Raven Internet Marketing Blog

5 Simple Tips for the Perfect Blog Interview

If you know who I am, then you’ve likely noticed that I’m a huge a fan of interviewing others for blog posts. It’s a fantastic way to leverage current business relationships, start new relationships and drive new traffic to the blog, but the best part is that I get to ...

Complain to Kristy Bolsinger. She Says ‘Thank You’

Kristy Bolsinger is the Social Media Marketing Strategist at RealNetworks, primarily for the GameHouse.com team. Her job falls in the online marketing and customer acquisition group — a fairly unique place for the “social media” person to sit. One problem a lot of companies have is deciding who does what ...

Tip Tuesday: How To Assign Blog Comment Tasks

A few days ago I was chatting with a buddy who said, “I wish Raven had a way to assign responding to a blog post to someone else in the organization.” We didn’t build Raven Tools with this specific function in mind, but we did build it to be as ...

Raven Hires Four Smart (Ass) People

The One Whose Wife Bakes Cookies For Us Jeff Crump joined Raven Internet Marketing Tools as an art director. Crump has more than six years of experience in graphic design, and most recently was Creative Director at Latocki Team Creative in Nashville. Jeff’s daily duties involve design, illustration and jumping ...

Feature Friday: Raven Grants Feature Requests Galore

Feature Friday has been on vacation the past couple of weeks. We had updates we wanted to debut, but we ran into snafus. Such is the reality of software development. We have been busy smashing bugs and also working our way through several frequently requested features. Here are the highlights ...

Take Advantage of the Secret Art of Persuasion

Yes. It’s a small, simple word that can be so difficult to secure from others. But did you know there are scientifically proven ways to increase your ability to persuade others? It’s true. You haven’t heard much about it because research on persuasion is somewhat of a secret science, often ...

Yahoo! and Bing Sitting in a Tree, S-E-R-P-I-N-G!

“Hey Jon, have you heard? Yahoo! is now using Bing’s index in their search results!!! What is Raven going to do about it?!?” Indeed, I have heard. Thanks, of course, to my stringent policy of not living underneath a rock. And, as usual, we do have a plan, mostly. Our ...

Four Free Raven Tools Training Webinars

Whether you’re a new or longtime user, you’ll benefit from at least one of the upcoming Raven Tools webinars. Here’s a sneak peek: “White Labeling with Raven Tools” Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 3 p.m. CST Raven Tools has a variety of white-labeling features that allow you to completely customize ...

Case Study: How BancVue Interactive Uses Raven

Timothy Nobles is the Director of SEO for BancVue Interactive (formerly FIRST ROI), based in Austin, Texas. Timothy used Raven Internet Marketing Tools since its inception at two different companies with reseller models that focused primarily on local search. Both companies operated under fast-paced, high-stress environments, and we were curious ...

How (and Who) to Ask for Help with Raven Tools

As Raven’s User Experience Manager, my goal to make sure that every single one of our users receives the best support possible. If it weren’t for you, there would be no us, and that’s something I take extremely seriously. When you need help: If you’re working in the system and ...