Archive for September, 2009

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

Google Adwords Promotional Coupons

September 20, 2009

Google Adwords Promotional Coupons are given to both Google Advertising Professionals Qualified Individuals and Qualified Companies.

In the old Google Adwords interface, I could easily locate my account’s credits and apply them to new Adwords accounts.

Google Adwords Promotional Coupons

Google Adwords Promotional Coupons

However, I am unable to locate Adwords promotional coupons within my Pro Center now.

According to the recently updated Adwords Pro Help Center, Qualified Individuals and Qualified Companies were to have received 20 Promotional coupons valued @ US$100.00 via email with the launch of their new Pro Center in the summer of 2009.

Not only did I fail to receive the promotional coupons described above in the Adwords Help Center, the coupons I had in my account prior to Google’s migration to the new Adwords Interface have disappeared altogether.

Tags:, , , ,
Posted in Adwords, Google Adwords, Google Adwords Promotional Coupons | Leave a Comment »

Google Adwords Opportunities Best Practices

September 19, 2009

For Google Adwords advertisers who have exhausted all of their account’s “opportunities” suggestions, Google points advertisers to their new Adwords Best Practices resource center.

After exhausting an account’s opportunities Google Adwords provides the following message:

There are currently no ideas for your account. However, these automated ideas are refreshed every few weeks, so please check again soon.
Google Adwords best practices resource center for setting up successful advertising campaigns includes –
Organize your campaign by theme
In each campaign, create separate ad groups for each of your products, brands, or types of services you offer. Each ad group can then have a highly related set of keywords and ads that match the specific theme. By doing this, your ads can highlight exactly what a customer is searching for.
Choose your keywords carefully
Use specific keywords that directly relate to the theme of your ad group and landing page. Keywords that are too broad can lower your performance by generating many ad impressions but few clicks. One-word keywords are likely to be too generic, so try using two- or three-word phrases. Use the Keyword Tool to generate keyword ideas.
Include keywords in your ad text
Include your keywords in your ad text (especially the title) to show users that your ad relates to their search. If your ad shows when a user searches on a keyword in your ad group, the keyword will appear in bold in your ad text.
Use the right destination URL
Make sure that the destination URL (landing page) you use for each ad is the most relevant page within your website — ideally, a page dedicated to the specific product or service that’s highlighted in your ad.
Track your success
To make informed decisions about how to optimize your campaigns, review your campaign statistics. To measure your success, use conversion tracking to see which ads and keywords bring the most to your business.

Tags:,
Posted in Google Adwords Best Practices, Google Adwords Opportunities | Leave a Comment »

The Power of Search Marketing Vs. All Other Marketing

September 18, 2009

Today while discussing online lead generation with a client, I summarized the search marketing lead generation process as follows:

Being contacted by prospects and evaluating their deals is a lot easier and more efficient than contacting prospects and having them choose whether or not to even hear your deal let alone evaluate it.

Of course the power of “word of mouth marketing” is equal to if not greater than the power of search marketing when it comes to communicating the merits of a company, product or service to prospects however word of mouth marketing is subject to the limits of analog communication in an era when the world’s preferred communications channel is increasingly digital.

Tags:, , , ,
Posted in 25369577, Analog Communications, Digital Communications, Online Lead Generation, Search Marketing, Word of Mouth Marketing | Leave a Comment »

Google Blog Alerts

September 17, 2009

A great technique for monitoring brand terms across the web is to set up a Google alert for one or more brand related keywords.

Google Alerts although not perfect are pretty efficient at retrieving new mentions of alert terms from News, Blog and other Web sources.

Google Blog Alerts

Google Blog Alerts

Frankly I had forgotten about this technique until after I saw one of my own blog posts in today’s Google Alerts for Google Adwords.

Receiving the above Google Alert reminded  me just how effective this technique is for listening to and hearing what’s being said on the web.

Blogger Create Link

Blogger Create Link

Additionally, I discovered Blogger accounts will generate a Google Alert when creating a link back to other Google Blogger accounts like the Official Google Blog post referenced in the alert above.

Google Blogger Alerts

Google Blogger Alerts

An alert is generated regardless of whether an entire post was composed or not.

Do Google Alerts generate supplemental traffic to blogs or websites?

How much traffic would have to be generated to make it worth the time and effort to create several links a day for your branded terms?

In which ways could innovative bloggers use this process to generate ongoing market awareness of their business and brands via Google Alerts?

Tags:, , , ,
Posted in Google Alerts, Google Blog Alerts, Google Blogger | Leave a Comment »

Google Search and Adwords Results Mixup

September 16, 2009

I have noticed on several occassions after having searched for different local terms while logged into my iGoogle account, I have continued to get Adwords ads for my previous searches combined with my new search term’s results and ads.

Google Search Results Ads Mixup

Google Search Results Ads Mixup

In the example above, you can see how a search for Oklahoma Flowers includes both Google Adwords ads for Oklahoma Lawyers and Oklahoma flowers.

The only way I have found to clear the search cache appears to be to return to the Classic Google search box.

Tags:, , ,
Posted in Google, Google Adwords, Google Search | Leave a Comment »

Google Crop Circles and Relevant Advertising

September 15, 2009

Google’s home page today is featuring a Google doodle of crop circles.

With the exception of last week’s link free 09-09-09 image, clicking on Google doodles takes searchers to more information about the featured doodle.

Enterprising advertisers and even opportunistic bloggers often try to package their sales message to capture the additional traffic generated by Google’s doodles.

Although both short sited and determental to an Adwords account’s quality, it doesn’t stop advertisers like the one featured below for a London based mail forwarding service from giving the increased search traffic for the “Crop Circles” keyword being promoted on Google today a try.

Probably unknown to Westone-Business.com, their ad won’t last the entire day.

Odds are this particular Google Adwords advertiser won’t know why either.

Not Exactly Relevant Advertising

Not Exactly Relevant Advertising

Tags:
Posted in Google Adwords, Google Crop Circles, Google Doodle, Relevant Advertising | Leave a Comment »

More Twitter Backups

September 14, 2009

More Twitter backups: Tweets 1,182 through 1,282.

  1. @alwayson @TonyPerkins & @larrychiang Great #aoss09 conference Thanks!4:35 PM Jul 30th from web
  2. Thousands on the web watching #aoss09 from around the world 880 attendees on site @TonyPerkins4:28 PM Jul 30th from web
  3. RT @tseelig Filtering and categoization of content for individuals is still a huge opportunity. #aoss09 @clarashih4:24 PM Jul 30th from web
  4. I think its called Signal to Noise ratio. #aoss094:15 PM Jul 30th from web
  5. Aardvark trying to institutionalize Word of Mouth? #aoss094:10 PM Jul 30th from web
  6. Not sure anyone can “own the customer”? #aoss094:08 PM Jul 30th from web
  7. RT @tombed 5/5 tweeters on stage at #AOSS09 @bambi100 @gfcampbell @shervin @ventilla and @clarashih talking about social media4:01 PM Jul 30th from web
  8. Aardvark, Collecta @AlwaysOn #aoss093:57 PM Jul 30th from web
  9. RT@TechSmartUp No one is marketing a system for attaining GEDs to those who work and can’t attend class -Shelton, Dept of Edu. #aoss093:49 PM Jul 30th from web
  10. RT@mchui James Shelton: Edu tech opportunities: Data platforms esp cloud-based, data analysis, providing access to isolated students #aoss093:38 PM Jul 30th from web
  11. My Google Voice number is now being interupted by #ATT.3:15 PM Jul 30th from web
  12. Did anyone get Norm Fogelsong’s history of Silicon Valley soundbite? #aoss093:12 PM Jul 30th from web
  13. RT @mchui Dan Scheinman (Cisco): Shifting from static Websites to social Websites creates 8x the measurable user engagement #aoss093:03 PM Jul 30th from web
  14. Measuring engagement in minutes not seconds. #AOSS092:59 PM Jul 30th from web
  15. “Making information useful” AOSS092:54 PM Jul 30th from web
  16. RT@tseelig #aoss09 The content should lead the device design, not other way around.2:47 PM Jul 30th from web
  17. RT @contentnow #aoss09 Trinity Ventures Avaak peel stick camera w 1y battery life -Cisco making bets in video – http//:www.avaak.com2:46 PM Jul 30th from web
  18. RT @inigral People digest all media on three screens: mobile, desktop, and tv. The content will sync/stream across all 3. #aoss092:44 PM Jul 30th from web
  19. RT @mchui Fred Wang (Trinity Ventures): People overestimate the impact of tech trends in near term & underestimate long term impacts #aoss092:39 PM Jul 30th from web
  20. RT @ciscoeos Dan Scheinman #aoss09 “Consumer at the center of everything” in media. In the future value lies in knowledge of that consumer.2:38 PM Jul 30th from web
  21. Peel and stick video camera2:37 PM Jul 30th from web
  22. Three screen world…2:36 PM Jul 30th from web
  23. Digital media in early innings of innovation curve. Fred Wang Trinity Ventures #AOSS092:32 PM Jul 30th from web
  24. RT @NicoleJordan John Mellor: Nurturing the known is a lot less expensive than acquiring the new. (re: customers & knowledge mgmt.) #aoss092:28 PM Jul 30th from web
  25. RT @ciscoeos Adv panel John Mellor corp dev #Omniture #aoss09 seeing “how do I reuse what I already have,” < expensive than acquiring new2:27 PM Jul 30th from web
  26. @AlwaysOn somebody switched the feed from the room to Italian interview – please switch it back.2:18 PM Jul 30th from web
  27. RT @ciscoeos Adv panel at AlwaysON #aoss09; Jon Raj scale not as important as data2:13 PM Jul 30th from web
  28. RT @randallh Ethan Topper Union Square Advisors: 4000/4500 NASDAQ tech cos have Market cap < $500 million & hence little liquidity #aoss092:10 PM Jul 30th from web
  29. RT @mchui Paul Kwan (Morgan Stanley): Understand the lifetime value of customers, e.g., SuccessFactors IPOed losing money #aoss092:08 PM Jul 30th from web
  30. RT @mikedorsey Jon Raj, OMD: “Clients don’t want to know about ‘tech’, but rather, audience & customers” lose them talking ‘tech’ #AOSS092:04 PM Jul 30th from web
  31. RT @paulballen Rubicon CEO: Google has 23% of $65 billion online ad market. 77% split 400 ad networks, exch. 500 pubs w/direct sales #aoss092:01 PM Jul 30th from web
  32. RT @mchui Frank Addante (Rubicon): Google has 23% of online ad spend. Other 77% is very fragmented. #aoss091:58 PM Jul 30th from web
  33. RT @mchui John Mellor (Omniture): All of the ad holding companies are internalizing the need for advertising results to be measured #aoss091:58 PM Jul 30th from web
  34. Yahoo! will have “0%” costs “against 88% revenue & they have no R&D expense and no ongoing capex. It’s sort of, like, unbelievable.” Ballmer11:37 AM Jul 30th from web
  35. RT@sparker2 SkyMeter CEO “Cisco Korea looks at transportation infrastructure in Seoul like electricity grid, will use smart meters” #aoss0910:15 AM Jul 30th from web
  36. RT @LarryChiang Ron Conway, “Heck I’d fund ideas. Don’t need traction.” #aoss09 Probably why he’s done 500+ deals. Gets them before the herd9:54 AM Jul 30th from web
  37. RT @paulballen Ron Conway: focus on real-time data. Now it’s 1% of web. In 3 years, maybe 25%. $5 billion market lots of winners, not 1 or 29:46 AM Jul 30th from web
  38. RT @mchui Ron Conway: Both Google and Facebook started with $1M angel investments #aoss099:38 AM Jul 30th from web
  39. RT @mchui Vinod Khosla: I don’t think India or China will agree to a carbon cap. Maybe China by 2020 #aoss098:48 AM Jul 30th from web
  40. RT @journojos Khosla: Lithium ion batteries are overhyped and will possibly be replaced (but it’s not bad to invest in them) #aoss098:48 AM Jul 30th from web
  41. RT@randallh @vkhosla crops&agriculture take 300 million acres. 3 billion acres for renewable energy , 1 billion former agriculture #aoss098:47 AM Jul 30th from web
  42. RT @Ardenfaye Vinod Khosla: plugging into electric car is plugging into lump of coal, bc thats where US/India energy comes from #aoss098:43 AM Jul 30th from web
  43. RT @mchui Vinod Khosla: Biggest producers of greenhouse gases: coal, oil, concrete and steel #aoss098:41 AM Jul 30th from web
  44. Thinks @Google search is a downhill marketing model, Twitter & social media is an uphill marketing model.8:39 AM Jul 30th from web
  45. “All problems are the result of their system.” Marty Chenard8:38 AM Jul 30th from web
  46. RT @paulballen Vinod Khosla: “Remember economic gravity: the cheapest thing ends up winning.” #aoss098:37 AM Jul 30th from web
  47. RT @Samwise “I think one breakthrough will change the rules” in energy – ie., cost-effective carbon sequestration – VC Vinod Khosla #aoss098:36 AM Jul 30th from web
  48. How come #Booz & Company has a social media department but the company isn’t visible on #Twitter?8:21 AM Jul 30th from web
  49. “Size is the enemy of speed” Dan Peña8:20 AM Jul 30th from web
  50. RT @iMagSM @DJc8080 exercise your body, twitter your mind…8:02 AM Jul 30th from web
  51. @YahooGuy Hi Gabe, will Bing / adCenter will keep outsourcing their customer service to non MSFT employees? http://bit.ly/Yabing7:25 AM Jul 30th from web
  52. Why does it sound like all of the Hollywood movie studios use the same voice over guy for their movie trailers regardless of a film’s genre?7:22 AM Jul 30th from web
  53. “We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows” Robert Frost7:11 AM Jul 30th from web
  54. @redfly “Just had to do my renew my GAP exam.” Its still the same GAP exam? Mine is up again too.8:33 PM Jul 29th from web
  55. TwitBlock Alpha: Parsing Twitter Followers By Their Fruits http://bit.ly/FakeTwitterFo…8:21 PM Jul 29th from bit.ly
  56. RT @larrychiang “We can make good money at a party,” Mike @Arrington Then why not throw more parties? #aoss097:19 PM Jul 29th from web
  57. @sjcobrien Watch out Circles and Triangles mixing it up @ the bar.7:17 PM Jul 29th from web
  58. As a square, I am curious @sjcobrien @keithferarzzi is the ratio roughly 90% / 9% and 1%? #aoss096:23 PM Jul 29th from web
  59. RT@AshleySays Purnima Kochikar — three mobile tool categories consumers will pay for “get ahead, make more money, get a wife” #aoss096:19 PM Jul 29th from web
  60. RT @Samwise Google has smartest people on the planet, yet one has to ask are their best days behind them? #aoss09 Bing? More of the same6:17 PM Jul 29th from web
  61. RT @Samwise Ranadivé : Silicon Valley saying, if you tie two stones together, they still don’t float! (re: Bing & Others) #aoss096:15 PM Jul 29th from web
  62. RT @TechSmartUp Tristan Harris sees the integration of widgets, polling devices and other rich media are the key to reader retention #aoss095:58 PM Jul 29th from web
  63. Hey @keithferrazzi Seeing your #AOSS09 post reminded me of your Dallas Leadership speech years ago. 450 Circles, 48 Triangles & 2 Squares.5:56 PM Jul 29th from web
  64. RT @larrychiang “We can make good money at a party,” Mike Arrington #aoss09 Who knew TechCrunch was a front for a party planner.5:48 PM Jul 29th from web
  65. RT @TechSmartUp “A Porsche designed by committee is a Volvo. Don’t listen to anyone, try it if you believe in it” -Arrington #aoss095:35 PM Jul 29th from web
  66. RT @Samwise Anybody ever hear about the saying a camel is a horse designed by committee ? -M.Arrington #aoss095:35 PM Jul 29th from web
  67. RT @mattwbowman Listen to your customers you end up with nonsense. Don’t listen to your customers, end up w/ the iPhone. -Arrington #aoss095:34 PM Jul 29th from web
  68. RT @AlwaysOn @LarryChiang: A VC who actually is helpful, wise & astute & not 1 of the these 9 http://bit.ly/ziMOn #7PeopleYouMeet at #aoss095:32 PM Jul 29th from web
  69. RT @larrychiang 9 VCs You Don’t Wanna Meet http://tinyurl.com/5hbw3c #aoss095:19 PM Jul 29th from web
  70. RT @tombed social games can be developed much faster and cheaper than console games says @jeremysliew from Lightspeed Ventures. #AOSS095:18 PM Jul 29th from web
  71. RT @andrewhaeg Tim Chang, Norwest: Millennials = cloud ready. Hate friction (i.e. downloads). #aoss095:15 PM Jul 29th from web
  72. RT @andrewhaeg Packy Kelly, KPMG: 14 million millennials; most diverse generation; up to 20 hrs of media per day; socially conscious #aoss095:12 PM Jul 29th from web
  73. RT @semanticseed Zimbra CEO offers a Nugget- “open source helps lower the cost of sales and marketing” #aoss095:09 PM Jul 29th from web
  74. RT @semanticseed Receivables Exchange CEO- Its called “factoring” dude, love these silicon valley “marketing” twist5:09 PM Jul 29th from web
  75. RT @metarand Tim Chang, Jeremy Liew: consumption + downloads are out. self expression + cloud are in. #aoss095:02 PM Jul 29th from web
  76. RT @theefactor watch @marionfreijsen #efactor co-founder and CTO present at @AlwaysOn at 3:45 PST at #aoss09 http://bit.ly/Uqfes3:12 PM Jul 29th from web
  77. RT @jason_pontin Speaking at Tony Perkins’s AlwaysOn summit in Stanford about the future of journalism. #aoss093:09 PM Jul 29th from web
  78. @andrewhaeg http://innovationmovement.com without www. doesn’t resolve.2:48 PM Jul 29th from web
  79. RT@andrewhaeg Gary Shapiro: Innovation is disruptive. Has 2 be allowed @ occur. Succeeding puts someone out of biz. e.g. journalists #aoss092:41 PM Jul 29th from web
  80. RT @andrewhaeg Gary Shapiro: Baby Boomers – First generation that will produce for our children a less successful economy. #aoss092:39 PM Jul 29th from web
  81. “Education is a civil right.” Video highlights from Melinda Gates’ speech to #NCLR09: http://twitclicks.com/8hvj #edreform2:18 PM Jul 29th from web
  82. RT @metacool: Innovation needs to happen at the intersection of desirability, viability, & feasibility. http://bit.ly/nA0Y22:17 PM Jul 29th from web
  83. RT @tseelig Bill Campbell on Steve Jobs: Won’t do anything unless it is perfect! #aoss092:10 PM Jul 29th from web
  84. RT @ lavarney Cloud computing panelists are arms dealers says rafe #aoss092:05 PM Jul 29th from web
  85. RT @coreyford If you’re growing, u should be learning. that means you should never feel like you know what you’re doing. via @benhuh @hnshah2:03 PM Jul 29th from web
  86. RT@MaryVincent Data-driven really means to be user-driven and user-focused per Marissa Mayer Google VP Search #aoss091:42 PM Jul 29th from web
  87. RT @modeling22 Twitterers mixed on #Bing getting big through Microsoft / Yahoo deal : http://bit.ly/RrgWN1:40 PM Jul 29th from web
  88. RT @TechSmartUp “I don’t think any of the clouds are particularly secure” -VP, Sun Microsystems #aoss09 *Sinking feeling in my GoogleDoc1:29 PM Jul 29th from web
  89. RT@ hardaway mobile panel at #aoss09: what do people pay for? Self-improvement and life tools in developing countries. Games and indulgences1:19 PM Jul 29th from web
  90. RT @hardaway 82% of Americans have mobile phones. 60% have them with them at all times. #aaos091:10 PM Jul 29th from web
  91. RT @projectionz Modiv pairs up self-service supermarket checkouts with digital media for special deals and discounts. #aoss091:08 PM Jul 29th from web
  92. RT @TechSmartUp Mobile Gaming is making millions b/c we’re on a platform where people are used to paying -B. Decrem, CEO Tapulous #aoss091:06 PM Jul 29th from web
  93. RT @TechSmartUp By 2011 more than 500 million desktops will reside wholly in the cloud – Monica Lam, MokaFive #aoss091:04 PM Jul 29th from web
  94. RT @nanocene “The best way to have a good idea is to have many of them.” Linus Pauling #aoss091:02 PM Jul 29th from web
  95. @malbonster Ha! By Telegraph journalists or management?12:41 PM Jul 29th from web
  96. RT @richardbranson Take a look at the new http://www.virgin.com – the community portal for the Virgin Group. Sign up and join in!12:39 PM Jul 29th from web
  97. RT @aaronabber Google Adwords Secret: as of Mon they dumped telephone support, $30k a month no longer gets you a live body, what fools!12:37 PM Jul 29th from web
  98. Microsoft’s search market “deal” with Yahoo: Embrace, Extend and Eviscerate.12:00 PM Jul 29th from web
  99. @YahooGuy Thanks – Any ideas when and where they will be posted?11:42 AM Jul 29th from web
  100. Rt @rashmi @arrafiq thinks the best entrepreneurs are the ones that come of the street with little academic background … #aoss0911:41 AM Jul 29th from web

Tags:
Posted in Twitter Backup | Leave a Comment »

Tweet Backup

September 13, 2009

The following are my Tweets 1,081 through 1,181.

  1. Seven Tweeters @tombed @larrychiang @sjcobrien @GreenSoftware @mchui @philvogel @rashmi #AOSS0911:37 AM Jul 29th from web
  2. RT @larrychiang The new keynote will be a 2 way conversation. Speakers & panel moderators that can’t will go the way of newspaper #aoss0911:34 AM Jul 29th from web
  3. RT @jmfeland uTest: Crowdsourced testing leads to higher quality web, desktop and mobile apps, speeding products to market #aoss0911:29 AM Jul 29th from web
  4. RT @mchui Paul Jacobs: 830M 3G subscribers today, 2.4B 3G subscribers by 2013 #aoss0911:25 AM Jul 29th from web
  5. RT @steverubel Share Tweets with Friends Right in GMail http://ff.im/-5TlpJ11:13 AM Jul 29th from web
  6. RT @hebsgaard Google Docs Get eDiscovery and Archiving Support. #ediscovery #e20 – http://bit.ly/2M4PyD8:55 AM Jul 29th from web
  7. @YahooGuy Are my Yahoo search accounts still going to be @Yahoo with a Bing admin panel?8:46 AM Jul 29th from web
  8. Is your city an economic backwater or dynamic ocean? #McKinsey & Company’s #Innovation Clusters: http://bit.ly/InnovationClu…8:38 AM Jul 29th from bit.ly
  9. News in the internet age will not monetize like news in the printing press age.8:16 AM Jul 28th from web
  10. RT@mikeslone Twitter use: 41.6% stay in touch w friends, 29.1% status updates, 25.8% news, 21.7% for work, 9.4% research http://bit.ly/cRtza7:30 AM Jul 28th from web
  11. Microsoft’s negotiations with Yahoo = Search Opera.8:17 AM Jul 27th from web
  12. RE: @fredwilson “Google delivers more than a billion consumer visits to newspaper web sites each month.” http://bit.ly… http://disq.us/1bql5:37 PM Jul 25th from DISQUS
  13. RT @mmartoccia Monetize The Audience, Not The Content http://bit.ly/RYvAd via @YoTwits This is what I do as a Web Marketing Consultant5:28 PM Jul 25th from web
  14. Doesn’t understand how #Twitter accounts with 14 updates have 10,000 #followers.4:28 PM Jul 25th from web
  15. @Maveron The link to Maveron on your Twitter page has an extra http://3:42 PM Jul 25th from web
  16. Social Media Rarely Used to Guide Purchases http://bit.ly/SocialMediaPu…3:35 PM Jul 25th from bit.ly
  17. Business classification simplified by Warren Buffett: Innovators, Imitators and Idiots.11:09 AM Jul 25th from web
  18. “Mail is just not as deeply emotional anymore. “We don’t have the ‘Oh my God, the mail’s here!’ moments anymore.” Nancy Pope10:23 AM Jul 25th from web
  19. Junk mail -the offers and ads that often make up most of the day’s mail — has fallen precipitously as businesses follow consumers online.10:20 AM Jul 25th from web
  20. “If you go to banks, they will tell you point-blank that their first priority is to get the hell out of the mail.” Gene Del Polito10:20 AM Jul 25th from web
  21. 213 billion pieces of US mail in 2006 to 170 billion projected for 2010.10:16 AM Jul 25th from web
  22. Past year = single largest drop-off in mail volume in US Postal Service 234-year history.10:15 AM Jul 25th from web
  23. 175,000 mail collection boxes left in US. Must collect more than 25 pieces a day to survive.10:12 AM Jul 25th from web
  24. Main “collection boxes” along with “news racks” becoming things of the past http://bit.ly/Xm8ex10:06 AM Jul 25th from bit.ly
  25. Which businesses are winning, marginal or losing? Why?10:03 AM Jul 25th from web
  26. “….I could have calibrated those words differently.”10:01 AM Jul 25th from web
  27. Ironic: Fireworks prohibited on Federal Property.9:57 AM Jul 25th from web
  28. What businesses via either market segment(s) or geographic location will experience compound annual growth #CAGR over the next year?3:01 PM Jul 24th from web
  29. What business in your city will experience compound annual growth over the next year, next five years?2:59 PM Jul 24th from web
  30. RT @GoogleResearch Blog: Predicting Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits. http://bit.ly/PXgAI11:36 AM Jul 24th from web
  31. @tomforemski AppleCare service sucks… their repair depots are outsourced / ran by non Apple company.11:24 AM Jul 24th from web
  32. Microhoo #MSFT+#YHOO vs. Google #GOOG: The Battle for Audience and Keystrokes http://bit.ly/MicrohooVsGoogle11:14 AM Jul 24th from bit.ly
  33. Thinks personal computer shipments have peaked.11:07 AM Jul 24th from web
  34. Best Buy asks the crowd for help finding the right employee http://bit.ly/Crowdsourcing…9:03 AM Jul 24th from bit.ly
  35. 2009 Google Adwords Online Marketing Challenge Winners & Metrics http://bit.ly/GoogleOnlineM…8:59 AM Jul 24th from bit.ly
  36. @BestBuyCMO Thanks for the mention on your blog Barry.8:05 AM Jul 24th from web
  37. @joshuakahn Thanks.8:03 AM Jul 24th from web
  38. Twitter 101 Twitter User Guide http://bit.ly/Twitter101Use…8:28 PM Jul 23rd from bit.ly
  39. #Mindmapping #Mindmap news?8:02 PM Jul 23rd from web
  40. @mwherman2000 I gathered there was a SharePoint connection. Wasn’t sure. Thanks.7:57 PM Jul 23rd from web
  41. @mwherman2000 Yes – its not on your Twitter page or easily locatable via search.7:52 PM Jul 23rd from web
  42. “Hands-on troubleshooting allows you to deeply understand the problem and be more actively involved in the solution.” John Baldoni8:02 AM Jul 23rd from web
  43. RT @ManagementTip HarvardBusiness.org: Stuck? Try Troubleshooting Instead of Problem Solving http://bit.ly/bzlLI8:00 AM Jul 23rd from web
  44. Thanks for clearing that up #Wordpress.8:00 AM Jul 23rd from web
  45. Reputation credits, Attention credits.8:57 PM Jul 22nd from web
  46. “The stuff that can become software, becomes software.” Chris Anderson8:56 PM Jul 22nd from web
  47. #Freemium – Colbert says real made up word.8:55 PM Jul 22nd from web
  48. #Free Radical Chris Anderson @chr1sa coming up on Colbert Report8:51 PM Jul 22nd from web
  49. RT @youtube Watch President Obama’s live news conference NOW on http://youtube.com/whitehouse5:01 PM Jul 22nd from web
  50. RT @googleanalytics GA Tip in 140 Char: Segment regions in the Map Overlay report by Keyword to see regional search trends4:56 PM Jul 22nd from web
  51. RT @LATimes Calif’s first online high school is approved. Virtual prom, anyone? http://bit.ly/73Tdr via @lanow4:54 PM Jul 22nd from web
  52. RT @heartnsoul marinetraffic.com: flightstats.com for ships with realtime maps http://bit.ly/GZAkd #amazing4:50 PM Jul 22nd from web
  53. RT @forrester Forrester blog for Marketing Leadership: media agencies want to be media technology companies http://snipurl.com/npmcx4:43 PM Jul 22nd from web
  54. RT @steverubel Started following @GoogleContacts4:40 PM Jul 22nd from web
  55. RT @rosshill Smart energy meters that tweet (by IDEO) http://bit.ly/1F2VoD #yam #dop4:36 PM Jul 22nd from web
  56. #Amazon buys #Zappos http://bit.ly/xqS0q3:02 PM Jul 22nd from web
  57. #Wordpress doesn’t allow tons of data ( ie., a Twitter followers list) to be uploaded. Such is the life of the test pilot. WP please restore2:49 PM Jul 22nd from web
  58. #Wordpress2:48 PM Jul 22nd from web
  59. How To Search Twitter and Archive Lists of Followers http://bit.ly/ArchiveTwitte…11:55 AM Jul 22nd from bit.ly
  60. How To Create and Search Your Own Twitter Followers List http://bit.ly/SearchTwitter…11:53 AM Jul 22nd from bit.ly
  61. #Adwords10:08 AM Jul 22nd from web
  62. @KarlRove You work on your book at night?8:21 AM Jul 22nd from web
  63. All consumption is aspirational.7:57 AM Jul 22nd from web
  64. “[Insert male product buyer here] want to be seen by their friends, and by ladies, as interesting.”7:56 AM Jul 22nd from web
  65. @bradyambler Thanks for the comment about Ogilvy and the World’s “Most Interesting Man” story.. He speaks French in Russian too.7:54 AM Jul 22nd from web
  66. ‘Most Interesting Man’ increases sales: “Drinkers wanted to be seen by their friends, and by ladies, as interesting.” http://bit.ly/mKI4V7:51 AM Jul 22nd from web
  67. @SteveRubel #WorkStreaming, I’m measuring my output w/ time and date stamping publicly via Twitter + WordPress mashups.8:00 PM Jul 21st from web
  68. @jspats I agree the concept is good. SMB #s 25 million are from the Census and consist of all businesses in the US including ATTs.6:52 PM Jul 21st from web
  69. @themarketingguy Please define posterous life stream.6:48 PM Jul 21st from web
  70. RT @mjleonard Interesting that the new Yahoo HP doesn’t have Twitter set as a default favorite.6:45 PM Jul 21st from web
  71. Yahoo now has one rep for every 11,853 of their audience members @Yahoo or one sales rep for every 1,923 “businesses” in the US.6:39 PM Jul 21st from web
  72. The 50 year Business Cycle and Creative Destruction: http://bit.ly/Joseph_Schump…5:48 PM Jul 21st from bit.ly
  73. Testing Twitter.com updates page loads via Bitly analytics: http://bit.ly/llgUx5:43 PM Jul 21st from bit.ly
  74. Thinks Jazz is an economic indicator.5:34 PM Jul 21st from web
  75. Invent starts with an I…4:57 PM Jul 21st from web
  76. Making Twitter Updates Searchable http://bit.ly/SearchTwitter…1:12 PM Jul 21st from bit.ly
  77. RT @zebs Digital Spending Will Nearly Double in 5 Years, But Ad Budgets Won’t http://tr.im/tnyZ12:07 PM Jul 21st from web
  78. RT @dcfemella 100,000 users to get Google Wave this fall http://post.ly/1Rp412:03 PM Jul 21st from web
  79. “You’ll find no statues of committees” David Ogilvy11:07 AM Jul 21st from web
  80. RT @PSFKRSS Latest: Custom Interactive Projections On Buildings http://cli.gs/MnNR811:07 AM Jul 21st from web
  81. RT @modeling22 @TimHo David Ogilvy’s best advice for business http://bit.ly/pXTW10:54 AM Jul 21st from web
  82. Collapse of Distinction = good book. #Business = Process, Service & Experience. What kind of experience are your customers getting?8:34 AM Jul 21st from web
  83. “Get digital books into the hands of people who want them – any device, any time, anywhere,” said Barnes & Noble’s William Lynch via AP8:25 AM Jul 21st from web
  84. http://twitcam.com/2fy – Testing Twitcam…..7:54 PM Jul 20th from API
  85. RT @1938media http://twitcam.com/2ea – testing7:53 PM Jul 20th from web
  86. http://twitcam.com/2ff – Tesiting Twitcam from my laptop…7:50 PM Jul 20th from API
  87. RT @lizasisler Nice summary of Microsoft messaging at #WPC09 http://bit.ly/YeB1L Microsoft’s new Mantra:Save people Money.7:47 PM Jul 20th from web
  88. #SiliconValley news?7:45 PM Jul 20th from web
  89. RT @samdecker @CMO_Council: US Ad Spend Plunges 14.2%; Only Online Posts Growth: http://tinyurl.com/qkwz4q Doubt it comes back6:50 PM Jul 20th from web
  90. RT @mashable Confirmed: Digg Just Hijacked Your Twitter Links – http://bit.ly/miUdu3:47 PM Jul 19th from web
  91. The Market for Political Spin http://bit.ly/PoliticalSpin3:38 PM Jul 19th from bit.ly
  92. RT @chr1sa via @steverubel Top five Kindle books are all free http://ff.im/-5pZpn Maybe those new Amazon patents will monetize content.11:21 AM Jul 19th from web
  93. One of my favorite books? Thinkertoys.8:39 PM Jul 18th from web
  94. Anybody able to search and locate more than their last 100 #Tweets / #updates in their #Twitter account?1:44 PM Jul 18th from web
  95. @Twitter If only a week’s worth of my Tweets are archived – what did #Twitter do with my #Tweets that are older than a week – discard them?1:43 PM Jul 18th from web
  96. @Twitter Who’s responsible for archiving all of my #Tweets – me or #Twitter?1:41 PM Jul 18th from web
  97. @Twitter If Tweets older than a week aren’t searchable or findable – hasn’t Twitter then destroyed them?1:39 PM Jul 18th from web
  98. @Twitter Why can’t I retrieve more than the last several pages of updates from my Twitter account?1:37 PM Jul 18th from web
  99. Steve Brill interview with the Atlantic about content monetization http://bit.ly/FreeContentNo…3:23 PM Jul 17th from bit.ly
  100. 100% of US Internet users surveyed in Q2 2009 went online to pass the time: http://bit.ly/WhyPeopleGoOn…2:35 PM Jul 17th from bit.ly

Tags:,
Posted in Tweet, Tweet Backup, Twitter | Leave a Comment »

Google Advertising Professionals Exam Expiring Soon

September 12, 2009

I recently received the following notice from Google Adwords.

Although I don’t recall receiving previous notices by email from Google, they are welcomed because I don’t always check the messages in My Google Adwords Client Center.

Adwords Qualified Individual

Adwords Qualified Individual

From: Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:56 AM

Subject: Warning: Google Advertising Professionals Exam Expiring Soon

To: timcohn@gmail.com

Hello timcohn@gmail.com,

We are writing to let you know that one or more of the Google Advertising Professionals exams associated with your Company account is set to expire in the next 2 weeks.

Your Company account pages at the Google Advertising Professionals Program site have been updated to include this information. You can view the exam expiry dates associated with your Company account, as well as who took the exam and when, on the Google Advertising Professionals Company account home page.

If this exam expires, it may put your Company Qualification at risk; please have a Professional take the exam again as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Google Advertising Professionals Team

You have received this email because you are an Administrator of a Company account in the Google Advertising Professionals program. As such, we send you alerts and notifications when critical events take place that require your attention.

Tags:, , ,
Posted in Google Advertising Professional, Google Advertising Professionals Exam, Google Adwords, My Client Center | Leave a Comment »

Google Voice to Text Translation

September 11, 2009

I have had my Google Voice account for several months now and really enjoy its web based user interface.

When I receive voice mails in my Google Voice account, notices are also automatically sent to my Gmail account.

Google Voice Message in Gmail

Google Voice Message in Gmail

Accompanying each Google Voice email is a voice to text translation of the message in addition to the actual message.

Voicemail messages can also be downloaded to a computer through the “More” menu within the Google Voice dashboard.

Google Voice to Text Translation

Google Voice to Text Translation

The Google Voice message files are exported as MP3 files which in turn can then be imported into applications like iTunes for playback.

Tags:, ,
Posted in Google Voice, Google Voice Message, Google Voice Text Translation, iTunes | Leave a Comment »

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »