2011 March

A Jobless Recovery? Not According to Our Job Board

posted on March 8, 2011

We hear so much about how we are officially out of a recession but the jobs just aren’t happening. Well, according to our Internet marketing and social media job postings board in the past week that’s just not the case. Heck, we have one company alone that posted 16 positions to fill! Here’s a quick sample.

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At Internet marketing company Performics – 16 positions in total in New York and Chicago including:

Client Solutions Consultant – SEO – Chicago

Conversion Optimization Strategist – New York City

At consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton:

Social Media Analyst – Linthicum, MD

At language software producer Rosetta Stone:

by Frank Reed

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Android Leads in Smartphones, Will Tablets Ever Follow?

posted on March 8, 2011

More data keeps coming in showing how Android’s grip on the smartphone market is tightening with each passing month. Information from comScore (via Mashable) shows that the Android platform has taken the number one spot from BlackBerry. Note that this data doesn’t include the iPhone introduction to the Verizon network (remember that hype?).

It’s easy to see that the eventual HUGE loser in this will be BlackBerry as it struggles and continues to lose ground in the smartphone platform race. BlackBerry’s troubles are bound to be a case study sooner than later as the company just didn’t react quickly enough or with the right products. Oh well.

by Cynthia Boris

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by Frank Reed

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Is Google Just Putting Lipstick On Its Places Pig?

posted on March 7, 2011

Remember the infamous ad from many moons ago by Charles Schwab that showed a room full of stock brokers being incentivized to sell a bad stock and the manager tells the team to “Put some lipstick on this pig” ? If you don’t check it out here.

Anyway, that expression is harsh for sure but I am beginning to wonder if one of Google’s concentrations these days, Places, is just another instance of a big company promoting a less than workable solution because it needs to. In other words, is Google putting lipstick on their Places pig?

They have put a pretty new landing page up for Places which looks nice. Check it out.

by Frank Reed

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SMB’s Double Up On Twitter Usage

posted on March 7, 2011

The SMB (small and medium business) market is working to keep pace with change in the marketing space as a whole and in particular, Internet marketing. It’s a difficult task for most due to the all too familiar chorus of not enough resources whether they be money, time, people or some combination of these and other factors.

According to a recent study from BIA/Kelsey and ConStat (via eMarketer) the SMB market is moving forward despite the obstacles. Twitter in particular is seeing strong growth while traditional marketing vehicles like the Yellow Pages are lucky to remain stagnant.