I was excited by the large turn-out at the Q&A session I hosted in Santa Clara at SMX West—the popular conference for online and search engine marketing experts. Leading up to the SMX conference what weighed on my mind was the obvious—our collective anxiety about the recession and the ubiquitous pressure to do more with less. Focusing the Q&A on strategies and spending choices across PPC, SEO and Social Media Marketing must have struck a chord because we covered more questions in greater depth than I anticipated. The savvy search marketers at SMX zeroed in on questions like “PPC advertising–Technology or Human Driven?” and “Social Media Marketing for brand reputation monitoring and brand healing?". Folks wanted to hear about Ford's Scott Monty ... Read more...

Every brand needs inputs from its customers, it helps understand their need, address their concerns and provide products/ services based on the feedback. As more and more netizens are storming the web to vent out their frustrations, ask for suggestions or just researching, it becomes all the more necessary for any brand to actively participate in this space. In this post I talk about the elements you should consider to manage your brand using Social media. Explore You can have as many consumer surveys you want, but tapping into social media communities provides you interesting discussion topics which your consumers discuss and influence other probable customers. Be proactive, research in blogs, forums, social networks, video sites etc. Record the ... Read more...