A cool little way to visually check what words are associated with your brand by using search engine results and a tool called TagCrowd. From Scott Baradell at Media Orchard:

“I like to use TagCrowd, which creates tag clouds based on word frequency. I simply take all the words in the first three pages of the search results for a brand, dump them in TagCloud and see what it spits out. It’s a great tool for visualizing the terms people see (and thereby associate) with your brand”

Here is what we see at Naymz:

Great write up on AdAge for Marketers looking to create viral online videos. Here are the tips:

• Tap into the video community

• Quality of the video is not what determines its popularity

• A video of a dog skateboarding can get 3 million views, but that doesn’t mean your commercial will

• Online-video marketing is not just about contests

• “Tagging” your video with keywords doesn’t get them seen

• Consumers might see your video, but that doesn’t mean they’ll visit your site and buy

• Paying for a well-produced video won’t necessarily increase your brand’s ROI

• Not all video portals are created equal

• You may be a conservative organization, but don’t let that keep you from this medium

• This medium will become measurable

Paul Kedrosky posts an e-mail from an ex-Google employee who has seen the promise land and has jumped ship to Facebook. Will this be the beginning of a trend? With Facebook’s new approach to open development, will it become a magnet for the best and brightest?

Todd Malicoat of Stuntdubl recommends Naymz in his list of sites to use for social marketing during his presentation called “SEO meet SMM” during the Search Marketing Expo Conference last week. Thanks Todd!

Dell is learning first hand how difficult the transparency of the internet can be. An ex-Dell employee leaked some secrets on how to get a good deal on Dell computers. Dell proceeded to send a somewhat bullying e-mail to a blog owner demanding the information be taken down. In turn, the blogger posted the e-mail exchange here.

I think most would agree the correspondence makes Dell’s legal team look pretty foolish from a consumer POV.

Hat tip to Andy Beal.