I’m officially a Twitter believer. In checking traffic from last month, the microblogging platform overtook MSN search as the No. 6 driver of traffic to Cheezhead.
What’s more, Twitter-generated traffic looked at almost twice as many pages, stuck around about 4 minutes longer and bounced 12 percent less than visitors from the nation’s third largest […]

Candidate-matching site itzbig has launched Get Yourself Fired.com. The move is an attempt to generate a viral marketing campaign around the idea of, you guessed it, getting yourself fired. After which, you can run over to itzbig for a new one.
At the site, you superimpose your face (see pic) on a variety of compromising images […]

As seen in my hotel room, promoting an upcoming career fair.

Yours truly is quoted in an article out today in The Journal entitled Recruiting 3.0: Web Advances Change the Landscape. It’s a great read.
Some of the highlights include video, podcasting, job board growth, assessments, and social networking.
Another example: Recruiters for Electronic Arts Inc. began perusing MySpace.com and Facebook.com a little over a year ago to […]

The data junkies out there - and you know who you are - will be happy to know Compete.com’s latest traffic information is live. Debate the accuracy all you want … it’s undeniable fun.

An interesting addition to the traffic numbers is more visible keyphrase data, showing some of the top terms driving traffic to you […]

My tops and flops, in order.
Tops
1. Bridgestone/”Richard Simmons” - It had Alice Cooper in it. Alice, people!
1a. Bud Light/”Semi Pro” - Will Farrell says, “suck one.” ‘Nuf said.
2. Coke/”Balloon” - Connecting with kids of all ages.
3. FedEx/”Pigeons” - Gotta love killer birds with Terminator inspired headgear. It was also the only ad mentioning Cleveland.
4. Budweiser/”Hank” […]

Facebook Social Ads - and how to best use them - is still in its infancy.

However, there are a few trends I see that may help you get the most return for your time, energy and money.
1) Provocative images. Unlike AdWords, Facebook lets you plug-in an image with your ads. Use something that will […]