social media

It all starts with a simple idea: movable type, television, Internet and $4 coffee. Everyone has big ideas, but few people are able to capitalize on them. Typically, this is because they lack the confidence, support and initiative to carry. Social media now offers unprecedented opportunities to share and refine ideas, and take them to [...]

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If you have a brand that is spending money on media, you’ve obviously spent a lot of time figuring out how to get the most out of that investment. We’ve professionalized the art of buying media. But social media is different. Buying ads on [...]

For the second consecutive year, search engine and social media marketing agency, Anvil Media, ranked in Portland Business Journal’s Fastest-Growing Private 100 Companies. At the PBJ Fastest Growing Companies awards reception, Anvil received recognition as the 32nd fastest growing private company in Oregon. Anvil has received previous recognition from Portland Business Journal, including 10th Fastest [...]

A few years ago, I wrote down a few dozen life goals. One was to have a meaningful conversation with one or both of two authors I idolize: Malcolm Gladwell and Seth Godin. A few months later, I dropped Seth Godin a line to see if he would be interested in speaking at a local [...]

I originally read about SeaPort Airlines in the Portland Business Journal. When they first announced flights to Seattle’s Boeing Field, I decided to contact them and see if they could use Anvil Media’s help with search engine marketing.  I was intrigued by the concept of TSA-free travel, easy parking and the convenience of landing 10 [...]

A few months ago, I waas asked to write a 400 word essay on marketing in the social media age for The Project 100. The innovative concept of crowd-sourcing a book was the brainchild of Jeff Caswell, social media marketing evangelist based in Chicago.  It was an honor to be selected one of one hundred [...]