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Category Archives: Online Marketing / SEO

  1. Unleash Your Shopping Cart – Increase Conversions & Exposure! March 25, 2010

    SearchSpring’s powerful features also include: Fuzzy Search, Auto Complete, Related Searches, as well as Synonyms. Synonyms help to fill gaps between your customers search queries and the keywords associated with your products and other searchable content.

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    Posted in Miva Merchant, Online Marketing / SEO.

  2. Focusing on Social Marketing Success December 29, 2009

    Social Marketing success story for Factory Direct Models in conjunction with The Future of Flight Aviation Center, Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air! Event sold out in less than a minute!

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    Posted in Online Marketing / SEO, Social Marketing.

  3. Writing for my website? I thought I was finished! December 9, 2009

    Author: James Sharp – Glendale Designs It amazes me how many websites are created each day! I’m not sure that anyone can tell how many new sites are actually posted daily, but one indicator would be the domain name registrations. Granted, you have new domain names, expired and transferred domain names. But to give you [...]

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    Posted in Online Marketing / SEO.

  4. “As the World Turns” – Twitter and 8 Ways to Do it Well November 24, 2009

    Social marketing is an essential tool to promote your business (or non-profit organization). Your customers expect it and even small businesses are increasingly entering the social media domain.

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    Posted in Social Marketing.

  5. Straight from Google – Which is better, HTML or XML Sitemap? October 22, 2009

    While the XML sitemap can help Google (and other search engines) help you find all important pages on your site, it is still better to ALSO have an HTML sitemap. The HTML sitemap will not only help search engines find all your pages, but actually make it easier for your site visitors, which are by far more important, to navigate through your site content and find what they are looking for quickly.

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    Posted in Google, Online Marketing / SEO.

  6. The Google Local Business Center September 23, 2009

    If you don’t already have a Google listing for your local business, you should most definitely add one. Simply go to…

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    Posted in Google, Online Marketing / SEO.

  7. Google doesn’t use the Keyword Meta Tag in Rankings September 23, 2009

    Finally we heard it from the horse’s mouth! Matt Cutts explains that Google does not use the keyword meta tag to determine ranking anymore in their core search results.

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    Posted in Google, Online Marketing / SEO.

  8. Matt Cutts – W3C Validation not a Ranking Factor in Google September 17, 2009

    Here we go – Matt Cutts explains why W3C validation should be used when developing any site (if at all possible, as sometimes it is not, depending on the browser) and also why Google doesn’t look at site/page validation when determining ranking…

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    Posted in Google, Online Marketing / SEO.

  9. Some companies and how they operate simply amaze me… buyer beware! September 17, 2009

    Web Design and Search Engine Optimization (SEO), seems to have its fair share of these suppliers, this is why we decided to provide you with a buyer beware article and let you make your own opinion on selecting a reputable company.

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    Posted in Online Marketing / SEO.

  10. Adding a Twitter Feed to any Web Page September 14, 2009

    This is a short tutorial, showing you how to add a live twitter feed to a static site (or any site for that matter).

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    Posted in Social Marketing, WordPress.

  11. Email Marketing made Easy! May 7, 2009

    AWeber Makes Email Marketing Easy! Quickly create and run your campaigns with powerful, easy-to-use email marketing tools. Whether you’re looking to get your first campaign off the ground, or you’re a seasoned veteran who wants to dig into advanced tools like detailed email web analytics, geo-targeting and broadcast split-testing, AWeber has what you need to [...]

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    Posted in Online Marketing / SEO.

  12. Why Email Marketing? March 25, 2009

    A guide to what, why and how businesses can grow their revenue and customer loyalty at incredibly low costs. What Is Email Marketing? Delivery of marketing communications to customers, partners, suppliers etc. via professionally designed emails. Newsletters Promotions/Coupons/Sales Service Announcements New Product Introductions Event Invitations …and more! Think of your client or partners email box [...]

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    Posted in Online Marketing / SEO.

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