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Since websites have become primary information sources about companies and products in the late 90s, integrated marketing teams have been using web analytics to mine data about users and translate this into trend information and ammunition for testing the usability of websites. One metric in particular that almost all marketing teams pay attention to are … Read more
Tagging is in right now. From a network for teens to Yahoo’s purchase of del.icio.us and Flickr … everyone in the industry is betting big on tagging. And why shouldn’t they? Search is no longer the only way to find information online. Jakob Nielson (the controversial usability guru) even categorized search engines as leeches. That … Read more
An article this week in BusinessWeek magazine posed this question in relation to the growing influence that Google is having over interpersonal relationships and hiring. Prospective employers, blind dates, girlfriend’s parents and business colleagues are just a few of the groups that might be Googling your name. And if they did, what would they find? … Read more
Following up on the very successful launch of this initiative a few months ago, we have been updating our 10 current feeds on an ongoing basis. This week, we also just launched four new blogfeeds – you can check them out at the following addresses: Public Relations: https://blogfeeds.ogilvypr.com/publicrelations Advertising: https://blogfeeds.ogilvypr.com/advertising Pharmaceutical: https://blogfeeds.ogilvypr.com/pharmaceutical Ogilvy Bloggers: https://blogfeeds.ogilvypr.com/ogilvy … Read more
During the Search Engine Strategies conference, I attended a panel focused on SEM in relation to online communities – with a particular focus on deli.cio.us and Wikipedia. Members of the panel shared several great ideas about how to market in a community environment, without alienating members of the community or being perceived negatively as a … Read more
I’m at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York and will be participating in a panel discussion tomorrow about agencies and search. The topic raises an interesting discussion about where search engine marketing should fit. Is it a PR activity? An advertising program? These are the questions that not only agencies are struggling with, … Read more
As most good content publishers know, there are moments where a highly relevant "nugget" of content from your site will be the piece that generates the largest number of searches and a surge in site traffic. For content publishers offering Winter Olympic coverage, that nugget is definitely the Olympic Medal Count. To reach all the … Read more
Guy Kawasaki has an interesting post on his blog today about his traffic after 30 days of blogging. Not surprisingly, his blog is hugely popular, with lots of loyal readers … but one really interesting point from this is how positively his blog has impacted sales of his book (propelled it from an Amazon sales … Read more
For clients new to search marketing, I have often explained the concept to them as "only paying for results." In effect, the beauty and sales proposition of search marketing has always been that you are only paying for clicks, and impressions are essentially free. I anticipate for many SEM professionals, this has also led to … Read more
Here’s a question. If you are a marketer trying to reach consumers, would you rather hit 500,000 people in one site, or use 1,000 different sites (with a readership of 500 unique people each) to reach the same number of individuals? Making the broad assumption that a higher majority of readers of smaller publications are … Read more
Non-Obvious Thinking is my latest book about the 4 secrets of becoming a non-obvious thinker - relesaed 10/01/2024.
Rohit Bhargava is a trend curator, founder of the Non-Obvious Company and the 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten books.
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In addition to Non-Obvious Thinking, Rohit is the author of 10 books on trends, the future of business, building a more human brand with storytelling and how to create a more diverse and inclusive world.
