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Are You A Victim Of Malicious Links?

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In fact, chance are, you haven’t been hit with a negative SEO campaign at all. But in highly competitive industries where shady characters are a dime a dozen, it could happen. But in highly competitive industries where shady characters are a dime a dozen, it could happen. How Common Is Malicious Link Building? I mean that.

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New Research: Content Marketing vs Native Advertising

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The average content marketing campaign can deliver KPIs equal to or better than most native advertising campaigns, but there are distinct differences. native campaigns yield higher views, site traffic, and social engagement. native campaigns yield higher views, site traffic, and social engagement. Content or Native?

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Expand Your Content Marketing Reach

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Multi-channel content marketing - Why just limit yourself to your own blog and a few other blogs in your industry? Branch out into multiple channels that include print trade journals, industry magazines, and print and e-mail newsletters. Wherever your audience is, there you should be also. You can expand your reach in powerful ways.

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Why You Should Not Give Up On E-mail Marketing

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The top click-through rates for e-mail marketing are for the Hobbies, Media and Publishing, and Photo and Video tied with Home and Garden industries (5.7%, 4.8%, and 4.2%, respectively). The highest click-rate is in the business publishing industry (6.7%). For e-mail engagement, the lodging and travel sector leads the way with a 56.7%

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CRM for the SMB

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They offer specialization in multiple industries, including real estate and financial services. The basic edition is free and offers standard features such as contact and campaign management. – Sage is a legacy vendor in the CRM space, and ACT! is one of the strongest products in their portfolio.

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5 Reasons to Invest in Social Media Promotion

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You should plan on having a strong social media promotional campaign. By posting frequently about what’s going on in your industry and about issues relevant and important to your target audience, you become a recognized authority in your niche and more people will want to follow you.

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Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice?

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I like what Matt McGee had to say about NARs blog comment advice: Commenting on blogs can help with exposure, but it’s not a “campaign” and isn’t likely to make a search engine think your site is trustworthy, either. Worse, it’s something that too many people overdo and get wrong. I completely agree with Matt on that point.