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There has been a lot of buzz lately surrounding my venture, ShrinkTheWeb. We acquired funding and almost on the same day, we were reviewed at KillerStartups. In just 6 days, now we are the top ranked Startup thanks to webmasters like all of you Sphi read more »
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I've been building online businesses (i.e. web hosting, web design, online tools, niche marketplaces, niche technologies, etc) for over a decade.

Now, it seems my free service has the most potential. A new venture ranking system called "KillerSta read more »
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I have just discovered -after 3 months of lost time and income- exactly WHY many of my emails and those of some customers get tagged immediately as spam.

The answer might surprise you but there's an explanation and an easy fix. It just wasn't eas read more »
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Making money online is possible but it is so plagued with pitfalls and scammers that I am often discouraged.

This article highlights the reasons for a deteriorating marketplace as well as pitfalls to avoid. It then goes on to give helpful insight read more »
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In this post, I want to talk about the most often overlooked aspect of what is required to write content with strong potential on Digg (and the same principle applies to StumbleUpon, Reddit, or any other social media service you can imagine). read more »
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Armand Morin’s free report, “The Obvious Truth”, that accompanies his newest release, “Internet Marketing Explained”. Unabashedly simplistic seems to be the new stellar seller in information products. read more »
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I propose that we form a "social marketers club." I tried to do this back in 2001, but it was an idea before its time and ultimately failed to catch on. We can penalize spammers, have a shared marketing pool, and for put on social community events. read more »
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This post is short and to the point about the benefit derived from having keyword(s) in your domain name. read more »
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So for four weeks, David DiMartino ran one of our AdWords campaigns using DKI. The test was simple, he just created copies of every ad in the 200 keyword campaign, and inserted {KeyWord: } tags into the title of each copy. read more »
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There are tens of thousands of marketers practicing email marketing in the country, delivering promotional and/or informational messages to recipients on their subscriber lists. However, as a March 2006 WebSurveyor poll reveals, only 81% of these em read more »
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I finally broke down and researched my email delivery issues for some of my online businesses. Sadly, I now see that I've lost many tens of thousands of dollars from abandoned confirmations caused by "spam trap poisoning" and over zealous spam filte read more »
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Really simple but what if … you see nothing? What if you see only few links but ranking is too high for that apparently low link juice. read more »
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Email marketing has been around for over ten years now, so I wouldn’t consider it a relatively “new medium” for marketing. However, with all the technology available in today’s Web 2.0 online world, there are many new techniques and strategies you c read more »
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Great post for everybody did the job read more »
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The already wounded Ask.com has another horizon on the problem. Apparently there is now a class action lawsuit regarding failing to stop "click fraud" for their advertisers. I guess people really want their 8 cents per click back. I honestly hope th read more »
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I think these guys should spend more time drinking on Saturdays rather than conducting serious interviews divulging useful information about Stumbleupon.
This interview is important to reinforce why you shouldn't continually stumble the same sites. read more »
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A great post detailing 25 things an SEM/SEMM can do to tie up loose ends during a 2 hour window when their spouse has a "must see TV night".

What a great concept. Thanks for the chuckle! read more »
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Truly everyone has a good reason to hide their referrer(outranking their affiliate program for key terms, blackhat traffic, fear someone else will clone your site/copy your traffic source, or general paranoia). I’m going to approach this from a blac read more »
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A little bit of humor, secret messages and conspiracy theories can make the daily data slog less painful. read more »
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You can gain an unfair advantage over the competition with these four simple steps. Includes the custom 404 redirect. read more »
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Wendy Piersall puts together a great little primer on blog ad networks. From explaining the benefits of joining one to outlining more than a dozen essential questions to ask before signing a deal, this post is a must-read or anyone looking to moneti read more »
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