MikeMarshall

CopyBlogger advocates avoiding clichés like the plague. The post is better than a stick in the eye. read more »
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In response to recent posts and Sphinn threads,Rusty Brick is running a survey on SEM consultant pricing. Is ANY SEO worth $350 per hour with a 2000 hour minimum? read more »
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It's a new year!

The new year means it's time to reflect on the old. Don't let the remnants of your old PPC campaigns get in your way. Conduct a full audit of your PPC campaigns, and adjust the old settings to take advantage of the new PPC featur read more »
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Congrats Marty for breaking the equivalent of our very own '4 Minute Mile', and having 100 Sphinns 'go hot'. Marty is only the 3rd person on Sphinn to do so, preceded only by Maki and Andy Beard.

Way to go Marty! read more »
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Move over Sam's Choice Cola and Sam's Choice Drinking Water... there's a brand new product offering hitting the shelves - introducing Sam's Choice Pay Per Click services. I know you can find almost everything you need at Wal-Mart these days... but t read more »
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Before your use your client's credit card for PPC, read this post, "PPC Philosophy, Credit Cards, Contracts, Procedures & Control." read more »
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Websites are often created to accommodate the needs and desires of the crowd. People will visit these sites or use them to get both information or entertainment.

When generating income online, view websites as virtual real estate: like physical b read more »
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Mailing lists, IM groups, stumbles, forum posts...do these aggressive schemes to maximize social media traffic actually work? Tim Nash & "caring slaves" (researchers) pour over site owner provided logs. read more »
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Marty brings us a recap of the SES Chicago panel on "SEM Pricing Models, How should you charge for SEM work?" read more »
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Shimon Sandler gives out a download of his “basic” PPC Performance Report in Excel format which has many self-calculating formulas within the cells. read more »
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Use these five questions during a phone screening to spot those few good ones in the big bowl of candidates and to save you from wasting your time. read more »
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There has been snarky public-speculation (among big SEO BABIES) that SES will magically IMPLODE. Icky sour-grapes and bad mouthing aside, Show organizers are working to grow Danny's pre-teen child to serve it's own industry niche'. read more »
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NAUGHTY BOY! "The secret? He won $19 million in the Florida lottery jackpot!" "She Googled to learn about winnings...suing him for $600,000...filing for a divorce." read more »
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Our great pal Andy is on a TEAR with RANT after RANT about GOOGLE. Read his latest scientific BITCH about the Google toolbar and personalized recommendations. This is very entertaining and phun 2 read :). read more »
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Cre8asite Forums is engaged in a fascinating dialog regarding the TRUE VALUE of social media traffic. read more »
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From the page: "Google is on a tear, that's for sure, but I see a few potholes ahead that the company could avoid but probably won't. Part of this stems from Google starting to look, in some ways, a bit like Microsoft. Uh-oh.

I think Google has i read more »
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Google's ads are paid for; its search results, supposedly, are untainted by commercial concerns. But French blog Zorgloob landed itself a screenshot that calls Google's purity into question. It shows what Google search results look like to a member read more »
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Anyone in for a flashback to 1996? read more »
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Oh, this is going to cause quite a stir, I'm sure, but Marty didn't pull punches with this knock on the A-listers. Gotta love it! read more »
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A great list put together by Lee Odden outlining basic steps that shouldn't be forgotten in search engine optimization. Great for in-house marketers wanting to stay on top SEO! read more »
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An excellent post by Tim, recently revamped explaining the ins and outs of SEO. Great reading material for those that have trouble explaining what you do for a living. read more »
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From ppcThink: Every Google AdWords account change can have DRAMATIC effects on spending, traffic, conversion rates, and profitability. Raising budget has it's perils. read more »
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Sorry people, you just have to read this.

As Brian would suggest on Copyblogger, Click here read more »
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USA TODAY-interviews SEM Experts, says Digg is the bomb.
"SAN FRANCISCO — People in the know are really digging Digg. Traffic rose about 330% to 5.6 million visitors in September, from 1.3 million the prior September." read more »
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Irrelevant Keywords? Unrelated Ad Copy? Useless Landing Pages? Google AdWords quality score rankings SPECIFICS NOW AVAILABLE in Webmaster Central. read more »
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