Opening the post-Christmas mail brought an unexpected surprise for the 9 Clouds office: a letter from Google maps. Inside was a letter informing us that we were a “Favorite Place” on Google. What does this mean? Well, Google has started a campaign to send a letter and a sticker to the 100,000 most popular businesses [...] Read full story...
Archive for December, 2009
9 Clouds Displays Business Mastery on Teleseminar
Tonight we have the exciting opportunity to talk about the power of social media and what Internet marketing can do for your business and your brand for an entire hour! That’s right folks, we’ll be hitting the old fashion telephone lines to chat it up and answer your questions about how to kickstart your business [...] Read full story...
Cloud Control on the Road
As usual, we have to thank our host. This week, our host is our car. Thanks car. Let’s get right to it. Nerd Front Mall of America on Twitter – We all know how crazy parking can get during the Holiday Season, so MOA came up with a little bit of a solution. They’re tweeting [...] Read full story...
Your Brand Should Be More Like The Vikings
Is your brand built anything like the Vikings’ brand? No, not the historical northern savages. Yes, the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. You know, the team of burly guys wearing purple and being led by your grandpa at Quaterback. Take a look and learn a lesson from the Vikings about building a brand. All kidding aside, the [...] Read full story...
Social Media Patience is a Virtue
I came across a great blog post this morning from one of the brightest minds in marketing, Seth Godin. Godin’s post was short, yet sweet: The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations It’s a process, not an event. Dating is a process. So is losing weight, being a public company and building [...] Read full story...
Cloud Control in a Blizzard
[display_podcast] Thanks to the arrival of winter (finally) on the great Northern Plains, Cloud Control comes to you from the friendly confines of 9 Clouds’ second office. Thanks to Kill Bill vol. 1 for keeping us company. Nerd Front Google Announces Live Search – As of today, Google has started rolling out Live Search for [...] Read full story...
Google on Google
Google and Mashable’s Jennifer Van Grove explain the new real-time search and what it means for the average Google user: Read full story...
Want the top of Google? Use social media!
A recent announcement by Google has changed the way Internet users, and therefore customers, will find information and your business. Google has unveiled real-time search after much anticipation. What this means is that real time information from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites will now be listed on top of the Google search results. [...] Read full story...