Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | Filed under New @TopRank, TopRank In The News.
Marketing Sherpa recently published a social media marketing case study for Social Media Playbook. TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog was cited along with Seth Godin’s blog as contributing to the early success of the program. Conversions from TopRank’s coverage of the Social Media Playbook were documented as 200% over the average conversion rate.
You can read the full case study at Marketing Sherpa’s archive (subscription)
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Monday, April 14th, 2008 | Filed under Interviews, Press, TopRank In The News.
TopRank Online Marketing CEO, Lee Odden, was quoted in PROFIT’s Trends That Mean Business section for his view on Digital Asset Optimization.
Unlike text-focused SEO, DAO is the process of making all of your digital assets, from text and photos to audio and video, more visible to search engines.
“People now expect to see formats like video in search results” says Lee Odden of TopRank. “If you’re not making it easier for search engines to find you, you’ll be at a disadvantage because your competition is going to do it.”
Read the full article at PROFIT
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 | Filed under Press, TopRank In The News.
As companies feel the pressure of an impending recession, the search for reliable, high impact marketing tactics abound. eWeek tapped TopRank’s CEO for advice on how small and mid market companies can leverage search engine optimization and social media promotion in times of lean marketing budgets.
Blogging, social networking and SEO are among the low-cost ways to ramp up mind share and create market demand even in tough times.
With talk of a looming recession everywhere you turn, it’s time to start thinking about how to keep customers coming back and create new demand in spite of the fact that times are tighter.
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Monday, April 7th, 2008 | Filed under Search Marketing, Speaking.
April 7-8, 2008 “Secrets of Increasing Traffic to Your Corporate Website” San Francisco, CA. - Register
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Monday, March 31st, 2008 | Filed under Press, TopRank In The News.
Reviewing the basics of link love.
HerRoom.com, a site that sells ladies underwear, had quite the traffic problem. Despite loads of visits to its bra site, sales were flat.
Turns out the site’s section featuring videos of women bounce testing the company’s exercise bras had become quite the hit on YouTube.com, driving the un-qualified traffic.
In this article, Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank, recommends utilizing the push/pull paradigm when dealing with press/bloggers. In other words, use outreach to get noticed: wire service releases, networking, pitching writers and making sure your site provides an RSS feed on updates, promotions. The pull part refers to how you get them to come to you: your own site newsroom, links on social media sites that say something, and, of course, media coverage.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008 | Filed under Search Marketing, Speaking.
Mar 20 NoonCST “Easy SEO Strategies for Public Relations” - Register
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Monday, March 17th, 2008 | Filed under Search Marketing, Speaking.
March 17-20, 2008 moderating “Podcast & Audio Search Optimization” and speaking on “Beyond Linkbait: Getting Authoritative Online Mentions” New York, NY - Register
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | Filed under Interviews, Press, TopRank In The News.
Wiley, a publishing house, recently announced the launch of a new book, “Online Marketing Heroes: Interviews with 25 Successful Online Marketing Gurus”, in which TopRank has an entire chapter on the subject of social media marketing for SEO and PR.
The list of Internet marketing experts interviewed for the book include consultants, agencies, CEOs, PR professionals, client side bloggers and marketers. Topics range from paid search to online copywriting to online PR and social media marketing.
Read the full article at the TopRank Online Marketing Blog.
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | Filed under Interviews, Press, TopRank In The News.
The CEO of TopRank Online Marketing was interviewed by local ABC affiliate KSTP Eyewitness News on Starbucks’ decision to close its stores for 3 1/2 hours to conduct training. Odden cited the event as a publicity stunt and indicated the closure would give competitors an opportunity to attract Starbucks clientèle with discounts and free offers. KSTP’s report showed exactly that as competing and regional coffee houses were much busier than normal during the Starbucks closure.
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | Filed under Search Marketing, Speaking.
Feb 26, 2008 “PR and Social Media - What every practitioner needs to know” - Register
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