Kimota

With the new ICANN rules coming into effect in 2009 and the opening up of 'anything goes' TLDs, Josh suggests quite convincingly that backs are about to get stabbed and bodies are going to be fed to the pigs as the cybersquatters get the scent. read more »
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We've all come across it - online marketing strategies that merely cost the client money or leaves untapped revenue on the table.

Here are ten straight tips to stop wasting money and achieve more conversions. Some are obvious to us experienced bo read more »
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SEO will never be dead as long as there are businesses willing to outdo each other.

"One of the aspects of marketing is and always will be the game of one-upmanship. The 'getting one over' on the competition to increase awareness and ultimately s read more »
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Is the internet currently a lawless frontier and how long will it stay that way?

"Online marketing and ecommerce have become the new gold rush, as people find fresh ways to monetise the internet. Free of many of the codes of conduct and regulatio read more »
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Mashable weighs into the debate in the wake of Matt Cutts' comments yesterday. read more »
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A look at how web designers are encroaching on our turf and the poor business owners are getting substandard results. read more »
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Not earth-shatteringly new info for most of us, but just a very short observation on why blogging works better than most standard ecommerce sites in Google.

I'm personally going to use this link when trying to convince clients on blogging. read more »
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Patrick talks about the high end of link building and why premium link building services are under threat from SEO companies that merely purchase links read more »
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Seems the success of Lyndon's linkbait has polarised the industry. Personally, I think it is a worrying development that has serious repercussions for the integrity of online discussion. read more »
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I never knew this! Black holes of data on the internet preventing you accessing the website you want... read more »
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A look at how easy it is to treat online customers differently to the real world, and the negative effects this can have. read more »
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First part of a five article series detailing the steps we took to devise a new value proposition for our online marketing company.

Eight weeks of hell, I tell you. read more »
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After all the furore and excitement over entrecard, do the stats bear it out?

Piggybankpie doesn't think so with some particularly alarming stats. read more »
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So much of online marketing revolves around building traffic, but I see websites every day that do an abysmal job of turning that traffic into customers.

This article looks at the classic mistakes. read more »
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After well over a decade of ecommerce, some industries are still not adjusting to how consumer behaviour differs when shopping online.

Those businesses that take the time to adjust their business model rather than simply slap postage onto an exis read more »
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Okay, so this one deals with professional writing rather than specifically blogging, but the principles are definitely the same. Keeping a blog alive means sometimes having to write a post when we're not in the mood. So how do we get around this? Ti read more »
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Why corporate blogging works and five tips to make it successful. read more »
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Second part in a 2 part series looking at link acquisition strategies for small business by harnessing social media. read more »
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Jeff Quip recently submitted the hot post 'Using Humour to Extend Your Reach' (http://sphinn.com/story/31688) that contained the following misquote.
"Show me a successful blogger and I'll show you an unsuccessful writer."

This comment was recen read more »
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More and more, I come across websites in my professional capacity that have no concept of their own home page. Whoa re you? what is your website about? How does it work? these are questions every website visitor needs answered before they even consi read more »
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Blogging is about providing concise information that is easily digestible. No one is going to subscribe to a blog that requires hours and hours of time each week to process. The modern internet landscape is about short bursts of focussed information read more »
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Swags posted the article on "Will Superbowl Advertisers Get It Right in 2008" last week in the hope that this year campaigns would more carefully consider the online social media market.

Now the results and analysis are in and the score card is read more »
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Patrick at Blogstorm shows us his stats (ooh..err) to illustrate why only having one affiliate marketing stream can backfire and come crashing down. read more »
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Performancing.com explores the opportunities for those bloggers who are thoroughly immersed in tech to create new revenue streams from their desk.

Instead of just talking about it, why not pimp those services? read more »
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(childish giggle) "Mummy, Problogger said a naughty word..."

"Now, now, Kimota. Problogger is a lot older than you. He's only explaining to all the nice people whether they should use swear words or not within their posts."

"Do you mean I shou read more »
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