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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

If you have a business blog or you need website content, or even if you do any guest blogging or publish articles at various places around the Web, you need a way to come up with constant content ideas. The next time you write an article or blog post, answer a question you’ve heard from one of your customers.

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JULY 21, 2014

There’s an interesting discussion going on over at the Moz Blog in the comments of Bill Sebald’s article, “ Building Better Content By Improving On Your Competitors.” That is useful stuff, but then it gets even more useful because the comments are full of additional ideas that people share.

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MAY 26, 2011

In fact, a recent article enlightened me to some new ways to market a business through Facebook. Facebook Comments – This system allows you to comment on a blog and see your comments appear on your Facebook wall. Your comment also appears on your friends’ walls. But that’s not all.

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JULY 8, 2011

Your own blog’s comments – What questions are people asking? Article directories – Which articles are most popular? E-mail newsletters you subscribe to. Forums you’re a member of – What questions are people asking? Keyword research tool. Google or Yahoo! Q&A websites like Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Just read the comments on Facebook’s own page. Some people don’t want the most “relevant&# comments to appear on their pages. They’d rather that Facebook kept the chronological order for comments. You must be logged in to post a comment. But not everyone is happy with those changes.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Specifically, an article on the National Association of Realtors’ website tells real estate agents what to do, but I wouldn’t trust it completely. In a nutshell, the article encourages real estate agents to focus on one task per week, then in six week’s time they will be on their way to increased Web visibility.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Every day now I see articles popping up telling webmasters how to win Google’s heart again after being penalized for low-quality or spammy links. You relied on article directories and bad business directories. You thought blog comment spam would help you. The latest was at Search Engine Journal.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Facebook shows more articles, comments & mobile clicks matter — December 2013. Facebook is more likely to show a new post that gets comments & likes quickly — August 2014. Facebook looks for “high quality content” that is timely and relevant — August 2013. So, there it is.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Article marketing – Article marketing is not dead. It’s different than it was ten years ago, but articles still are a good traffic source. You must be logged in to post a comment. It’s the best search engine marketing money can buy. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

An article on econsultancy.com makes for interesting reading, more so the comments. One comment really sticks out: “Sorry, thanks for liking our brand and all but please don’t share it with your friends, we’d rather they found it themselves somehow.” In most cases, it may be shooting yourself in the foot.

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APRIL 23, 2011

One particularly telling comment in the Constant Contact interview is the answer to the very last question. You must be logged in to post a comment. E-mail marketing is one strategy for making that happen. One grocer is using e-mail marketing and getting a 55% open rate on its e-mails. That’s phenomenal!

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AUGUST 7, 2014

article directories are considered least effective. paid links and article directories tied in most votes for harmful tactics. As always, the comments section is the place that gives the most insights. overall, 81% have increased their spending on link building.

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MAY 5, 2011

One interesting thing that Frank brings out in this article, and if you perform a lot of local searches you probably already were aware of this, is that you don’t have to add a local qualifier with certain search terms like “pizza&# and “movie theaters.&# You must be logged in to post a comment.

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MAY 9, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. In most cases, you can get better results from online marketing on a smaller budget than you can from traditional marketing. Of course, your first consultation is free. Let us check the health of your website today.

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APRIL 29, 2011

Sometimes you can turn a popular blog post into an article. You must be logged in to post a comment. Some of it you might want to dispense with altogether for one reason or another (it’s best, if you do away with old content, to redirect it to another content page you control rather than just delete altogether).

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APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? You must be logged in to post a comment. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Yesterday, I went to bookmark something at th… [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

What is interesting is the suggestion that “Comments and reshares don’t matter as much as +1s” It’s still early days really, so it’s hard to determine what impact Google+ will have on overall search results. If you want to go directly to them, you can read Ian Lurie’s here and AJ Kohn’s article here.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Of course there’s more to the article than that, but his basic challenge is that there is not actually one “perfect” account structure because every business is inherently going to be different. How do you structure your accounts, and would you be willing to share your insight with us in the comments?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It means you update your website on a periodic basis, you engage with customers through social media, you write articles and publish them online. You must be logged in to post a comment. Proactive online reputation management is staying active. In effect, you always have something going on.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

If you take the time to read the comments on the Moz article, you’ll see lots of opinions, and some might be a bit heated. Be careful what you consider to be “the truth” about SEO. It’s a constantly changing field that always will need a tweak or two.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Wesley LeFebvre has an interesting article on Small Business UK that discusses why and how you should brand your business. This can be in blog comments, writing guest posts, being active on forums related to your niche, and the obvious social media realms such as Facebook and Twitter. Is it important to brand a small business?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

From the article: Unfortunately, we live in a society where this kind of thing can be passed off as real action and the result is the ability of the Yellow Page industry to say “Look we are doing our part! You must be logged in to post a comment. RT @CarolineMelberg: Are The Yellow Pages Outdated?

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MAY 10, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. One Response to “Why Quora Is The New Twitter&# GrassRoots says: May 10, 2011 at 3:27 pm #grassroots #dm2 Why Quora Is The New Twitter – Quora has become quite popular lately in the Q&A arena. There are go… [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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JUNE 19, 2015

A post on Facebook from So-and-So that leads to an interesting article about an important topic related to your business leads to another interesting article about a similar-but-unrelated topic. Respond to questions and comments that are directly related to your business niche. Check into 2 or 3 groups.

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JUNE 19, 2015

A post on Facebook from So-and-So that leads to an interesting article about an important topic related to your business leads to another interesting article about a similar-but-unrelated topic. Respond to questions and comments that are directly related to your business niche. Check into 2 or 3 groups.

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MAY 3, 2011

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MARCH 31, 2011

Consider: Fans that watch Web shows have the ability to write comments that provide immediate influence on the plot of a series. 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.

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APRIL 28, 2011

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APRIL 15, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. It could just as well be “The Surest Way To Earn Fans.&# Truly, that’s what the goal is – to earn your fans. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. " It could just as well… [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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APRIL 12, 2011

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APRIL 10, 2011

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APRIL 9, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. One Response to “Bad Reviews Can Help You Rank Better&# GrassRoots says: April 9, 2011 at 6:24 pm #dm2 Bad Reviews Can Help You Rank Better – No one likes to receive bad reviews, but did you know that bad reviews c… [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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APRIL 22, 2011

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. Here’s a question: If Google can create an extension like that for Google Chrome, then why can’t it allow all users of its search engine to block content from any domain right from the SERP? Pardon the digression.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

He shares his enthusiasm on Moz with a great article called Local Event Marketing: Earn Links, Build Citations, Get Reviews, Increase Foot Traffic, and Win at Local SEO. After that, the discussion starts in the comments and other readers share their insights. But for a business, local events can create a lot of benefits.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

This may include article marketing (and yes, it does still have some positive effects), guest publishing on other sites, forum and blog commenting, and perhaps even link requests. I have even seen blog comments on a direct competitors website deliver traffic. They can also bring a new approach to your offsite SEO approach.

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MAY 7, 2011

You must be logged in to post a comment. One Response to “Types Of HTML 5 Content&# Caroline Melberg says: May 7, 2011 at 12:29 pm Types Of HTML 5 Content – Since 1998, the widely accepted generation of HTML in use has been HTML 4. Lately, HTML 5 … [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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