Category Archives: Industry News

How to Work Your Way Out of Corporate America Hell

Yes, this is a post targeted directly at some of my closest friends who are still tied down by the chains of Corporate America. I probably don’t speak to them often enough; it’s not because I don’t like them, it’s simply because each time we meet and begin talking, the conversation turns negative nine times […]

Legal Issues of Domain Names and Trademarks – Pubcon Vegas 2011

Privacy Law Developments – Las Vegas PubCon 2011 – My powerpoint aims to provide a synopsis on some of the most recent and relevant privacy law developments affecting Internet business and marketing — from security breach notification statute amendments to the SEC’s Guidance on cyber security and disclosure. Legal issues of domain names & trademarks View more presentations from Dream […]

Competitive Intelligence Presentation – Pubcon Vegas 2011

Here is my presentation from Pubcon Vegas 2011 on Competitive Intelligence. This was a great panel and I am hoping everybody learned a ton! Enjoy! Competitive Intelligence Pubcon Vegas View more presentations from Dream Systems Media Pubcon Vegas 2011 Competitive Intelligence session write-ups: http://www.aimclearblog.com/2011/11/14/reconnaissance-round-up-killer-competitive-intelligence-tools-tactics/ http://outspokenmedia.com/internet-marketing-conferences/competitive-intelligence-tools-and-tactics/ http://www.searchenginejournal.com/pubcon-2011-recaps-of-sessions-links-to-photos/35841/ http://www.seo.com/blog/pubcon-las-vegas-day-3-key-takeaways/

New Firefox 8.0 Doesn’t Support My Favorite Add-Ons

If you hadn’t heard, Mozilla Firefox released another new update. I don’t mind updates, but this one forced me to complain a bit. As a pretty consistent blogger, I frequently will take pictures of sections of a website with an Add-On called Screengrabber. Screengrabber would allow me to simply copy a section of a page, […]

DSM at Search Conferences and Other Speaking Engagements

We always enjoy the opportunity to share our marketing experience, knowledge and tips with others at search marketing conferences and networking events across the country. Recently, we have been pretty busy doing just that.  Here are just a few updates: David Mink, one of DSM’s founding partners was asked to serve on the founding board […]

7 Life-Changing Productivity Tips That Lead to Business Success

In an effort to “practice what I preach”, I was stumbling for ideas last night and came upon one that really hit home. I’m coming on my one year anniversary of self-employment (November 1st); I’ve learned a lot about myself, my motivation, and mostly about areas where I can improve. Productivity is “the state of […]

Do You Have (or are you) a SHI@#Y Manager?

Management is all about connecting with the people on your team. So how do you effectively manage a team? With common knowledge, of course. How many of you wish you could paste this statement 1,000+ times on your manager’s door/desk/forehead? Or maybe you’ve been a manager and wish you would have read this BEFORE you […]

How Important is Reading a BOOK to an SEO Firm?

I’m back! Yes, it’s been too long since I blogged at DSM, and I’m honest when I say “I’ve missed it…” I’m re-motivated to share ideas, ask questions, and even call people (and companies) out on their online business stupidity. I’ll start, though, with a sincere SEO question: Is reading a BOOK really helpful to […]

Adwords +1 Button Changes Internet Marketing.. PPC, CRO, CTR

Introducing the new Google Adwords button. How will Google Adwords +1 Button change Internet Marketing? Does it affect PPC? Will it help or hurt CRO? Can it really increase CTR? What’s the Math? In a recent email from Google Adwords was the following notification: In the coming weeks, your search results and ads on Google […]