Fri, 25/01/13 – 6:49 | Comments Off on My Third Book: Visual Social Media Marketing: Harnessing Images, Instagram, Infographics and Pinterest to Grow Your Business Online

Today is finally the day 😉
I am really excited to announce my newest book is NOW AVAILABLE –  Visual Social Media Marketing: Harnessing Images, Instagram, Infographics and Pinterest to Grow Your Business Online.
About 6 months …

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Marketing junkie specializing in branding on-line and digital.

The Most Important Thing that your Company can do on Social Media (HINT: Not Enough people talk about it)
Tuesday, 27 Jan, 2009 – 13:44 | 9 Comments
The Most Important Thing that your Company can do on Social Media (HINT: Not Enough people talk about it)

When I mention “Social Media” to most marketers, they immediately think – Facebook, YouTube, “viral”, Myspace, Linkedin, Blogs and Twitter – and launch into a conversation on how they can leverage them.
While these are all …

Learn Great Creative Marketing at the Airport
Wednesday, 21 Jan, 2009 – 7:38 | 4 Comments
Learn Great Creative Marketing at the Airport

On my way to Vegas for CES (#CES), Affiliate Summit West (#asw09) and WordCamp Las Vegas (#wordcamplv)  I had the pleasure of a sweet 2 hour layover at the Cleveland airport.

While wandering around I came …

10 Reasons Your Company Should NOT be on Twitter
Thursday, 8 Jan, 2009 – 15:53 | 6 Comments
10 Reasons Your Company Should NOT be on Twitter

OK, so first of all, I do LOVE twitter and am an active twitterer (@kristaneher).  BUT when it comes to companies not everyone belongs on twitter.
1. You have no real reason for being on twitter.
This …

6 Branding Lessons you can learn from Teenagers
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 15:13 | 2 Comments
6 Branding Lessons you can learn from Teenagers

 
Brands are kind of like teenagers – they want to be popular and have everyone like them.  In the effort to be the cool kid on the block, brands make many of the same mistakes …

How can Social Media Ignite your Marketing Campaign from SES Chicago
Friday, 12 Dec, 2008 – 14:01 | 3 Comments
How can Social Media Ignite your Marketing Campaign from SES Chicago

The social media session at SES Chicago (a Search Engine Strategies Conference) was a whirlwind of tips/ideas/thoughts about how to leverage social media for far more than just viral campaigns.  Taking a look through this you …

4 Tips for Website Sales Optimization from SES Chicago
Friday, 12 Dec, 2008 – 13:11 | 2 Comments
4 Tips for Website Sales Optimization from SES Chicago

 
The SES conference covered more than just search (in fact, most of my posts from the conference will cover topics other than search).  Ethan Giffin, CEO of Groove Commerce shared some great tips on optimizing …

Protect Your Brand – Learn from The Zoo and Creation Museum
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 7:00 | 7 Comments
Protect Your Brand – Learn from The Zoo and Creation Museum

Yesterday there was an ariticle in the Cincinnati Enquirer about a marketing partnership between the Cincinnati Zoo and the Creationist Museum.  What started as an innocent marketing program – get a discount when you visit …

Why Magpie is Bad for Advertisers
Monday, 1 Dec, 2008 – 15:39 | One Comment
Why Magpie is Bad for Advertisers

There have been lots of posts on Magpie – a new service that periodically places ads in your tweets (or twitter stream) and shares the revenue with you. Essentially, if you sign up for …

Hey Everyone – Monetize Your Friends!
Tuesday, 18 Nov, 2008 – 19:17 | 2 Comments
Hey Everyone – Monetize Your Friends!

As if we aren’t already overwhelmed with advertising, Cincinnati Bell has a new product that will not only bring more ads into your life, but will also make all of your friends hate you. Seriously. …

Marketing with Meaning: Marketing that Ads Value from the Digital Hub Non-Conference
Tuesday, 18 Nov, 2008 – 15:45 | 2 Comments
Marketing with Meaning: Marketing that Ads Value from the Digital Hub Non-Conference

Add real value with your marketing was the theme of this session by Bob Gilbreath, CMO at Bridge Worldwide. This was probably my favorite presentation of the conference with a good mix of theory and …