Posterous is an Intelligent Social Media Posting Tool

I recently wrote a half-teasing post about a branding issue Posterous appears to be having but I also noted that it is looking like another emerging winner in online social media and the reason is simple; it makes posting to a myriad of social media profiles as simple...

Posterous’ Unfortunate Problem With Its Posterior

Today I became aware of a very unfortunate branding issue with a new social media platform called Posterous (pronounced Post-Er-Us). First of all, you should know that Posterous is a killer application that I have little doubt will soon be a leading social media...

MySpace Loses (to) Face (book)

Sillicon Alley Insider just released this insightful set of charts illustrating the “horrendous” drop in user engagement MySpace has experienced in the last 12 months. Average Stay per Visit (in minutes, rounded up) MySpace: May 2008 = 20 min, May 2009 =...

StepForth Tweet Update – June 5th, 2009

So much of what I discover on a given day in the search marketing industry is via Twitter. When I find interesting and occasionally hot stories I note them on our @stepforth account and/or my @rossdunn account. Since our blog often suffers from my Twitter distractions...

Grow Your Online Business with Social Media

When it comes to operating a successful online business these days the key is traffic to your website. In order to generate traffic there are a number of sources one can tackle. The first and most obvious is an increase in your search rankings over at Google. But what...

Video of Google Wave in Action

Yesterday Google Wave was announced at Google I/O 2009 and a preview of the collaborative concept was provided to developers. The following is the full 1h 20 min live video from the developer preview. Here is a link to the video on YouTube if it does not render for...