Everyone has a story to tell,” explained Sage Lewis of SageRock Consulting. Competing with the big names, giant retailers, and pop up chains can be a tall measure for any small- to medium-sized business (SMB), especially when resources, namely time...
On Thursday I went to lunch with Sage Lewis at his favorite restaurant in Akron, Rancheros Taqueria. As we sat down, Sage whips out his phone and proceeds to check-in at FourSquare for he is the "mayor" of this fine Mexican restaurant.
Thinking is no longer needed with Google Instant controlling your searches (by Sage Lewis). Based on a search query, the feature is designed to also return "recommended" users on Twitter. Those users receive rankings, such as "Influential" or...
Sage Lewis is off this week. Invariably, sitting right next to their 1945 invention is that 1876 invention still hanging around, begging to be used. Personally, if phones were outlawed and all we had left was text messaging, e-mail, and Twitter, I...
According to Sage Lewis's "Re-Thinking Link Building" column, many businesses resort to letting their interns take care of link building. Lewis correctly suggests dropping the term "link building" because it implies "quantity over quality.
I had the good fortune of sitting in on Debra Mastaler's link building presentation at SES Chicago last week. Mastaler is commonly regarded as one of the primary thought leaders in link building. Her presentation didn't disappoint.
Meet Sage Lewis at SES Chicago on December 7-11, 2009. In "Sage's Twitter Promotion Experiment," I concluded that maybe social media wasn't a great place for asking for money. Let's talk about two promotions.
Midwestern marquee names include: Shari Thurow, Lee Odden, Matt Bailey, Jennifer Laycock, Sage Lewis, Cindy Krum and Andrew Goodman. Chicago, the largest city in the Midwestern US, to attract biggest names in Midwest Search; Midwestern individuals...
Meet Sage Lewis at SES Chicago on December 7-11, 2009. In return for the e-mail addresses, he gave away a grand prize: one single mouse pad. What surprised me was the impressive response he got. I don't remember how many e-mail subscribers he got...
Social Media and Your Business, which will be taught by Sage Lewis, SageRock.com. During the past seven weeks, I've shared seven compelling reasons for going to either Search Engine Strategies Berlin or SES Chicago 2009.
Have you ever thought about using blog commenting as a way of generating links to your Web site? You might think that it's relatively easy to go to any number of blogs and simply write a quick comment with a link to your Web site.
When we think about getting links, typically the concept is quantity over quality. Granted, we often look at things like PageRank to see if the potential link has value in the eyes of Google. But we often don't look at the inherent value that a...
There was a panicked discussion thread at Google Webmaster Help forums recently. The person who initiated the discussion wrote: Today I found that my entire site has dropped out of site in search results.
What if someone said something like, "Sage is running the Chicago Marathon for charity. This is my first marathon. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, chances are you've seen me post about all my training adventures over the summer.
I always look forward to the Search Engine Ranking Factors report SEOMoz puts out. They write: Every two years, SEOmoz surveys top SEO experts in the field worldwide on their opinions of the algorithmic elements that comprise search engine rankings.
I don't know Charlene Li. I can't truly guess who she is as a person or what she's really like. But I was fortunate enough to see her speak at Search Engine Strategies San Jose a couple weeks ago. If I had to guess, I'd say she's an analytic-type...
Sage Lewis - Twitter Updates for 2009-08-12 Ferrás Blog - SES Coverage: Schreibt eure Geschichte Ferrás Blog - SES Coverage: Brand Trademark and Reputation Management Ferrás Blog - SES Coverage: Die Zukunft.
We often think of promotions as giving something away or getting people to enter a contest. But there can also be promotions to raise awareness. In fact, promotions don't have to be run by companies. They can be run by individuals.
According to Sage Lewis's "Re-Thinking Link Building" column, many businesses resort to letting their interns take care of link building. Lewis correctly suggests dropping the term "link building" because it implies "quantity over quality.
Lewis, I totally agree with you, though I am India but I believe in each and every word of you. There is little more gratifying in the blogging world than when people take the time to comment on something you've written.
