For $1,500,  Google glasses  can take you another step toward the man-machine interface — ubiquitous information as part of our bodies. Augmented Reality Content Marketing facebook futurist Google techologies 2013 projections instagram social media futureThere is nothing more fun than thinking about how tech trends and humanity are colliding and there is no better time to write about it than the beginning of a new year. Colliding trends : 1) The cost of collecting, storing, and analyzing big data is dropping; 2) The desire to live smarter and healthier is going up. MORE >>

The Google Glass project is just the first volley in a revolution that will change the way we connect, learn, shop, communicate, and entertain ourselves. Augmented Reality customer acquisition facebook futurist Google techologies Internet marketing marketing strategy Mobile marketing Social Media Strategy content marketing strategy digital customer strategy future of digital marketing future of marketing social media strategy 'Over the past few years I have been giving a speech about the “six layers” of customer engagement. So, let’s change that. The third layer. There is. MORE >>

If you weren’t around then (and I suspect most of the Google decision-makers weren’t) I know it’s hard to believe that consumers actually rose up and made such a stink that a mega company completely reversed course about something, but they did.  So now we’ve got the New Google and for professional searchers it tastes about as good as New Coke.  Here’s the vanilla article from Lance Ulanoff at Mashable, announcing its birth:  Google Merges Search and Google+ into Social  Media Juggernaut.  I’d argue that Google is “free,” but whatever.  Google techologies SE MORE >>

In a blog post at SEOmoz , both Bing and Google confirmed that links shared through Twitter and Facebook have a direct impact on search rankings — and that the social influence of those tweeting the links impacts the organic search results. The blog posted excerpts an interview Danny Sullivan conducted with representatives of Google and Bing: Danny Sullivan: If an article is retweeted or referenced much in Twitter, do you count that as a signal outside of finding any non-followed links that may naturally result from it? Google: Yes, we do use it as a signal. MORE >>

Track the Influencer Blogs Using Google Reader. Google Reader is a useful tool for reading blog posts from many bloggers in one place instead of visiting individual websites. If you’re organized enough using Google Reader you can get through a lot of content quite quickly. Analyze Results Using Google Analytics. Google Analytics provides very relevant information related to this: Social Traffic - Google provides me details on where traffic is coming from. By {grow} Community Member Ian Cleary. Monitor and Build Relationships on Twitter with Commun.it. MORE >>