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OCTOBER 27, 2014

I added the location (oops) and got the only local franchise listed in a number of directories but no specials. How many times do you think one wrong number in a local directory has had a similar effect on your business? Look your business up and check the information in the local directories. We went somewhere else instead.

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JUNE 19, 2011

Veteran Internet marketer Debra Mastaler has an interesting post on how to obtain new links, a process she calls “link marketing&# instead of link building, for your website today. I hadn’t thought of that, but document sharing is becoming the new directory submission.

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APRIL 19, 2011

» The Changing Face Of Article Marketing Article marketing is a mainstay of Internet marketing. It’s been around since the earliest days of the Internet and Web-savvy marketers have been very effective in using article marketing to drive traffic to their websites and in closing the sale.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Internet marketing has come a long way since 1990, when the World Wide Web had its grand kick off. It didn’t take long for directories to pop onto the scene. Blogging took off like a rocket followed by social networking and video marketing. Today, there are a ton of viable options for the serious marketer.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

but because some local directories are open source and anybody can change the information, even if they are mistaken. The way you go about taking charge depends on the process each directory has in place. Local Internet Marketing local local directories local listings local search' How To Control Your Local Listing.

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APRIL 7, 2011

» EzineArticles Says Keyword Density Is Important If you’ve been paying attention to the Google Panda update, you’ve noticed that EzineArticles – the largest article directory online – was hit and suffered a huge traffic loss. Should You Use A Ghost Twitterer? That’s a doggone shame.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Pay-per-click marketing – Through paid clicks you can drive targeted traffic to your website right now. Directories – Directories can sometimes still be good sources of traffic. Google Places – Google Places and other local directory websites are the perfect place for small local businesses like yours.

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JULY 19, 2013

The company started as a local business directory and allowed users to leave reviews of listed businesses. Local Internet Marketing directories local business local marketing small businesses yelp' Yelp is probably planning to offer reservation management services to its many small business clients.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Video marketing – Videos are powerful because they utilize moving images and three-dimensional, multimedia formats to deliver your messages. Directories – Directories are still an important source of traffic for many websites. Directories – Directories are still an important source of traffic for many websites.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Amidst all the hype with social media, there’s a growing trend that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle: Mobile marketing. For many reasons, mobile marketing has been slow to grow in the United States. “Mobile marketing in the US has been hindered by relatively slow adoption compared to the rest of the world. .

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Directories and review sites can be great places to get your site listed so that your local business can be found online. Local Internet Marketing Branding online reputation review sites sponsored listings web directories' Usually, sponsored listings are good branding and visibility.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 21, 2015

In the early days of Internet marketing, there weren’t that many channels for a small business to use for getting the word out about their business. There were directories where those websites could be listed. They were often called article directories. What does all of this mean for the online marketer in 2016?

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

But you didn’t hear a lot about podcasting because it looked like a fad that faded in the shadow of the social media marketing emphasis. Search Engine Journal just came to the rescue with Albert Costill’s addition to their Content Marketing 101 series. What Do I Need To Do A Podcast?

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JULY 11, 2011

If you are local, you’ll spend a good deal of your time marketing your website in very specific ways: Online Yellow Pages. Local directories. Global online businesses have specific marketing plans as well, but it’s actually a little more difficult to plan for local online marketing. Just to name a few.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Facebook Nearby is a feature designed for Android and iOS devices, which makes it a mobile marketing opportunity extraordinaire. The idea is to take Yelp and Foursquare on straight up with Facebook’s own local marketing service. I like that you don’t have to sign up for the service as if it is a directory.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In the early days of Web marketing, webmasters spent their SEO capital writing impressive meta descriptions and stuffing their web pages with keywords. Article marketing took on a whole new air of importance and website directories were full of useless descriptions for the sake of a good link.

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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. Links are still an essential part of your internet marketing strategy, but those links have to be worth building. overall, 81% have increased their spending on link building.

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JULY 25, 2013

When you consider that more than half of all cell phone users are using smartphones and that more than 90% of American adults have mobile phones, then you can begin to understand how important mobile marketing is. That means you should tap into apps and services like Yelp, SuperPages, and other local directories.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Now that Matt Cutts has declared guest blogging dead , SEOs and Internet marketers in every niche will start looking for alternative ways to build links back to their websites. There are other ways to create backlinks, and I’m not talking about website and article directories. Video marketing – People love to embed videos.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Look for authoritative business directories and ensure that your business information is accurate and consistent. Local Internet Marketing local search local search results search factors search results' Also, make sure your business contact information is correct.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

First, it’s important to understand that keywords are still important in search engine marketing. Other key components of local search marketing include: Off-page signals like directory listings and citations – Third-party citations will always be important in local search marketing. You bet it is.

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MAY 5, 2011

That should be your starting place for online local marketing. I’m anxious to see what Google is going to do with local search marketing based on this effort to “reach out&# to small businesses.&# I’m with Frank on one thing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JULY 8, 2011

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

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APRIL 13, 2011

Enter The Age Of Facebook Phone Calls » New Search Engine For Vets If you are a veterinarian or pet doctor, then you now have a new way to market your practice. I always recommend listing a business in a professional directory or search engine. It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Marketing today is a far cry different than it was in 1950, or 1980, or even in 2000. It’s the best search engine marketing money can buy. Article marketing – Article marketing is not dead. Start a blog – Search engines like consistent fresh content. Update your blog daily. Is this hard?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Sharing implies that your content is worthy of being recommended to others, and since people first starting selling way back in the caveman days, recommendations have been the most sort after marketing prize. Article directories and similar content farms all took a big hit in search rankings.

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MARCH 17, 2012

Most online businesses publish content in two places – their website and their blog – it’s a standard online marketing strategy. You will often see references to publishing content in article directories, Facebook, HubSpot, Squidoo and perhaps even on other blogs as a guest author.

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MARCH 20, 2011

I mean, for example, Twitter is a great marketing tool. I’d rather see you start a blog or list your website in local directories. When you’re ready for solid local real estate SEO advice , your best bet is to go with someone who is an SEO and Internet marketing speicalist. Just so-so. As you know, I use it.

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MARCH 2, 2011

I’ve already written about Google’s recent algorithm update that has resulted in many websites losing search rankings while benefiting WikiHow and eHow, both considered content farms by many SEOs and Internet marketers. Article directories? » Should We Continue To Trust Google? Google, puh-lease!

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MAY 17, 2012

Directories – quality is again the issue when it comes to directories. There are thousands of directories online now, and most are poor quality. Ironically, higher quality directories that charge for a listing have escaped Google’s attention.

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JULY 26, 2011

Article marketing is still alive and well on the Internet. Here are 5 non-article directories that are great places for marketing your article content. Squidoo – Squidoo is the brainchild of popular author and marketing genius Seth Godin. You start a “Lens,&# which is a single-page resource on a given topic.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 14, 2015

You can then publish the podcast on your website or on a podcast directory. In essence, an infographic is a graphic version of an article that can be shared and reshared endlessly on social media, through e-mail and with other marketing channels. You can do that by publishing the article as a podcast.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 12, 2015

In the early days of the Internet, if you wanted to market your business online, you had just a few options: Write articles. List your website in directories. There was no podcasting, video marketing, social media, or PPC advertising. Content marketing is not just writing articles and spreading them around the Web.

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