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7 Essential SEO Tips for Small Businesses
21 May 2010
When it comes to marketing in the current economy, small businesses need all the help they can get. They don’t have the ad budgets, the personnel or the time that the bigger competition has. But none of those factors really matter to search engines, and SEO is a great way to both level the playing [...]Social Media for Those Who Dont Want to Waste Time on Social Media
20 April 2010
Social Media for Those Who Don't Want to Waste Time on Social Media - guest post by Warren Whitlock, co-author of Twitter Revolution. When I started using the technologies that later became known as social media, before writing Twitter Revolution, I would have never thought there would come a time when I would get asked every day: "How do you find the time to use social media?" As a serial entrepreneur investing and using online connections to build my businesses, I just assumed that I'd only pursue technologies that were good for business. Playing games is not my style. Blogging,...Brent D Payne on SEO for Journalists
15 September 2010
I’ve been connected via the social web with Brent Payne for several years and we finally met in person at SES Hong Kong. Working for the Tribune companies as Director of Search Engine Optimization, Brent has been able to make a significant impact on news web sites like the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times. [...]BIGLIST SEO Blog Reviews 052410
24 May 2010
It’s time for a new update to the BIGLIST review of SEO blogs. I started with a list of 15 new blogs in a queue for this update and four made the cut. Once a new blog hits our radar, we watch it for a few weeks before reviewing. Broken links, neglecting to post (far too many [...]Are you getting new clients from social sites Do you know
01 April 2010
When I talk with clients and colleagues about social marketing, one of the big frustrations that gets expressed is that they don't know if the time they spend blogging and on social networks is really paying off and netting new business. I ask how they would know or if they even track that information. Most don't. I do. I see a very direct connection between sales processed through my shopping cart and my marketing time spent blogging and connecting with people on sites like Facebook and twitter. I see it because I ask. KickStartCart is my ecommerce/database management system. There...Free Pass Integrated Marketing Summit Minneapolis
24 May 2010
Congratulations to Bonnie Harris on winning the free pass to IMS MSP! Tomorrow the Integrated Marketing Summit in Minneapolis kicks off with a mix of educational sessions and learning opportunities that run the gamut of online marketing topics. The event includes a keynote from Chad Mitchell of Forrester Research as well as sessions on multi-channel marketing, [...]Online Visibility Tip - AudioBoo Puts Ellen Britt Front and Center
25 April 2010
How many tactics do you use to get in front of your community, prospects, friends, followers, readers? I frequently talk about using various media to mix up your content and give your audience multiple ways to experience you. With video so hot, audio is often overlooked as a powerful way to connect with your peeps. I love to experiment with online tools and a few months ago I discovered AudioBoo. I think I saw a Boo posted by Mari Smith on Facebook and checked it out. It's an app you can install on your smart phone to record and post...Enterprise SEO Interview with Scott Skurnick of Edmundscom
25 May 2010
Spotlight on Search Interview with Scott Skurnick of Edmunds.com For every SEO guru speaking at a conference, there are 10 or 20 more SEO experts you might not have heard of, making things happen in amazing ways. Scott Skurnick has worked in the Search Marketing industry as long as anyone I know on the conference speaking [...]Shutterstock Voted Best Royalty Free Stock Photos Site for Bloggers
15 March 2010
A great photo can really add a lot of flavor to a blog post and in our own analysis at Online Marketing Blog as well as with clients, including quality images with a blog post can boost traffic and referrals 30-50%. To make posts more personal, I try to use my own photos as [...]Best Practices In SEO And Marketing IMS MN 2010
26 May 2010
At the recent Minneapolis Integrated Marketing Summit, TopRank Online Marketing CEO Lee Odden moderated an exciting panel of a diverse group of SEO professionals: Alex Bennert – Chief Search Strategist at The Wall Street Journal Brian Kleisner – Search Engine Marketing Manager for FindLaw Bill Leake – CEO of Apogee Results The focus of the panel was on search [...]

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