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Cyber Monday Countdown

Cyber Monday Countdown

The latest reports have claimed that Cyber Monday will be … Do you have a plan for Cyber Monday to make sure you area getting the most of the many, many people that will be online?  If not, don’t panic, I have a plan for you:   Day 7: Brainstorm about Your Goal. ...

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Using Hashtags to Grow Your Business

Using Hashtags to Grow Your Business

# - once known as the “pound sign” has now transitioned into one of the biggest social media tools today. In case you are not yet a big hashtag user, hashtags are words that you tack on to the end of your social media posting, such as #catlover or #digitalmarketing....

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5 Business Goals You Can Accomplish Using Pinterest

5 Business Goals You Can Accomplish Using Pinterest

Have you heard about the wildfire spread of Pinterest but haven’t yet bought into the concept? Are you wondering what you could really accomplish from an all-image social media website? From the onset, the idea of promoting your business through a website with just...

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How to Avoid Getting ”Scoogled”

How to Avoid Getting ”Scoogled”

The SEO community is at a challenging point. We all know that Google is in charge and that they have every right to run their business as they see fit. The difficultly is this: Every time they change their algorithm or put their foot down on what was formerly an acceptable SEO technique, the rest of us get, well….. “Scroogled”.

Here are some things you will want to be mindful of to stay on the right side of optimizing your blog or website:

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Create Content that Connects with Your Customers

Create Content that Connects with Your Customers

Creating content is a wonderful investment of your time that will work on long term basis. But before you get started churning out a bunch of random articles, stop and ask yourself this question: what content would my customers LOVE? Because if you aren’t coming up with content that is going to wow your customers, you are missing the goal.

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10 Great Take Aways from MozCon 2013

MozCon 2013...well, it rocked. Here are my top take-aways. Traditional SEO is going away and marketers need to take a step back and take a more holistic approach to their online marketing. Branding and storytelling are more important and powerful than ever as the...

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The Nitty-Gritty of Search Engines: Crawling, Indexing and Ranking

We all know the search engines and their sneaky secret algorithms are insanely important, and we also know that producing useful, relevant, quality content in our blogs, website and rich media is vital to SEO success. But here is a little reminder of WHY and HOW those things work together.

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Why All Searches Are  NOT  Created Equal

Why All Searches Are NOT Created Equal

A common way that we marketing folk like to differentiate searches is by dividing them into these 3 types: an informational search, a transactional search, and a navigational search. I will explain each one and give an example of how each “touch” could make a difference to you if you were the owner of a seafood restaurant.

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