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Comment on Does Gary Vaynerchuk think you’re a Clown?! by Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:38:07 +0000

I have had this discussion with a few friends and foes. And have been a social media expert, which I quickly refuted. I view Social Media as a cultivation device that helps build community. The ROI is impossible to track.. Ask any business what a fan on there Facebook is worth and they can’t answer. If you use your community you can leverage SEO efforts, which is missed by a lot of SEO’s.

In the end I think Social Media is about engagement. If you can engage your fans you develop lot of champions that help spread you brand.

In general Social experts sell snake oil, but I hear people say the same about SEO. I think the barrier to entry on Social Media is low, so people jump in.

Further I have two friends who are amazing a social and will get your shit business 10k in fans. One of the friends makes a lot of money and sell all kinds of stuff leveraging influencers in social.

Comment on Does Gary Vaynerchuk think you’re a Clown?! by Matthew Egan

Matthew Egan — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:14:21 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but it’s on my short list. I may just hit the audio book up and stop stalling. =)

Comment on Does Gary Vaynerchuk think you’re a Clown?! by Guillermo Ortiz

Guillermo Ortiz — Wed, 18 May 2011 18:07:23 +0000

He’s right. Almost all of them are clowns. SEO, PPC, and social media are given such a bad name by people who read books and think they grasp these high level concepts as you mentioned. Until you actually bring some solid ROI for a client, you don’t have anything to stand on. By the way, Gary’s book, “The Thank you Economy”, is a ridiculously awesome book worth anyone’s time.

Comment on Does Gary Vaynerchuk think you’re a Clown?! by evan jerkunica

evan jerkunica — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:13:36 +0000

yes they are Clowns (mostly)! I am mostly anti-social media gurus except in specific cases like:

-they are great for more techie industries (scientists, programmers, seo’s)
-cases where you are selling a low pricepoint info product ($40 how to get organized ebook or seminar or software)

I haven’t seen it work too well outside of those, from a relatively direct ROI perspective.

In the same breath, I think it’s incredibly valuable for ~$10,000,000+ brands who can use social media to engage with people and get them interested in their brand.

Comment on How April Fools Day Can Help Your SEO by Spunky Jones SEO

Spunky Jones SEO — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:05:00 +0000

Amazing that I have been so busy, that I forgot all about April Fools Day. Never gave it musch though to use to improve SEO!

Comment on Two Mouth, One Ears by Matthew Egan

Matthew Egan — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:39:21 +0000

No way! I can’t tell you how helpful your talk was, and especially the downloads. It’s not like I can knock on the door of my competitors and ask them to show me their audits! That’s one of those tightly held industry things, you can’t really compare yourself to your peers because no one wants to share their formulas or formats. It was hugely helpful.

That, and I do still retell your duplicate content joke whenever I have to express the sheer volume of your awesomedness to someone. =)

Comment on Two Mouth, One Ears by Lindsay Wassell

Lindsay Wassell — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:57:48 +0000

Ah shucks. Thanks so much for the shout out. I’m honored.

Comment on VIDEO: The Grey Hat SEO Myth by Troy Perkins

Troy Perkins — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:09:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing your theory, though I would have not used the term evil to describe buying links nor in business unless the activity causes mortal harm in nature. To take a trip down this rabbit hole, people buy their way to the top whether buying organic links, ppc links or pay people such as you to do your best to influence search engine algorithms organically. Though Google does frown upon buying links and has measures implented to discover and not count these links as a benefit – Google states in webmaster journals that they do not penalized sites with purchased links. If this were the case, I could set a “link” farm and flood it with links to your site. I assure you Google would not penalized you for my actions. Its pure Myth. Now on-site blackhat implentations such as cloaking and the like, you are sure to be sandboxed quickly. However, with regard to others linking to you – its not a question of labeling the activity, its a question of whether the money thats placed behind it with give you a return.

Comment on Come up with 50 blog ideas right now! by Angela

Angela — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:08:42 +0000

1. Inspired me to blog.
2. Made me think I could actually be good at it.
3. Reminded me that it’s possible.

Thanks, IF.

Comment on VIDEO: How Twitter helps your SEO by Angela

Angela — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:28:49 +0000

Thanks for breaking this down. Great explanation.