Posts by: Brian Bluff

CenterState CEO Internet Marketing for Business Wrap Up and Presentations

By On March 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

CenterState CEO Internet Marketing for Business Wrap Up

Thursday, Joe Romanelli (Romanelli Communications), Jessica Sloma (Lighthouse Marketing), Wally Kline (Internet Marketing for Business) and I presented at CenterState CEO in Syracuse, NY. This post summarizes the key points made in each of the presentations and provides links to the presentations.

Joe Romanelli, President, Romanelli Communications [...]

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Promoting an Event on LinkedIn

By On March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This post is written in response to a friend who asked “How do I promote an event on LinkedIn?”

In my friends case, the event had already been created. To learn more about how to create an event see LinkedIn Event Help. Once you’ve created the event, an update will be [...]

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Seminar: Internet Marketing For Business – CenterState CEO 3/10/11

By On March 4, 2011 · 2 Comments

Seminar: Internet Marketing For Business – CenterState CEO 3/10/11

If your website is not your number one salesperson, this seminar is for you! Come learn from local experts how to:

Position your website at the top of the search engines. Is your industry ready for social media? Building a website that will deliver results. Understanding [...]

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Short Blog Posts – The How and Why

By On December 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The how and why of short blog posts

“Blogging? Who’s got time!”

I recently had lunch with a long-time client and friend only to hear these words in response to my suggestion that he start blogging as a way to:

Establish his company as experts in their field and ‘the source’ for difficult (read high [...]

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YouTube SEO Help

By On December 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment

YouTube SEO Help

With a little SEO help, your YouTube videos can rank both in the search engines and in YouTube itself. This coupled with the fact that YouTube is the second most popular search engine makes understanding YouTube SEO critical.

This post is not intended to convince you that creating and uploading video to [...]

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Using Twitter to Promote Blog Posts – Case Study Data

By On November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Using Twitter to promote blog posts is pretty straight forward. Assuming that you have taken the time to develop a sizable Twitter following, established yourself as a credible person/brand, and participated in the online conversation; tweeting a post title and link to your post is can be beneficial.

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What Social Media Faux Pas Will Stupid Companies Make In 2011?

By On November 18, 2010 · 2 Comments

As 2010 comes to an end and the economy is improving, I predict history will repeat itself. Post-recession lean b2b companies will abandon unproductive marketing strategies and instead increase their investment in Internet marketing to include social media.

What social media faux pas awaits them? In what direction will uneducated Internet marketing sales people, and [...]

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