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Funny how if you have klout and post nothing it still makes news.

Pete’s got a great online following and here is an example how he posted no link and still got loads of responses…hahah just for fun. We all forget links at times. He may have done it on purpose, however. Maybe we’ll find out in a follow up?

We all assumed he forgot the link, but perhaps he was being coy?

It doesn’t matter. I commented how we’ve all done this before for sure. For him its funny because he gets 88 comments possibly before checking (which shows you how when you have a higher engagement rate that you need to check posts within the first 10-15 minutes instead of the usual 30 minutes suggested by many).

Featuring a Canadian’s perspective vs an old phone hacker….you’ll eventually figure it out.

Inaugural Comic: Beavers & Busted.

What’s Next Up for Digital Marketing?

Find out how digital marketing tools are changing and how they’ll improve in the near future. If you’re in advertising, take note!

Digital marketing is one of those platforms where if your company is not on board by now and doesn’t have any idea where the digital marketing movement is going, it will be left behind.

However, that begs the question: what’s next for digital marketing?

In this day and age, companies are making it a priority and necessity to focus on online branding. Various reports from several companies at the forefront of technology, including Mashable and Hasai (Hasai is a social media/digital firm) show that digital marketing – which encompasses social media marketing, viral videos, website ads and SEO – is already the way of the present and future. But the thing about digital mediums is they’re constantly changing. How can anyone keep up with what’s the latest and what’s in the past?

To help those in charge of digital marketing at companies across the U.S. and Canada, here are some tips to take note of as far as what to expect in the next few months – but check back here to see what the trends are soon…they’re constantly changing.

Search is evolving.

The economy is still up in the air, therefore,

marketing budgets are in jeopardy.

This is the great thing about online marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) – search will do well thanks to its clear and measurable short-term ROI. In the next few months and even years, search engine searches will become more relevant and efficient for users, as well as companies which optimize.

In addition, there’s now competition among search engines – Google, Bing and Yahoo! were the top three, but now Bing is using Yahoo!’s results after their deal – and therefore, new features to improve searches are sure to follow.

Social media is important to search, too – Twitter search is its own application, while Google and Bing search results can pull from public Twitter and Facebook feeds. If 200 people liked or retweeted a blog post right away, within a few hours of posting, it can end up ranking on the first page of Google for its targeted search terms. They love viral content…who wouldn’t! so its been

built into the search engine algorithms now.

Online video advertising is growing.

Not just YouTube and Hulu – online video is being watched more and more via gaming consoles, like Xbox360 (soon to be Xbox720), and mobile devices Developments in the sector will be driven largely by competition, and viral video analytics are becoming more and more sophisticated. This means advertisers will want to put their digital marketing dollars to use in viral seeding strategies, partnering with online influencers, paid placements and social media, to spread viral video campaigns.

Advertisers need to make sure they are using this strategy because it is relevant to the brand or the message, and they can track its effects on users with several apps or tracking sites, such as Klout, one of the best mediums to find out what users, followers, etc., are talking about, and if they’re talking about your company and products or if they talk about anything relevant, which would make them part of your company’s target market.

Mobile takes on the online realm.

According to the Mobile Marketing Association, advertisers in the U.S. spend around $2.16 billion on mobile marketing.

With smartphones, an increasing number of users (the iPhone has a reported 57 million) and ever-improving video and online features, advertisers have more to work with on mobile phones. Take Pandora.com, for example. The app is a music app, yet advertisers can buy ad space for video ads – pretty much a commercial break you watch in between listening to music. Google bought Motorola for $12 billion just to catch up on the patents “arms race.” Google wants to stay an active competitor with Apple, and it knows how to reach an audience – mobile marketing.

GPS Becomes Important

Call it “Big Brother” technology, but in future years, in order to get certain incentives, consumers will have to make their locations known.

While many are understandably reluctant to do this, GPS-enabled devices and social media platforms like FourSquare help companies profit greatly through this type of digital marketing – social rewards programs are huge! And yes, there actually is a loyalty marketing company called Social Rewards that can help your company get started.

While companies should be mindful of these types of campaigns and how they can give consumers the incentive to participate and make their locations made public on the Internet, those who do are allowing advertisers to tap into an engaged network of users who want special promotions based on where they are in any city. An increase in these types of apps for companies – and possibly even new social media platforms to compete

(Gowalla is a competitor to FourSquare, for example)

– should be on the rise in the next few years.

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So today there was an announcement that Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple-> you know, the guys who make the iPhone and the Macbook Pros I rock with?) Just stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc.

Ironically just hours ago this happened.

I, my friends, have made a deal with the devil. Apple themselves…via a christian friend/fellow nerd to acquire an iPhone 5 the day it comes out.

In Canada only.

Here is Steve Jobs Resignation Letter:

Let’s talk Canada for a minute:

Why does any type of IT service priced like England but only work like a 3rd world country? At least when compared to our southern counterparts.

I feel that in Canada our networks simply can’t handle what is now considered standard upload speeds throughout the big US cities. You can only pay for nothing more than 1 to 2 Mbps uploads anywhere and no 4G coming anytime soon?

No wonder Rogers is scared, they and Ma Bell should be if they want to compete. I’m sure they’re building it, but why not use Google’s Whitespaces plan while your at it? hmmm. See- > http://www.freepress.net/whitespaces. Oh I love Digital news and can’t wait to launch our Digital Product Reviews Sections.

So In The USA, I’m using an Android EVO 3D because its a DUAL processor, the fastest phone I’ve ever seen, and it shoots in 2d AND 3d with its two cameras.

Also has a front facing camera and can run Double Twist, and iPhone app that’s much like iTunes without ANY file restrictions. Sweet.

Let’s talk about something political, I’m not writing the news, I’m reporting it: I’m a Canadian living in the USA & Canada for work reasons. This offers us a digital technology perspective that’s a bit unique to both industries. For example, to understand why a client may sell well on different keywords in the USA as opposed to Canada. -> e.g. Someone wants a fun place for kids in Canada, searches a term. Someone in USA wants a daycare… perhaps…searches the same term. DIFFERENT Target market and will convert at a different rate due to population’s effect on web traffic in densely populated regions with different housing needs and divorce rates.

Jack Layton

So in Canada, one of the top rated political people has just passed away and left a ‘last letter‘…. Here’s his:

Today Jack Layton laid in state in Ottawa Canada, and the respects were paid by many Canadians as ‘the best prime minister we never had’.

If Stephen Harper were to suddenly drop dead, what would happen? the same response?

Thoughts?

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This is incredible. Because the density of the mud brick that was used in ancient Egypt, you can see the entire ‘topographical looking’ outlines of houses, streets, burroughs, everything! it really shows segregation and class division, incredible.

Infra Red can do this, it is not about heat.

read the official posting, what an awesome job title: Space Archeologist.
Way to go…Dr Sarah Parcak!

The technology is probing beneath the sand with photos using Infra-red from Satellites.

She’ll be on tv soon when they go there to dig. I’m stoked. This is cooler than the 10K Clock! (well just as cool on a different plane).

Now in  this source post from the BBC it says ‘Satellite Archeologist’, but I think ‘Space Archeologist is more accurate…

Love her quote about Indiana Jones.