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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Personalize your e-mail messages – When you send out your e-mail newsletter or even a special e-mail for a particular promotion, make sure it is personalized to each individual on your subscriber list. Respond to their comments on your blog – Respond to comments. Believe me, readers notice. You should.

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JULY 29, 2012

The blog pings a list of services that help the post get crawled and within hours your blog post is indexed and searchable in the search engines. People can comment on your blog posts and you can comment back, making it a particularly useful platform for meaningful dialogue.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

But I can see where there may be room for some other ideas on this list and I’d like to hear from you. Leave a comment and start a discussion on this important topic. All the elements on your landing pages need to be oriented toward converting visitors, and I certainly agree that you must know who your ideal customers are.

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MAY 4, 2011

Rely on lists – Lists work. Ordered lists. Unordered lists. You must be logged in to post a comment. Of course, there are hundreds of other power words too: “Easy,&# “guarantee,&# “sexy&# , etc. Learn the power words and watch your words shine. They are memorable. So there you have it.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Here’s his list: Inadequate permissions — it’s a good idea to have a two-step process to opt in for emails, where a verifying email has an embedded link to complete the sign-up. Your email list should be a valued asset because it has the people who want to hear from you.

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MAY 26, 2012

You could buy links, pay for directory listings, and even pay to have people promote you through social media. Blog – having a blog will, over time, help to increase search rankings, if your blog receives a lot of visitors, a lot of quality comments, and a lot of inbound links. In the past you could.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

He lists tangible benefits of hosting local events: you can easily build citations and links, get brand exposure in news mentions, increase your foot traffic (so plan for increased sales), get positive reviews and social exposure when attendees tweet to their followers. I’m impressed. Marketing Is All About Connecting People.

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MAY 1, 2011

A Web citation is any place off of your own website that mentions your business, web address, or Local business listing information without an accompanying link. If you’ve claimed your business listing in Google Places, Bing Local, and Yahoo! You must be logged in to post a comment.

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MARCH 20, 2011

That’s a mediocre list. I’d rather see you start a blog or list your website in local directories. 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.

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JULY 8, 2014

Social Media Interaction counts the number of people who are interacting with your social media presence by sharing, liking, or commenting. Would you put something else on this list, or take one of them off? It’s better to keep working on a slow accumulation of high-quality indexed pages than to have a lot of low-quality content.

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MAY 10, 2011

If they’re not careful, Quora will end up being added to Google’s content farm list. You must be logged in to post a comment. Now that Google is indexing Quora in its real-time search product , marketers have a strong incentive to hit Quora with link spam.

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MARCH 24, 2012

There has been a lot of discussion of late surrounding comments made by both Google and Bing representatives related to the ‘over optimization’ of web pages. To begin with, Google has been active in fighting ‘over optimization’ for a long time, it’s nothing new.

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MAY 5, 2011

1 most important thing for any local small business to do is to claim their listing in Google Places (and in Bing’s and Yahoo!’s You must be logged in to post a comment. No matter what innovations the search engine introduces, it will likely involve Google Places in some way. This is why I think the No.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011

You may be surprised to find how often your pages do appear in search results, and how those listings are clicked on. You must be logged in to post a comment. What webmasters may find interesting is the statistical appearance of their search queries in mobile searches. Is your web site optimized for mobile?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

.&# If there is a direct correlation in the decline of the previous keyword phrase to the increase in searches using the other, then online marketers should update their keyword list to include the current demand. You must be logged in to post a comment. This really isn’t hard.

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MARCH 17, 2011

You can search by friends – that is, Stumble through the sites Liked by each friend on your friends list. link] I wanted to post a comment but was unable! You must be logged in to post a comment. But other things you can do is to search for new websites, and you can search in a number of ways.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

3 result was from eHow, which is on Google’s list of “content farms.&# You must be logged in to post a comment. I decided to run a little test of my own. I innocuously searched for “how to write a poem.&# The top two results were from WikiHow.

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MAY 2, 2011

They have to sign up for your list, which isn’t necessary for snail mail direct marketing. It’s a warm list. One Response to “Why E-mail Marketing Still Works&# residential listings says: May 7, 2011 at 11:54 am E-mail marketing is still a sure way fire marketing strategy.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

The idea is for your customer to scan a “barcode&# -like image with their cell phone and immediately be taken to your web page to download something, sign up for your newsletter marketing list, or to buy something. You must be logged in to post a comment. Right now, there are just a few companies using it successfully.

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MARCH 5, 2011

Here is a list of items that I could include in the definition of content: On-page text Photos Videos Social media text, photos, and videos Widgets Downloadable applications Interactive games Inbound links This is just a smattering. You must be logged in to post a comment. Content has moved beyond the web page.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2011

What may surprise many small business owners is that social media marketing is so far down the list, especially when it comes to two-way communications. You must be logged in to post a comment. At least, that’s according to data reported on WebProNews recently. link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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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. You must be logged in to post a comment. But have you considered offline marketing? Offline marketing still works.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And all that really means is if Google catches you at it, then you can expect to have your sites de-listed or penalized. You must be logged in to post a comment. I don’t think so. Is it unethical? Probably not. It is against Google’s guidelines. If that’s a risk you are willing to take, go for it. Is it necessary?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Don’t spam them and don’t add them to your e-mail marketing list. You must be logged in to post a comment. It could be vital to winning back that customer, and perhaps completing the transaction. Combine your e-mail marketing and customer service skills and make contact with that lost customer.

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MARCH 28, 2011

1 position is a bullet point list of how to go about buying a plasma screen TV. You must be logged in to post a comment. The sole purpose of the search engine is to help searchers find the best information for their search queries. Spam gets in the way of that. Consider this: You decide you want to buy a new plasma screen TV.

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APRIL 21, 2011

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MARCH 23, 2011

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MAY 17, 2012

Social bookmarking – if you have a long list of poor quality social bookmarking sites that you send every post to – stop. Ironically, higher quality directories that charge for a listing have escaped Google’s attention. Write a good comment on a blog post that relates to your niche and you won’t have a problem.

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MARCH 2, 2011

And why wasn’t Article Dashboard, the provider of the most popular article directory software, on that list? You must be logged in to post a comment. But Google’s algorithm is also leading to more changes at EzineArticles (again, already with the strictest article approval guidelines of any article directory online).

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

If you’ve been waiting on the sidelines and trying to figure out how to make the most of your social media opportunities , I’ve put together a list of 5 simple social media tactics that get your prospects to take action. Link And Comment – This is a real simple tactic. Controversy – Say something outlandish.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

That will clearly state what the website is about and list some of the items that may be for sale if it is an e-commerce website. It is also important to make sure you have a clear place for reader comments. Navigation is also key. Have clear, easy-to-read links to other pages within your website.

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