Bringing Outbound Demand Generation to Digital C4

How many of you are worn out from chasing Google’s tail with SEO? No need for a show of hands. We live your pain every single day. Ask any SEO expert and they’ll tell you that while you still need to employ smart on-page best practices, the industry is moving more and more to one […]

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Is Media Fragmentation the Most Significant Marketing Trend for 2013?

  In a recent blog post, by SocialMedia Examiner, 6 emerging marketing trends were labeled as possibly having “significant impact on your marketing strategies”. I think all 6 trends in this post are pretty much right on (if you care for my opinion J). However, I think the most significant trend on the list is […]

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What My Crazy Vacation and Running a Startup Have in Common

While there are a lot of traits that might be considered requirements for running a startup, there are two that came to mind as I made my way back from a rather interesting vacation; resiliency and the ability to laugh and smile. These two traits can get you through quite a number of situations; situations […]

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What Kids (and Potatoes) Taught Me Today

So, today I had the distinct privilege of being a chaperone for my daughter’s second grade class as they set out for the Oregon Food Bank to volunteer. You see, May 8th is Mount Hood Climb Service Day at her school, where every student from Pre-K to grade 12 does community volunteering to honor the […]

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Has your site been hacked? Yah, so has mine.

You’re not alone if your site has been hacked recently. We’ve been hacked multiple times in the past few months. It seems that once you’re on “the list” you’re life is going to be miserable until you do something about it. So, do something about it is what I decided to do. Hopefully I’ll be […]

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Social Media Marketing and Blogging – They’re Things You Just Need to Do!

We’re constantly speaking to clients, prospects and friends about the power of social media and blogging. What kind of power and what ROI expectations usually become part of the conversation. I certainly understand the need to justify marketing spend; my marketing roots are in direct response, where measurement and ROI reign supreme. That said I […]

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2013 Digital Marketing Insights

Last year we provided you with our first Digital Insights – a look into the year ahead in Digital Marketing. Some predictions we got right; some we didn’t, but we hope that our thoughts helped you plan for the year ahead. Again this year, we’ve outlined 12 things to consider as you plan your strategies […]

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SEO Insights Directly from Google’s Search Quality Team

Recently the folks over at JamesNorquay.com interviewed a former member of Matt Cutts’ team in the Google Search Quality group. Some of the insights gained from the interview with Andre Wayher are pretty revealing and shed some light on some tactics and strategies for successful search engine optimization. Here are some excerpts and some things […]

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Fielding the Best (Agency) Team

Kate Maddox’ recent article in BtoB Magazine – Fielding the Best Team – resonated loudly with me and I’m sure with a lot of other niche agencies out there: “Marketers are involved in a variety of different relationships with agencies—on the one hand, having one traditional agency to handle major integrated campaigns or, on the […]

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