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Free Justin Bieber – and the rest of us, too!

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Seen the online photos of Justin Bieber in prison yet? If not, chances are you will before long, because the viral campaign from a new activist group is turning up everywhere online. The idea behind the campaign is that a bill from … Continue reading

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Avoiding the scarcity complex

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Earlier this week, a man named James Altucher started following my other blog on Twitter.  As always, when the notice of a new follower hit my in-box at work, I clicked on the person’s name to see if it was … Continue reading

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Mastering marketing metrics

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I’m speaking next week at a webinar sponsored by Distribion (where I am Director of Marketing, and editor of the Distributed Marketing Blog) and Vertical Nerve, the agency I hired to handle SEO and PPC for Distribion. Now, I’m the … Continue reading

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SEO Fairy Tales

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I work at a company that shares office space with a sister company.  The sister company offers web design services, mobile applications, SEO, PPC, and creative services related to helping companies create web sites that deliver the results the company … Continue reading

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What do you do if you meet a blue-eyed penguin on a city street?

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Awhile back, I was shopping in one of my favorite cities — Dunedin, New Zealand — when I met up with this little blue penguin.  He was basking on the decorative rocks in an office park courtyard along Princess Street, smack … Continue reading

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Don’t IM your way into a lawsuit

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Remember when there was a clear difference between “official” corporate communications and casual conversation between employees and vendors or customers?  Before long, that dividing line may be nothing more than a memory.  More and more often, courts are ruling that … Continue reading

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Copyright troll Righthaven gets a reprieve


As reported previously, things haven’t been going all that well lately for Righthaven, the notorious copyright troll that has been going after not-for-profit organizations, mom-and-pop bloggers, and individuals who shared content from its newspaper clients — while completely ignoring for-profit … Continue reading

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Social media’s hidden litigation threat: the right of publicity

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There’s no doubt that the  idea of a parent threatening a social media savvy teen with an embarrassing YouTube video is funny.  But did you know that you could be liable for posting embarrassing photos of your friends or family members … Continue reading

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Can you plagiarize your own work? Maybe

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This blog often carries stories about copyright infringement, file-sharing, and other intellectual property issues that come up often for bloggers, social media users, and webmasters.  Plagiarism, on the other hand, is a topic that hasn’t been explicitly addressed here before … Continue reading

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Timing marketing for best results

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One challenge that every marketer faces is crafting a message that gets customers to stop what they’re doing and pay attention to the message long enough to see whether or not there’s a real match between their needs and what … Continue reading

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