Digital Marketing And Social Media PR – The Future Buzz

I don’t normally pause what I’m doing to create a rage comic. But then again, I don’t normally see writers for major tech blogs publish a story that’s equal parts inaccurate and frustrating.

Previously, Adam shared a post outlining 7 signs you shouldn’t hire that SEO agency. But what happens when you find a quality agency? Should you hire them at all, or should you have someone in-house instead?

Having worked at a variety of different digital marketing consultancies (including an SEO firm) I’ve been privy to the pitches, proposals and processes of many competing agencies.

Maybe you’ve seen the recent back and forth discussions about Google’s search quality from the A-list. It has created enough buzz Google even responded. Perhaps you are wondering why everyone seems so upset?

Quora has started to catch quite the buzz lately thanks to posts from smart people like Louis Gray and the early adopter crowd. I’ve been an observer for awhile but not a participant other than creating a page to test-drive the app. Why? Same reason I don’t edit sites like wikiHow. Because I already contribute content (for free, purely to help others) in self-hosted communities I’ve built for years.

Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine in the PR industry who was given a large client. She was telling me how she is guiding the client through their foray into social media. As she was talking, naturally I started to check out their company website, blog, Twitter presence, etc. And I had to stop her.