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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

So many social media options, so little time. The rapid rise of social media has allowed skillful individuals to reach thousands of others at little or no cost other than manpower and wit. However, as more and more people join the social media movement, it no longer takes just manpower and wit to win the attention of social media users. What’s a entrepreneur, blogger, or content developer to do?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

If you want to attract visitors to your site then there are a couple of ways of doing this. Among the most popular and effective ones are SEO and PPC. Which one is better? I have been thinking about this issue for a while and have come up with a few points to try and help me reach a final decision. Let’s take a look. The Cost. PPC stands for Pay Per Click.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn. Post on Google Buzz. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on Reddit. Digg this! Share this on Technorati. Get Shareaholic.

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MAY 5, 2011

Every Cinco de Mayo LinkedIn celebrates its anniversary. Back in May 5th, 2003, the LinkedIn network started with just 10 people — the founding employees connected to each other. Since then, it’s grown into one of the world’s largest professional network with more than 100 million professionals in over 200 countries and territories. LinkedIn currently has over 1,000 employees in 12 offices around the world, including London, Paris, Sydney, and Mumbai.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

While Groupon had a major screw up with its 2011 Superbowl ad , no one can deny that this company has one of the most effective email copywrite styles in the planet. Here are some great lessons from Groupon on how to write effective email copywrite. Write-up Objective #1. Describe the business or experience in specific detail. Readers should get a concrete sense of the business and what sets it apart in its field.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The global economic recovery is on track, with many developing economy hotspots firing around the world, but unfortunately the job market is still bleak for many countries. Although your local recovery may not be strong enough to have made a significant dent in the unemployment rate as of yet, there are several things job seekers can do to increase their chances of landing a new gig.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Google HQ is constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of searches. While arriving late to the social media party, the search giant is finally showing signs of introducing user-generated into the search algorithms. There are several issues with ranking user-generated content through social media because it depends who is the original author, to what communities the author belongs to, and whether the author is an authority on the subject of the content.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

You may have read a lot about search engine optimization techniques, but they weren’t enough to take your website to a high rank in Google. Why? It is because they are not entirely complete. SEO experts do not usually divulge all the techniques, but they mention only those that are common. The most common techniques that we often hear are content creation and backlink building.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Great news, I’ve got a hold of 8 beta keys at a coffee shop here in Hawaii for Dragon Age Legends , a soon-to-be released Facebook game developed by EA and Bioware. Dragon Age: Legends is a social game for Facebook, in the spirit of Dragon Age: Journeys. However, this installment of the Dragon Age series focuses on social gaming. Ethan Levy, producer of Dragon Age Legends, explains: Legends can be played solo, but it is infinitely better with friends.

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JULY 25, 2011

One of the pivotal aspects of running your business entails the process of taking stock. Closely monitoring the progress of your business would help you plug the loopholes in your marketing strategy and significantly enhance your sales figures and ROI. Google has made all this possible with its quintessential service called Google Analytics that specifically caters to online marketers.

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MARCH 5, 2011

In a move “to encourage a healthy web ecosystem,” Google recently announced a major change to its search algorithm – a move to devalue so-called “content farms” that primarily copy content from other websites, and sites that offer little or no value-added content for users. The move ensures the continuance of the Internet adage, “Content is King!” According to Google, its algorithm tweak “noticeably” impacted 11.8% of its search queries, dropping the search engine results page (SERP) rankings of

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The resume introduces you to potential employers. It is the hook that grabs them in so that they choose to sit down in an interview just to learn more. A carefully crafted resume can open doors that will help you land that job that you have always wanted. There are hundreds of resume professionals that will take your money to create a document just for you.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Anyone who tells you that becoming an entrepreneur is easy work most likely hasn’t gone the independent route that entrepreneurship implies. The fact is, it’s difficult to stand out from the crowd and create your own career path. Often, it’s extremely difficult, as the numerous mishaps and minor tragedies that befall your organization are yours to deal with as best you can.

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JUNE 14, 2011

[Tina Safi blogs weekly at [link]. She works at Media Needle, a social media/word-of-mouth marketing agency based out of Los Angeles.]. Launched in 2003, LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Mainly used for professional networking, the company reported more than 100 million registered users as of March 2011. With last month’s LinkedIn stock market launch the company is more talked about than ever.

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JUNE 6, 2011

The early years. In 1976, 21 year old Steve Jobs convinced computer Engineer Steve Woz Wizniak to quit his job, and together in Job’s Cupertino, CA home they began work on an inexpensive, simple to use computer. The Apple I was released on April First and sold for $666.00 at the local electronics store. Within a few short years, Apple would revolutionize the computing world.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

If you are in the fashion business or if you are one of those people that people that talk, eat and sleep fashion, then you will love these applications for your Android smartphone. When you need some guidance in what is hot and what is not and what are the best promotional products , then these applications will be ideal for you. They will allow you to miss nothing in the fashion world and you could easily share all your design ideas with others as well.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Every online business watches certain statistics about its website like a hawk. A website is designed to facilitate transactions, whether they involve purchasing products from the site itself or being redirected to another site. These transactions are a measurable variable that can be studied statistically. Each transaction represents a successful transition from visitor to customer.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

iCloud: The New Way of Storing. With Apple’s recent innovate creation, iCloud, users now have the ability to access their documents, photos and music anywhere. What iCloud can do is simply remarkable and can be described as the new wave of technology. . It is basically a wireless storage device that can be done anywhere with a tap of a button. It stores information securely and effortlessly on your Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC and has the ability to connect up to

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MARCH 14, 2011

Want to hack video screens? There’s an app for that! Via gothamist.com. A hacker claims that he was able hack video screens around New York’s Times Square using his iPhone, a transmitter, and a video repeater. Watch the video below. What do you think: real or fake? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on LinkedIn. Stumble upon something good?

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Has the versatility of the iPad left you searching the app store for that perfect solution to your busy business life? The iPad has developed into a solution for almost every problem you can come across, heck, you can even order Chipotle to-go on this thing! Have you really utilized the full potential of this super-tablet though? There are numerous apps to increase your daily productivity.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Everyone loves to be a winner, receive recognition, and get things for free. As such, if you are searching for ways to increase your website’s traffic, consider hosting a web contest to appeal to those basic human desires. If developed correctly, the contest could even boost the company’s sales for months to come. However, if planned incorrectly, a contest can create the opposite effect and leave you regretting taking on the project.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Good customer service is the cornerstone of any business; it helps create the right impression and encourages repeat business, helping your business to grow and prosper. Good customer service turns your customers into unpaid ambassadors for your business, and recommendations based on good customer service are worth more than any amount of paid advertising. 1.

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MAY 24, 2011

LinkedIn is at a tipping point. (View more pictures from the bell ringing ceremony taken at the New York Stock Exchange, the day LNKD started trading – May 19, 2011.). After becoming the first social network to go public on May 19, 2011, LinkedIn is now in the hot seat as finance pundits examine whether the company’s market valuation is realistic.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is not always easy to find a good restaurant: a restaurant that is not only convenient, but also appropriate to your tastes for a particular evening. Many apps are being developed for iPhone and other smart phones that can find you restaurants, cafes, and places to shop for something special. You can also get directions to get there. Here are 4 great iPhone apps for choosing a restaurant.

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MAY 31, 2011

Aloha Readers of idaconcpts.com, Here’s a great independent report from Forrester Analytics. In this independent report, Forrester Research’s Joseph Stanhope shows how marketers who use an online marketing suite are able to solve these challenges with a centralized data hub. This independent report discusses: The components of an online marketing suite.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The iOS is brimming with fun for the baseball fan. It may be true that there are other sports and other seasons, one now need never admit such heresy. Steep yourself in baseball all the year round with the digital drama that only baseball offers. Baseball is the best sport of all as exemplified in George Carlin’s stellar comparison to football. The fact that the rest of the world no longer gets that is the root of much of the world’s disunity.

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MARCH 29, 2011

There are many basic, yet overlooked, tools and plugins that you can add into your website arsenal to add functionality and intention to your business or personal site. While these are a totally different beast than going the advertising campaign way, there’s still something to be said for having an extremely functional and user friendly site for brand recognition.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Web site development and online approaches are quickly becoming a central part of the way a company conducts business. Just a few years ago, there wasn’t much thought given to this, but as more sales and business is conducted through sites and online approaches, it’s becoming paramount to build a credible online brand. It’s important to rely on good hosting and a Vmware server , but you have to take reputation just as seriously.

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APRIL 21, 2011

On April 21, 2011 there are several websites down. Among the affected are HootSuite, Reddit, Foursquare and Quora. The problems appear to be caused by an issue affecting the Amazon Web Services. The company claims that are working to resolve the problem. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Relational Database Service and Amazon Elastic Beanstalk also appear to be experiencing problems.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

People want a quick way to accept and make payments online. Having this ability, increases business performance and facilitates money handling for the user. Business owners no longer have to make big investments in payment terminals to accept credit card payments. They can just use their own Android phones to get down to business. Being able to process payments on their Android phones, allows business owners not to be chained to their offices.

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JUNE 7, 2011

So, you’ve uploaded videos to your YouTube account but it has literally no views! Or at least not the numbers you’d expect. Why is this? I’m sure that at some point along the way, you’re missing some of these pointers: Check them out: 1. Good Old Networking. Probably the best thing to do when you are just starting out your YouTube experience is to follow the good old traditional networking strategies.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

There are good blogs, and there are bad blogs. In an ideal world, all the bad blogs would just go away and no one would ever read them, and all the good blogs – the ones with great design and even better content – would float to the top and thrive. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world. And any blog, good or bad, has the same chance of making it onto the Technorati Top 100.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

We all know that exercising is important but for many it remains an activity that they would rather skip. No matter if you cycle for fun or for necessity, it should always be an enjoyable activity. Spice up your bike ride with these 3 iPhone apps. Runkeeper. The Runkeeper app uses the great GPS technology of the iPhone to keep track of all your bike rides.

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JULY 13, 2011

There was a time when it was enough to buy a gadget because it worked well, but things have changed today. Now people also pay attention to the way a gadget looks. Today, everyone wants his/her tech toys to be sleek and chic as well as functional. Seduced by visions of sleek, chrome Nokia wireless phones and fruit-flavored Apple iMacs, today’s technophiles demand their gadgets to deliver high-end performance in a shipshape package their peers will envy.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Internet Fax (or “efax&# ) is a general term which refers to sending a document facsimile using the Internet, rather than using only phone networks (traditional faxing) with a fax machine. While the idea of setting up a fax number may appear to some a bit outdated given the popularity of email, there are 4 key benefits to consider. 1. Internet fax has lower setup and monthly costs than traditional fax.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Are you dying to join the growing ranks of startup companies? If you are, you’re definitely not alone! Most startups are much more about hard work and dedication than instant riches and world-wide renown, but break-out companies have been able to prove that there’s always an exception to every rule. If you’re truly passionate about your vision for the future, you just might be the Twitter or Groupon of the future.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

When the topic of SEO (search engine optimisation) is discussed many people automatically think about optimising for Google and do not really think about Yahoo or Bing. One of the main reasons for this is tat Google does make up a vast amount of the total search traffic in the world while Yahoo and Bings percentages are much smaller, however there might be missed opportunities for many small and medium sized businesses by not devoting any time to the other search engines.

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