CIKMarketing commented on the following stories on BizSugar
The Pitfalls of Social Media: Why Something So Good for Business Can Suck So Bad!
"Very thoughtful Yoni. I think we've made a few "real friends," but the remainder are definitely "virtual people." Dominating some social media sites undoubtedly has to do with being in the online clique of old dogs. Great article again!"Top 5 worst black hat SEO techniques
"It definitely still happens, we get numerous emails each week, and our clients get them and ask us if it will benefit. In a local marketing sense where you're simply cross promoting the small flower shop or photographer down the street it can work, if you're doing it as a link building, SEO tactic, it's has absolutely no value."Top 5 worst black hat SEO techniques
"I don't think they're declining. If you go onto a forum like DigitalPoint or WarriorForum, the sites are flooded with link buying, link exchanges, people paying for email lists etc. Hopefully website owners become better educated and start looking for real fixes, and implement better, legitimate methods to receive search results. Like anything, it takes time for business owners to understand the ins and outs of the internet. Hopefully along the way, the honest marketers can reach and educate a larger proportion of the online business community. I know this is happening in our small community, so it's only a matter of time."How To: Fix Your Website’s High Bounce Rate (Video Included)
"Good article Jason. Google Analytics definitely helps to examine your bounce rate. I think it's important to notice as well the pages the majority of visitors bounce or exit from. For us, we have blog readers who are not looking for our services. They read and then "bounce" leading to a higher bounce rate than we would like, but we realize why they're on our site, so it's ok with us. The people who enter via organic search or directly are less likely to bounce because they came for our services...hopefully. Glad you included a video with your post, it's always a great addition. "Subscribe
Traditional web design and development is dead
"And pay those developers large amounts of money undoubtedly."