April 2008 Archives : Bruce Clay Blog

April 30, 2008

Six Questions with Matt Bailey

As I get ready to head up to San Francisco for the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, I thought it may be fun to chat with some of the speakers beforehand and see what they’re most looking forward to. Up first is Matt Bailey. Though he needs no introduction, Matt is the President and Founder of [...]




Adwords Fluke Hints at Black Box Secrets

Guest Entry by Nick Guastella, Senior SEM Analyst — Bruce Clay, Inc. The Google Adwords score is out of the bag, or is it? Recently, Search Engine Journal ran a piece on Adwords score information appearing for Google searches. It was quickly voted up to the front page of Sphinn, raising more questions than answers. [...]




eMetrics San Francisco Coverage Schedule

Somehow it’s time to jet off to liveblog another conference. This time around it’s Jim Sterne’s eMetric’s Marketing Optimization Summit which means I’ll be living and breathing Web Analytics for three straight days. Fun. Here’s hoping my head doesn’t implode. You can find the list of where I’ll be and when below. As a special [...]




April 28, 2008

SEO Weekend Update: Find Your Center

Hey, friends. We’ve got a busy week ahead here at Bruce Clay, so let’s just jump right into some of the big stories of the day. Grab a cookie or something and let’s go! First, Some Housekeeping! First things first, did you know that Bruce Clay, Inc. now has its very own Twitter feed where [...]




April 25, 2008

Friday Recap 04/25/2008

My stomach and I are finally recovered from SMX Social Media and it’s time for the Friday Recap. Huzzah! First up, happy birthday to everyone’s favorite little black hat in disguise, Neil Patel. Young Neil turned an impressive 23 year old this week while he was scaring attendees at SMX Social Media and suggesting that [...]




April 23, 2008

SMX Social Media Coverage Round Up

As Lisa heads home from Long Beach, it’s time to take a look back at the last two days of furiously liveblogged and twittered sessions. If you missed a minute, here are nine recaps to get you all caught up. From tips and tricks from the best in social media marketing to Danny’s clever attempts [...]




Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing

Chris Sherman is taking over moderator duties with speakers Lise Broer (Wikipedia), Jonathan Hochman (Hochman Consultants), Matt McGee (Marchex) and Jeff Muendel (Netconcepts). [This will be the last session we're covering for SMX Social Media. After which I'll be getting back in my little Aveo and heading back to Simi Valley. Hopefully my stomach will [...]




Micro Communities

Time to learn about micro communities. Teaching us will be speaker Rand Fishkin. I promised Rand I’d be super nice to him. Apparently I was a little snarky when I recapped his session yesterday morning. You know it’s out of love, Rand. Really! Hee! Danny’s baiting the people at the Real Estate conference outside to [...]




Evangelist – The Marketer’s Role in SMM

Danny is once again here moderating with speakers David Berkowitz (360i), Rob Key (Converseon) and Adam Sherk (Define Search Strategies). Please note that at first I thought it say Adam worked for Shrek. Bummer. Up first is Rob Key. Social media has risen as community becomes the center of the Web experience. There are dozens [...]




Effectively Leveraging Social Networking

Hello, hello. It’s day 2. I have orange juice instead of coffee this morning. Lisa’s still sick from yesterday. As usual, I blame Susan. I’m going to do my best to make it through today’s batch of sessions. Kicking things off this morning we have Barbara Boser (3 Dog Media), Cindy Krum (Blue Moon Works), [...]