The momentum, was too strong. Real-time search — and Google’s (Google) inability to beatTwitter at it — became a huge trend in 2009. Everyone wanted a piece of it, and Twitter had the goods. When you want to find out what’s happening right now, this very minute, Twitter’s search trumped...

By Gary Brewer Traditional methods of marketing such as telemarketing, email marketing and even television advertising are becoming more difficult methods to reach your targeted audience.  With the introduction of Caller ID, Spam Filters and TiVo consumers have tuned out marketers who continue to...

Recently, I posted an article that discussed preparing for the much dreaded End-of-Year Professional Review. As many of us know, the end of the year is typically considered a good time to reflect on the past and consider goals for the future. So why not take this “Year End Review” concept...

With holiday shopping in full swing, social shopping is already making a big impact. Data from Hitwise shows that downstream traffic to the Retail 500 coming from both Facebook and Twitter increased 36% and 15% respectively on Thanksgiving from the previous day. Downstream traffic to retailers grew again...