Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose Video

Filed under Search Engine Marketing by on July 26, 2010 at 1:27 am {no comments}

Check out Tim Ferriss (4-Hour Work Week author) & Kevin Rose (CEO of digg.com) chat about how each came up product/service/company names. I found Tim’s method pretty interesting!

I often use long running Google ads as a source of inspiration for creating banners for media buys. The idea here is if a Google ad is running for weeks, then the ad must be making money for the advertiser so why not leverage the headline and ad copy? This idea won’t apply though if the advertiser is building brand (e.g. Pepsi, Walmart, etc).

Check out the video below & enjoy!

Tim and Kevin from Glenn McElhose on Vimeo.

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Yahoo & Microsoft Search Alliance!

Filed under Search Engine Marketing by on February 18, 2010 at 1:21 pm {no comments}

Cool! I just got an email from both Yahoo and Microsoft advertising platforms that they received regulatory clearance to form a search alliance! As an advertiser on Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft platforms, I can only hope they combined resources that will help give Google a run for their money!

With all the recent random Google Adword bannings, I’m sure this announcement is a good sign, but only time will tell if both resources really combine to one force, or if one side will be laid off and the one left standing gets a boat load of new customers. Man, I hope its not the later because Google will have a for sure monopoly in search advertising.

Until we see how this will develops, check out Amish’s list of alternative traffic sources. As a whole, they bring a decent amount of traffic!

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Amish Shah’s & J. Styles Seminar At San Diego

Filed under Search Engine Marketing by on September 3, 2009 at 1:33 pm {no comments}

Just came back from Amish’s Shah & J Styles Seminar held in this past weekend in San Diego. It was educational and fun event!

Some general highlights to the event are:

- Hextrack Platinum features
- Interesting spin on keyword research
- Social -> CPA
- Blogs
- Black hats Stuff
- Media Buys
- Drunken midgets
- Free drinks/food
- Interacting with CPA/Affiliates that are balling! icon smile Amish Shahs & J. Styles Seminar At San Diego
- etc

Talking with other like minded people has a way an opening up your realization of whats possible. I highly recommend anyone serious in upping their business to new levels to attend a similar caliber seminar!

PS. I found a short youtube clip of the drunken midget section. When I first saw them stumbled through the doors, I was like WTH? icon smile Amish Shahs & J. Styles Seminar At San Diego

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