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Great post that discusses the difference in social media marketing and social marketing. read more »
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List posts often work to make you popular, but here's why I still don't like them. read more »
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Matt uses Napoleon as an example for effective marketing, tapping people's emotions. read more »
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Robojiannis discusses how to get moving towards getting that all-important 1,000 true fan base read more »
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Brennan White, co-founder of Pandemic Labs, discusses the meaning of "viral" in "viral marketing". Should "go viral" be conceived as a strategy or a result? read more »
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Traditional success metrics might not be the way to go. read more »
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PandemicBlog talks about Twitter, its uses from a marketing standpoint and what companies might use Twitter for in the future. read more »
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PandemicBlog talks about how Generation Y is changing the face of marketing and how marketers will need to change their tack if they're going to find success reaching this hard-to-control demographic. read more »
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Don't forget the power of other nations when trying to drive views to your viral video. read more »
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One of the most common issues it that there is not enough information on the page. Especially if you’re not a well-known brand, it’s important to tell people a little about who you are and why people should buy from you (refer to point #1). Also, if read more »
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The usage lifecycle isn’t as clear cut as pregnancy is, but it recognizes that people go through a progression as they use software. They go from not knowing much at all (like parents early on in pregnancy) to feeling comfortable with the product (l read more »
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Shannon at 10e20.com writes... When people think of social networking, Vanessa feels they tend to think of the high profile stuff like MySpace and Facebook and these are great examples, but she stressed that there are all kinds of social networking. read more »
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A look at what to do to leave your readers with a great impression. read more »
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Very interesting take on writing daily blog posts. Is this really better? Take a look at potential downsides of posting every day. read more »
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Your existing marketing or advertising agency just doesn’t get it. They do a great job at all the other stuff you need them for, but they likely don’t have the time or the inclination to climb the social media learning curve. read more »
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Your client is thrilled with the new blog. It provides a SEO friendly CMS, it’s Social Media friendly, your client loves the opportunity to participate in the conversation, etc, etc. but despite how cool their new blog is…. despite the increase in r read more »
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An increasing number of comments can act as an obstacle to the interaction of the community and the development of the whole discussion read more »
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Thoughts on the algorithm of Stumbleupon and how stumbling your own site might permanently harm its traffic. read more »
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If you’re a new or not yet established brand, how should you use social media to build a reputation for yourself? read more »
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An interesting mini-study of how to get your videos to go viral on YouTube. read more »
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There’s a new site allowing public reviews of SEM companies and you just know that means trouble. The site is called SEMCompare and is brought to us by the same people who launched the Search Marketing Standard magazine. They already have a few nega read more »
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Search Engine Land -

Images don't help your articles rank higher (there is a but...)

Google News currently can't fetch revisions to articles
Timing your articles for specific releases won't help it rank better in Google News

You need te read more »
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Tired of PPC? Try new PPC! Here is a good list of 14 alternate sources of paid search traffic that you might not be aware of. read more »
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It has been noticed that when the same user repeatedly submits articles from the same blog, the posts will not get promoted. If you often promote your own work, the articles will be recycled among you and your friends - your strong ties; your conten read more »
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Today, social news web site, Mixx, announced new features to their service that will help them break news faster by getting big news stories promoted to the home page in a timely fashion. On the Mixx blog post about the changes, they point out that read more »
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