Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A new article at SiteProNews claims that 2012 was a volatile year and there are 4 new lessons you can pick up from it to make 2013 even better. They’ve each been key SEO principles since 2002. Your small business has a better chance at carving a spot in your niche with the long tail. But here’s the truth.

Guidelines 98

Guidelines SEO Small Business Policies 98

Small Business Mavericks

JUNE 26, 2013

If you’ve been involved in search for five years or more, then you know that it is continuing to evolve and that search is constantly creating new opportunities for businesses, entrepreneurs, and search marketers. Since June 13, 2012, there have been 1,930 new gTLD applications. SEO for Small Business domain names gTLD search'

Domain Name 98

Domain Name Small Business Applications Engineering 98

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Although these changes helped increase traffic and rankings to many large corporations such as YouTube and eBay, it hurt a large majority of small businesses. However, many small businesses lost visibility and traffic while many larger businesses, such as FoxNews.com, benefitted from the change. Like this post?

Google 176

Google Small Business Engineering Guidelines 176

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 6, 2012

If your business has an online presence then you are now in a very competitive market. Unlike traditional bricks and mortar businesses, an online presence has to compete with a much wider range of entities.

Cost 173

Cost Strategy Forums Compete 173

The Social Media Incubator

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when businesses have made it through the previous year and are now looking ahead to their plans for the upcoming year. Links, Likes, Share, Tweets & Follows: The Social Web & SEO (Simon Heseltine). Meaningful SEO Analytics (Brent Chaters & Ryan Jones).

SEO 106

SEO Conference Upcoming Analysis 106

The Social Media Incubator

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when businesses have made it through the previous year and are now looking ahead to their plans for the upcoming year. Links, Likes, Share, Tweets & Follows: The Social Web & SEO (Simon Heseltine). Meaningful SEO Analytics (Brent Chaters & Ryan Jones).

SEO 100

SEO Conference Upcoming Analysis 100

Small Business Mavericks

JULY 12, 2013

Whether you are a CEO, a small business owner, or a freelancer, your online reputation could use a boost. Specifically, Google+ increased search listings for personal brands by 10% between January 2012 and May 2013 – but only for tech writers. Personal online branding is important. Just something for you to think about.

Google 98

Google Brands Reputation Small Business 98

yMarketingMatters

APRIL 15, 2013

There are many ways to go mobile: Sending out mobile-optimized emails , enabling your website for mobile visitors, undertaking mobile advertising, Google Adwords for mobile and mobile SEO. An impressive increase from 35% in 2011 and 44% in 2012. Currently, 31% of Americans own a tablet compared to 11% in 2011 and 22% in 2012.

Mobile 100

Mobile Smart Phone Marketing Adwords 100

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

While small businesses aren’t quite in the same category as Inc 500 companies, there are a few things the small- and medium-sized businesses can learn from their larger counterparts. In 2012, loyalties switched to LinkedIn, Pinterest, and blogging. What happened? As an outgrowth of No. As an outgrowth of No.

LinkedIn 87

LinkedIn Facebook Loyalty Small Business 87

Buffer Social

AUGUST 16, 2023

For us, that’s a rewarding indication we’ve stayed true to our mission and strategy to support small businesses. We have intentionally chosen not to go up-market and serve enterprise customers, but rather we are committed to helping small businesses and ambitious individuals grow their brands on social media.

Price 70

Price Buy Insurance Cost 70

Kikolani

MARCH 29, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Get Testimonials for Your Business or Blog Using Twitter for Social Proof – Want to get testimonials from customers for your business or readers for your blog?

Mashup 122

Mashup Resources FeedBlitz RSS 122

Kikolani

JANUARY 20, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Business / Career. Search Engines / SEO / Traffic. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. You’ve taken the first step toward getting there – setting a goal.

Mashup 120

Mashup Resources Tumblr Widget 120

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

— 2012 was an incredible year for me. We want our stuff to be SEO friendly without looking like it was written by a robot. RedShift provides services as they are related to dead-on business content that rings the cash register. In spite of my short time as a business owner, I’ve learned a lot.

Project 220

Project Flickr Upcoming Meeting 220

Kikolani

DECEMBER 23, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. 50 Posts on Engagement for Bloggers, Businesses, and Social Media Enthusiasts – Ready to start increasing your engagement in 2012? Happy Holidays.

Mashup 119

Mashup Resources Remix Handbook 119

Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 22, 2013

Google announced in May 2012 a new direction in search. Other sources of information for the knowledge graph include semantic markup, rich snippets, and other specialized SEO tools. They called it the Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph is nothing more than semantic search with a fancy name.

Wikipedia 101

Wikipedia Engineering SEO Analysis 101

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 19, 2011

No one seems to know for sure which way the economy will go for 2012. Small businesses should have a great ending to the year as far as sales go. The big question is, what’s being spent on holiday gifts is affordable or are people just using their savings in order to even have a Christmas?

Small Business 93

Small Business News Social Media Questions 93

Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In 2012, ICANN started the process for the introduction to new top level domains. I wouldn’t say SEO benefit is one of those reasons. For $185,000, investors could pick a generic top level domain (gTLD) name extension and register it. As a result, more than 500 gTLDs were approved. After that, an open registration period begins.

Domain Name 101

Domain Name Engineering Policies Reputation 101

Kikolani

DECEMBER 27, 2011

50 Posts on Engagement for Bloggers, Businesses, and Social Media Enthusiasts – Ready to start increasing your engagement in 2012? Find out the best strategies for blogging, business, and social media engagement from these awesome posts!

Resources 166

Resources Domain Name WordPress Marketing 166

Kikolani

MAY 26, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Ad hunting – how to find additional advertisers and business opportunities for your blog or website. Search Engines / SEO. The Resources Mashup.

Mashup 134

Mashup Resources Posterous Affiliate marketing 134

Kikolani

OCTOBER 29, 2012

You just need to click ‘Add to Queue’ or ‘Post Now’ UPDATE: Timely has decided to close their doors as of November 2012. That’s it for my list of social media tools every small business needs to know about. Top 10 Social Media Time Saving Tips for the Busy Blogger. SEO and Social Media.

Blogger 159

Blogger Social Media Tools Disqus 159

Bill Hartzer

MAY 11, 2012

As a courtesy and value-added service, American Express is building links and doing search engine optimization for many of their small business clients. – Our SEO content writers create an original blog post related to your industry and post on a proprietary network. © 2012 American Express Company.

Directory 160

Directory Social Bookmarking Engineering Guidelines 160

Writtent Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

93% of B2B marketers use content marketing, a 2% increase over 2012. 33.49% of small businesses believe Slideshare is highly effective for content promotion. Top indicators of content marketing success are traffic, quality leads, social shares, and SEO. Buckle your seatbelts, because this is going to be epic: 1.

Content 110

Content B2B Hubspot Marketing 110

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

These are the leaders in the information and communications technology sector who truly “get” social media and social business. We’re proud to acknowledge these 50 women from 41 different organizations as the top #Nifty50 women of technology on Twitter for 2012. Stacey Acevero. Liz Bonilla. ” Jeanette Gibson.

Twitter 257

Twitter Bazaarvoice B2B Microsoft 257

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

If you’re dreaming of a career in SEO, I have two words of advice for you: Be. Seriously, if you don’t have the ability to change course on a dime, the SEO world is going to make your life miserable. Take February 2012 for example. That’s because the demand for SEO professionals has never been higher.

SEO 160

SEO Google Small Business Consultant 160

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 15, 2013

As noted in 21 (of the) Best Facebook Guides, Tools and Rants of 2012 So Far a few months back, Facebook remains the 800-pound gorilla of the social networking world. It’s now exceeded one billion users, and as noted below, 80% of all businesses maintain an active Facebook presence. Facebook Tips and Guides. Facebook Changes.

Facebook 192

Facebook Small Business Advertising Hubspot 192

ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The first was the MarketingSherpa SEO conference in Atlanta, Georgia. My unique story and presentation style made quite an impression, and a few weeks later the event coordinator asked me to speak at their 2012 Email Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. Now, as I look ahead to all the events planned for 2012, I can only smile.

Blogger 40

Blogger Eventful Conference Class 40

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

So, is Pinterest worthwhile for business marketing? Does it really help with SEO? The seven experts below contend that the site is indeed worthwhile for business, that it’s sort of helpful for SEO, and that their tips can lead to business success there.

B2B 190

B2B Marketing SEO Construction 190

Laurel Papworth

JUNE 11, 2012

Did you know that Google has changed their SEO (search engine optimisation algorithm) to make sure that your Business Page on Google Plus rules over everything else? And more interestingly, Google Plus is set to reach 400 million members during 2012. Perhaps you’ve heard of small businesses (and large!)

Foursquare 91

Foursquare Training Google Social Media 91

Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The Small Business Guide To Google Analytics by Simply Business. The trouble is many small businesses struggle to get Google Analytics set up, let alone use it to pull out meaningful data. How to do a Mobile SEO Audit: Identifying and Maximizing your Website Mobile Potential by State of Search.

Mobile 156

Mobile SEO eBook Hosting 156

Kikolani

OCTOBER 19, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. 10 Reasons SEO Is Harder for Small Businesses – Why is SEO so much harder for small businesses?

Mashup 117

Mashup Resources SEO Foursquare 117

Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. In case you’re curious why I don’t write as many posts here, it’s because I’ve been busy elsewhere. Search Engines / SEO.

Marketing 126

Marketing Paid Search Mashup Forums 126

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

The newsletter, which was sent within the first week of the month, would include new research findings from surveys conducted by research groups such as the Pew Research Center, new discoveries from a marketing firm’s eye tracking study, or data that was recently culled across a multitude of SEO agency case study reports.

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Kikolani

APRIL 20, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Pros & Cons of Twitter Advertising for Small Business – Learn the pros and cons of using paid Twitter ads as a small business marketer.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources RSS SEO 113

Viper Chill

OCTOBER 22, 2012

” Though the episode premiered in 2009, his response wouldn’t be too out of place in 2012. The phrase is certainly known, but how to go about Viral Marketing still baffles many a media executive, small business owner, and anyone with something to promote. Ray quickly responds, “What the hell is viral marketing?”

SEO 79

SEO Campaign Publishing Advertising 79

Writtent Blog

JULY 9, 2013

You simply can’t lead a winning content marketing strategy if you’re playing by the old rules of SEO, or blogging to the wrong buyer persona. Did you know that small businesses are actually winning when it comes to adoption of content marketing? B2B Marketing Trends Survey 2012 Report. IBM Global CMO Study.

Case Study 105

Case Study Study Research Report 105

Kikolani

JUNE 29, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Business / Career. 10 Tips for Creating a Power Network – My business is not on steroid growth because I’m a genius or have a secret formula of success.

Mashup 115

Mashup Resources eBook RSS 115

Kikolani

AUGUST 3, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Search Engines / SEO. 5 Rules Every SEO Should Live By – If you follow these rules, you’ll continually do well in the world of SEO.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Remix RSS 113