Ryan Sommer

A Silicon Valley native and PR professional with a tech writing background, specialized in consumer web launches, product review programs, social media momentum initiatives, and blog relations in U.S. and European markets.

Being at the forefront of social media PR, I understand SEO's "white hat" relationship with it very strongly, and I am well versed with new tracking and reporting methods that come along with it.

In 2010 I relocated to the UK in order to work as part of global marketing team for a consumer web product, and I have worked in London ever since through freelance consulting to the burgeoning startup scene and with the digital marketing intelligence community Econsultancy.

Specialties: Branding, identity, community building, community relations, market research, social media relations, user acquisition, web browsers, mobile, desktop software, social networking, web standards, open source, identity/OpenID, design, music, gadgets, blogging, SEO, content marketing

Start Me Up! A profile of 87 seconds

Are you using video in your business content and SEO strategy? If not, you may be missing out on organic search, as well as ecommerce ROI.

Luckily startup 87 seconds is here to help you inform, pitch, sell, and explain your business through video.

by Ryan Sommer 02 May 2013 15:22pm 1 comment

Start Me Up! A profile of Rankinity

As content marketing and SEO grow in importance for all sorts of online business, so does the need for real-time keyword analysis.

Rankinity allows you to check positions of a website for certain keywords in all popular search engines in real time.

The founders of Rankinity are hoping that flexible reports and wide means for joint operation (it can take a lot of cross-department teamwork to successfully manage SEO) will make their service "an irreplaceable assistant both for a SEO savvy and a website owner".

by Ryan Sommer 12 April 2013 18:22pm 0 comments

Start Me Up! A profile of Curalate

Curalate offers visual analytics for marketers looking for metrics on popular sharing platforms like Pinterest.

The startup recently announced Instagram reporting which makes it the first analytics provider to give metrics for Instagram and Pinterest within the same dashboard.

We spoke with Curalate to find out what has been making them tick.

by Ryan Sommer 11 April 2013 17:23pm 0 comments

Aaron Kahlow: 'Big Data has zero to do with any campaign or its size' #IMW13

As part of our Integrated Marketing Week speakers series, we have a great line up of experts in the digital and integrated marketing space. Our third interview features Aaron Kahlow from the Online Marketing Institute.

Aaron's mission statement for the OMI is to enable professionals to execute efficient campaigns, drive higher ROI, and advance personal career goals.

Read on to find out Aaron's current thoughts around "big data," the state of search and more.

by Ryan Sommer 24 April 2013 18:30pm 0 comments

Integrated Marketing Week 2013: Jonathan Salem Baskin on "Search is not broken"

As part of our Integrated Marketing Week speakers series, we have a great line up of experts in the digital and integrated marketing space. Our second interview features Jonathan Salem Baskin who also spoke at JUMP 2013 in New York.

Jonathan Salem Baskin founded Baskin Associates in 2003 to put decades of experience in digital marketing to good use for clients. We featured insights he contributed to AdAge ("a social campaign that does nothing but entertain is as artificially opaque as the worst output of the bad old days of mass media") in this 2010 post.

Read on to find out Jonathan's current thoughts around the state of search, "big data" and more.

by Ryan Sommer 10 April 2013 16:34pm 1 comment

Five great UX presentations on Slideshare

While Slideshare presentations can be light on words, many of the most important UX principles still come across through the visuals alone.

Here are some favourites from our internal staff and expert network...

by Ryan Sommer 10 April 2013 10:58am 0 comments

How to use content marketing and Twitter Cards to boost your app downloads

Twitter's efforts to bring more eyeballs, and thus ad revenue, back to its web experience and branded apps have given content marketers reason to jump for joy.

Here is a breakdown of the current expanded tweets ecosystem, and some targeted strategy for app-based businesses.

by Ryan Sommer 03 April 2013 16:19pm 2 comments

How to create non-news driven content for SEO and content marketing

Savvy marketers know that content marketing is key when it comes to building up a relationship with other sites, social networks, and syndication partners.

Whether or not you agree with slapping the (buzz)phrase 'content marketing' across many of the already commonly used SEO tactics, everyone can agree the technology to find, distribute and track how content delivers ROI (meaning influencer tracking, social analytics, custom CRMs) has really kick-started an interest in the field.

We’ve written broadly on content strategy in the past, but in this post I thought I’d share a bit more about our internal approach to a specific area of content creation.

by Ryan Sommer 02 April 2013 11:37am 4 comments

Shawn Burns, Vice President SAP on multichannel and Integrated Marketing Week

Digital is no longer just a channel, but instead is becoming the center point for customer behavior both on and offline.

This is one of several themes that will be explored at Integrated Marketing Week (#IMW13) and below Shawn Burns, Vice President SAP who is speaking at the event, tells us why.

by Ryan Sommer 28 March 2013 17:21pm 0 comments

Start Me Up! A profile of Clickit Digital

Clickit Digital recently launched out of New York's "Start Up Alley" to help clients target their perfect customers everywhere across online leads, search, display, social media and video.