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How Much Google News Traffic Do Publishers Get? Here’s Data on 80 News Sites.

Adam Sherk

'Google News has been in the news itself lately, from European efforts to impose taxes to questions about its value and even suggestions for giving it a full redesign. But just how much traffic is it currently driving to publishers? In working with a wide range of news and content sites, I know that becoming an approved source and maximizing Google News visibility (through avoiding news crawl errors and editorial optimization) continue to be important priorities.

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27 Things You Should Never Post on Facebook. #15 Will Amaze You!

Waxing UnLyrical

'Remember how we collectively coined the word “ barfshiner ” a while back? (Which reminds me, I still have to get it into the Urban Dictionary.) That was inspired, if you remember, by the constant (or so it seems to me) sunny and “shiny” updates one sees on Facebook that make one want to barf. I guess I’ve gotten a little more used to it, so I don’t barf quite as much… or maybe I’m just “shining” more.

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Viewing Facebook Messages Without Installing The Messenger App

SocMed Sean

'Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of stink over the fact that Facebook is splitting its messaging functionality out into a new Messenger app. Some fear-mongers have been spreading rumors that Facebook plans to use your camera and microphone to listen in on your private conversations, while Facebook has sent pretty clear messages that it has no intent to do so.

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Best Tips for Successful Social Media and Digital Marketing in 2014

yMarketingMatters

'Social media and digital marketing are going to grow even stronger in 2014. Fact! These are no longer “nice to have”, but “must have” for your business. With my first hand experience working with so many businesses, I am giving you my most important social media and digital marketing tips that will help you increase your online footprint, exposure and bottom line in 2014 for your business.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Fan-Powered PicCollage Contest Drives Impressive Engagement for Starbucks

The Realtime Report

'Is your brand looking for an effective way to reach teens? The social media world is buzzing with information about the right social networks for the teen demographic, much of it focusing on Snapchat’s ephemeral messages and Instagram as a visual way to communicate among friends. These bigger social networks are definitely worthy of attention; but there are other ways to reach teens – often with a high level of engagement – that may have slipped under your radar.

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Win 1 of 20 Gift Cards for a FREE ONE Year of the iDcard

Idaconcpts

'a Rafflecopter giveaway. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: A total of 20 gift cards for a free year of the iDcard are available. Only one gift card per person. You must provide me your mailing address via private message on Twitter ( @idaconcpts ) or Facebook ( [link] so I can mail the gift card to you. Each gift card holds no value and does not entitle the owner to any discounts.

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Webinar Software Comparison: 9 Popular Services Reviewed

Kikolani

'One of my goals for 2015 is to incorporate webinars into my online marketing to promote some courses I have in the making. So I decided to research the different webinar software, services, and platforms that are available. In this post, I wanted to share my findings for others who are also in the process of choosing a webinar solution for their business.

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Are Social Media Jobs About to Disappear

Convince & Convert

'image from Bigstock.com. Social media has had as much impact on companies and their customers as any technological advance ever, because social fundamentally changes the relationship between those parties from its historical norm – which is “master” and “servant” – to something closer to a relationship among peers.

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Boost your business with Google Plus Page ??? How Create Google+ Profile and Page

Social Media Marketing

'Google Plus is a social networking site design and developed by Google Inc. Google+ is a similar social media site like Face book, Linkedin and Stumble Upon where user can share anything that he/she like. Google+ is the second largest social media site after Facebook. How to Create account on Google Plus Simplely with the help of Gmail account user can easily set up their Google+ account.

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Google To Make Not Provided Keywords Exclusively Available to.Google Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

'Google soon will revoke access to all websites’ Not Provided keyword data normally viewed via Google Webmaster Tools , Google Analytics , and Google AdWords , and offer 100 percent of the keyword data exclusively to site owners who move their websites to the new.Google gTLD and make their websites secure. According to an unnamed Google source, this is one of the marketing tactics that Google is using to encourage website owners to move their websites from a.COM,NET, or.Org TLD to the new.

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

'Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. But the unfortunate reality is that with just about every Panda update well-established brands with good content get caught in the filter. We work with a lot of major publishers and nearly all of them have had at least a few titles get hit by Panda in recent years.

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The Five Business Books That Permanently Changed My Life

Twist Image

'We buy a lot of books. Many of them don''t get read. Sadly. I''m just as guilty as the next person of picking up the latest and greatest business book, with every intention of devouring every page. I fail at this with a spectacular flair. Over time, I''ve become the prototypical "get off my lawn" grumpy old man with business books that don''t grab the reader from the get-go, or the ones that regurgitate the same brand stories.

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10 Things Epic Copywriters Do

Writtent Blog

'Image source. The world’s greatest copywriters aren’t just writers. They’ve also mastered the art of sales, psychology, creative branding, marketing, and so much more. If you’re already a competent professional at your craft, you’ll need to consider making yourself into a true epic copywriter by acquiring some new content marketing skills.

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Social Media Strategy Template

Proactive Report

'Download the PDF of the Social Media Strategy Template here. [link]. In January 2014 almost three-quarters of all adults were active in social media, according to the Pew Research Center. 92% of marketers claim that social media marketing is important for their business. 83 percent have a Twitter account and 80 percent are on Facebook – a ten percent increase since 2013.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Most Popular Newspapers on Twitter: Guess Who’s #1?

The Realtime Report

'Which US newspaper do you think is tops on Twitter? A new study by Searchmetrics reveals the leaders: The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today. These top three received the most mentions on Twitter in 2013; USA Today and the Washington Post also dominated the list of the top 10 most-tweeted newspaper website stories in 2013. The study ranked leading US newspaper sites by the number of tweets per week that were generated by the content on each site.

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Revealed: 10 killer productivity tools to keep you in love with your work

Absolute PA

'As entrepreneurs, we are programmed to be constantly attracted to the latest shiny new thing that will make our lives and businesses run more smoothly. I swear it’s in our DNA. It’s a character trait I have come to recognise in myself over the years, and sooo many of my clients when we work together to streamline their marketing. When left unchecked, it can be a curse.

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The Rise of Trollmarketing and Trashtweeting on Business Social Media

Laurel Papworth

'Using trolling as a marketing campaign on social media. Advertising used to be so polite. Well except when it wasn’t. When Apple ripped into IBM with the Superbowl 1984 Ad, it was a shocker to the world. And unusual. Today it seems that every brand voice is experimenting with being obnoxious to get those much needed eyeballs that wander the ‘net lost in the Attention Economy.

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2014 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales for Marketers

Kikolani

'It’s almost that time of year again! If you are in the market for new tools and platforms for your business, then Black Friday & Cyber Monday are the days to take advantage of. Here are the best deals I’ve found so far for marketers – be sure to bookmark this page and check it frequently to see when new deals are added! Product: OptinMonster.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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Facebook Just Told Us How to Do Facebook Marketing

Convince & Convert

'First, the Reachpocalypse , where Facebook massively reduced organic reach of business pages. And now, the Promocalypse where Facebook has decreed that as of January, 2015 overly promotional posts from business pages will be treated like a North Korean political opponent. The potential ramifications of this disappearing act are significant for businesses that set aside Facebook landing pages (when THAT was banned) and Facebook like-gating (because THAT’s now banned too) in favor of a stea

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How to Use StumbleUpon – Secrete to Generate Traffic from Stumble Upon

Social Media Marketing

'StumbleUpon is one the top social media website to find cool new websites, photos and videos from across the web. In simple word StumbleUpon is the best source to add new website or browse new stuff in the web. How to create account on StumbleUpon Like other social media website user can well create their account on StumbleUpon with their email. User can also sign up with Facebook.

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Google Quality Rater Guidelines 2014

Bill Hartzer

'I just got ahold of the latest copy of Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines, with a date of March 2014. It’s an interesting read, all 160 pages of this document. There are a lot of new phrases and concepts that are included in this latest version, but honestly there’s are really not many new surprises. But, if you’re in the online marketing business, are an SEO, or own a website, then you really should take a look at the latest guidelines, if just to make sure that your web

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Content marketing: a customer-centric manifesto

Social Email Marketing

'Content marketing is not an island. It is part of a bigger picture, aiming to create business value by creating customer value. It takes a customer-centric and integrated approach to succeed in content marketing. We like to call it the Copernican view. Creating business value through creating customer value using content marketing – and putting […].

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Exciting News About Twist Image. And The Future

Twist Image

'When Twist Image first started in 2000, there was a vision. We wanted to create a marketing agency that was reflective of the modern times. Our desire was - and has always been - to work with big brands, solving complicated business challenges and helping them to thrive in the ever-changing digital landscape. So much has changed in the past fourteen years.

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SEO Copywriting Best Practices for 2015

Writtent Blog

'2014 was another fast-paced year in the world of SEO. From the new preference towards SSL-encrypted (HTTP) websites to the destruction of Google authorship , there was no end to the surprises. The year included at least 3 major updates to the Panda algorithm, changes to local search, and a number of other tweaks. In case it isn’t clear, last year’s SEO strategy can’t be recycled for the year to come.

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PR masterstroke: how Uber controlled the story and beat the cabbies

Danny WhatMough

'Imagine the scene: hundreds of taxis blocking Trafalgar Square causing gridlock all across central London just to protest against your company. Many would immediately classify this as a communication crisis situation. But, when exactly this scenario occured yesterday, Uber turned the tables and the plucky upstart created profit out of chaos. Clash of cultures.

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Making The Impossible Possible: How I Created A Full Time Blogging Income With No Qualifications

ProBlogger

'Image via Flickr user Susy Morris. This is a guest contribution from freelance writer Stacey Corrin. It was a dark day in November 2012 when I first began to blog. Rain lashed the windows of the home we’d just moved into. Removal boxes lay strewn across the floor and the cries of my newborn twins rang shrill in my ears. I felt trapped, with no escape plan.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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3 Things You Must Know Before Outsourcing Your Social Media Marketing

Absolute PA

'Social media marketing: A confusing, mysterious, time-suck. Ewww… (It’s actually none of these things but for once I’m not here to persuade you otherwise). As solo-workers this description depicts all of the things we’d rather NOT have to deal with in our already stuffed-to-the-brim-lives. Along with cold cups of tea, unpaid invoices and piles of ironing.

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Facebook’s the crack and we’re all greedy junkies

Jeff Esposito

'A recent Facebook update changed how brands are able to get content onto users’ news feeds. The new algorithm will only post content that is relevant to the end-user, meaning users get the content they care about, not the content that games the Edgerank by hopping on memes or posting cute babies or puppies (if you want more details, you can click here , here or here ).

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50+ Filters to Keep Your Gmail Inbox Squeaky Clean

Kikolani

'Have you always wanted to maintain Inbox Zero, but found yourself falling short as email upon email piled up in your inbox? Are you not a fan of Gmail’s new tab system? If so, then filters may be the solution to your problem. Filters allow you to tell your email service exactly where you want specific emails to go. The emails that clutter your inbox the most are the ones that are from automated sources – newsletters, notifications, press releases, social media updates, and so forth.

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The Keys To Writing Compelling, Creative Content

Convince & Convert

'Using intrigue to drive traffic to your post is one method of encouraging visitors. But, having the ability to write catchy titles is not going to help you grow the responsive audience you need. Although arousing curiosity has proven to be (somewhat) effective, remember that “curiosity killed the cat” and if you’re not careful it just might kill your content too.

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Why Social Media Is So Important for Your Business in 2014

yMarketingMatters

'Social media networks were a novelty 5 years ago, but today their importance is no longer debated. Yes, businesses have definitely realized the power of social media and accepted that social media marketing has to be part of their marketing and PR mix. In Social Media Examiner’s 2013 End of Year Report, marketers now place very high value on social media marketing: 86% of marketers stated that social media is important for their business. 89% of marketers stated that increased exposu