
Content is not king, BBQ is!
Eric T. Tung won a bottle of Memphis BBQ sauce during Amy D. Howell’s keynote speech. This just goes to show that in the end (or in Texas), neither content nor SEO are king, BBQ is. Photo cred: Scott Peek Photography

Eric T. Tung won a bottle of Memphis BBQ sauce during Amy D. Howell’s keynote speech. This just goes to show that in the end (or in Texas), neither content nor SEO are king, BBQ is. Photo cred: Scott Peek Photography

If it connects to Facebook, I count it as a social network. And that’s my justification for spending the lunch time advancing levels on this endless game. Also to show people my party trick: using three Apple products at once.

Mastering E-Mail Marketing: Converting Prospects to Customers as presented by Patty Farmer Close your eyes and imagine having all your contacts from Google, Twitter, and Facebook all on your e-mail list. The thing is that you can have all your other accounts closed down, but NO

Amy Howell, keynote speaker, presented “Telling Your Story Online: How Social Media Has Changed News & PR” at #DFWRocks2014. A few of the highlights of her presentation are listed below. Social Media Has Changed News and Public Relations Posting online is: Global Permanent Discoverable (in

We interrupt this program for a brief #ShoeShaming announcement. Ms. Duty wore her squeaky shoes today and was seen wandering around barefoot. The #funblogger warrants this a misdemeanor worthy of a short blog post and photo (because we’ve told her that although the shoes are

Addison’s Mayor and presenting the Social Media Day Proclamation to Lissa Duty Mayor of Addison, Todd Meier, declared June 30 “Social Media Day.” He read the Uber Official Proclamation this morning at the opening of Day 2 of DFW Rocks Social Media 2014. Stay tuned for

Shelly Kramer, keynote speaker, presented “Social Media or Content Strategy? Not What you need. Not By a Long Shot” at #DFWRocks2014. A few highlights of her presentation are listed below. Your Brand is the Relationships You Create With Customers – Not Social Media or Content Strategy Your brand

Who says you can’t multitask while listening to the keynote speaker of day 1 of this conference? The Quicken Loans National vs. Shelly Kramer: Who will win?? #busted

Shelly Kramer and Her Facebook Insights Ok ok ok, here’s the REAL reason no one is interacting with our social media posts: 4.75 billion pieces of content shared on Facebook Shelly Kramer did the math for you: “3,298,611 pieces of shared content per minute on

Lissa Duty and John Nosal, keynote speakers, presented “LinkedIn: Your Professional Network to Create Connection and Opportunity” at #DFWRocks2014. A few of the highlights of their presentation are listed below. Using LinkedIn to Create Connections Don’t just use the generic “I want to connect with you” message

Steve Kuntz passed out gold medals in his “Maximizing Your Online Productivity” talk. I presume this medal holds special powers that will help me be a productivity master when I wear it.

Sandra Dee Robinson, keynote speaker, presented “Realize the Worth in Your Powerful Personal Presence On Camera, and Off!” at #DFWRocks2014. A few of the highlights of her presentation are listed below. Five Tips to Create a Powerful Personal Presence on Camera Show Your Passion Share Your Story

Kicking off the day at RocksDigital 2016, we have Barry Schwartz. Barry is the CEO of RustyBrick, Inc; News Editor at Search Engine Land, and the Founder of Search Engine Roundtable. Today he shared everything you need to know, from a beginner level, about SEO, covering both on

Google’s SEO Algorithm and Your Business Ahhh, the elusive “Google Page Rank” algorithm… how do you figure out the key to getting that number one spot? Beth Kahlich helped unlock the mystery with her talk that was probably most aptly subtitled – Understanding Search and

How To Make the Most of Social Media For me, it just wouldn’t be a complete Rocks Digital Conference experience without hearing from Lissa Duty and John Nosal and today’s insights from them did not disappoint! SEM, SEO, PPC, SMM – if you don’t know

Who is Your Ideal Customer? Continuing our Rocks Digital journey, Byron Ingraham gave us some tips on discovering our ideal customers. Figuring out exactly who your ideal customer is helps you focus your marketing and social media efforts. Personalities Matter You have a specific solution

We started off today with Brian Sullivan who clarified for us right off the bat that a conference (like Rocks Digital) isn’t a “small room”, an Executive Board meeting is a small room. Brian founded 2 conferences –Big Design USA and Big Design Latin America.

Heather’s been converting coffee to code since 1997—now she makes the code output cash for her customers. After almost a decade of marketing in a corporate setting, she got sick of being a corporate cog and decided to go it alone, bootstrapping a business based

Rachel Morgan is the Director of SEO at Advice Interactive in McKinney, Texas. She leads a team of SEO Analysts, providing comprehensive digital strategies and tactical SEO fulfillment for agency clients. Her background is in content, local SEO, and technical SEO. Rachel is one of

Karen Platt Bearman is Director of Marketing Programs at ReachLocal. She manages a team that creates and executes marketing strategies for ReachLocal’s National Brands and Reseller channels. ReachLocal digital marketing solutions help bring local customers to national and franchise brands across the U.S. and Canada.


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