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Sneak Peek #4 – Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day
Feb 05, 2010 - “Sneak Peeks” are a series of previews and first looks at the inside pages of upcoming book Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day. Watch this blog for the very latest news and inside info about the book, brought to you straight from author Hollis Thomases. Twitter Marketing Metrics & Reporting Today’s sneak peek of Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day comes from Week 6, which shows you how to establish goals for your Twitter marketing efforts in order to (...)

How often do you find tweeted links valuable?
Jan 29, 2010 - On Twitter, about how often do you find value in the links that other people tweet? Do you find that it’s usually worth your while, or is it more often a time waste? View Poll Did you know? Hollis Thomases, CEO of Web Ad.vantage, is the author of the new book Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day. She’s always curious to know what makes tweeps tick! Click here to learn more about the book and how to purchase a copy.

Ode to a Social Media “Expert”
Jan 22, 2010 - Last month, Mashable pointed out that there are 15,740 people on Twitter claiming to be Social Media “Experts.” Hollis Thomases (@hollisthomases), CEO of Web Ad.vantage and author of Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day posted an amusing reaction to her Twitter account this morning: Ode to a Social Media “Expert” To write this blog I might post, So I can tweet and generate the most Useless links or drivelings I think, People might click, retweet or host. Click here to read the rest!

Cloud Data Storage, Data Security and You
Jan 21, 2010 - This week’s blog post is contributed by David Stansbury, Web Ad.vantage’s Search Marketing Specialist and IT superhero! Can We Trust the Cloud? Last week Google broke the story about a major cyber attack against their internal systems. Security leader McAfee explained in more detail how a highly-targeted phishing attack exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer to gain access to internal computers. Gmail account information was targeted and intellectual property stolen. During Google’s ongoing investigation they (...)

The Rise of Mobile Social Networks
Jan 13, 2010 - Happy New Year and welcome to 2010: the year marketers have predicted will be HUGE for mobile. Throughout 2009 we saw major leaps forward in the mobile marketing space, including Apple’s 50,000 iPhone apps milestone, innovations in augmented reality, and Google’s acquisition of AdMob, one of the world’s largest mobile advertising platforms. Consider this: over the past three years, smartphone ownership among Americans has increased by over 30%. According to Millenial Media, the U.S. mobile Web will reach over 100 (...)