By Ian Lee on Oct 19, 2010 in Marketing, Publicity | 6 Comments
Companies often pay top dollar to PR and media agencies for help to gain exposure and increase brand awareness. With so many self-proclaimed social media gurus and experts tweeting and connecting in Facebook, you would think there are more successful campaigns out there. This is just not the case. When a campaign is truly successful, [...]
By Ian Lee on May 15, 2008 in Internet Marketing, Publicity, Technology | 7 Comments
Earlier this month, the BBC technology television show, Click, reported that their developer was legitimately able to use a 3rd party Facebook application to retrieve private information from Facebook users who have specifically asked to keep this type of data private. Now, 3rd party applications on Facebook are beginning to steal user identities for the [...]
By Ian Lee on Mar 11, 2008 in Publicity | 6 Comments
HealthCastle.com, the most comprehensive nutrition community run by Registered Dietitians on the Internet, is searching for the best Food & Nutrition Blog for their upcoming Top Blog Awards. If you have a favorite Food & Nutrition Blog, be sure to nominate it by 5:00pm PST March 23, 2008 for consideration. Tweet This Post
By Ian Lee on Jan 3, 2008 in Publicity, affiliate marketing | 5 Comments
I vividly remember my first internet marketing industry event that I attended and really appreciated the sponsoring company who helped me get there. As I won’t be attending Affiliate Summit West 2008, I held a blog contest to help 2 deserving affiliates make it to the event. The results of Ian’s Blog Contest are in! [...]
By Ian Lee on Jan 2, 2008 in Publicity | 1 Comment
After taking some time off for the holidays, I am excited to be able to post again on this blog. A big thank you goes out to Mike from Bloggin-Ads.com for writing a nice review about ADS-Links.com. Thanks Mike for taking the time to read this blog and give it a review. I know how [...]
By Ian Lee on Dec 17, 2007 in Publicity | 15 Comments
Having come across many great articles over the years discussing the next-big-thing on generating more readers for a blog, I have yet to see too many bloggers take advantage of one of the most powerful syndication service in the Blogosphere. For many bloggers, one main reason for writing and maintaining a blog is to be [...]
By Ian Lee on Nov 27, 2007 in Publicity | 11 Comments
Since attending my first conference, I have always been surprised that companies hired booth helpers to promote their products and services at various events. It never dawned on me that when I was speaking with a booth attendant, they would only be armed with minimal information about the company that I was interested in. I [...]
By Ian Lee on Jul 6, 2007 in Publicity | 4 Comments
As part of a marketing campaign to promote the July 27, 2007 opening of The Simpsons Movie, a dozen 7-Eleven stores throughout the US & Canada have been transformed into Kwik-E-Marts. The only Kwik-E-Mart in Canada is located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. As a fan of The Simpsons since it’s first debut on The Tracey [...]