Author Archives: David Cohen

How Come the Inbound Marketing Concept is not Inbound Marketed?

I loved the concept of inbound marketing, in the context that I initially understood it, especially the storytelling and community building concepts. And when I worked with the people who designed this blog I asked them to create a category … Continue reading

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A Valuable Marketing Skill You Should Consider Pursuing

One of the best challenges anyone ever gave me, in the context of what this person and I did for a living, was to define marketing. Effectively communicating a message to people in a way they can relate to. That … Continue reading

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An Idea to Solve the Lack of Women Speakers at Conferences Problem

I like when people talk about things that make other people think. The recent conversations about the lack of women speakers at search conferences is definitely making people think, and hopefully looking for ways to solve the problem. Hannah Smith … Continue reading

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Somebody is building the Pinterest for Vine

Part of me thinks that the app Vine is on minute 5 of 15. I can be naturally skeptical of anything that doesn’t feel right or that doesn’t makes sense, so because of that I think Vine can get to … Continue reading

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Why Universities Need To Teach More than Internet Marketing

Antony Pensebene published a post on the Saloon of Literature titled, “Dear Universities, Teach Internet Marketing”. This piece made me think about something I felt passionately about in the past, which is higher education. Higher education is something I strongly … Continue reading

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A Visual Story That Explains Why Engagement on Facebook Should Drop

By no means will this image electrify you. I have no idea how to use Illustrator, so I used Jing to create a story out of this Facebook screenshot. I wanted to post this image to tell the story about … Continue reading

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The Most Laughable Tweet and Quote of 2012

By a unanimous vote of 1, this is the most laughable Tweet and quote that I saw on Twitter in 2012: @mattcutts “We don’t care whether we make money or lose money. … The question is.. Is this good for … Continue reading

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Market the Context Too. It Is Good For the Mind

Take another look at the picture. Get an idea about what you think is happening. Maybe even quickly make up a story in your mind about the people in the picture. Now take a look at the picture again, but … Continue reading

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Respect to Ed Fry for Creating a Positive Story

I have another post that has some ideas about how community-driven publishing platforms can create context for people, but in the meantime, there’s this one. A year ago, maybe more, I read a guide from Distilled that logically and creatively … Continue reading

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Here Is An Unboring Site In A Boring Industry

I think whenever you write anything positive about how much you like a business site, and you don’t have data to prove if the site “works”, you’ll probably get called out by some marketer for being too subjective. Sorry. There’s … Continue reading

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