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If you are looking for a particular video, an old friend from high school, or the perfect handbag, a niche search engine can help. They can make life even better if you can use them in a pinch. read more »
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Twitter is a fun Web 2.0 communications tool that allows users to deliver quick messages of 140 characters or less. Twitter has become more than a communication tool — it's a source of angry, funny and awkward messages that would be sometimes best l read more »
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While many people see YouTube as a fun and mindless distraction, the fact is that it's really quite useful. The video site is full of educational tools for just about anyone, webmasters included. These 100 videos for webmasters include clips with su read more »
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I want to see how many ripples this pebble can cause - let's use our marketing experience for something good! read more »
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Do you know this man?

We all know social media is powerful - But how powerful? We want to find out so we have set up a test. This test involves making a video offering $100 to a random stranger pulled from a random social media profile. The catch read more »
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From the article: "Guest blogging rules. No shit Sherlock… I hear you saying. There are literally tonnes of articles out there already promoting the benefits of guest blogging... Yet despite all the guest blogging banter, I am yet to come across a c read more »
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"I can’t remember the make or model of the automobile. I don’t care who the woman is behind the wheel. What I remember and giggle to myself about is that she asks if your car turns you on.

Well, hell yes. Thanks for noticing!" read more »
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Every day, social media consultants pull off very successful social marketing campaigns for clients as well as for their own sites. But often when those less experienced with this fairly new type of marketing try and pull off similar feats, they end read more »
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If your Web site gets great traffic but no sales or sign-ups to back it up, it's time to take a good, hard look at it. Follow these tips to make your Web site more friendly to customers and encourage better conversion rates. read more »
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Compiling an ultimate list of dads and husbands that are using twitter. If you're not on the list, leave a comment or send a tweet to get added. read more »
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Perhaps one of the most powerful ways of exposing your writing to a new group of people is to put some of your best content on other peoples blogs - and not your own.

While it might seem a little odd to put your best posts on another person’s blo read more »
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Once you actually get the chance to look through the actual tools that you’ll need to run an affiliate site, however, you’ll see that it’s fairly straightforward. This article has listed 75+ free online tools you’ll need to get your own affiliate si read more »
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WTF: Nobody Else Sphunn It...GO FIGURE :) I sent it to my mom...she thought it was cool beans. read more »
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Here is a rarely used method for helping you gain better search engine rankings for relevant keywords. It is a simple method of looking at the “Top Search Queries” section and picking some posts on your blog, that with just a little push can have se read more »
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Del.icio.us is not quite as big and overpopulated as Digg, so it offers nearly a perfect combination of easy entry and gameability. Here we'll discuss a number of strategies you can use to dominate del.icio.us and see a massive influx of traffic and read more »
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Once upon a time directories provided value to webmasters who were either looking to get new sites indexed or increase their site's link popularity or both. Now I am seeing a trend where directories are not as helpful in these two areas as they once read more »
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Selling social media to clients can sometimes be a tricky matter.

Brian has a little fun with this short, but to the point post...

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(spoken like Dick Vatale) Who's GOING? It's SMX WEST baby! Danny Sullivan (The folks who bring us Sphinn...gotta support em'), NEW Google Groove, Rand Fishkin, Chris Sherman, wine, SUSHI BABY! I KNOW you read Sphinn...I KNOW you're out there! read more »
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It's common that bloggers often run out of steam as energy levels begin to diminish and the time commitment takes its toll. Here are 8 recovery options for the burnt out blogger. read more »
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This article is about effective online advertising techniques for realtors. A real estate expert and her marketing team took it to the next level. I said before you have to sell through a computer screen...this is how you do it in real estate. read more »
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WordPress is the most advanced platform for blogging. Yet it's robust enough to handle content management on traditional websites as well. And what's great about it is there are literally thousands of free themes to give your site the look you want. read more »
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Aaron states: "I think conferences are great for coming up with business ideas and making meaningful friendships and business relationships, and I would not have as many opportunities as I have now unless I went to many conferences back in the day. read more »
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2 days ago I wrote a post on why I dislike 95% of “expert” SEOs. Many “expert” SEOs naturally disagreed and a small shit storm erupted. I understand people feel passionate about their profession and I am welcoming you to a open debate this Tuesday o read more »
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Lots of people are talking about social, viral and word-of-mouth marketing. Yet it all boils down to one thing - make it easy for people to tell their friends about you. read more »
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Shoemoney shares his thoughts on work life balance and what that has meant for his family as well as his career. This interview gives some insight in Shoe's life away from making money online. read more »
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SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
SMX China - September 23 & 24, 2008
SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24, 2008
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SMX London - November 4 & 5, 2008