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Compete Responds To Criticism

Dave Fleet

based research numbers that help you understand your size and trends against your competition. From my personal go-to toolkit, my data sources could include Google Trends – think search data, similar sites, and geo-demographics. Think of compete numbers as an orange – a U.S. Here’s the post* [link].

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On Weirdoes, The Long Tail, Seth Godin And You

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On Page 16 of the business book, We Are All Weird , by one of the world's foremost authorities on business, marketing and leadership, Seth Godin (best-selling author of Purple Cow , Linchpin , The Dip and countless others), it becomes abundantly clear that the business world as we know it is gone. In one generation. More choice, less mass.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Unseen Sea

Kikolani

Testing the Accuracy of Visitor Data from Alexa, Compete, Google Trends, Doubleclick & Quantcast – These sites report massively lower and wrongly trending data – and SEOmoz isn’t alone in experiencing this frustration. Here are a 6 tips to jump start your Google+ business marketing campaigns.

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The New Writer’s Guide to Evaluating Websites for Guest Posting Opportunities

ProBlogger

What most people don’t realize is that it’s almost as easy to go wrong with guest posting as it is with any other content marketing technique. Try Compete, Quantcast and Alexa, but be aware that none offer completely accurate data. Look for absolute numbers, but also for trends. Check competitive data sources.

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Weekend Project: Research Your Existing Audience

ProBlogger

In fact, the following strategies will allow you to determine exactly who your best customers are so that you can optimize your marketing to speak directly to their fears and fantasies, and push their “hot buttons,” allowing you to attract more of the same (high-value) customers. Analyze Quantcast. This is incredibly important.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

First I’ve highlighted a huge list of tools that serve various different functions and can be great resources to add to your marketing arsenal. Of course, be sure to write down anything you discover from this research as well – whether it be other sites in your industry or any marketing ideas that you discover.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In January of 2011, I said that I’d make our Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 subscriber only. This year, I am pleased to bring back our Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 thanks to an excellent sponsor, HubSpot. Want the trends, news, and findings too? Marketing Automation. Here’s how to maximize it.

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