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Re: Big SEO Projects – A Strategy To Get Them

Mark Murnahan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:44:42 -0000

An additional challenge to this is to maintain the direction of the discussions. I often find that clients will invite people of many disciplines to participate in SEO decisions. They will often have questions of both strategy and tactics. Without strategy, the tactics mean little, but if the last SEO wowed them with attractive words they did not understand, you must be prepared to defend that.

When you have a CEO, marketing VP, CTO, and a few others in the same room, you will often find that their objectives have conflicts. Also, it is not unlikely that somebody will lose interest along the way. Controling the dynamics can be a challenge. I agree that the best way to create the common bond is speaking to their needs with a strategy first and foremost.

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Re: Twitter Usage Study: Pass The Tweet #PTT

Mark Murnahan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:23:05 -0000

There was a fire only a few hundred yards from my home, and I learned of it from WIBW Channel 13 in their Twitter feed. How timely and shocking is it that even the news in my own neighborhood reaches me by Twitter before any other means? I could have stood in my driveway to see it, but WIBW and Twitter reached me first. Here is their news story: http://www.wibw.com/localne...

Note how timely this fit into my blog post on a Twitter Usage Study. CRAZY!

Re: How do you compare? Teens spend 31 hours a week online

Mark Murnahan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:49:41 -0000

I spend a lot more time on the Internet than I would ever allow my kids to use it. I would have to answer that I am online in one form or another over 15 hours per day (work not play). My kids, however, less than an hour per week.

Re: New brain-scan technique uses IR-detecting headband

Mark Murnahan — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:17:41 -0000

I can see a use for it, but probably not in gaming for a bit longer. When you said to close my eyes and move my head, I was hoping for a mind blowing demonstration. :-D

Now if this progresses, maybe Google and IBM can work on a WiFi like described here: http://www.awebguy.com/2009...

One of these days perhaps none of us will have to think for ourselves ... like those guys on Wall Street and in D.C.

Re: This blog is dead! ORLY?

Mark Murnahan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:07:23 -0000

I guess I always thought the popular method was to abandon all hope of having a life outside of social networking and blogging and just do it all, all the time. I feel better believing there there is a balance somewhere between 140 characters and my windy blog.

Personally, I still shower once in a while, because my every attempt to mainstream P.C. terms like "hygienically challenged" have ben snuffed by my lovely wife. I am not so sure I really have my finger on the pulse, but I enjoy the long-stroke of a blog, and also the relationships of Twitter, Facebook, etcetera. I am OK if I am not in the top 10 most bulletproof people on a Guy Kawasaki list, but I try to do my part to make the Internet better.

Any which way you go, keep up the good work.

Re: Too Much Nick

Mark Murnahan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:43:16 -0000

Damn! I thought that recession thing was just hype. I never thought it would really hit home.

Re: Too Much Nick

Mark Murnahan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:44:56 -0000

Damn! I thought that recession thing was just hype. I never thought it would actually hit home.

Re: Valentine’s Day Greeting from Mari – Sharing My Love Story

Mark Murnahan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:41:21 -0000

Mari,

This is a lovely story and I wish you both a very happy 8th anniversary. There is little more meaningful than a love story. I believe you saw my blog about meeting my wife online, proving social networking has worked for over a decade. The story: "Three Kids Prove Social Networking Works" http://www.awebguy.com/3k

In honor of the day of love, I have just added an article on love letters that I published on Facebook a while back to the comments section on the story of how we met. It is not "wee" enough for here. :-)

Blessings,

Mark

Re: Twitter and me

Mark Murnahan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:33:53 -0000

People impose upon themselves varying levels of demand to read and reply. If you are a person who really hates to make somebody feel ignored (like I do), then it is very demanding to keep up with a lot of people.

I can certainly appreciate the message here. I also try to be extremely accessible and I never like to miss anything. On the other hand, I saw a tweet today from a woman being rude to somebody because they no longer followed her back. She made a statement that sounded as if she would only follow somebody who showed an interest in doing business with her.

The lesson is that there are all types, whether on Twitter or at the local grocery. Hopefully you will enjoy your new methods.

Re: Twitter and me

Mark Murnahan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:32:03 -0000

Jim,

I do not want to give you more work, so do not feel a need to respond. I just wish to complement your dedication to engaging with your readers. Social networking, blogging, and friendship in all forms is based on two-way communication. You have clearly embraced this fact.

Re: 100+ Funny Photos Taken At Unusual Angle [Humor]

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:10:22 -0000

This was so funny that I re-tweeted it. Once I got further through it, I RE-re-tweeted it, put it on Facebook, and decided to take more interesting photos of my kids. :-)

Re: Justin.tv Is Redirecting Porn Queries Into Cash (Update: Not Any More)

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:29:26 -0000

I used Justin.tv for an auto racing Webcast (copmagnet.com) and thought it was a great idea, but sometimes lacking in reliability.

I find this to be quite tasteless on their part.

Re: Does Facebook Really Own Your Data? NO! It’s About Openness

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:40:47 -0000

It seems that it would be a bad idea for Facebook to do anything that would harm users' interests. If they harm their users, they harm the company, after all.

Re: The Newest Way To Game Twitter - Fake Followers

Mark Murnahan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:29:54 -0000

I thought I was doing OK with adding around 700 within the past ten days. Then again, I did it the "hard" way, by actually having something to say and finding interesting people to meet. I am writing a follow-up on a Twitter study (not exactly scientific) and this belongs there.

Re: Monday Madness: Geekiest Cars Ever!

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:50:26 -0000

The keyboard car is awesome! I have a relatively geeky but fairly cool geeky couple cars at http://www.copmagnet.com . The blue one is extremely well outfitted for a live mobile Webcast, both for street and track Webcasting. Is that geeky? :-)

Re: Monday Madness: Geekiest Cars Ever!

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:53:21 -0000

BTW Some of the license plates for my various cars include "DOTCOMS", "DOTCOMM", "DOTCOMZ", and on my chopper (skullchopper.com) it says ".com" but the "." was added with a marker. I am geeky, but with a flair for speed and danger. :-)

Re: What if someone sees this?

Mark Murnahan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:03:50 -0000

Jim,

This is a great article and I agree that we should all consider what we do and say online. In my case, I chose to just be myself and know that for the people who matter, being me is good enough.

Unfortunately, we cannot cure ignorance all at once. The company concerned about Twittering after midnight is laughable. It was just yesterday when at 12:13AM I showered and brewed a pot of coffee all set to Twitter, Webcast, and blog through the night. If they saw that, they would never hire me. The terrible part is that they would have missed the whole picture, like the tweets showing the rest of the story below:

http://twitter.com/murnahan...
http://twitter.com/murnahan...

It is important to look at the whole picture. Tragically, many people do not.

Re: Social Media Staffing : Part 1

Mark Murnahan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:09:34 -0000

I really appreciate this article. I believe this to be very accurate, and I sure hope I am correct. Otherwise, the blog post I am about to write will surely keep us both from sleeping. :-)

Re: Demystify Yourself

Mark Murnahan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:16:22 -0000

This is a very nice post, Danny. I agree with you. I took transparency to an all-new level yesterday with a post on my blog. I believe you saw that. Although I took a wildly huge risk, I am glad I have done so. I ripped the mask off, heck, I stripped the skin off, too. :-D

In my experience, most people prefer to do business with other people. It is pretty hard to shake a company's hand or have lunch with a company.

Re: Google Enabled Televisions Coming Soon

Mark Murnahan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:52:48 -0000

I want one of these.

Now we can have Google phone, Google TV, Google voice, Gmail, Google in medical devices, etcetera. Before you know it, our biggest fear may be that the Google electricity goes out and all of our Google food in the Google refrigerator spoils. I guess we would just have to go back to the Google Grocery for more.

I am most definitely a Google fan, so I hope Google can continue to avoid antitrust suits.

Re: Most ReTweeted

Mark Murnahan — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:37:00 -0000

I believe that there is a lot of merit to this. I also believe that it is an individual experience. There is certainly more than one right way to use Twitter, and even many more wrong ways to use Twitter. I can imagine that of the 6,966 people "following" me, much of that is unnecessary. I have been very fortunate to meet many interesting people, but a one-on-one relationship with each of them would be impossible. I am very social with people I meet on Twitter, which helps with my point of using Twitter more for a tool to receive referrals. If people have a feel for who I am, and if they know what I do, they may say a kind word about me if they know somebody in need of my services.

Re: Exclusive-ish: Michael Jackson's Cancelled Neverland Auction, Captured by Videothing

Mark Murnahan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:03:00 -0000

I thought I had some cool stuff, but wow. This dude had some great junk. One would think that just having been in this monster's possession would make it worthless!

Re: Why It Pays to Befriend the ‘Little Guy’

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:20:09 -0000

A good example of this is that I met Reg Saddler (@zaibatsu) when I only had perhaps 100 followers on Twitter. I wrote and launched a study of Twitter, and Reg retweeted it. Shortly thereafter, Reg called me on the phone to talk about our industry. I blogged about the conversation. Today, I have a few (8000+) more followers, and a very attentive group of followers at that. To whatever degree, I have added to Reg's social media clout, as he does mine. working together, we can all add greater value.

Re: Why It Pays to Befriend the ‘Little Guy’

Mark Murnahan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:33:50 -0000

Thanks, Brett. I appreciate that very much. Keep an eye out for a rather funny article I am working on now. It is kind of on this topic in a very strange and roundabout way.

Re: How to Get Recognized in Social Media

Mark Murnahan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:10:01 -0000

I think you wrote a great article, so I don't mean to criticize. I just noticed that you made no mention of never, under any circumstances, get too comfortable with where you are. There is always somebody else lurking around the corner who will gladly take you place at the podium.