Sometimes Google’s announcements get lost in the shuffle. “Google today introduced a new experimental feature in their News - they’ve added story participant comments into their listings of stories.” In this article, Chris Smith talks about his thoughts and reactions to Google’s decision to allow comments on their news, and how it relates to other companies. Read more about Chris’ thoughts in the article here, and learn how comment-enabling might benefit your company.
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Michael Fitzgerald focuses on the popularity of Steve Spangler’s blog in this article written for Inc.com. Learn more about how Steve Spangler turned boring content and bad publicity into an overnight “organic” success with the advice of Stephan Spencer, Founder and President of Netconcepts.
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Marylynne Tosyali, Director of Online Marketing at Direct Marketing Services Inc., the company behind Wards.com, HomeVisions.com, and several other online stores, is interviewed by Stephan Spencer, President and Founder of Netconcepts.
Stephan and Marylynne covered topics in search from a client’s perspective, Marylynne’s experiences with GravityStream, and their decision to enter the blogosphere.
Listen to this 44 minute podcast, and get an interesting take on search from an online retailer.
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UW Wisconsin Madison, Executive Education, Interactive Marketing — Madison, WI
Search engine marketing
Creating a buzz — viral marketing
Web analytics
Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts
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Search Engine Strategies 2007 Canada — Toronto, Canada
Syndication technology (RSS) makes it easier to build an audience for your content, because your readers or listeners become subscribers using non-intrusive “feed readers.” An overview of the growth of RSS plus a special focus on podcasting. This session will also include tips on blogging and podcasting for (a) profit; (b) credibility and reach.
Moderator:
Ian McAnerin, CEO, McAnerin Networks Inc.
Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts, LLC
Mitch Joel, President , Twist Image
Amanda Watlington, Ph.D., APR, Searching for Profit
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This interview is with PoolDawg and Jody Hartwig, Netconcepts’ Vice President of Client Services for PRWeb. PoolDawg is a Netconcepts’ client whose goals were to embrace organic search.
“As a newer company in an established market, it was extremely important to get a jump start on our search engine listings,” says Mike Feiman, Director of Marketing for PoolDawg.com.
After successfully implementing Netconcepts’ recommendations, PoolDawg has experienced a 300% increase in search engine traffic.
Listen to the interview for an amazing success story!
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“What’s the top secret to developing a winning blog, one that draws an audience, grows your brand and improves your products sales?” writes Hallie Mummert, editor in chief for Target Marketing. In this article, Hallie writes about Steve Spangler’s relationship with Netconcepts Founder and President, Stephan Spencer. “Spangler works with Stephan Spencer, president of Netconcepts, an e-marketing services firm that specializes in natural search, to develop and optimize his blog.” Read this article to discover “a few lessons they have learned about what information to post and how to go about doing it so your blog becomes more than a one-way conversation.”
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Stephan Spencer, President and Founder of Netconcepts, gets to the heart of PPC with Alan Rimm-Kaufman, leader of the Rimm-Kaufman Group, writer and distinguished speaker in this informative podcast.
From click fraud to paradigm shifts in PPC, this interview informs and teaches us how to be more “paid search”-savvy on a corporate level. Learn how to channel Alan’s passion for search, and find out how his tips can benefit you in this 55 minute podcast.
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In the intensive session I led during the ACCM in Boston on May 21, the overriding theme was that search engines judge a site’s worth on its inbound links. Translation: No links = no rankings.
Blogs, meanwhile, are great at attracting links from the blogosphere, because bloggers are rather cliquish and mostly tend to link to each other. So you’ll earn links as a blog that you wouldn’t normally earn otherwise.
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ACCM 2007 — Boston, MA
Hear it right from the horses’ mouths, i.e. those who have actually made their blogs and RSS feeds pay in real dollars. Steve Spangler Science, for example, attributes 13% of all online sales to their blog. Hear the secrets of how they garner qualified traffic from the search engines, uncover the pitfalls and hazards, and learn what resources are required to do it properly.
Moderator:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts
Panelists:
Steve Spangler, CEO, Steve Spangler Science Inc.
Pinny Gniwisch, Founder & EVP Marketing, Ice.com
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