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Ken Yeung

With two decades of experience in content strategy, project management, and journalism, Ken is a seasoned digital marketer. He spent time as a reporter for VentureBeat and The Next Web covering Silicon Valley innovations and personalities, and also served as Flipboard’s Assistant Managing Editor overseeing the platform's technology, science and health coverage. Ken has a genuine passion for storytelling and enjoys staying on top of the latest technology and business trends. Outside of work, he finds joy in photography, has a soft spot for startups, and loves exploring new places and networking.

Social Media

Vroom Vroom Party Starter! The Virality of the Web

Do you remember this past Super Bowl where there was a Budweiser commercial featuring Conan O’Brien? Well they started airing it again on TV recently and after seeing it again, it got me thinking about how the web has made it so that anything is no longer subjected to being seen in a specific area, […]

#FollowFriday

#FollowFriday – Meet Some Movers & Shakers

This is a weekly series that I’m hoping to help add some more relevance to the #FollowFriday (what’s this?) Twitter activity that originally started through Lijit’s own Micah Baldwin to help connect Twitterers with one another. I’ve been asked on occasion about folks to follow and why these people are relevant. So this is my attempt at showing meaning behind my selections. […]

Social Media

Measuring Social Media

Today the Interactive Advertising Bureau released its 2009 Social Media Metrics Definition Guide and it has some interesting definitions on how people and companies can gauge their programs/campaigns effectiveness. It should be noted that the IAB is looking at this from the perspective of advertising. According to them, the reason for this new guide is […]

Marketing

Listen To Your Customers. Did You Hear What I Said?

I know I’ve probably blogged about how you should listen to your customers enough times and one of the things that I’ve seen at the conferences and panels I’ve attended is how people are offering their advice on how they’ve succeeded and steps you can take to improve your communication with your customers. At last week’s […]

Marketing

Search Marketing “In-A-Box” Made Possible By Yield Software

Last month’s SF New Tech event produced some good applications that have some real applicability to businesses. I’ve dabbled in online advertising and have worked with folks at Yahoo Search Marketing and other third-party vendors and also tried my hand at putting together keywords and text ads in Google AdWords, but a couple of issues […]

#FollowFriday

#FollowFriday: Making It More Relevant

This is a weekly series that I’m hoping to help add some more relevance to the #FollowFriday (what’s this?) Twitter activity that originally started through Lijit’s own Micah Baldwin to help connect Twitterers.  I’ve been asked on occasion about folks to follow and why these people are relevant. So this is my attempt at showing […]

Social Media

A Deep Dark Secret About Blogging

Okay, I must confess that there’s a secret that I’ve hidden away from everyone. It’s not a life-altering secret, but I’m afraid that I need to come clean: I don’t read blogs on a regular basis. There’s no need for me to do that. Allow me to explain… While I have a lot of blogs […]

Marketing

Turning to the Internet for Success during a Recession – Part 3 – Online Advertising

As with all typical marketing programs, companies feel that they must advertise in every medium to get the word out about their product. With the Internet, this is all done through online advertising. What exactly is online advertising? Well, you have your typical Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), and banner advertising, and […]

Email Marketing

Turning to the Internet for success during a recession – Part 2 – Email Marketing

This is a cross-blog post from Network Solution’s Solutions Are Power website that I guest wrote. Originally posted on SolutionsArePower.com on April 20, 2009. With any online program, in order to extend your reach to the masses, one crucial part to have to your strategy would be to have a mass distribution channel. You could […]

Network Solutions

Turning to the Internet for success during a recession – Part 1 – Your Website

This is a cross-blog post from Network Solution’s Solutions Are Power website that I guest wrote. Originally posted on SolutionsArePower.com on April 15, 2009. Timing seems to be everything these days. Just released on eMarketer.com was a report that indicated that with the economy the way it is, the best way small businesses are making […]