Earlier this month, changes in the Google algorithm moved in favor of big business across all industries by displaying corporate websites at the top of organic results for geo-targeted, branded searches. Over 90% of regional and national brands DO NOT optimize pages for cities and states and often cede traffic to direct and indirect competitors Read More

5 new skills for the future of marketing

5 new skills for the future of marketing - http://www.chiefmartec.com Avatar Posted by chiefmartec under Online Marketing
From http://www.chiefmartec.com 5543 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 27, 2009 9:17 pm
Five new marketing (yes, marketing) skills: 1. analytical pattern recognition, 2. agile project management, 3. experimental curiosity and rigor, 4. systems thinking, 5. mashable software fluency. Read More

Top 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail

Top 5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Fail - http://www.p2w2.com Avatar Posted by ashlyrevi under Online Marketing
From http://www.p2w2.com 5550 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 19, 2009 5:34 am
Starting a small business is way to living your American Dream. But the market place is often unforgiving. Read More

How to tell the search engines about duplicate content

How to tell the search engines about duplicate content - http://www.pandia.com Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Online Marketing
From http://www.pandia.com 5551 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 9:35 pm
If you have several versions of the same page or many pages with the same content, tell the search engines about it with the new canonical tag! The search engines really don't like to find the same content on several web pages. The main problem is for them to determine what is the “primary” page, the most important version, the one people shoul Read More

8 Best Practices for Reducing Shopping Cart Abandonment

8 Best Practices for Reducing Shopping Cart Abandonment - http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Online Marketing
From http://www.emarketingandcommerce.com 5551 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 5:43 pm
Why do shoppers leave the checkout before making a purchase? More importantly, what can you do about it? People abandon shopping carts for many reasons. Some simply change their minds or are just “window shopping.” You don't have much control over those instances. Some, however, find the checkout process confusing or aren't sure what you're g Read More
Good article explaining what not to do when using social media to promote your business. Read More

Social Networking or Social Not-working?

Social Networking or Social Not-working? - http://blogs.openforum.com Avatar Posted by stillwagon428 under Online Marketing
From http://blogs.openforum.com 5557 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 10, 2009 11:25 pm
“How do you make sure you're networking, instead of notworking?” I think it's getting harder to know where that line is. With today's social media — especially sites with lots of interactivity and immediate feedback such as Twitter — you can easily get caught up in chatting and surfing. It's a constant mental interruption. Before you know it, you' Read More

Will Twitter Knock Google Off Its Perch?

Will Twitter Knock Google Off Its Perch? - http://blogs.msdn.com Avatar Posted by stillwagon428 under Online Marketing
From http://blogs.msdn.com 5558 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 10, 2009 6:44 pm
Clearly Google is the big competitor of Microsoft in search and though we play in search Google has more to lose. However, this post isn't about my desire to see Microsoft win or Google lose. It's about the changing landscape of the Internet and search. I actually don't think Google has that much to fear from Twitter—at least for some time. Read More

SpyFu: Useful But Can Be Better

SpyFu: Useful But Can Be Better - http://www.p2w2.com Avatar Posted by ashlyrevi under Online Marketing
From http://www.p2w2.com 5563 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 9, 2009 10:02 pm
SpyFu is an online competitive intelligence application that allows you to browse competitors' PPC keywords, daily budget, bid prices, clicks/day, and other interesting PPC facts & figures. Read More

How to Think Like A Search Engine

How to Think Like A Search Engine - http://www.scottfox.com Avatar Posted by scottfox under Online Marketing
From http://www.scottfox.com 5562 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 6, 2009 6:03 am
Attracting more customers to your web site is the goal of SEO. But how can you succeed at SEO unless you understand how search engines work? In this informative article, best-selling author Scott Fox explains the "pattern matching" algorithms that power Google. Use this info to improve your search engine ranking and attract more visitors to Read More
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