February 18th, 2012 by Pruneau | No Comments
As content marketing has rapidly emerged as one of the most utilized marketing disciplines today, it’s become apparent that the content on your site or blog is now your best asset to help people find your value on the web. So why not squeeze more value out of it?
January 26th, 2012 by Pruneau | No Comments
Now that there are over 100 million users of Twitter, it’s appropriate to recognize this very established social media channel for what it has become. For there is little doubt that this is one of the best tools for driving traffic to your site or blog, fostering relationships with prospects and customers, facilitating thought leadership, and [...]
December 15th, 2011 by Pruneau | No Comments
Whether you’re new to optimizing your web site for search or if your an experienced pro, everyone makes mistakes—especially when it come to SEO. The bad news is that mistakes can have a significant effect on your search results page ranking. But the good news is, you can correct most of them by being informed [...]
June 8th, 2011 by Pruneau | 2 Comments
Recently, I came across this great list of items to consider when approaching the significant task of web site redesign. It was created by Mike Volpe, VP of marketing at HubSpot. While his list is comprehensive and even somewhat daunting, one glaring item appeared to be missing and should not be overlooked.
April 19th, 2011 by Pruneau | 2 Comments
When I discovered a post titled 12 reasons to put Blogs at the center of your Content Marketing, authored by Heidi Cohen, at the CMI (Content Marketing Institute) blog, it was so timely, so spot on and had so many important benefits in it, I just had to post about it.
March 6th, 2011 by Pruneau | 5 Comments
I recently attended the 2011 Content Marketing Strategy Conference where a number of recognized speakers presented many points of view on the great shift that has taken place in marketing over the last few years. Throughout the 2-day presentations, there was unchallenged consensus that marketing has now entered the “post advertising age”. And as a [...]
February 24th, 2011 by Pruneau | 2 Comments
Today, small talk and short conversation has shifted on the Internet to the social networks. And as Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder of BlogHer, says: “If you’re looking for substantive conversation, you aren’t going to find it on Facebook, or in 140 characters on Twitter”. So blogs remain the preferred domain for millions where longer form [...]
December 13th, 2010 by Pruneau | 2 Comments
Congratulations on having a blog! As a platform for sharing your value, thinking and interests with the world, this online property is unmatched for putting any content, in any media, in front of anyone, virtually anywhere. And what makes a blog even better is how well it can raise your online visibility. Unfortunately, you’re now [...]
October 8th, 2010 by Pruneau | 3 Comments
With all of the investment required for a credible online and social presence today, it makes sense to regularly evaluate these efforts and determine your ROI. The good news is that there are lots of great tools to help you do some analysis and put some benchmarks in place. A few that we have found [...]
June 25th, 2010 by Pruneau | 2 Comments
We seem to have moved to the next phase of social media. And, I might add, not a moment too soon.
June 7th, 2010 by Pruneau | No Comments
If you’re like most people, you probably use Google to search content on the Internet many times a day. Yet, while this ubiquitous, powerful tool has become essential to the way we all work, many people don’t take full advantage of all the capabilities that Google search offers. I recently came across a blog post, [...]
February 12th, 2010 by Pruneau | 6 Comments
I recently attended a seminar titled: Building Brands with Social Media in SF. While the content was prepared for marketers and agencies, two themes in the day’s agenda kept popping up: Social media is not a one-time event or a marketing campaign. And second, no one should underestimate the investment required and how resource intensive [...]
November 5th, 2009 by Pruneau | 1 Comment
Today, the highest value in marketing is now being assigned to the ability to be “found” on the internet. What’s more, if all the digital methods, mechanisms and techniques you’re using aren’t facilitating this task, there’s little reason to invest in them. So, it’s appropriate to take inventory of what are the essential components required [...]
October 16th, 2009 by Pruneau | 6 Comments
After discovering the WordPress platform on the Internet somewhat by accident, I created a publicly hosted blog and posted content to it over the course of almost a year. Recently, I chose to move from this public hosted, WordPress.com blog to a self-hosted WordPress blog. Part of my decision to make this significant transition was [...]
October 12th, 2009 by Pruneau | No Comments
I attended this great presentation by Matt Cutts at the 2009 WordPress Camp earlier this year in San Francisco. I just reviewed it again and found it so simple, entertaining and informative on removing the mystery of SEO, I thought it was worth sharing. Be forewarned, it’s a bit long but well worth the investment [...]