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Having a clear and strong opinion about things, and expressing it on your blog, however, can be equally (if not more) effective for generating traffic and buzz. Yet very few people use this style. I wonder why. read more »
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Brought to you by the same manic-depressiveness that generated 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore. Here are 17 internet marketing things I will not write about: read more »
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Gab Goldenberg shares two creative and effective link building tips: consider geography and keyword misspellings when researching link prospects. read more »
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Rand and I posted a relatively amusing piece of linkbait on Tuesday night. Little did we realise that we were about to take over the top ten most searched for phrases at Google. read more »
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With the growing use of Google and Yahoo News, optimizing press releases have been an easy way to gain prominent visibility in the short term and in some cases, long term visibility in standard search engines. read more »
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It's tempting to offer stuff for free to lure in customers. And it can work (sometimes). Overused, it'll actually lead to unhappy customers, not happy ones. Here's how my family's new pets re-taught me this lesson. read more »
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Blog subscribers are one of those key measurements that many people use to evaluate the value of a blog. But what’s the real value of a blog subscriber? I think there’s really one key value of a subscriber that you might not think about as often a read more »
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Hopefully, we're over wondering what the point of Twitter is and we can move on to how, exactly, using it or other social media can be good for business. Sometimes the biggest obstacle is just wrapping your head around something. read more »
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Paul Stamatiou, a student at Georgia Tech University, and some of his classmates have written an academic paper on Twitter as an online community. read more »
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Do you think social media is either Facebook and/or MySpace, and that’s it? When I was recently chatting with a friend in the industry I mentioned I do social media consulting, he replied, “Oh, so you do Facebook?” Well, fortunately for all of us, s read more »
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Here is a 10 minute and 46 second flash video about how SEO is becoming less mechanical and more social. So far we have about a half dozen members only videos like this one...I am trying to make about one new one each week. read more »
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When I asked my Twitter followers why they loved twitter over 100 of them responded in just a couple of hours. This video is a collection of their answers. read more »
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Many blogs are filled with fluff just in the name of sticking to a posting schedule. This post outlines several kinds of blog posts that provide value both to your readers and to you as a blogger. I explain the benefits of each one and suggest when read more »
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A good blogger doesn’t turn out over night. You see no one’s born wise and all-knowing, every individual has to walk his own path and learn the ropes on his own. read more »
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In recent weeks I’ve come across three SEO tools that I’ve found to be very useful. Here is a look at each of these (free) tools. read more »
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I wanted to be an editor or a journalist… but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. read more »
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How much is a Twitter account with nearly 1,500 followers worth? Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron wants to find out, and launches a publicity stunt that will spark a debate about trust and privacy: He’s selling his Twitter account, including the foll read more »
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If you appreciate Darren's work at ProBlogger, pay it forward and give this post a Sphinn! read more »
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Andrew Baron must be pretty hard up for money. He is selling his twitter account on eBay. It has 1400 followers. read more »
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I tried this method before and it worked quite well. Overall I got around 300K legit views, no paid to surf whatsoever. All I did was to use StumbleUpon. Most of you may say that’s normal, to get a couple hundred thousand views from Social bookmarki read more »
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In the mood to waste your day away? Here are some bullet-proof techniques that will help you to throw away every productive second. read more »
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Here are a few things to keep us in check. Sometimes you need to look at your habits on a basic level before you go out and buy that Mercedes SL65 AMG...unless you're buying it for me. read more »
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I have to strongly disagree with Technorati's recent forced upgrades. I dislike strong-arming tactics like this, and think it's dangerous, for several reasons. At the risk of voicing a potentially unpopular opinion, I feel strongly that this needs t read more »
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It’s a free ebook by Hunter Nuttall - not your typical ebook about blogging but a simple guide with plenty of areas of blogging to chew over. Oh, and it can be read in 10 minutes! read more »
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JohnCow.com is a widely known and popular MMO blog. Ever since the blog launched on the first of July 2007, it has hit the ground running and within just a few months its build up a very recognizable name within the make money online niche. It would read more »
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