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How to Fix Your Next Brainstorm Session
When is the last time you walked into a team meeting, stood at the whiteboard and asked for your team to brainstorm a solution to a business problem—and got...
Buffer’s Courtney Seiter: Her 3 Favorite Things About @Buffer
As many of our loyal readers know, we syndicate one Buffer blog post per week. We love the folks over at Buffer and I reached...
13 Up-and-Coming Technologies Entrepreneurs Should Explore
The most interesting things happening in technology startups are not always the most visible and, in some cases, still sound implausible on paper. Even after...
What Makes A Million Dollar E-Commerce Business?
As e-commerce business brokers, we get to see and value a wide range of e-commerce businesses, both good and others not so good. Owners come to us in...
How Does Competitive Intelligence Tie Into Search?
Success in today’s competitive markets depends in no small measure on knowing your competition. The words Big Data and Competitive Intelligence are familiar to most. You hear them...
Mobile Is Dominating The Consumer Purchase Decision Process, According To New Study
According to the 3rd Annual U.S. Mobile Path-to-Purchase Study findings released today by xAd, mobile is now dominating the consumer purchase decision process. But what’s surprising...
Advancements And Challenges In The Marketing Software Space: Interview With Chris Golec
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Chris Golec of Demandbase to discuss what’s going on in the marketing software...
Why and How ElMejorTrato.com Did Away with Bosses And Implemented a Four-day Work Week
Below is my interview with Cristian Ángel Rennella, the co-founder of elMejorTrato.com, a Latin American car insurance and loan comparison website. He has been an...
Taking Control of the Search Market with Competitive Intelligence
In the real estate business, it is common to use long tail keywords in SEO and AdWords campaign optimization. But it says a lot when...
SEO Client Retention Tips: 7 Mistakes I’ve Made That You Shouldn’t
During the past three years I have managed SEO projects for small and mid-sized businesses. My failures have taught me many valuable lessons. I am...
How To Isolate KPIs In Your Analytics Reports: Interview With Jonathan Kressaty
As part of our SEJ interview series, I recently caught up with Jonathan Kressaty from Levers to discuss analytics. As the founder of a marketing...
5 Tricks to Maximize a Marketing Team’s Productivity
At a digital marketing agency it can often seem like there are never enough hours in a day to accomplish everything. In order to maximize...
Is Your SEO Company a Marketing or Technology Company?
Would you hire your traditional printer to make marketing and advertising decisions for your company? Then why would you hire a technology company for web...
9 Exposed Traits of a Million Dollar Website
Want to become a millionaire? It’s easy. Start as a billionaire, then launch an airline. – Richard Branson Not everyone has the luxury of starting...
#SMSSummit 2014 Chicago Recap: Humanizing Your Brand on Social Media With @Ramon_DeLeon
One of the opening keynotes was Ramon De Leon, who used to do social media at Domino’s and now works at Rise Interactive. At first,...
How to Get Your First Client
Starting a business is thrilling. And terrifying. If you’ve spent the majority of your adult years working for someone else, you may have experienced certain...
College Internships Benefit Students and Businesses: An Interview with Alex Houg
In a recent interview from Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit, Murray Newlands talks with Alex Houg from Blitzmetrics about building an agency, and the benefits of...
Learn from My Mistakes: How to Choose the Right Business Partner
My career in startups started in high school, when I partnered with a handful of peers to build a user-submitted college admission statistics portal. A mouthful,...
The Beginner’s Guide to Putting the Internet to Work for You: How to Easily Save 60 Minutes Every Day
One of the most fun and useful things I’ve been doing lately is automating small processes I do all the time. It took me a...
Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit #mktgnation14 Brings Marketing Industry to San Francisco
San Francisco’s Moscone Center was abuzz with marketers from around the world earlier this week, as Marketo hosted their annual Marketing Nation Summit. The three-day...
The Art Of Never Undervaluing Your Services As An SEO Consultant
Too many SEO and digital marketing consultants significantly undervalue both themselves and their services, often because they’re simply trying too hard to please their customers,...
US Search Awards 2014: Now Open For Entries #ussearchawards
The second annual US Search Awards 2014 are officially open for entries as of Monday, April 7th with a closing date of Friday, July 18th....
Third Door Media Announces MarTech: A New Conference Centered Around Technology-Powered Marketing
Third Door Media, the company behind Search Marketing Expo (SMX), made the announcement yesterday about the first edition of a new conference for people making waves...
The Growing Pains of SXSW: An Interview with Brian Solis
2014 represents the 20th anniversary of SXSW Interactive. Even at the ripe age of 20, the show is still experiencing growing pains…in a good way....
Apple Applies For “Transparent Texting” Patent, Allowing Users To Safely Text And Walk
A recently published patent was discovered this week by AppleInsider that would make it safer for iPhone users to text and walk. The patent, applied for...
#SEJMeetup v2.0 @ #SMXWest: The Photos
A huge thank you to all who attended our second ever #SEJMeetup at the Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge during SMX West last week! I appreciate...
2014: The Year of the Google Smart Home #Infographic
Google made big news with its acquisition of Nest, the fast-growing “smart” product lines for the home (a smoke detector and thermostat), but did you...
Epic Friends of Search 2014 Conference Review
This has been my first post on SEJ since August 25, 2011 so I thought I should do something special. That opportunity came last month...
March 18 SEO Meetup at AirBnB’s HQ In San Francisco: “Future Proof” SEO
On Tuesday, March 18, ItsTheROI.com will be hosting a meetup at Airbnb’s headquarters in San Francisco. The event will be focused on future proof SEO...
Editor John Rampton Speaking at Affiliate Management Days: March 19 & 20 in San Francisco
Affiliate Management Days takes place two weeks from now in San Francisco on March 19 & 20. The SEJ team, including myself, will be at...