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Excerpts From the Blog Post- An interesting article from The Times Online highlights the rise in the number of firms using reputable search engine optimisation companies to drive ‘Natural Search’ traffic to websites.

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"Live Search just blogged their guiding principles. This is pretty important if you believe that the Microsoft vs. Google fight will only get bigger." - From the post

Comparing the guiding principles of the two search engine majors' search exper read more »
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"The unspoken rule of Twitter is that you should never really answer Twitter’s question, “What are you doing?” Post your thoughts, your opinions, your latest discovery on the ‘net, what your kids are doing, what irritates you, what read more »
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Found this while stumbling through Mixx, how is that for social media. ;)

Might be a useful tool to pitch for clients perhaps. read more »
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Discussions have ranged on emerging opportunities for search marketers that make search campaigns more effective. The exploration of search-focused content strategies, search as research, and comprehensive measurement models all address the need for read more »
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Wait Marketing is about initiating communication with the customer when they are most likely to be receptive. Diana Dreval expound situations in the real world when wait marketing can be used. Now I don’t honestly know if she has mentioned anything read more »
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The really cool part of twitter is that we’re not necessarily talking about customer service reps monitoring thought processes but rather folks like you and me, who are truly passionate about products/services they use.

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“How am I supposed to make money with domains now? I got in late and all the good domains are gone. It’s not fair!” (Seriously, it sounded like a 5 year old.)"
Andrew (Domain Name Wire) thinks all is not lost yet
Well, you can still make money wit read more »
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" What’s the ROI on 2.0/SMM? What’s the ROI on all those leads your getting from your website and/or blog? I’ve simply stopped turning to the experts out there, ‘cuz I’m tired of being ignored when I ask them to please let me know what their clients read more »
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National print advertising revenue dropped 6.7% to $7 billion last year. Retail slipped 5% to $21 billion. Classified plunged 16.5% to $14.1 billion. There are signs that online revenue is beginning to slow as well.

Internet ad revenue in 2007 g read more »
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"Qualitative marketing research plays an integral role in the branding process and measurement. Considering we have already established the role of branding in social media marketing, it stands to reason that applying these concepts should be a dire read more »
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From the article -
Traditional media companies trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and other large Internet companies are increasingly building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands.

The question in my mind is w read more »
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A list of various SEO resources.. the people and places that matter with regards to SEO and SEM information and advice. Nothing or nobody new to be honest, but to my mind an excellent resource list for newbies like me. read more »
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Inherently the Internet is made to order to present the various facets of a brand. However with the current advertising options and demands for quantifiable results, the message about the brand is not always conveyed to its potential. And with this read more »
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