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Too many blogs out there are overly concerned about how to earn money off of their blogs. Loss of focus is omnipresent. People should read this and see the other part of the coin. Might be an eye opener. read more »
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"It’s been said many times, including by me, that one of the flaws of social media marketing is that the resulting traffic is short-lived. That short-term nature of social media traffic is one of the biggest reasons that social media marketing is of read more »
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A link building post inspired by a directory that had a pop up advertisement that appeared during submission. I delete these types of directories immediately. read more »
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Some tips for those who think social media requires too much time to bother. read more »
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SEO and SEM are challenging tasks for B2B companies, particularly in industries such as Manufacturing and Industrial Technology. Here are 7 examples of how these types of companies can increase leads and revenue through creative search engine market read more »
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Mod_rewrite is an Apache module that can be accessed from .htaccess files to perform all kinds of complicated URL manipulation. The main mod_rewrite function, RewriteRule, is powered by regular expressions. For the purposes of this tutorial, though, read more »
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Tips for small bloggers to help them compete against bigger blogs in terms of attention from social media. read more »
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Bits O' NewMedia has officially made the transformation into Mirificam Press. The task of creating a new design that fit the personality and direction of the blog ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated. I'd like to kick off the new sit read more »
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If you’re a blogger who is trying to make money by selling ad space, chances are you have read some tips from others about how to attract and retain advertisers. Steven gives you 9 points in this post which will help you make more money from your bl read more »
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This post looks at the issue of whether a blogger should create content specifically to target social media users. read more »
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In this post Steven Snell looks at 5 ways that bloggers can quickly gain tremendous exposure without social media, and without paying for any advertising. Just like social media, these methods won’t be for everyone either, but you may find something read more »
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A look at the challenge of getting social media users to visit more than one page on your site. read more »
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Whilst social media has been incredibly valuable for helping me to grow my blog over the past year, I think it is also critical to understand its boundaries. Here are 10 limitations of social media... read more »
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Tips for breaking through advertising blindness. read more »
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This posts looks at the reasons for creating posts specifically to target social media audiences and it covers the approach that I currently use. read more »
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Social networking is obviously very popular online today. Unlike general networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, there are a number of smaller networks that focus on professionals and businesses. These sites can be an excellent place to gain som read more »
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Relying too heavily on social media traffic is pretty easy for bloggers to do. If you have some time to work on your blog you can go after social media and maybe see a few thousand visitors within 24 hours, or you can work on developing some other t read more »
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With an undisputed command of the search engine market and a jaw-dropping stock price, no one can dispute Google’s dominance online. But this success didn’t come by accident—it was achieved by a collection of important marketing strategies that rein read more »
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Adding a print stylesheet to your website will make your pages look good on and off the web. This article is a guide to the ins and outs of building a stylesheet for print. read more »
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A list of highly important habits and traits highly prolific bloggers posses. read more »
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A happy client is a pleasure to have, but an ecstatic one is even better. When you go above-and-beyond to wow your clients, they can become a wellspring of repeat business. They’ll refer new customers to you, and publicly reinforce your reputation read more »
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"Some bloggers use social media to boost traffic and draw links, but they write off the opportunity to gain subscribers through social media as being unrealistic. While it’s true that social media users are typically less likely to subscribe than th read more »
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Darren Rowse, Problogger.net, promoted the AdSense book by Joel Comm without doing any due diligence in checking out any possible issues with the product. He included his affiliate URL in the post and as such, in my mind promoted underhanded marketi read more »
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5 for Friday, presented by Bits O' NewMedia, is a weekly list of the most useful web design links in the blogosphere. read more »
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This post analyzes some of the differences between the average Digg user and the typical user of a niche social media site, like Sphinn, as well as how this applies to marketers/bloggers. read more »
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