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"The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.” - W. Edwards Deming Read More

Gail Gardner GrowMap.com shares proven strategies for growing businesses through blogs, link building and other methods. Read More

The URL structure is everything that comes after the domain name. Always do them by hand and don't let your CMS automatically crank it out. Here are 11 criteria to consider next time you create a URL.

1. Make your URLs clear
2. Make your URLs short
3. Remove minor “stop words”
4. Use the stem Read More

Nine editors tell us their pet peeves and offer tips on how to get a ‘yes’ on your guest-post idea. Read More

1. Develop trust by providing answers.

2. Create consistent quality standards for content.

3. Reach out to earn valuable links.

4. Distribute link juice to other internal pages.

5. Welcome user-generated content.

6. Invest in long-form, informative content.

7. Curate reputable sou Read More

Here are a few ways you can make your brand stand out to millennials, and learn from others’ mistakes to avoid epic failure. Read More

For most businesses, social media marketing is something that shouldn’t be ignored. Depending on your audience, there’s generally a social media platform that actively engages with them, and offers a channel for you to engage with them, too. While finding a platform is only half the battle in conne Read More

Apps like Periscope, Meerkat and Blab enable businesses and solopreneurs to make a convenient, “on the fly” mobile broadcasting station, streaming real-time video and audio to any viewers who join their broadcasts. Read More

Because a brand is defined by its consumers, and its customers, by people. Before talking about a brand, we should talk about the community. Community does not refer here to the audience the brand wishes to access, but rather the audience the brand is already in reach with. Read More

Having zero competition isn't necessarily a good thing, especially when there's millions of entrepreneurs around the world focused on sniffing out potential business opportunities. Read More