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APRIL 11, 2011

» 10 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work (If They Ever Did) Confused about SEO? Did you just buy a nifty SEO book, or download one for free, that promises to tell you everything there is to know about SEO? If your SEO guru or free e-book download is telling you to do these 10 things, fire him or throw the book away.

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SEO Widget Case Study NoFollow 93

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 20, 2011

» Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice? Hat tip to Matt McGee for bringing this to my attention, but I have long thought that real estate agents and brokers were getting bad SEO advice. There are other things I’d recommend for SEO. But for SEO, I wouldn’t recommend it. About Us What’s a Maverick?

Real Estate 79

Real Estate SEO Case Study Small Business 79

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. Access to these social media communities is free. How does one actually make their great content something people want to talk about and share with their friends?

Communities 170

Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 10, 2011

I think the Google Latitude check-in offers service could grow more popular in the next year or two. Google seems to be paying a bit more attention to this local mobile marketing product, which it seemed to have abandoned as of last year. About Us What’s a Maverick? You’d be competing only with offers for 60 places.

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APRIL 7, 2011

» EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important If you’ve been paying attention to the Google Panda update, you’ve noticed that EzineArticles – the largest article directory online – was hit and suffered a huge traffic loss. Chris Knight says he agrees with Google’s update.

Small Business 156

Small Business Directory Guidelines Case Study 156

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APRIL 26, 2011

Pose the question in such a way that they will answer with the answers to exact questions that someone might query in Google. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? Don’t you think?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

» Who’s The Bad Guy, Google Or Bing? Google claims Bing is copying its search results. I’d be curious to know if any of those signals and features include crawling Google’s search results. Evidently, Google thinks Bing could be doing something underhanded as well. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Google Press Release Case Study Small Business 79

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APRIL 30, 2011

But due to a recent Google algorithm change, which everyone has started calling Panda, HubPages has had to undergo some policy changes. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Hubpages Small Business Case Study Press Release 156

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MAY 10, 2011

Now that Google is indexing Quora in its real-time search product , marketers have a strong incentive to hit Quora with link spam. If they’re not careful, Quora will end up being added to Google’s content farm list. About Us What’s a Maverick? Quora is going to experience the same problem.

Small Business 156

Small Business Twitter Case Study Press Release 156

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

You can do link building, focus on SEO, engage with your target audience through social media, specialize in Facebook, pay for clicks, or use a combination of all of the above or add some other channels into the mix as well. About Us What’s a Maverick? The only question to ask, really, is what kind of online marketing are you going to do?

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Reputation Case Study Press Release Small Business 156

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 12, 2011

Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? Every copywriter knows that the trick to getting people to read your story is to give it a compelling headline.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 19, 2011

Google slapped the article directories hard, so hard that you might not want to keep putting your articles there. Try HubPages, Google Knol, and Squidoo Lenses. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., Even niche-related blogs.

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Hubpages Marketing Case Study Press Release 156

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MAY 1, 2011

If you’ve claimed your business listing in Google Places, Bing Local, and Yahoo! Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? So how can a non-link affect your search rankings?

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Small Business Real Estate Hubpages Case Study 173

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APRIL 13, 2011

It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google. Here’s the catch: That’s IF they find the MyVeterinarian.com website, which doesn’t have particularly high rankings at Google for the search term “veterinarian.&# About Us What’s a Maverick? The concept is nothing new. But that could change.

Small Business 161

Small Business Engineering Case Study Press Release 161

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MAY 6, 2011

It is almost near consensus that Google finds page load speed important. A recent announcement that Google Analytics can now track and report page load speed should put any doubt to rest. I believe Google uses page load speed to determine search engine rankings. About Us What’s a Maverick? Check it out and fix the problems.

Small Business 150

Small Business Case Study Press Release Adwords 150

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The good news for a small business owner is you can run your own ongoing SEO campaign for $600 a year. You’ll have to take the time to learn how to conduct effective SEO and implement what you learn. The time it takes to learn how to SEO your own website could result in lost dollars in the process.

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Small Business Case Study Press Release Marketing 87

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 19, 2011

Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice? Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? » Get Your Own YouTube Channel YouTube presents one of the greatest marketing tools to hit the Internet in years.

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Small Business YouTube Real Estate Case Study 150

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MAY 8, 2011

One of the things that you’ll hear often among professional Internet marketers and SEOs is that you should blog every day. Using the logic of those SEOs who try to sell you on everyday blogging, you should update your blog ten times a day. About Us What’s a Maverick? » Do You HAVE To Blog Every Day? Can you afford that?

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Small Business Case Study Press Release Adwords 170

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APRIL 28, 2011

Hurley and Chen are co-founders of YouTube, which they sold to Google awhile back. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? But unless you’ve heard the news, you might not guess who the buyers were.

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Delicious Yahoo Social Bookmarking Case Study 156

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

Google Places, Yahoo! Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? I highly recommend that you invite your customers to do this. Local, and Bing all offer reviews of local businesses.

Small Business 156

Small Business Review Case Study Press Release 156

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APRIL 23, 2011

Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? » Let The Grocer Teach You E-mail Marketing What can a grocer possibly know about e-mail marketing? Everyone needs groceries.

Marketing 173

Marketing Case Study Press Release Small Business 173

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 17, 2011

These include forums, blogs, community websites where industry news can be published, wikis, etc. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? But what does it mean to be a media company?

Company 142

Company Wiki Case Study Press Release 142

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APRIL 20, 2011

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Social Media Small Business Case Study Press Release 156

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APRIL 21, 2011

3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Press Release Social Bookmarking How To 161

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MAY 3, 2011

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Small Business Twitter Case Study Press Release 156

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APRIL 29, 2011

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Content Hubpages Case Study Press Release 156

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APRIL 18, 2011

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Small Business 156

Small Business Tweetdeck Twitter Case Study 156

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 15, 2011

Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? It could just as well be “The Surest Way To Earn Fans.&# Truly, that’s what the goal is – to earn your fans.

Case Study 156

Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 156

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. December 2006. November 2006.

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MAY 4, 2011

Google Goes Local With Local Search » 3 Timeless Copywriting Techniques Ever wonder how effective copywriters manage to get people to click their links and read their content? Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc.,

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APRIL 25, 2011

But 85% of your traffic is going to come from Google and Bing. Contact Us | Home Site Map | Legal Notices Small Business Mavericks is a part of Melberg Marketing, Inc © 2006 – 2010 Melberg Marketing, Inc., About Us What’s a Maverick? If you are spending your time in just the reverse, then I’d say you’ve got it backwards.

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Small Business Case Study Marketing Press Release 161

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MAY 7, 2011

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Small Business Types Content Embedding 150

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APRIL 8, 2011

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Twitter Case Study Press Release Small Business 150

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 14, 2011

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Small Business Facebook Case Study Press Release 161

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

But what is even more interesting is the power of a retweet or a third party tweet as it relates to SEO and traffic. Now the question is, how can small business owners and other marketers use this data to improve their SEO for targeted search terms? Have you conducted your own experiments regarding using Twitter as an SEO tool?

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Case Study Press Release Small Business SEO 79

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Penney’s search firm, SearchDex , after Google discovered the paid links. SearchDex’s name, however, has now been blighted and it will forever be known as a shady SEO firm. I think this story illustrates how important it is to check out your SEO firm before you hire them. About Us What’s a Maverick? Either J.C.

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Small Business Case Study Retail Press Release 79

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MARCH 30, 2011

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