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APRIL 5, 2011

» The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account Leave it to Marketing Pilgrim to think outside of the Twox (Twitter box). The right idea is to manage your Twitter account YOUR WAY. There are so-called Twitter gurus out there who would have you believe that there is only one right way to manage your Twitter account.

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MARCH 15, 2011

How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO » Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? Twitter has posted some impressive numbers about its service and Frank at Marketing Pilgrim has picked up on them, and he’s asking some really pertinent questions. Not every Twitter account holder is active. Many people are.

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MARCH 23, 2011

» How To Increase Your Twitter Followers So you’ve set yourself up a Twitter account and you’re raring to go. The object of Twitter is to help you connect with people you’d like to do business with so, with that in mind, let’s talk about how to grow your Twitter followers. Good for you!

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MARCH 30, 2011

Facebook and Twitter – If you thought social media was a trend that would go away, you’d better face it. Today, if you have an online presence with your business, you’d better be on Facebook and Twitter – at a minimum. Mobile search is big and I predict it will get bigger.

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MARCH 7, 2011

This time, the comparison is between Facebook and Twitter and the reasons fans and followers cite un-Liking and un-following you. Here are the four conclusions he draws: Twitter and Facebook users are different (but we already knew that, didn’t we?) The actual percentage who cited that reason for Twitter was 39%.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Let’s see – there’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and a whole host of other websites that have both a global reach as well as a local reach. So what is meant by social media? Conduct a little survey and choose the sites that have the most potential for helping you grow your business where you want it to grow.

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APRIL 4, 2011

The ONLY Way To Manage Your Twitter Account » Is Social Media Inherently Viral? But evidently, the news went viral on Twitter and it wasn’t even true. The key lies with a Twitter account by the name of @tweetmeme, which has more than 60,000 followers. Did you know Jackie Chan died? I didn’t either.

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APRIL 19, 2011

» The Changing Face Of Article Marketing Article marketing is a mainstay of Internet marketing. It’s been around since the earliest days of the Internet and Web-savvy marketers have been very effective in using article marketing to drive traffic to their websites and in closing the sale.

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APRIL 12, 2011

This is true whether you are writing for a print publication or if you are writing for an online publication, a blog, a Twitter stream, PPC ads, or anywhere you expect to get readers. Every copywriter knows that the trick to getting people to read your story is to give it a compelling headline.

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APRIL 9, 2011

Android Marketing For Local Small Businesses » Bad Reviews Can Help You Rank Better No one likes to receive bad reviews, but did you know that bad reviews can actually help you?

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APRIL 7, 2011

Should You Use A Ghost Twitterer? » 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.

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MAY 11, 2011

You can link to your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other social sites around the Web from your About.Me I’ve always been a proponent of your own domain name. I still am. But I recently took a quick survey of About.Me You can set up an About.Me If you hire a web designer to do it for you, it will cost you money. profile page.

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MAY 9, 2011

Why Quora Is The New Twitter » What’s An Internet Marketing Strategy Consist Of? If you’re new to Internet marketing and you’re not sure what an IM package might consist of, relax.

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APRIL 17, 2011

Steve Rubel, who is a bit of an Internet pioneer, has an interesting take on marketing in this global Internet economy. Even if you’re a local business.

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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?

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MARCH 9, 2011

Here it is in action, from SocialDitto’s own Facebook page: SocialDitto SocialDitto has been updated to include Twitter! Ditto your tweets in the new or old Twitter formats! Seriously, this isn’t a mind-sweeping technological advancement. Widgets and tools that allow for embedded content have been around for years.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Anyone who has used Twitter knows that it can lead to some additional traffic if you publish a click-generating tweet. Have you conducted your own experiments regarding using Twitter as an SEO tool? But what is even more interesting is the power of a retweet or a third party tweet as it relates to SEO and traffic.

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MARCH 24, 2011

That doesn’t mean that the number of users on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn will start to decline. Social Times is predicting that social media marketing is going to get harder , not easier. But at some point, that rapid growth is going to slow down. After all, there are only so many new people to enter the market.

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MARCH 8, 2011

It isn’t enough just to post great content to Facebook and Twitter. Tags: blogging , inbound links , Like , Social Media , Twitter This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 1:17 pm and is filed under Social Media. Sure, you might get that coveted Like or Retweet, but don’t just make those ends of themselves.

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MARCH 29, 2011

Post a few personal messages for your Twitter and Facebook followers and see what happens. Tags: business , Social Media , Twitter This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 at 11:14 am and is filed under Social Media. In other words, don’t be such a fuddy duddy. Business isn’t all ones and zeros. But, be careful.

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MARCH 31, 2011

You can use the comments on your blog, Twitter stream, LinkedIn and Facebook walls, and anywhere else online to get real-time feedback on your business, your service, and your products. However, by the time a traditional television show reaches its audience, the next several shows have already been filmed.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Creative artists are using Twitter (and have been since Day One), and now Facebook, for publishing. I’m not saying you have to rely on Facebook and/or Twitter. Alexander Dumas and Charles Dickens both published their novels in magazines before putting them in novel form. But what are small businesses doing?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

If you think this is no different than competing against the Big O and the Big A on Twitter, think again. Besides, YouTube is one of the top 5 Web properties in terms of traffic and Twitter isn’t. YouTube provides video content and video by its nature is much more demanding of attention than 140 characters of text.

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MARCH 22, 2011

How To Increase Your Twitter Followers » Q&A Sites And Competitive Intelligence I’ve discussed the value and virtues of Q&A sites before. But I haven’t discussed them in relation to using them for competitive research.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2011

These might include: Your website Twitter LinkedIn Social bookmarking HubPage or Squidoo Lens Facebook advertising Online display advertising Your blog Mobile phone apps The list could go on, I’m sure. However, you still have to promote them. How do you promote your Facebook Page? But have you considered offline marketing?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Some people’s Twitter marketing strategy is geared completely toward following in order to get a follow then immediately unfollowing after that has been achieved. emphasis his) Wait a minute! Isn’t that what we’re all trying to do? Isn’t that what social media marketers have been preaching about five years now?

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MARCH 14, 2011

» How’s Your Website’s Health? Do you have a healthy website? Does it do what it was meant to do? Every small business website has a function.

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APRIL 6, 2011

If you ask Forbes Media and Reputation Institute, Amazon is the most reputable company in the world today.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Sometimes they will go straight to their Facebook or Twitter page. It takes only one disgruntled customer to have their say on a social media site and every other disgruntled customer will join them. Of course, not every customer will complain directly to you.

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MARCH 16, 2011

What’s The Best Discovery Engine? » How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO SEOmoz has a great article on how Q&A sites can boost your SEO.

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MARCH 20, 2011

I mean, for example, Twitter is a great marketing tool. Tags: blogging , link building , local SEO , real estate SEO , SEO , small business , Twitter This entry was posted on Sunday, March 20th, 2011 at 6:36 am and is filed under SEO for Small Business. That’s a mediocre list. Just so-so. As you know, I use it.

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MAY 2, 2011

Should You Post To Twitter Daily? » Why E-mail Marketing Still Works After 20 years (give or take), e-mail marketing is still one of the most efficient and effective ways to promote a business or brand.

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MARCH 6, 2011

While a lot of attention has been put on Facebook and Twitter in the social media sphere, Farmville (according to Bing) actually gets more traffic than Twitter and looks to be the new way to gain some social media traction. In less than 24 hours, Bing gained 400,000 new Facebook fans. There is a lesson here.

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