Archive - February, 2009

ROI this!

My day job is performance marketing, getting a quantified return for a set amount of cash, it’s what we do at TSW Towers, but even I know that sometimes it isn’t always possible, or even part of the plan.

Social media is a fine example, Pete Blackshaw has just written about Twitters ROI over at AdAge. Great article. But, should we try and determine the ROI of our customer service staff interacting with clients?

What is the value of gratitude, appreciation, making someone’s day?

Engage first, business later.

As Seth wrote

Twitter is about building a foundation for what you can do next

It’s not the ‘next’.

Use Twitter to engage your customers, build trust and then, when they are ready, you will have the foundation to get some ROI.

Finding SEO Tough?

If you are spare a thought for those who have trouble ranking for their name! Rachel, at Discover Magazine, writes about a small French town that is called Eu and how they are thinking of changing the towns name so they can rank in Google.

They are probably not alone, so let’s spare a thought for those tasked with driving visitors to towns with names they wouldn’t pick today.

Coffee, Alabama

Coffee Alabama

Coffee Alabama

California (Norfolk) UK, which not only has to compete with the west coast state but also with California Norfolk, VA, USA!

California Norfolk UK

California Norfolk UK

Universal Lily, Not

Lily Allen

Lily Allen

Whilst doing some research (honest) I came across a blended search result on Google, which has a Youtube video (part of Google) that when you click through to it gives the ‘you cannot view this in your country’ error.

I searched for ‘Lily Allen’ on Google UK, from the UK.

The whole idea of universal search is to give users a better experience and provide the most relevant results.

Here are the screenshots of the offending results.

Lily Allen Search Results

Lily Allen Search Results

The Youtube landing page is as follows and doesn’t have any Lily videos on it.

Lily Allen Youtube Landing Page

Lily Allen Youtube Landing Page

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