With March Madness finally winding down (always trickles into April),  I figured I’d quickly blog about a few things that caught my eye over the last few weeks: The top Google searches in Canada over the 12 months are  “facebook&# & “youtube&#. Twitter potentially going to be bought by Google for a massive sum.

Coincidentally, or not, The Wall Street Journal [subscription needed for access to entire article online] today tells the story of a new type of collaboration between P&G (the iconoclastic consumer marketing organization) and Google, one that involves an employee exchange program. Where are the bloggers?" billion brand).

It’s a mouthful, but it boils down to this one simple idea: Getting Google and other search engines to point people to your website. Use on your site the keywords that people actually type into Google. Google’s Keyword Tool. It’s like being cited as an expert in Google’s eyes. SpyFu.com. SEM Rush.

The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business by Tara Hunt - April 21, 2009 5. Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah, and David Meerman Scott - Oct 19, 2009 11. Ta da. Public Relations and the Social Web: How to Use Social Media and Web 2.0

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Merlin Mann has built an online empire around the concept and even did an hour-long workshop for Google staff on it. Join us this Thursday, April 16 at Noon Eastern (9:00 a.m. I included a shorter version of the following article in my Nonprofit Marketing Tips email newsletter that went out earlier today. Inbox Zero. Super relevant.

April’s 5 Best Blog Posts. Post on Google Buzz. So I’ve been watching the stats, and here are the posts that most people have read, and hopefully, found useful! How Many Things Do You Buy? How Many Things Do you Make? Let us now praise Black Female Nonprofit Leaders! Aw Girl, Are You Jaded? Top 5 May Posts. for fundraising!

Since April of 2008 she has provided over 713,000 meals to hungry dogs and cats. Switch to an RSS feed reader like Google Reader and you can subscribe to this blog and others, without clogging your inbox. Who are these online evangelists that your nonprofit should be exciting and motivating? Director of Information Systems.

4, April 1, March 28 (coincidentally my birthday), July 15, Aug. Google tells us that Dadism was "a western European artistic and literary movement (1916-23) that sought the discovery of authentic reality through the abolition of traditional culture and aesthetic forms," offers one of the hometown newspaper online chatters. 2, Aug.

G2: Geeks Who Game When: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 6 – 9 PM Where: Tattooed Mom on South Street in Center City Philadelphia Admission: bring 1 jump drive OR 1 package of school supplies (pens, notebooks, highlighters, etc.) They’re not arts-specific, but there’s a nonprofit connection, and fun with games and maps. Live-tweeting Theater.