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Knowledge and Experience Can Prevent Massive Mistakes

Posted by on September 19, 2013 at 12:35 pm

Facebook removed an advertiser this week. In a swift and very public move, advertising from an affiliate marketing website promoting Internet dating sites, ionechat.com/. Registered to an office in Luxemburg, ionechat.com advertised in over 35 countries, including Canada and the United States. The two page website provided information and links to Internet dating sites, receiving […]

HashTag Attacks (HashTagBombs)

Posted by on May 1, 2013 at 11:37 am

HashTag Attacks (HashTagBombs) – Simply Bad Marketing   Recently the weekly Twitter-Chat I co-host, , started trending on Twitter. While this made myself and co-host happy, we were surprised by one of the consequences. We knew #SocialChat had become very popular when various people started leveraging the #SocialChat HashTag to reach our audience with regular […]

First YouTube Video is 8 Years Old Today

Posted by on April 24, 2013 at 10:43 pm

Jawed Karim and two other former PayPal employees named Chad Hurley and Steve Chen opened their new streaming video service YouTube for beta testing in May 2005. They spent the next six months bootstrapping their company as it grew by millions of new videos per day. In November 2005, Sequoia Capital invested $11.5 million. A […]

Webcology Episode #242: International SEO Roundtable Part 2

Posted by on April 18, 2013 at 6:41 pm

April 18, 2013 International SEO Roundtable Part 2 as Jim and Dave discusses the joy and pain of taking SEO overseas with American based SEOs from Relevance, Frank Watson from , Dave Snyder from and David Portney from . Conversation focuses on American companies selling products or services outside the American market. Podcast: |

Elements of Google Plus – Part Seven: Authorship

Posted by on April 12, 2013 at 12:00 pm

You’ve probably noticed that with certain search results, an image of the author appears directly below the link. This is known as Authorship, and is one of the most important elements of Google Plus. In this installment, we’ll look at the easiest way to establish Authorship in Google Plus, and explain why it’s in your […]

Skype & Ads

Posted by on April 8, 2013 at 2:41 pm

Here at Digital Always Media, we noticed today that Skype is now running ads during calls. While the ads aren’t appearing on every call, others have reported seeing them as well. When you click on them during the call they open up a browser window and don’t interrupt the call. What is unclear yet is (since I’m […]

Social Sharing and Values – A Very Real Story

Posted by on February 25, 2013 at 12:09 pm

I’m having a teary eyed moment as I write this post. An old friend of mine made a decision to have his chronically ill fifteen year old dog put to sleep today and I’m feeling a deep empathy with his sorrow. I know he loved his dog and that for the past decade and a […]

Webcology #230 – Google’s Eric Schmidt vs. North Korea

Posted by on January 24, 2013 at 4:56 pm

Kristine Schachinger, Terry Van Horne and Thom Craver join Jim Hedger to discuss Best Korea, the next generation of SEOS, and the world in general. .

SMX Toronto Live Blogging

Posted by on April 25, 2012 at 7:45 am

Welcome to Social Media Metrics: Drive with Care, Alan K’necht’s morning session at eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit Toronto 2012! Alan will be getting started any minute… stay tuned for live blog coverage from the event. [liveblog]

Vincent John Vincent – Gesturing our Way Through Social Media – Closing Keynote, Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 4:30 pm

Closing Keynote at Media Bistro’s Socialize Toronto 2012, January 27, 2012 Vincent John Vincent, Co-CEO, President and Co-Founder, GestureTek Inc. @vjvincent For more information, please contact the speaker or

The Power of Twitter Chats – Video from Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Presented at Media Bistro’s Socialize Toronto 2012 Jim Hedger – Creative Partner, Digital Always Media (Moderator) @jimhedger Sam Fiorella – Chief Strategy Sensei, Sensei Marketing @samfiorella Kevin Mullett – Director of Product Development, Cirrus ABS @kmullett Michelle Stinson Ross – Online Media Specialist, Superior Virtual Services @SocialMichelleR Judi Samuels – Director of Marketing, Fairmont Hotels […]

Mobile, Social, Local: The 3Way Intersection of Future Commerce – Video from Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 2:01 pm

Presented at Media Bistro’s Socialize Toronto, January 27, 2012 Aaron Kronis – Sr. SEO and Social Media Analyst, Portent, Inc. @kronis Isabelle Pain – Publisher Relations Manager, Flurry Inc. @flurrymobile Susie Parker – Owner, SPARKER Strategy Group @Susie_Parker Dawn Wentzell – Project Manager, Mobile Technology, SpeakFeel Corporation @speakfeel Alan K’necht – Founding Partner, Digital Always […]

Measuring Social Media Success – Video from Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Alan K’necht – Founding Partner, Digital Always Media (Moderator) @aknecht Richard Zwicky – Chairman, BlueGlass Inc. @rzwicky Marty Weintraub – President, aimClear @aimclear Jacques Warren – CEO, WAO Marketing @jacqueswarren Sean Moffitt – Managing Director, Author, Chief Architect, Wiki Brands @seanmoffitt Michael O’Connor Clarke – VP, Digital Media, Media Profile @michaelocc For more information, please […]

Google Plus: New Insights on Using Google+ to Rank Better – Vid from Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 1:24 pm

Jim Hedger – Creative Partner, Digital Always Media (Moderator) @jimhedger Danny Brown – Director of Retention & Social Media, Jungoo, Inc @dannybrown Lawrence Mac – Adobe Inc. Chace McMichael – President & CEO, InfiniGraph Inc. @chasemcmichael Dennis Yu – CEO, BliztLocal @dennisyu For more information, please contact the speakers or

Facebook Marketing: Legal and Regulatory Compliance – Vid from Socialize Toronto 2012

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 1:11 pm

David M. Adler – Partner, Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler, LLC @adlerlaw Fazila Nurani – Founder, PrivaTech Consulting For more information, please