JeffMHoward

"As a WordPress enthusiast, guru, and lover, I use plugins every single day and am constantly researching new plugins — even creating plugins." read more »
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Matt McGee writes, "In an effort to help make more connections and develop relationships within the local search industry, I thought it would be fun to put together a big list of people and companies with close ties to local search who are using Twi read more »
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Brett Borders writes... social media has given us some amazing new channels for self expression. Common people are getting empowered and gaining an international audience by creating and sharing good stuff. read more »
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bookworm seo propeses open sourcing a link reporting tool. read more »
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The natural results in Google drive more than 70% of search traffic, though only account for 12.5% of online spend.
Why is this? Take your pick.... read more »
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If you've got stuck in the rut of trying to keep generating content for your site, read this article by Daniel Hunt to get a better perspective on how to re-focus your efforts, because in then end, it's the Quality that counts, not the quantity. read more »
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Ann Smarty: "There are quite a few good (..) backlink checking tools (..) However we have very few tools so far allowing for some fun: i.e. visualizing the backlink statistics in any types of graphs or charts. read more »
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My best eight internet marketing eBooks that I have downloaded and read. These eBooks are all free and provide a large amount of knowledge in many areas of internet marketing.

Definitely worth a look because you might learn something new which w read more »
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This post is sourced from my presentation at Pubcon on the Linkfluence: How to Buy Links with Maximum Juice and Minimum Risk panel. Since it received such positive feedback and a lot of requests for sharing, I thought I'd do so in a more referenceab read more »
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Hyperlinked list of 100 RSS/blog submit sites for traffic, links, exposure and promotion for blogs. read more »
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Best SEOs (most profitable) will be the ones with the most creative approach to leveraging their skills. read more »
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Some thoughts on how entrepreneurs might leverage search engines, search engine data, and social media (in this case, blogging) to inspire innovation via keyword research, search result analysis and blog outreach. read more »
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Lately we’ve received a spate of client inquiries about Wikipedia.
“Can we create our own entry? Can we edit our entry? How do you find the line between promotion and fact? Why is Wikipedia so important in the first place?” read more »
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The question that I asked was: Would one pop-up offering you a newsletter subscription be enough to make you stop visiting a website? read more »
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Since social media is, well, a social medium, it’s important that users understand the proper ways to behave online. No, just because you’re behind a computer monitor in your mom’s basement doesn’t mean all social etiquette goes out the window. read more »
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A recurring question I get from Twitter users shortly after I follow them back is, “How can you follow xx,000 people?” (the number on November 11th is 16,928, with 19528 following me.)

It’s not easy. read more »
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The internet is a fast-paced environment. People can come to your website at any hour from a wide range of locations, each of them with different intentions or needs. Unlike physical retail stores, you can’t see who is coming in and browsing around. read more »
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Lisa Barone covers the social media and search session at PubCon. read more »
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My Guide on SEO For Drupal - How to make Drupal Super Search Engine Friendly read more »
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In this 1500+ worder, easily, Peter intelligently argues *against* SMM, highlighting exactly why and how it doesn't work.

In stating that side so clear he forces you to either provide counter balance (start a discussion) or validate the time and read more »
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Now, more than ever, marketing companies and consultants need to get competitive for client dollars and what better way than advancing your knowledge and your network? read more »
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A great list of Social Media Marketing case studies from the folks who brought you the book "Now is Gone". read more »
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These days flat traffic/lead growth could mean business is booming. A few things to look at before you decide your business is in decline. read more »
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We're doing a series of super quick 10 question surveys over the next few months, and publishing the results (of course). The goal is to give the community real insights into who’s doing what, for how much, working from where, and what their real th read more »
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Couple handy links from the who is now and who is who of social media. read more »
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