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Compete Responds To Criticism

Dave Fleet

Cookie-based web solutions are good sources of information on all of the behaviors that occur within a website, and therefore can be used to calculate and optimize site flow, conversion rate and other onsite activities. In this manner, web analytics are not subject to the same sample requirements as panel companies.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In January of 2011, I said that I’d make our Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 subscriber only. This year, I am pleased to bring back our Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 thanks to an excellent sponsor, HubSpot. Marketing Automation. Automating your marketing efforts may be fruitful.

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5 Reasons Social Media Measurement is Making You Lie to Yourself

Convince & Convert

Social media measurement causes unsavory (and ineffective) marketing behavior because unlike the rest of our marketing key performance indicators, social media metrics are out there for anyone to see. Nice analysis on it from Ian Lurie over at Conversation Marketing ). I see five. Guess what? Play Your Own Game.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

First I’ve highlighted a huge list of tools that serve various different functions and can be great resources to add to your marketing arsenal. Of course, be sure to write down anything you discover from this research as well – whether it be other sites in your industry or any marketing ideas that you discover.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

What most people don’t realize is that it’s almost as easy to go wrong with guest posting as it is with any other content marketing technique. Try Compete, Quantcast and Alexa, but be aware that none offer completely accurate data. There is no guarantee that just because a website is accepting guest posts, it is reputable or credible.

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ViperChill Monthly Report 4 (My 1st National Press)

Viper Chill

Personal Activity (+ National Press) Without a doubt, the biggest thing to happen to me this month was being featured in the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Alexa is quite skewed towards the IM niche as a lot of marketers have the toolbar installed on their browser and then visit this site.

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20+ Cool Social Media and Web Tools

Webbiquity SMM

Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? blogs, microblogging sites, social bookmarking, images, video), and shows associated metrics like sentiment, top keywords, top users (who’s talking about this topic most actively) and sources. 5 Free B2B Marketing Tools by Modern B2B Marketing.

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