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5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

Major stories that emerge (such as Michael Jackson or the health care debate ) can bring large spikes in search traffic, but it’s common to see the numbers drop after May and not pick up again until September. This is to be expected, and it’s one reason why year-over-year metrics have more value than month-to-month.

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Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google on to.

Adam Sherk

In looking at the current Living Story examples , one thing that struck me is that news sites will need to be careful not to pick subjects that are too broad to be effective. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites

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Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Proceed with Caution When Being Active on Social Media Sites Being active on social media networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter is a great way to build business relationships. Here are three trigger topics you may want to avoid.

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The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk on June 29, 2010 Unique, one-of-a-kind, best-of-breed…blah, blah, blah. We see this type of marketing speak over and over in press releases and promotional materials.

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How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Is Your Executive on Twitter?

Koka Sexton

Habib , MTV Werner Vogels , Amazon.com Wes Spears , The Weston Group Will Weider , Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Koka Sexton

Habib , MTV Werner Vogels , Amazon.com Wes Spears , The Weston Group Will Weider , Ministry Health Care and Affinity Health System If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Use get_bookmarks() instead.