Peter Platt

Peter is a 30-year veteran of the agency business and has been involved in internet marketing since the early 1990s. He was also one of the first 100 people certified in the Google Ads program in 2004. Peter’s experience brings together a unique combination of business development, account management, technology and strategic planning skills. Peter provides an active voice to the internet marketing community, blogging and writing for iMedia, presenting at an array of conferences as well as providing specific sessions on social, search and other forms of internet marketing.

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5 things great bosses always do

The digital industry is comprised of an odd bunch of characters. There are the data folks who love to look at numbers, the technology folks writing lines and lines of code, creative people who make things beautiful and inspiring — and the standard...

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3 wearables marketers must follow

It’s easy to poke fun at the guy walking down the street with his Google Glass, the woman at the coffee shop checking texts on her smart watch, or...

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3 social networks that brands should ignore

Social media has changed the way people interact by providing new ways and new venues for people to interact with a much larger sphere of friends,...

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6 vendors our industry doesn’t need

Our industry is full of great ideas and new ways to engage prospects. And every now and then, something comes around that changes the industry. In...

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The 8 types of people who “like” your brand

As I started researching this article, I found quite a number of articles about the different types of Facebook friends and fans. They use a lot of...

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6 trends that will shape digital in 2013

Digital marketing has already had its share of watershed moments. 2013 is not going to be “the year of the [fill in the blank].” Instead, 2013 is...

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“Where” may be more important than “who”

Finally, we can now safely say that the year of mobile has arrived. According to Nielsen, 50% of US mobile phone users now have smartphones. Looking...

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Is your search traffic really helping your business?

Most people are pretty happy when they take a look at their web site traffic and see that a large share of traffic coming to their site from search...

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4 ways you’re annoying your online audience

As marketers, we strive to ensure that our messages capture our prospect’s attention, encourage them to consider our offerings, and in the end make a...

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