Amanda MacArthur is a sought-after speaker, author and professional blogger, specializing in business marketing, technology, small business management and restaurant development. She has been hired to teach social media strategy, content development and search engine optimization to media companies across the country. Amanda is currently a founding partner at BuzzFarmers, an audience development company in Providence, Rhode Island. 

Amanda is not currently accepting any new clients. To discuss possible future projects, please send an email to amanda (at) buzzfarmers (dot) com or send a friendly tweet to @amaaanda.
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Mequoda Will Teach You How to Fish

We’re all familiar with the aphorism, “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.” That’s what we do at Mequoda.

Ok, maybe we don’t have any fishing poles. And we’re not entirely comfortable with taking the fish off the hook, so we don’t show you how to do that either.

5 Ways Publishers Got Smarter About Social Media in 2011

There’s no doubt about it—publishers got much smarter about their online marketing strategies this past year. It’s not clear which empire(s) paved the way and made it “ok” for everyone else to jump on board (sort of like the day Oprah discovered Twitter) but we’re glad it happened. More attention is being paid to socially savvy customers than ever before, and it’s a good thing because consumers are becoming more socially outspoken by the minute.

Tying Together SEO & Social Media

Search engine optimization no longer exists with an absence of social media. Now that Google credits “likes” and “tweets” so significantly in their algorithm, it would be pretty hard to launch a website and expect it to rank without any social media influence.

LifeorDepth.com = Our New Venture for 2012

On January 1st, Patrick and I launched LifeorDepth.com, a daily resolution website where we’re sticking to one resolution per day, and we’re hoping others will join in with us. Here’s the press release, check it out and sign up for our daily email! For the next 366 days, LifeorDepth.com gives readers one life-altering task per…

How to Turn Online Users into Loyal In-Store Customers

TweetNot all of your fans visit Facebook every day, but most people do check their email daily. It’s important to build contacts, fans and connections on every medium that your customers are using in their daily lives. Building an email list &#8…