Archive for the ‘SEM Poetry Slam’ Category
What Are You Thankful For? Rad’ Peep ReTweets
Posted by Marty Weintraub on November 25th 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam | 1 commentI’ve been watching TweetDeck all morning for the real-time search “thankful.” Feeling extremely grateful, I asked a couple a’ thousand of our closest friends what exactly they were thankful for. Some of the answers from tweeps were warm and touching. We found some snarky-ass results in Twitter search segment SERPs, which we grabbed to RT-share here.
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Today’s Affirmations For This Search Marketer
Posted by Marty Weintraub on October 23rd 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam | 3 commentsThe wind whistles howling, this blustery Canal Park morning, 7:20 AM. The water churns brown, surface licking little whitecaps, tinted iron ore agitated by waves. There’s going to be snow south of us along the Shores of Lake Superior today, hazardous travel they say. It’s about 43 degrees Fahrenheit outside but I’m good.
Each year it takes about a week of around-freezing weather to acclimate a soul and I’m there. Really, I got up and went to the store pre-dawn this morning wearing shorts, sandals and my Marshall School blaze-orange down vest. I’m good because Duluth makes you hardy in deep & handy ways. The seats in the Jeep are heated. Bring it. Read the rest of this entry »
The Lost Marty Weintraub Rockstar Pictures
Posted by Manny Rivas on October 11th 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam | 22 commentsIt’s been interesting to note search journalists lobbing tongue and cheek verbiage like “PPC rockstar,” “Social Media rockstar” and other mutually indulgent hyperbole at Marty.
All seriousness aside, we were cleaning out the office today and found a poster, circa 1985, that left the weekend aimClear crew howling. In a momentary haze, Marty gave me permission to publish these pictures and I wanted to do so before he changed his mind!
My Top SMX East Reflections, From 34,000′
Posted by Marty Weintraub on October 9th 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam | 1 comment
photo credit: Rebecca Miller
Gazing out this Airbus A319’s window, dreamlike cirrus clouds expand towards the far horizon. I travel tens of thousands of miles each year, but some trips are special. Others, like this week in New York for SMX, are pilgrimages. Read the rest of this entry »
The Other Side of Search is Found
Posted by Marty Weintraub on June 4th 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam, SMX Advanced | 13 comments
Speaking to a pair of packed sessions at sold-out SMX Advanced in Seattle, I took time to look out into the audience and measure attendees’ eyes. After all…you savvy wordsmiths, demographic research artists, technicians, agencies, account reps’, geeks, evangelists, administrators, parent-workers, presidents, marketing directors, CMOs, brothers and sisters are totally my people …right in the wheelhouse baby. Bring it!
Looking around the gorgeous auditorium and inspired by the stunning Pacific ocean backdrop, I noted your attitudes, attire, mannerisms and powerful group-aura. Honestly, ya’ll are the most beautiful people in the world, a rainbow of eclectic professional diversity and intellectual prowess. Joy! Read the rest of this entry »
Rebroadcast Is the New Black
Posted by Marty Weintraub on May 16th 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam | 1 comment
photo credit: EraPhernalia Vintage
Rebroadcast is the new black. Retweets and Facebook-shares are the ultimate friend-sends, essential like her black pumps, Coach clutch, velvet gloves and grandmother’s vintage pearls…same as it ever was.
The future of the filter is insight by crowdsourcing conversations, literally anywhere humans congregate and chatter. Plug into new the new demographic research riddle to choose colorful buzz pockets, to mine relevant conversations on 3-keyword grids. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Ways to Use Your iPhone For Sex
Posted by Marty Weintraub on April 1st 2009 in April Fools, SEM Poetry Slam | 11 commentsApple’s sleek iPhone 3G is everywhere! With a whopping 51% of US smartphone traffic and incredible rich media features, this baby is the ultimate FWB toy for making love to each other or yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter Haiku: Rich Lesson of Imposed Brevity
Posted by Marty Weintraub on February 23rd 2009 in SEM Poetry Slam, Twitter | 7 comments
Twitter and cell phone text messaging (<= 140 characters) have us expressing ourselves in sound bytes, sharpening our writing chops and communicating more whilst using many less words. It’s nothing short of cultural revolution, as our increasingly plugged-in populace evolves to more succinct communication. In my opinion this efficiency serves to counter ever-escalating online cacophony. Read the rest of this entry »
On Giving Thanks, Reflections, Duluth & Mumbai
Posted by Marty Weintraub on November 27th 2008 in Duluth, SEM Poetry Slam | 5 commentsHappy Thanksgiving morning from snowy Duluth, Minnesota. Greetings to our search marketing friends.
The sun is barely risen, looming golden on the distant Lake Superior horizon. Steam wafts off the harbor, for temperature differential between warm water and frigid air. The contrast is stark and representative of our world, terribly conflicted in awesome beauty and terror. Read the rest of this entry »















