In the news this week, we learn that the internet is not immune from the effects of the economic downturn. According to Search Engine Watch, both Yahoo! and Zillow are cutting jobs. On the flips side, Marketing Pilgrim reports that 60% of marketers are increasing their online budget, while 80% are decreasing use of traditional media. Also, marketers are still learning how to harness the power of mom blogger, and Google releases two new tools. You can now learn where you have dead links through Webmaster Central’s Error URL report as well as build your own display ads in Google’s AdWords.
http://www.webcammax.com/
I just came across this sweet little tool. In one day I can already tell it is going to change my video making life. Check it out.
Woot! Woot! This is just some of the fun we have at Small Business Marketing Unleashed. Thanks to COSI - Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, OH for making our Charity Speed Networking Unleashed event so great, and thanks to Sage Lewis and Tyler S. Clark for doing an amazing job creating SBMU out of the giant erector set!
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is in a somewhat steamy situation since calling the internet a “cesspool” and saying “We don’t actually want you to be successful. . .The fundamental way to increase your rank is to increase your relevance.” Sage takes the cesspool analogy a step farther, saying that Schmidt views himself as the heaven to the internet hell, that it’s his job to “cleanse” the internet. What Schmidt fails to realize is that he lives in “hell” and makes his money there, so “Stop being a jerk!” says Sage.
