Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Google does more than help searchers find information online. It also helps content producers come up with good ideas for their content. These 4 unusual keyword research tools are perfect for webmasters and content producers come up with ideas. These are not the only keyword research tools Google offers, but they are ones you likely have not used. I encourage you to use them.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 5, 2012

There are different types of links. When it comes to your blog, linking for the benefit of your reader is the most important type of link you can create, and you should create as many of these as you can. Don’t be chintzy about your links. If you want to know how to use links in your blog, here are 4 types of blog links that you should be creating every time you write a blog post.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Bing seems to think searchers want to know the Klout scores of topical experts featured alongside your search results. Maybe they do. Do you? When you search a topic, you get the traditional results, followed by a column of paid results, followed by the Know bar. If you’re logged in through Facebook, the top of the bar are people you follow who “might” know something about what you’re looking for.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 2, 2012

StumbleUpon has been around for a long time. Recently, the social media service announced it is rolling out a new look in beta. This is a little bit exciting. If you look at the beta, you’ll notice that it resembles another very popular social media website – Pinterest. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. What StumbleUpon is trying to do is stay current, and relevant.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Should you create your own content or become a curator of content, a practice that involves pulling together resources from various places around the web and various authors that are all about one single topic related to your niche. Personally, I see no reason why you can’t do both. Content creation takes more time and costs more money – unless you do it yourself.

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