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Author Manny Rivas

Manny Rivas

 

Organic Online Community: If You Build It, Will They Come?

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If You Build It, Will They Come?… that’s the question on the minds of many community managers. It was also the first of many topics discussed during the #BlueGlassFL Day 2 late morning session, The Power of the Community – Leveraging and Mobilizing Organic Online Communities. Say it’s built, and “they” come… once those community… Read More

Community Manager

Revv Up Online PR & Give ‘Em Something to Talk About

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Day 1 of #BlueglassFL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. While 9AM is hardly “butt-crack” early, many a search marketer were visibly feeling the effects of last night’s… networking event. For the conference attendees struggling to hoist peeper lids up over their pupils, a straight shot of espresso was top priority before taking seats in the first… Read More

BlueGlass  /  PR

Analytics Study: Organic Conversion, Algorithm Updates

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* Sigh * As long as I can remember, spring and summer have been the time for (but not limited to) barbecues, swimming and the effects of semi-surprise search algorithm updates on our clients. Recently, we’ve seen Google tinker under the hood, announcing the Mayday and (long advertised) Caffeine algorithm changes. Yahoo has been making… Read More

Analytics

Repent Ye Landing Page Sinners! Thine Baby is Ugly

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“Your baby is ugly.” What an endearing way to kick-off a presentation, right? Tim Ash’s session Seven Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design Optimization: The Definition guide to Testing and Tuning Conversions at eMetrics Canada 2010 had the audience engaged from start to finish and well into post-delivery. So what did he mean when he… Read More

Seminars

#SESNY 2010: Don’t Be Negligent, Carpe Display

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The rise of exchanges in display advertising is making it look a hell of a lot more like search. Display is making headway from a shot-in-the-dark branding channel tactic to a highly targeted conduit for brands to capture the right audience, with the right dialog at the right time.

Paid Marketing