This is one of the very best of the many George Bush impression virals. We lost count at number 685 - but try not to miss this one as it is very good. Gobble, Gobble etc.George W. Bush speeches that have gone terribly wrong making him look stupid and hilarious. More George W Bush impression […]

The British berry industry is one of the few success stories of UK agriculture. Last year sales of British strawberries, blackberries and raspberries broke all records and suppliers were struggling to keep up with demand. The soft fruits, which are credited with staving off cancer and enhancing sexual prowess, saw sales hit £204m last year. […]

I assure you it’s worth the wait for this week’s list of blogs added to the big list of search engine marketing blogs. Here is the updated OPML file and the text file for you CSE junkies out here. The overall list is now around 380 blogs, but we’ll be trimming that down in the […]

Yahoo’s new Panama advertising platform is paying dividends for the company and partners. Click through rates are rising, which should result in revenue growth for Yahoo between 15 and 45 percent, according to an estimate by finance firm UBS, as quoted by MediaPost. If Yahoo can offer better click throughs than Google with less incidence of […]

Local.com put out a press release saying that Hearst has invested 8 million in the company. That’s good news for a company that is challenging Yahoo, Google, CitySearch and countless regional publishers. Local.com says it attracts 10 million visitors each month. The company has multiple advertising options including “subscription, pay per click, banner and pay per […]

Since we have about 30% more site visitors and RSS subscribers over the past 2 months (post digg malarkey too) I thought I’d update the list of most popular blog posts for Online Marketing Blog. Such a roundup can be a great way to reveal interesting content to readers that are new or who […]

I’m booking a few road dates to bring the Duct Tape manifesto to the world and thought I would outline some of my upcoming trips in case there are some Duct Tape readers that I might bump into along the way. SXSW Interactive - Austin, Tx - March Country Club Bank Small Business Day - Kansas City, […]

Over the past 6 months we’ve been doing a bit of resource aggregation regarding social media both as a practical application for marketing client content online as well as reviewing research conducted on social media usage. There’s not a lot of research out there but here are a few interesting reports: BIGresearch - Simultaneous Media Usage […]

Adams Media Research issued a report saying that while ad-supported video will continue to rule the roost for the next 2 years, pay-for downloads will eventually have more than double the revenue potential of videos with ads. I have only 3 words to respond: wrong, wrong, and wrong. According to the Financial Times, ad-supported video earned $409 […]

Major league baseball is trying very hard to chase away its fan base and make football the national pastime. The latest move is to shut out fans who would like to buy out of market games by signing an exclusive deal with DirecTV. As detailed by Associated Press, baseball is close to signing a contract that […]

Have you noticed the number of regionalized or small scale search marketing conferences that are popping up?Jill Whalen has been running her High Rankings Search Engine Marketing seminar for a few years now (disclosure: I am a speaker for the Mpls event and my PR agency works with Jill) that is very hands on […]

Rest easy networks, while online video is growing, it will take years for video advertising to get even close to TV dollars. Advertising Age has an insightful article about the many challenges facing online video including “fragmented audiences, limited inventory, a lack of video created specifically for the web and a still-evolving ad-buying model.” These are all […]

For all you Duct Tape Marketing book wanters in the KC area, I’ll be doing a mini workshop and book signing at the Borders Books in Overland Park, KS this Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2pm. Come on out and say hi. Can’t make it. You can always just buy the book! Published by Lee OddenContinue reading: Duct […]

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has hired a full-time lobbyist to educate politicians on the Internet, and it’s about time. IAB couldn’t have hired more of an insider — Mike Zaneis is the former executive director of technology and e-commerce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. First on his agenda should be a long heart-to-heart with Ted […]

Blogs are useful for many marketing and communication purposes. They’re also useful simply as software that manages content. Businesses can use blogs to communicate a corporate vision, to build thought leadership corporate-wide or for subject matter experts. Blogs can be very useful in support of public and media relations efforts and they are certainly excellent […]

SEO Expert, Jill Whalen stopped by for a discussion of small business search marketing on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Jill is bringing her High Rankings Search Engine Marketing seminar series to the Midwest March 15 & 16. Lee Odden of TopRank Blog will show participants just how he gets such incredible rankings for his web sites […]

Last week I pointed out that Fast Company named the Duct Tape Marketing podcast a must read for the creative class. They put together a nifty little slideshow to walk you through the 12 podcasts you should be listening to. Published by Lee OddenContinue reading: Podcast Slideshow from Fast Company

Web design and features are a lot like fashion in a way - trends and looks come in out of style with the changing seasons. Current styles find lots of sites copying what I can only call Web2.0ish designs drawn from some of the more popular blog templates. While I personally kind of like this style […]

The NBA scores a triple-double by inviting fans to mash-up music with video highlights. In partnership with EyeSpot.com, the league is offering the NBA.com Highlight Mixer, which fans use to create highlight reels and add music from labels including Surfdog Records and Geffen. As I’ve been saying, entertainment companies will generate loyalty and revenue by encouraging […]

Video sharing platform Joost scored its first in what will be a series of content deals by signing up Viacom. The peer-to-peer video service will get access to TV and film content from Viacom’s MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures. Viacom danced with YouTube before asking the Google property to pull more than 100,000 videos […]

Are you serious about getting more new business meetings in place? Jeff Deighton of insight engineers used a special guest edit issue of theMarketingblog to set the wheels in motion for more new business thrusts. After a special issue featuring  insight engineers and The Twelve Consultancy was sent out to over 11,000 corporates and SME’s he […]

StumbleUpon wants to replace web and video search with browsing by integrating some of the best features of social networking. It’s a Frankenstein amalgamation that takes ideas from Digg, TiVo, MySpace and just about every other social networking service you can imagine, but it can sure do a lot to increase your traffic. A StumbleUpon user […]

A few interesting tools I’ve been made aware of recently that online marketers could use for making their social media more interesting or different include the following tools to add text to images or video: BubblePLY - Enables you to add narrative bubbles to video. From a practical standpoint, this is helpful for offering translated […]

Dell launched a couple nice small business focused resources recently. The first, called Studio Dell, features well made videos of folks talking about small business and tech solutions as well as case studies and small business stories. The player is great and I think this is very nice execution of technology. This will get even […]

When you attend conferences, read blogs or popular search marketing sites you’ll find plenty of subject matter experts in search marketing tactics ranging from search engine optimization to pay per click to local marketing and social media. It’s great to get those specific perspectives, but I get a lot of feedback from businesses that appreciate […]

This week’s list of search engine marketing blogs is a lot slimmer due to a lot less time spent blogging and reading blogs this week. Google decided to give our SEO agency web site a BIG bump in rankings and the ensuing barrage of inquiries has kept us rather busy. Shop.org Blog - […]

I’ve been duct taping pages on my web site for so long that, well, the occasional link gets broken or a page that was linked to in article I wrote years ago no longer exists and surfers get the dreaded - Page Not Found 404 Error message. It’s a pretty simple trick to create a custom […]

If you’re one of the bazillion people that get Jill Whalen’s High Rankings Advisor newsletter, then you already know, but in case you don’t, here’s the scoop in the upcoming High Rankings Seminar coming to Minneapolis next month: Since there hasn’t been a “how to” SEO/SEM seminar in Minneapolis anytime recently, we wanted to make sure everyone […]

Guide to link buying - Search Engine Journal Is Google the dog wagging the search news tail? - Search Day - Search Engine Watch 17 most common PPC mistakes web marketers make - Igor M. at SEOMoz 30 tips for creating blog traffic - Daily blog tips Complete guide to online video - Read/WriteWeb via Andy Sponsored By: […]

Finally small business onwers are jumping on the blog train as a way to stand out and generate search traffic (particularly local traffic) So, I’m wondering. What about the salesperson who would like a way stand out - in their industry, around their market, or on their team? I’m thinking there are some sales folks out there […]