Danny Goodwin of Search Engine Watch was covering SES San Francisco on Wednesday while Matt Cutts was on stage with Danny Sullivan, Brett Tabke, and Mike Grehan. They talked about Knowledge Graph, Panda, Penguin, Transparency, etc. If you’re interested in hearing about all that stuff click here. There was some pretty interesting stuff in there but, the part about social signals reminded me of something I’ve been wanting to post about for a while. So here goes. (more…)
Archives: Social Media
18 Year Old Claims To Make $500 A Day On Twitter
August 15, 2012 by Wayne Icard | No Comments | Filed in Marketing, News, Social Media, Traffic
The Daily Dot has posted interesting story about an 18 year old who claims he’s making $500 a day by tweeting affiliate links in his parody accounts. I expect by now, everyone on Twitter has noticed people tweeting ads for buying followers and stuff like that. I don’t know why anyone would want to buy followers but, people must do it or people wouldn’t keep selling it. I found this story to be a little more interesting because this kid is getting paid to tweet content. (more…)
Getting Shared On Facebook Is Worth 600% More Than Getting Tweeted
August 9, 2012 by Wayne Icard | No Comments | Filed in Business, Marketing, Social Media, Traffic
Eventbrite released the results of a case study they did that tried to – measure how much a share on the various social networks are worth in real dollars. Eventbrite is a company that sells tickets to events happening near you on their website. When I visited the site (more…)
$500K Per Year For Wearing T-Shirts? Jason Sadler Does It.
August 6, 2012 by Wayne Icard | No Comments | Filed in Business, Marketing, News, Social Media
A few years ago a man named Jason Sadler of iwearyourshirt.com had the idea of letting companies pay him to wear a T-shirt for their company. Hold on, wait. Who else does that? It just occurred to me that either John Chow or Jeremy Shoemaker does that. Well, as it turns out, they both do it. They don’t do it the same way this guy does it but, it is part of their business model. (more…)
4 Things I Hate About Doing Product Research Online
July 24, 2012 by Wayne Icard | No Comments | Filed in Business, Marketing, Social Media
According to Coneinc.com, close to 70% of consumers do product research and check user reviews online before making a new purchase. I do it most of the time unless I’m buying clothes or food. Most of the time (more…)
