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Social Media Expert / Agency Seoul Reveals how to Sell to Seoul Koreans

If you thought that New Yorkers were a tough bunch to sell to, Seoul Korea is going to surprise you. Seoul “is the largest city proper in the developed... 


Cheap Fast Trade Show Displays and Booths: Are they Worth it? A Comparison

How to Get a Trade Show Display / Booth Fast and Under $1,000 For a personal quote on your trade show display and booth, call Midlanddisplay.com at (800) 487-7944 or... 


Google SEO Consultant Expert in Seoul Reveals Expat Spending in Seoul Korea and Naver vs Google Secrets

What Percentage of Discretionary Spending is Spent by Expats? Answer: We just recently got a French luxury travel website as a new client. They are opening a Seoul,... 


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Marketing and PR

Google SEO for Plastic Surgeons Cosmetic Surgeons: SECRET STRATEGIES

How to Get to Google Page One: For Plastic Surgeons and Cosmetic Surgeons As a cosmetic or plastic surgeon, you’re in a web marketing sweetspot. First of... 


Plastic Surgery Seoul Korea: The Top Surgeons: 93% of All Apgujeong Seoul Women Get it!

It’s true. Seoul is considered, by many economists, the most competitive major city on earth. With over 25 million Seoulites competing for the same jobs,... 


Social Media Expert / Agency Seoul Reveals how to Sell to Seoul Koreans

If you thought that New Yorkers were a tough bunch to sell to, Seoul Korea is going to surprise you. Seoul “is the largest city proper in the developed... 


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Viral Marketing: Facebook Twitter Youtube

The Marketing Mix: Google SEO vs Google Adsense vs Twitter vs Facebook vs Blogging

Back in the old country (not geographically–two decades ago in the 90′s), there was one brand of mobile phone, there were two brands of jeans, vaccines were definitely good for you, and you could do advertising or you could do marketing. Life was simple. If you were going to do some advertising for you business, you’d consider... [Read more of this review]


Top 100 Social Media Firms Who Know PR

Top 100 Social Media Firms in NYC Who Know PR Phifer & Company link Social Media – PR – New York City – brianATphifercompany.com … Name Phifer & Company; Location New York – NY; Web phifer… Bio Recruiters for Advertising, Public Relations, Digital, New Media, Marketing, Social Media … twitter.com/phifercompany ... [Read more of this review]


How to Increase Sales Revenue 37% With About $2,500: Hire a PR Writer

Dear CEO, What’s the revenue difference between your best sales rep and your worst? If it was tiny we wouldn’t be having this conversation. There’s probably about a 50% spread. How much revenue does that represent to you? When you have a big prospect, you’ll send your best sales rep out. Hell, you may even jump in yourself.... [Read more of this review]


Top 100 Vancouver PR Pros. Why You Should Buy Them Shots of Don Julio

I was up in Vancouver a few weeks ago. I love Canada (I’ll periodically just intersperse that statement in or out of context). I ordered a Scotch at Chill Winston. Behind me was a birthday party. But it looked more like a bachelorette party. There were 23 girls and two guys (yes, I counted (I love Canada)). Both of the guys had girlfriends. Before... [Read more of this review]


The Top Programmers In The World (Who Will Still Answer Your Call)

Hi. The following 97 people are the top 100 Programmers in the World (who will still return your phone calls and take your project). I’ve spoken with a several of them. I’ve worked with a couple of them. None of them are on staff at http://sparkah.com . I’ve compiled this list as an internal document of who to turn to when we’re... [Read more of this review]


Top 100 Publicists To Lavishly Deck with Gifts in 2011

Bill Gates once said, “If I had one last dollar, I’d spend it on a publicist.” It’s true. The most successful people on earth know how to feed a hundred birds with one seed (ed: noticed that one of these publicists below is an animal rights advocate). You have the exact same number of hours in the day as Bill, Carlos, Warren,... [Read more of this review]


New Social Media Sites: How to Build an Online Friend and Business Network

Can we all agree that if you were the first Mormon you’d be rich. Well, let’s back down a bit. Let’s say you were one of the first. Hell, if you were among the first Brits to hit the New World via the Mayflower Compact, you’d get a free ride to Harvard. If you were among the first to start a McDonald’s franchise; If you... [Read more of this review]


DIY PR: Suck Up To The World’s Top Design Bloggers: NYC LA SF LONDON CHICAGO

If you’ve ever released a new product or service you know how quickly the blog world can just light up with mention, photo, quote, and hearsay about your product. Whether the review is good or bad it’s always good. The more bloggers write about you new products and services, the higher Google will vault you in your category. But since... [Read more of this review]


Top 100 PR Public Relations Firms and Pros Won’t Tell You THIS

Public relations just aren’t relating well to the public any more. So how do you get your message out to the masses? If you were around when the first remote controls came out, you remember how nauseating it was to sit next to the person with the remote. Every commercial advert was an opportunity to flip through the channels fast enough to produce... [Read more of this review]


Why Bloggers Are More Powerful Than Big Magazines: Reason #37

Reason #37: Why Bloggers Are More Powerful Than Big Magazines. Big Magazines Don’t Post You To Their Personal Facebook Account. Bloggers Do: Posted via email from Social Media Marketing Strategies for the Closet Revolutionary  Read More →


World’s Top Fashion Bloggers Who Aren’t Celebrities (Yet)

When new clients in the fashion industry ask us to build their site and help them market their new lines, often, they ask us about editorial write ups in Paper, Flaunt, Hearty, etc. They ask us if we know any of the writers and editors in big yet obscure hipster magazines. Our answer generally sounds like, “Sure. But why?” Then we ask... [Read more of this review]


Media: LA’s Top 100 NON-Celebrity Bloggers You Should Take to Lunch

If you had the choice to take either a prime-time NBC newscaster, an LA Times reporter, or a blogger to lunch at the Ivy on Robertson in Beverly Hills, who would you pick? This is not a trick question. If you took the newscaster out (pick any: Lisa Hernandez ABC7, Jessica Holmes KTLA5, Leslie Miller – ABC7, Lisa Siegel KCAL9. Kim Baldonado... [Read more of this review]


Top PR Firms NYC and LA: How to Influence Millions

How Do You Get Your Message Out There Now? This past Wednesday, I got a call from a prospective client with an Austrian accent. He sounded posh, unlike the x-Governator. But he also sounded concerned. He asked if we do crisis management. I said “yes.” Then he asked if we were a Crisis Management PR Firm. I said, “no.” I said,... [Read more of this review]


Home Page Optimization is a Scam, For the Last Time, Don’t Pay For It. Here’s Why Home Page Optimization is a Scam, For the Last Time, Don’t Pay For It. Here’s Why

I’ve said it before. SEO is a Scam: http://journik.posterous.com/tag/seo and again, differently. Home page optimization is a scam too. Here’s why. Google doesn’t care about your site just like you don’t care about how much your dentist brags about his steady hands. Google, like you, only cares about what others say. Here’s... [Read more of this review]


How to Build a Facebook App / IPhone App User Base by NYC App Developer

IPhone App Developer: “You Are Marketing to Stupid Idiots. Proceed Accordingly.” The public is stupid. Beta was much better than VHS. It never took off. Solar power should be everywhere. We still pay for gas. You came up with the most brilliant iPhone and iPad or Android app and if only 10,000 people used it, you could change their lives.... [Read more of this review]


10 Facebook Marketing Strategies Tips Secrets from NYC Los Angeles SF Most Devious Minds 10 Facebook Marketing Strategies Tips Secrets from NYC Los Angeles SF Most Devious Minds

Guerrilla Facebook Marketing Strategies and Facebook Pages Secrets Wired Magazine started a wild-fire when they said, “The Web Is Dead.” Everyone from TechCrunch to Mashable blogged about that blog about blogs vs Facebook. To a large extent, Wired is right on the money. Discussion forums killed the BBS. And Facebook killed discussion forums. Facebook... [Read more of this review]


Viral Old Spice Commercials by Weiden Kennedy Drove Sales Down by 7 Percent. Here’s Why (race discussed) Viral Old Spice Commercials by Weiden Kennedy Drove Sales Down by 7 Percent. Here’s Why (race discussed)

Hello ladies, how are you? Well, It’s official. The Old Spice Viral Campaign by Weiden Kennedy actually drove sales down. The drop was an immediate 7 percent according to Warc, an industry research group. The reasons are obvious if you were raised on off the teet of the web (oft called net-natives). The web user culture is totally different... [Read more of this review]


The 7 Secrets of Creativity: How to Be Inspired and Kick Ass The 7 Secrets of Creativity: How to Be Inspired and Kick Ass

You know that guy. The guy who seems to be buzzing with energy at all hours. He may be calm and collected but you know he is brimming with creative energy inside. And if you look at his life, he’s made shit happen. These are his 7 secrets. 1. Don’t Sleep Turns out that all of the most powerful and revolutionary creatives never slept. Oppenheimer... [Read more of this review]


How to Squeeze 1,000s of Targeted New Prospects from Twitter How to Squeeze 1,000s of Targeted New Prospects from Twitter

You and I both know that the decision maker who could be your next client is on Twitter. We also know that banner advertising, print ads, and even emailing him or her just won’t work. If you could just contact him/her and roughly 10,000 more people who have the same demographics (even locality), you’d have found a gold mine of new clients.... [Read more of this review]


Why Ad Agencies Shouldn’t Buy Digital Media Ads and Placements Why Ad Agencies Shouldn’t Buy Digital Media Ads and Placements

According to @Adage, the rest of 2010 and beyond is going to be led by digital media buys from ad agencies. Sure, this is not good for print and radio media. But it’s even worse for ad agencies. To really see why, we have to understand the evolution of advertising. Back in the day, the media was owned by William Randy Hearst. He was the only... [Read more of this review]


Foursquare Whitepaper: How Foursquare Will Break Your Marketing and Business Overnight Foursquare Whitepaper: How Foursquare Will Break Your Marketing and Business Overnight

four About three years ago, before Oprah had even heard of “Twitter,” Twitter was making new millionaires. No, not just @Ev and @Biz. Twitter made the most sought after CEOs and VCs in Silicon Valley directly accessible. It was as if there was a new tech security breach in their multiple secretary and executive assistant firewall. All... [Read more of this review]


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