Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Tweet Guest post as part of the virtual book tour by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to explore concepts from their new book Open Community : a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. We come from the association industry and for many of us “membership” people, community is old hat. It’s what we do.

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers Written by Glen, this post has 103 Comments I’ve been a big advocate of guest blogging over the years; currently ranking no.1 Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 10, 2012

Create better content for your web site, and not only will you have better search engine success, but you will also be more likely to create a loyal community. For many web sites, it’s important to have readers return, developing a loyal fan base of community members. You want to build a community. Like this post?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Onsite optimization of websites is the most important factor in ranking better in search engine results. Bolding and italicizing text within paragraphs will show importance of the phrase to search engines. Cloaking content is a very risky practice which will get your website heavily penalized by search engines. Geo Redirects.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 22, 2011

This invites the search engine spiders back to your site to crawl it. Increased Search Engine Rankings – Not only do you have more opportunities to rank with each blog post, but each blog post can rank according to its own merits. Every blog post is considered a separate web page by the search engines. If not, why not?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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Kikolani

JUNE 14, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 6 Ways To Maximize Your Webinars With Automation Technology – Tips to help you make the most of your technology investments, engage with your communities, and support sales enablement. Featured Posts.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s a well known fact that 80%-85% of traffic for almost every website online comes from the search engines. It should seem to reason then that website owners and managers should spend that much time on search engine marketing efforts rather than social media or other forms advertising. About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 27, 2011

According to Search Engine Land , some domains saw a 94% loss in visibility, and others were left picking up the pieces after they lost 80% of their keyword positions. queries according to Search Engine Land. The graph below was taken from Search Engine Roundtable and illustrates the types of sites that were hit hardest by Panda 2.5:

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ProBlogger

JULY 11, 2012

Search engines “qualify” the traffic they send you, since they’re based on keyword and keyphrase searches that reflect individual users’ specific needs. The search engines, of course, also look at the amount of quality content you have around particular keywords. The right kind of search traffic.

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Social Media Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Effective On page What the means of SMO Social media optimisation (SMO) refers to the utilization of variety of social media shops and communities to come up with subject matter to extend the attention of a product, complete or event.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. You can read all about that here , here , and here.

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Kikolani

MARCH 29, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Reverse Engineering a Website Redesign for Competitor Research – You don’t want your business to start losing customers because your competitor has upped their game. Search Engines / SEO.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

The more reviews you have, the more likely your local listings will appear in the search engines. It can appear in the search engine listings for any search involving the name of your business plus “reviews.&# You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

Search engine optimization – First, build a website. Make sure it is optimized to receive search engine traffic. Start a blog – Search engines like consistent fresh content. It’s the best search engine marketing money can buy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Kikolani

MARCH 22, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Search Engines / SEO. Using social media can be very rewarding: it can get you lots of traffic, it’s a great way to build a community of engaged users and it’s a great marketing tool.

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Buffer Social

MAY 11, 2016

In the Buffer product, you can connect RSS feeds to your profile so that all the latest posts from your favorite blogs are pulled directly into your dashboard where you can pick and choose which to add to your queue. Here’s the complete list of the top 100 RSS feeds that have been connected in Buffer. Search Engine Land – 551.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Yet another deal related issue: if you hit your community with a different offer every day, you run not only the risk of annoying them, but also of confusing them. Brad Shorr is Director of Content & Social Media for Straight North, a search engine marketing firm in Chicago. Here’s how not to do it. Every day is a new deal.

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Justin Levy

JULY 1, 2010

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. During the Discovery phase the brand lets go of the conversation and hands it to the community. Frequently a prospective customer will use a search engine to navigate the web. Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Writtent Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

Optimize it for search engines! Make sure the post is optimized for search engines before you hit the publish button. Let the community know by sharing the content you came up with on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. Syndicate your RSS. Business 2 Community. To find them, just Google your main keyword.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First, a study of 33 million unique users from Chitika’s network in September showed that visitors coming from Facebook and Digg were more loyal than those coming from the three major search engines and Twitter. For many news sites (especially poorly optimized ones) search engine referrals are still considerably below 20% of total traffic.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The Gurteen Knowledge Search Engine is a customised Google search engine that searches over 800 KM related websites and weblogs. My Weblog Gurteen Knowledge Community. Knowledge Community. Seems to me though that many of these attributes are soft in nature and difficult to teach or learn. gurteen.com. David Gurteen.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If you would rather not engage in blogging, you will find alternatives that can nonetheless help you drive qualified traffic and leads for your company Internet site, as a blog might, and to obtain the search engine ranking advantages a blog might bring. RSS feeds allow customers to maintain track of your site’s content.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 20 Ways to Be Grateful – Here’s a list of 20 things you can start doing today to express your gratitude and to become a more appreciative person: Search Engines / SEO. The Resources Mashup. Related Posts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 17, 2012

An understanding of sharing sites, social networking, and search engines is essential if you want to maximize your presence on the Internet. Below is a YouTube Video about embedding: Search engines. See our recent article on search engine optimization for more information. But how do customers find your website? Be creative.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Search Engines / SEO. Check Out Google+ Communities. Just in case you hadn’t heard, Google+ has released their competition for Facebook Groups – Google+ Communities. Blogging / Content.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 9, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick? Once you’ve done the initial legwork and you’ve determined what may or may not work for your business, then it’s time to get to work. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Twist Image

JANUARY 12, 2012

In the beginning God created the Blogs and the RSS. The macro theory here is that Blogging is a part of Social Media which inherently means that the spirit of community needs to be present. We also didn't have much in the way of bookmarking engines or online social networks to share the content we were interested in with our peers.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick? So what is meant by social media? 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.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effective search engine marketing is dependent upon the rules of supply and demand. In other words, what keywords are people typing into the search engines right now in order to find what they are looking for? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick?

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

I wouldn’t expect a great deal of search engine traffic from About.Me.Me domain names don’t typically do well in the search engines. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick? You can also link to your websites so if you build your About.Me

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. Bing offers an excellent guide on how to optimize sites (PDF) for its search engine. received 13 percent.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. A simple guide to dominating your niche – two things that will dramatically increase search engine traffic to your blog. Search Engines / SEO / Link Building / Analytics. The Resources Mashup.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 15, 2011

Why are the search engines and social media sites so full of spam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick? It could just as well be “The Surest Way To Earn Fans.&# Truly, that’s what the goal is – to earn your fans. So why do so many people make it difficult?

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Kikolani

AUGUST 6, 2012

Many of you know me as the Search Engine Optimization guy. Ad swaps are a kept secret, from within the internet marketing community, one that has been kept secretive long enough, in my opinion. Your ping list is used to ping search engines and RSS aggregators, and many other places. Really Simple Syndication.

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Kikolani

APRIL 13, 2012

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. New Freelance Writer Community: About Writing Squared – Interview with Anne Wayman and Lori Widmer, the founders of About Writing Squared: The Supportive Community for Freelance Writers and Other Creatives.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 12, 2011

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 About Us What’s a Maverick? Every copywriter knows that the trick to getting people to read your story is to give it a compelling headline. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. 2 Responses to “Do Your Headlines (Get The) Click?&#

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