Ambushed

I am Sam Bush.

  • Knowledge: banked or shared?

    I know, I know. All I ever talk is my love and hunger for knowledge. Well tough, it’s what I think about almost constantly. Knowledge is power blah blah blah. But really, something hit me a few weeks ago. This idea of sharing knowledge. Being a part of an industry that is full of a more ›

  • Content is king.

    How many times do we hear that in the marketing world? I was talking to a co-worker who dropped it causally. I was asked to speak on a panel with “content is king”(which I won’t be able to participate in due to work travel) as the title and every article seems to reference it lately. more ›

  • New Job, Same Great View!

    As some of you know I was looking for a new position. I was struggling in my role with feeling sort of bored. I wanted more out of my day to day. I wanted to use more of my brain on a daily basis. It’s not that I think I learned all that there is more ›

  • How to use your competition to your advantage – Social Media Edition

    I know not everyone is a fan of competition and if you are anything like me, it’s upsetting! Competing with your peers or inter-industry contacts can feel a bit out of line. When we are talking about ranking organically, this is a competition I feel you can use your competitor’s insights to your advantage. When more ›

  •   Been thinking alot about the kind of person I want to be and the kind of person that I am. I went through my normal pros and cons lists but with pieces of my work ethic and personality. These are the things I want to focus on and highlight about myself. These are the more ›

  • Social Design Strategy

    I’m a bit of a hybrid at work right now and really like it that way. I am currently working as a senior digital marketing strategist but something else that’s part of my day-to-day job function is creating “social cards”. Social cards are what we call image based photos that we use on client’s social more ›

  • Mobile Push

    Google is about to do another Mobile Ranking push on the algorithm. What that means is that they will be adding additional weight to site’s that are mobile friendly. With this update coming page site speed will also be affected. Make sure you check your site’s mobile speed on Google to make sure things are more ›

  • “Bing. Do they even have an algorithm?”

    As a Digital marketer most of my life revolves around Google and the changes going on at the time. I constantly talk about what’s going on within the algorithm or am busy researching topics around it. Not often do I think about Yahoo or Bing for results because let’s face it, Google runs the space more ›

  • Twitter character limit

    According to Bloomberg this morning, Twitter will soon be removing photos and links from it’s character count. They will be keeping the 140 character max but it won’t include photos or hyperlinks. How exciting is this? I’m anxious to see it rollout. It’s about time Twitter!         Here are some articles about more ›

  • Instragram logo

    So I’m sure you’ve seen or heard about the new Instagram logo. How are you feeling about it? My thoughts include: Nostalgic Confused why it looks like iTunes icons and logos Sad to see the polaroid look going away This is the best social post about the change that i’ve seen so far: This is all more ›