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Social Media Word of the Day

Integration. At least once a day I get the question “Can you help me integrate social media into my website?” Most of the time the real question that they are asking is “Can you help me duplicate the content that is on my website through every social media channel possible?” If...Continue Reading

Whats keeping you from being a rockstar on Twitter

One Word… Excuses. (Insert laundry list of “reasons why twitter won’t work for my business” here.) We all make excuses for the things we don’t want to do. We justify not doing things that are hard or require us to give something of ourselves so that we can instead do the...Continue Reading

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How to track QR codes in Google Analytics

So you want to use QR codes but you’re not sure how to track them in Google Analytics. There are four steps to getting the URLs ready and generating the QR codes that will be ready for tracking using Google Analytics campaign tracking. Plan your campaign Use Google Campaign Builder to build unique...Continue Reading

Whats new with Facebook Fan Pages

Facebook Pages are changing yet again. It seems that whenever profiles change pages aren’t far behind. In March 2011 all pages will be changed to the new version. For now you can opt into the upgrade or wait to be upgraded automatically. Be forewarned, there is no going back to the old version...Continue Reading

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Mobile Website Development

Are you reading this blog on your mobile device? Just a few years ago that would seem like an absurd question but as we all know we are now in the age of mobile. A recent report published by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky estimated that there will be more smartphones sold than PCs in 2012 (reference http://www.pcworld.com/article/171380/)....Continue Reading

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A reason to tweet.

Are Tweets more powerful than links.  Matt Cutts from Google says only when it comes to live results but in a recent episode of Whiteboard Friday Rand from seoMOZ said that there is evidence that shows that Tweets can indeed be more powerful than links, a situation that makes a social media presence...Continue Reading

iPad the gift that keeps on giving

Will the iPad be the next Tickle me Elmo or Furby? At first glance the $500 price tag and glass screen would deter parents from giving their tech savvy bundles of joy the privilege of becoming iPad owners but a second glance shows that this device could infiltrate the educational toy market. Apple...Continue Reading

South Hall Marketing Seminar Followup

A big thank you to everyone who attended the seminar last Wednesday. We had a great time and we hope that you all took something away that will help your business this year. We are also looking forward to our next seminar this summer. Please leave a comment with the topics that you would like to cover...Continue Reading

Google Facebook Search

In December, Google announced that “real time” search results were here. What are real time results you may ask? Real time results are posts from twitter, friend feed, Google News and other micro blogging and news sites with updates. Also in December, Google mentioned that Facebook updates...Continue Reading

The path to success is paved with failures

We marketers like to think that we just know what our clients and their clients want. We crunch the numbers and back up our hunches with piles of spreadsheets, graphs, demographics, and other data in order to show that we have done our due diligence. In truth, all of this is helpful information but...Continue Reading

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Red Clay isn't a traditional agency. Our folks don't fit that mold, and we aren't big on conforming. We're thinkers. We like getting outside the box to get results, but never just to be cool. We care too much about conversions to worry about being cool. We're outside the big city and provide our clients with good old fashioned service. Our business is built on conversions, communication, sales … you know, results.