Entries from October 2007

Clever Link Building: The Pink Internet Marketing Blog Contest

Date October 27, 2007

Increasing your link count is no easy task. (I’ve got one link. How sad.) But, as an integral part of increasing your search engine rankings, it’s a must.
Traditionally, there have been two ‘clean’ ways to manually boost your link popularity:

Comment on other people’s blogs, and refer back to your site.
Link swap (also […]

Facebook Developers Garage Vancouver (October 2007): Monetization Highlights

Date October 24, 2007

As demonstrated by the image above, I am a Facebook addict.
Tonight was a night of firsts - my first Facebook event, and my first external presentation. It goes without saying that I was pumped.
The Facebook Developers Garage, held at the Vancouver Film School, brought together a hundred of Vancouver’s Facebook enthusiasts for a night […]

Marketing Ruined My Football

Date October 20, 2007

I’m not a spectator sports person. The only time I watch is when it’s the Olympics, or when we’re in the finals. Suffice to say, that’s not a whole lot of time.
However, having been given the opportunity to watch professionals pound the crap out of each for free, I was more than happy […]

Secrets of Marketing Success: Know What You Want

Date October 19, 2007

Know what you want (i.e. set objectives) and you can improve your marketing.
Sounds simple, right? Well, it is. But, many times in marketing (and in life too), we do things without knowing what we want or what the end goal is.
Tonight, I was playing pool. During one of the rounds, I found […]

My First MoMoVan: A Gimpse at Vancouver’s Mobile Scene

Date October 1, 2007

Today, I made my first foray into Vancouver’s mobile technology community at MoMoVan.
Short for Mobile Monday Vancouver, MoMoVan is a monthly forum for innovators, entrepreneurs, executives, and industry folk from the Vancouver mobile scene. Canada’s not exactly known for it’s mobile prowess, so it was nice to see a lot of enthusiasm […]