Author and technologist Nicholas Carr says, “Twitter is the telegraph system of Web 2.0.” The New York Times has mentioned that Twitter is one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet. Only a few brands skimmed off profits from Twitter and others just tweeted about some direct marketing stuff. However, there are numerous ways you can leverage Twitter for your business and improve your bottom line. Here is the one-stop Twitter guide for business. Get started 1. Create a Twitter account 2. Make sure, that you have selected a unique vanity URL for your Twitter account 3.  Upload an image and customize your profile image using this tool: http://walterhiggins.net/projects/twixenate.html 4. Include a link to your corporate website 5. Promote your Twitter presence on your ... Read more...

In today’s internet-dominated world, search engine marketing has become an essential part of every business. Organizations aspire to attract as much visibility online as possible. Search is by far the most used function on the internet and it is natural that search engine optimization should be indispensible to marketers, to increase visibility online. Creating a website alone is no longer enough; it needs monitoring and nurturing. It is also important to sustain growth through continuous search engine optimization and result tracking. One of the things that play a role in a site’s performance is its domain name. The domain name is an important part of the website. It plays a vital role in the discovery and recall of a website. Using the ... Read more...

A significant portion of the process of managing PPC campaigns is keyword bid management. The sheer volumes of keywords, its interaction with each other and the highly competitive search engine bid environment makes it a challenge worth automating! The Position2 AutoBid Engine can predict keyword positions for each bid and provide recommendations to maximize the revenue. This short article covers the overall framework of our engine. Most companies start off its bid management with a heuristic rule based bidding model. The next level is adding statistical and probabilistic analysis to the historical  information. The biggest challenges in this are:

Identifying variables to model and how each of these variable have a effect on other models? This include - Conversion rates, click through rates ... Read more...

The March 26th edition of The New York Times carried a story about Twitter and how celebrities have turned to ghost writers to put out the 140 character text messages. The article cited examples, and quoted celebrities and consultants (i.e., ghost Twitterers) who explain and defend the "ghosts" in Twitter as acceptable. Basketball star, Shaq and cycling great, Armstrong, were the standouts in their opinion that it is pitiful if someone, even a busy celebrity, couldn't regularly string together 140 characters conveying their own thoughts and opinions to their fans and followers.

So, what should we make of this? Does it even matter?

It definitely matters. In this age of information overload when messages are being created, re-transmitted, ... Read more...