Mar 19, 2012 | Analytics, Facebook, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, Paid Search, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
A weekly roundup of the most interesting and useful posts and articles on search / inbound marketing from the past week. Social Media & Content Marketing Using Facebook Interest Lists to Improve EdgeRank Facebook recently introduced Interest Lists, which allow...
by mtraphagen | Jan 31, 2012 | Google, Google+, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
Google may have the world’s largest search engine, but they can turn it on a dime! Earlier today Google’s new Search Plus Your World (SPYW) disappeared from my Chrome browser for several hours. It was back to what looked like “Google Classic.”...
by mtraphagen | Sep 7, 2011 | Analytics, Facebook, Google, Social Media, Twitter
What kind of social media marketer do you want to be? You want your marketing efforts to live “where all the retweets are strong, the ROI is good-looking, and the account engagement is above average.” (Apologies to Garrison Keillor!). But where is that...
