Before starting my position at Groupon, I interviewed for director and senior manager positions in SEO with REI and Amazon. I noticed that there appears to be a shift in requirements for SEO positions. Companies are realizing that to be successful at SEO, doesn’t mean just being good at the technical stuff or at identifying […]
2019 is going to be an amazing year for technology. Truth be told, I’ve been saying that since I started in the tech space. But every year, it holds true – there are innovations across virtually every industry. Even as a technology professional, I find it hard to keep up. So, with all the great […]
Want to achieve your professional goals? Log out of your Facebook, says success expert Richard St. John. The bestselling author, who has interviewed over 1,000 successful people including Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Martha Stewart, says that millennials spend too much time on social media. That time, he tells CNBC Make It, could be better spent […]
The importance of SEO has been a point of debate for years. Half the internet believes SEO is dead, while the other half feels it’s necessary. But do we overlook it? There is plenty of information available online to manipulate the rankings in one way or another, but one factor is constant: SEO’s usage is on […]
EA CEO Andrew Wilson announces that the publisher is “overjoyed” by the performance of DICE-developed shooter Star Wars Battlefront during a quarterly financial conference call. It’s fair to say that Star Wars Battlefront proved to be a little disappointing for many gamers. The title launched in November 2015 with plenty of expectations, but the reboot […]
As social customer care is still in its nascent period, it’s not easy to find someone who’s been doing it for even five years. Well, after interviewing Joshua March on the technology side for the last Focus on Customer Service podcast episode, we’ve found a second person, Delfin Vassallo, on the brand side. Delfin (pronounced […]
Instagram certainly rocked the social marketing boat these last couple of weeks with their announcement that your feed will soon be curated by an algorithm instead of by which accounts you follow and when they upload. Suddenly, everyone was drowning in requests to “turn on notifications if you still want to see my posts”, which mostly resulted in an […]
If you ask any successful company for the key to their success, or ask any employee why they are happy in a position, the answer is almost always “the people”. But what makes happy, productive people is usually fueled by a thriving company culture. Company culture is not built with free lunches, ping pong tables, […]
Without adequate investment in the new enterprise data center, the development and deployment of enterprise devices and services related to the Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to engulf the companies. The IoT will be a primary driver of investment in technology over the next decade, according to IDC. The research firm says more than […]