Monthly archive May, 2010

Pat Flynn Interviews Me

Since I recently spoke about the power of blog interviews and what they can do for your business, I thought I’d give an example of a video interview recently published by Pat Flynn from SmartPassiveIncome.com. Pat was doing a series comparing different revenue sharing web sites where people can earn money writing. Subsequently, I heard...

5 Reasons Why Blog Interviews Are Greater Than Traditional Media

Traditionally, when a person or company wants to get media attention they would find them selves turning to local radio stations and TV stations to try and setup interviews.  While these methods are great to get local attention, once the program is over, so is your exposure.  To make things even more difficult you are...

Social Media Marketing Mistake #1 – Promoting Before You’ve Socialized

A successful social media campaign has a lot of similar characteristics to socializing with friends or colleagues.  You need to be a trusted part of the group before people are going to take your advice. So riddle me this, why do online marketers hop into existing conversations unannounced expecting any body to listen?  Would you...

Introduction to Tracking your Brand Online

In order to effectively manage your Social Media Marketing you 100% need to know whenever somebody talks about you online.  While it is impossible to track every time you or your brand is mentioned, there are a number of tools available that make finding out about any significant conversations involving your brand. If you are...

A Quick Introduction

Welcome to the blog of Ryan McKenzie.  I have been developing web projects for over a decade now and have recently been involved in a relatively large startup called InfoBarrel.com.  On the side I do some consulting for SEO and Social Media Marketing and will be offering some of my services from this very site....