Rush Hour Episode 16
Written by Neil Patel on June 20, 2007 | No comments yet
This week on Rush Hour Jane Copland, Cameron and I talked about the potential MySpace and Yahoo merger, the popularity of Facebook Apps, YouTube locals, Digg threaded comments, a women who is being harassed due to social media, white labeled social networks, and the 1.5 billion dollars being spent on digital products.
Rush Hour Episode 15
Written by Neil Patel on May 31, 2007 | 1 comment
This week on Rush Hour Cameron and Cshel talked about Facebook, Digg, SMX and Bar Camp San Diego.
Rush Hour Episode 14
Written by Neil Patel on May 23, 2007 | 2 comments
This week on Rush Hour Cshel, Cameron and I discuss the acquisition of Feedburner, Technorati redesign, Digg tips and making money online through MySpace.
Chris Winfield and Kevin Rose on Rush Hour
Written by Neil Patel on May 16, 2007 | 5 comments
This week on Rush Hour Cameron, Cshel and I talk to Chris Winfield from 10e20 and a mystery caller who claims to be Kevin Rose from Digg. Throughout the show we discussed all the latest happenings with Digg, Guy Kawasaki's new social site called Truemors, and if it really was Kevin Rose or not on the show.
Rush Hour Episode 12
Written by Neil Patel on May 10, 2007 | 1 comment
This week Cameron, Carolyn, and I discuss Neil's new blog, QuickSprout, as well MySpaces acquisition of PhotoBucket, Ebays impending acquisition of StumbleUpon, the differences in user behaviors between various social media sites and the subsequent impact on strategies for leveraging those sites. We also discuss online reputation management and answer a chatroom question about how one would go about starting up a new social media site.
Rush Hour - The Industry Revolts on Digg
Written by Neil Patel on May 6, 2007 | 4 comments
This week on Rush Hour Cshel and Cameron discuss a big story where a where a story was removed the main page of Digg and the poster was banned after his story had 16,000 Diggs. The story removal lead to an uproar from the community.
StumbleUpon & Bookmarking - Rush Hour Episode 10
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 18, 2007 | 2 comments
On this week's episode of Rush Hour Neil and I welcomed co-host CShel for the second week in a row. They discussed the rumors around eBay's acquisition of StumbleUpon, Search Engine Strategies New York, and they also talked about social bookmarking strategies & ethics.
Rush Hour Episode 8
Written by Cameron Olthuis on April 5, 2007 | 3 comments
On this week's episode of Rush Hour, Neil and I cover the latest in social media news from around the web. They talked about StumbleUpon's redesign, April Fool's Day jokes, Digg's new features, and more. We also discussed strategies that still work for getting on the homepage of Digg.
Rush Hour Episode 7
Written by Cameron Olthuis on March 28, 2007 | 1 comment
On this episode of Rush Hour, Neil and I talked about the Jason Calacanis SEO challenge, the launch of Search Engine Smackdown, and Neil's experiences at Elite Retreat. We also talked about strategies for getting stories popular on Digg and StumbleUpon. CShel called in at the end of the show and got some social media advice from Neil and I.
Rush Hour with Shoemoney
Written by Cameron Olthuis on March 14, 2007 | 4 comments
In this week's Rush Hour episode Neil & I were joined by Jeremy Schoemaker (aka Shoemoney) to talk about monetizing social media traffic. Shoemoney explains the success he has had with MySpace and other social media sited for a number of his different businesses. He also walks us through a day in the life of Shoemoney and what it takes to make $500,000 in two months off of ringtones.
How-to Make $500,000 in 2 months
Written by Neil Patel on March 12, 2007 | 22 comments
Want to become rich? Well here is your chance! This Wednesday, Jeremy Schoemaker (aka ShoeMoney) will be joining Cameron and me on Rush Hour. Jeremy is well known for his $500,000 check as well as his newly launched project Auction Ads.
The Social Media Breakdown - Rush Hour Episode 5
Written by Cameron Olthuis on March 7, 2007 |
This week Neil and Cameron talked about Netscape, Reddit, and Delicious. They go into detail about using these sites from both a user's perspective and from a marketer's perspective. Every social media site has a unique personality so it's important to learn what works for each individual property. The one thing they all have in common is that they can drive lots of traffic and links if your content piece gains traction.
SEO & SMM - Rush Hour Episode 4
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 28, 2007 | 2 comments
This week Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz joined Neil and I to discuss SMM and SEO. In addition to talking about the latest news from the social media world they also talked about Rand's MySuperProposal, using irrelevant content for linkbaiting campaigns, and reaching global audiences with social media.
Questions for Rand Fishkin?
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 27, 2007 | 10 comments
Tomorrow Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz will join Neil and me on the Rush Hour podcast. Rand is one of the most knowledgeable guys when it comes to SEO and has been on the forefront of the social media marketing scene. We're looking forward to picking his brain and I'm sure he'll have a lot of good things to say about the different ways to use social media in concert with SEO.
Learning to StumbleUpon - Rush Hour Episode 3
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 21, 2007 | 17 comments
This week we focused on StumbleUpon, everything from what StumbleUpon is to tips on using it to drive targeted traffic to your site. Learn why you should become an active member in the StumbleUpon community and how to get the most out of StumbleUpon and the traffic that it can bring.
Rush Hour Episode 2: Neil and Cameron are joined by Brian Clark from Copyblogger
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 14, 2007 | 3 comments
For this episode of Rush Hour we were joined by Brian Clark from Copyblogger to talk about copywriting and the role it plays in blogging and social media marketing. Brian did a wonderful job answering some of our questions as well as listener questions about what works and why. This show is definitely one that you'll want to listen to closely and reference often as there are some great nuggets of information.
Rush Hour Episode 1: Neil & Cameron talk with Todd Malicoat about Digg
Written by Cameron Olthuis on February 7, 2007 | 4 comments
Today we did our first ever episode of Rush Hour, our new podacst on Webmaster Radio. Todd Malicoat from Stuntdubl joined us and we mostly talked about Digg, the ethics behind paying Diggers for submissions and why SEOs get a bad rep from the Digg community. We also answered some questions from our readers about targeting different social networks for the best results.
