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JANUARY 28, 2013

With its progression of benignly named yet ferocious algorithm updates (Farmer, Panda, Penguin), Google continues, in its efforts to battle webspam, to confound and make life more difficult for legitimate SEO professionals and their clients as well. Fortunately, there are a large and growing number of tools available to help SEO practitioners adapt and carry on their valiant efforts to help Google bring the most relevant (usually anyway) results to the top.

Keywords 208

Keywords Research SEO Tools 208

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JANUARY 27, 2013

Guest post by Megan Totka. The benefits of social media are clear: huge outreach, easy to use, low cost and (assumed) high ROI, not to mention a wide variety of options. In no way would I recommend anyone stop using social media as a marketing tool. In fact, I’m a huge advocate of it. But after months or even years of use, you will likely learn, there are a lot of things to hate about these websites; that even though it’s become an essential marketing channel, social media still sucks.

Social Media 175

Social Media Media Facebook Planning 175

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Guest post by Athena Newton. If you were to do a Google search for some of the top social networking sites , you’ll almost certainly stumble across a news story concerning privacy issues with user data. Though membership continues to grow for companies like Facebook, 2012 hasn’t been kind to the social giants when it comes to what they’re doing with all of our personal data and facts about ID theft online.

Privacy Policies 182

Privacy Policies Social Networks Privacy Opt-out 182

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JANUARY 7, 2013

As noted here previously, with more than 90% of high-value buying decisions now starting with online research, it’s imperative for companies to be “everywhere” online when buyers are looking for information about what they offer. Web presence optimization (WPO) is the art and science of maximizing online visibility. It’s a super-set of SEO, encompassing owned, earned and paid media, or presence.

Optimization 184

Optimization Tools PR Paid Search Agency 184

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JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. Today’s most effective marketers are optimizing content across channels, coordinating search and social marketing activities with traditional PR, and measuring their web presence and performance with sophistication.

Paid Content 219

Paid Content Stats Social Media Paid Search Agency 219

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JANUARY 9, 2013

January is a great time to take a step back from day-to-day tactics and ask the Big Questions; or in cliché form, to look at the forest rather than the trees. Who are (really) your best customers? Why do they (really) buy from you? How has the way buyers in your market make procurement decisions changed? How can your organization utilize social networking principals and tools to improve operations across departments?

Marketing Budget 193

Marketing Budget Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Enterprise Management 193

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JANUARY 15, 2013

As noted in 21 (of the) Best Facebook Guides, Tools and Rants of 2012 So Far a few months back, Facebook remains the 800-pound gorilla of the social networking world. It’s now exceeded one billion users, and as noted below, 80% of all businesses maintain an active Facebook presence. But its incessant changes, moves to charge brands and celebrities for exposure they’ve become accustomed to getting for free, and possibly even (gasp!

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Stats Facebook Best Practices Mobile Advertising 193