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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

Where can you find the best resources to help pass the AdWords certification exam? What factors should be taken into account when developing a new AdWords campaign? How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research? When is it time to drop or rewrite an underperforming ad?

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Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

How can you utilize rich media ads to take advantage of the coverage provided by Google's content network? Which AdWords reports are the most critical, and how you can take full advantage of the information they provide? How is AdWords Quality Score calculated, and how can you improve that score in your campaigns?

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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 7, 2009

While Google AdWords certainly isn't the only option for search engine marketing, it's by far the biggest. Search marketers need to get AdWords right before expanding campaigns to Yahoo! Even features unique to AdWords often "migrate" to other services over time, so search engine marketing (SEM) mastery begins with AdWords.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 5

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

How can you make a big splash in social media without a huge budget? Turn your social media contacts into leads, and ultimately customers? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the penultimate list of the best posts on social media marketing from the past year.

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Social Media ROI vs. RONI

WebMarketCentral

JULY 30, 2009

Understandably, as businesses begin to invest more marketing/PR dollars into social media, there is great concern over the ROI of these activities. Consider, for example, a tactic viewed by many marketers as extremely measurable: Google AdWords. Simple, right? Balderdash.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout? Can social media really increase revenue? What common mistakes should you avoid in social media marketing? Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year.

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

How can you make more efficient use of social media? What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? How can you optimize your use of social networking tools like Twitter and LinkedIn? 5 Daily Social Media Builders In Less Than 10 Minutes (Total!)

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. But what metrics are really most appropriate for social media measurement? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best posts on social media from this year.

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3 Reasons it's Tough to Measure the ROI of Social Media

WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Social media marketing is a hot topic, with 75% of marketers planning to initiate or increase social media use next year. With larger budgets and more time devoted to social media will come increased pressure to demonstrate ROI.

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Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on Google AdWords

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 24, 2008

This post focuses on interesting observations and helpful advice pertaining specifically to Google AdWords, the largest SEM platform. by Traffick Blogger Andrew Goodman provides the how and why of dynamic keyword insertion in AdWords, and why, though it's a powerful technique, it doesn't "always" work.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Social media, and discussions of its value for PR and marketing, have become ubiquitous. But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable? What's the best tool for social media research and learning? How can you explain the value of social media to skeptics?

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

How should you measure the impact of social media? What are some of the best free tools for monitoring social buzz about your brand or company? Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR.

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What's Next for B2B Social Media? FYIndOut Now

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 28, 2009

It's been obvious for some time that social media has an increasing role in b2b marketing , and that b2b companies will increasingly invest marketing dollars there as social media marketing practices become more standardized. How can b2b firms approach social media more strategically?

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Search Engine Marketing

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Finding Google AdWords Super Converter Keywords by MediaPost Online Media Daily Laurie Sullivan reports on an online presentation by AdGooroo founder Richard Stokes, in which he explained how to find "super converters"—combinations of keyword phrases, ad copy, and landing pages that align to produce "enormous profits."

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Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Among the ideas: looking at terms used by visitors in your site search box, gathering terms from offline conversations with customers and prospects, and checking tags clouds on social media sites. This is one tool that belongs on every SEO pro's list.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Cool Web Tools, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Consolidate your online profiles and social networking presence? Use social media more effectively for research? PeoplePond PeoplePond is a secure social profile site that can be connected to your Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts. Generate word-of-word referrals?

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Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 17, 2009

How does the increasing use of social media affect SEO efforts? Another excellent SEO post from Search Engine Land is The Evolving State Of Social Media & SEO. Social media works. What are the key signals of SEO quality on a website? What common SEO mistakes should you avoid, and what myths to dispel?

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Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

SEO Trends and the Future of SEO by SEO Theory In this extensive and thoughtful post, Michael Martinez discusses the impact of trends such as personalized search, universal search and social media, and advises SEO professionals to focus on optimizing for query spaces (all the queries and content relevant to a specific topic) in order to capture traffic (..)

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 2009

The prolific guest-blogger also contributed 10 Innovative Blog Business Models —a post detailing 10 methods beyond the obvious (AdWords) to monetize a blog, such as selling educational courses, eBooks, premium content, consulting services (hmm, that sounds familiar) and digital products. Do You Show Appreciation to Your Favorite Bloggers?

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Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 17, 2009

How about slick tools to creating a social media email signature or conducting a video chat session? WiseStamp This is a slick tool that enables you to easily create a graphical HTML social media email signature for use with most common webmail services (Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL, Hotmail etc.).

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Marketing Automation Update: Manticore VII Released

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Although the improved UI is the big change, the new version also adds integration with SalesForce.com for AdWords campaigns and improved lead generation capabilities. As many others have noted, the rise of social media and the explosion of online content has fundamentally altered the b2b sales process.

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips by Daily Blog Tips Daniel Scocco invited 30 bloggers to provide a key traffic-building tip and posts the list here, including recommendations from Sridhar Katakam : " Keep track of blogs and leave comments on them.

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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Content marketing within the realm of social media is extremely powerful, but it does have a downside. Example: “'The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.' Any time people are involved, there’s room for ugliness and stupidity." tags: Web 2.0 tags: Web 2.0

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Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

JULY 20, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

Which social media sites are most helpful for SEO? What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? Which factors do search engine algorithms weight most heavily in determining search position? How can you generate more clicks even when your site isn't in one of the top three spots in search results?

SEO

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Looking Back at 300: Top 10 Posts

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Of mostly historical interest now, from the early days of social bookmarking, before Mixx, Sphinn, Propeller and Twitter took off. #7: Social Tagging Sites , Part 4: B2B Traffic Building , May 15, 2007 The first post where I showed, quantitatively, how social media can accelerate traffic growth for both blogs and commercial websites. #6:

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4

WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

Bookmark this page and keep it near the top of your list. Another great post from Danny is The Beginner's Checklist for Learning SEO , a step-by-step guide to creating a well-optimized website.

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Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

Networking 101 – Building Relationships with Bloggers by Blogsessive Alina Popescu provides an invaluable roadmap for establishing relationships, starting with commenting on their blog and actively participating in the conversation, through connecting on social media sites, linking, contacting directly, and writing guest posts.

RSS

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 31, 2009

Learning for the 21st Century by Informal Learning Blog In this profound and beautifully crafted post, Jay Cross identifies what is broken in today's educational systems, particularly in workplace training, provide detail to back up his statement that "Most organisational learning is built on nineteenth-century principles, and these days that’s a formula (..)

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

Most of this is common sense (or at least should be): be careful about what you post on sites like your Amazon Wish List and Flickr , and don't ever give a social media site access to your email address book. 3 Reasons Why Purpose is Essential in Business by Words for Hire In this thought-provoking, almost spiritual post, Karen D.

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Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 3, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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Best of 2008: SEM Landing Pages

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 20, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

Landing Pages

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Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

MAY 4, 2009

How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? How should marketers and PR professionals adapt to the decline of traditional publishing and the rapidly increasing influence of social media? SEO social media interactive PR? tags: PR 2.0 tags: PR 2.0

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Best of 2007: Web 2.0 Sites

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Snitter Snitter is a small desktop application that makes it easy to keep up with those you are following on Twitter, a social networking site that lets you keep "followers" up to date on what you're up to, and stay in the loop on what they're doing. Like KickApps, Ning is a social networking platform. Ning Marketing 2.0

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Best of 2007: Web Analytics

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Previous articles in this series: Best of 2007: SEO Analysis Tools Best of 2007: SEO Keyword Research Tools Best of 2007: News Articles on Social Media Marketing Best of 2007: Blog Posts on Social Media Marketing Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on SEM Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on Google AdWords Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts (..)

Analytics

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How (and Why) to Do Lead Nurturing Right

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 4, 2009

Content marketing plays a key role in lead nurturing as well as a successful lead generation and social media strategy. It also sets you apart and builds credibility on the front-end of the buying cycle, making efforts from SEO to banner advertising and AdWords more effective and productive.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Twitter Tips and Tactics, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 28, 2009

What’s a Retweet?

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Best of 2007: Interactive PR

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

social bookmarking, new media relations, blogging, David Meerman Scott, The New Rules of Marketing & PR, 97th Floor Blog, Matt Siltala, PR Meets Marketing, Cece Salomon-Lee, Newsforce, TopRank Online Marketing Blog, Lee Odden, how to search optimize press releases del.icio.us tags: interactive PR, Web 2.0

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Best of 2007: Cool Online Tools

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MARCH 3, 2008

Sites ** technorati tags: Zamzar, Avantstar, Quick View Plus, David Berkowitz, TypePad Widget Gallery, Nabbit, SitePal, Avatars, Mitch Joel, Loren Baker, Search Engine Journal del.icio.us

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Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

SEO

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Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 3

WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

The Yin Yang of PR and SEO by Online Marketing Blog The ubiquitous, oblivious Lee Odden explains the symbiotic relationship between PR and SEO: PR tools and techniques (such as online press release distribution, social media relations and blogger outreach) build valuable links that help with your SEO efforts, while producing well-optimized, relevant (..)

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Best of 2007: Miscellaneous Marketing Stuff

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 5, 2008

Sites Best of 2007: Cool Online Tools ** technorati tags: white paper syndication, AdBlock Plus, Noam Cohen, Michael Estrin, SEO Scoop, DazzlinDonna, metasearch engines, Clusty, Kartoo, Myriad, Emily Bennington, HybridSEM, John Satter, Gord Hotchkiss, The Content Factor, Paul McKeon, B2B technology marketing del.icio.us

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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 2

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Best of 2008: AdWords Tips and Tactics

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Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 5

Social Media ROI vs. RONI

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 6

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 3

Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4

3 Reasons it's Tough to Measure the ROI of Social Media

Best of 2007: Articles and Blog Posts on Google AdWords

Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 2

Best of 2008: Social Media Optimization, Part 2

What's Next for B2B Social Media? FYIndOut Now

Best of 2009 (So Far): Search Engine Marketing

Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools

Top Blog Posts in First Three Years of WMC

Best of 2009 (So Far): Cool Web Tools, Part 2

Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 3

Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 2

Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 1

Best of 2008: Cool Web Tools, Part 1

Marketing Automation Update: Manticore VII Released

Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 3

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 2

Best of 2008: Amusing, Creative and Just Plain Odd, Part 1

Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 2

Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 5

Looking Back at 300: Top 10 Posts

Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 4

Best of 2008: Blogging for Business, Part 2

Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 1

Best of 2008: Strategy and Branding, Part 1

Best of 2008: SEM Landing Pages

Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 2

Best of 2007: Web 2.0 Sites

Best of 2007: Web Analytics

How (and Why) to Do Lead Nurturing Right

Best of 2009 (So Far): Twitter Tips and Tactics, Part 2

Best of 2007: Interactive PR

Best of 2007: Cool Online Tools

Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 2

Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 3

Best of 2007: Miscellaneous Marketing Stuff

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