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How not to start a viral marketing campaign. This condom company's press release should've carried this warning: "Please wear a condom on your head before watching these videos. Our condoms are guaranteed to protect you from 99.9% of jokes and 89% of unwanted innuendos while reducing your impulse to pass on this viral video by 79%. " Read More

There is no greater marketing tool than passion - a belief in that what you are doing is right. It doesn't matter whether your approach is sales, publishing, or general brand building - passion like laughter is infectious. If you want to create passionate users, you have to provide a passionate message in the first place. Read More

Why do so many business Web sites treat prospects like heartless, humorless robots? Is it true business buyers leave their emotions at home when they come to work? This could be one reason why prospects read so little on most Web sites and leave so quickly. Read More

THE Rooz Cafe, a restaurant and coffee shop in Oakland, Calif., signals its distaste for patrons who post reviews on Yelp.com with a small sign: No Yelpers. Rooz's owner, Steve Ranjbin, said he put the sticker up as a joke, but added that he had a complaint about Yelp. “Yelp does not respect us as business owners,” Mr. Ranjbin said. “They d Read More

Too many companies I've worked with are unable to articulate just exactly who it it they are and what they do. But now Internet technology is forcing companies to form a new kind of shorthand for their company strategy. The newest version of the "elevator pitch" is a "Twitpitch," so named in an article in Business Week Small Biz because i Read More

This industrial company's business buyers keep asking for more videos. Do they feature Angelina Jolie? No. The star is solder paste. (Go figure.) Buyers are begging to see more videos (aka ads). Read More

In this continuing series, I am covering how you can become not only the best blogger you can be, but also how to become recognized in your field and thus adequately compensated. The first two installments covered tactics - commenting and optimizing for search - but in this third post, I am making it more personal. Read More

It is a great pity you can't bottle zappos' marketing secrets ... Here are some more insights into why this company keeps winning and growing. Read More

The heart of every search engine optimization strategy are keywords and keyphrases. This article does a great job with the hows, wheres and whys of integrating keywords and keyphrases into your marketing mix. Read More

A recent study showed senior executives were more likely to click on a short URL than a long one in search results. This case study details this company's 10 year long hunt for a short, snappy URL that prospects could remember. Read More