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JULY 1, 2009

Conceptually the site is a bit like Social Media Today and other targeted content portals, though it's the first (that I'm aware of at least) focused specifically on providing information for B2B marketers. The site is designed to make it easy for visitors to navigate to specific content, and drives traffic for member bloggers.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

There's lots more red meat for web analytics data junkies as well. These include duplicate content, lack of keyword research, ignoring link building, and.read her post ! Among his findings: organic search is the source of both the highest volume and best quality of traffic. Social traffic (e.g.

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MARCH 6, 2009

25 Design Best Practices for Your Small Business Web Site by Search Engine Watch Carrie Hill provides a helpful list of website design tips such as installing analytics software right away, using at least 250 words per page whenever possible, keeping contact forms simple, and using H1-6 tags, bold text and text links strategically for SEO.

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APRIL 7, 2009

Here are a few of the best blog posts about AdWords from last year, covering topics such as getting results from the content network, using the conversion optimizer, and reporting. In another very helpful post, Gordon explains how AdWords' content network site and category exclusion works.

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JULY 21, 2009

First, in How to score the coveted retweet , Reid Carr offers some concise but helpful advice on forming relationships on Twitter and producing content worthy of being retweeted—endorsed and passed along by other twitterers to their followers. What type of content should b2b marketers be trying to promote on Twitter?

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MAY 4, 2009

In Newt's words, "if your PR strategy is driven with a customer focus that is backed up by a rich set of customer-centric content, you will generate news." SEO social media interactive PR? tags: PR 2.0 SEO social media interactive PR? SEO social media interactive PR? SEO social media interactive PR?

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MAY 18, 2009

How can you create effective online video content on a budget? In another helpful guest post on the topic of business video, Kate Morris offers tactics for "produce quality videos that spread," such as producing content that is relevant to your product or service and using a broad variety of media (not just online) to promote your content.

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MARCH 3, 2008

Here's a list of interesting and useful tools to help you convert files, find content, promote your blog, and add content to your website, among other activities. File conversion tools Still running Office 2003, but need to convert the new XML-based formats from Office 2007 so you can read and work with them?

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Tools Best Practices Web 2.0 Digg 20

WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 23, 2009

There are still some specialized skills required—it certainly helps to have some background in online marketing, web analytics and HTML coding—though King's clear and concise prose removes a lot of the mystery. King's book makes it possible for any business to improve its online performance. Or at least almost any business.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Is content really king for SEO? As It Turns Out, Content Is King by Court's Internet Marketing School Correcting an earlier post entitled "Content Has Never Been The King," the author notes that "If your site doesn’t have quality content, a Google search engineer can crush it with a simple push of a button.

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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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MARCH 23, 2009

SEO Copywriting Tools and Resources by Internet Marketing Blog Following up on his earlier post about 10 favorite free keyword tools , Frank Levert presents eight "free online SEO copywriting tools and resources that can help you write content with more style and vocabulary," including Readability Test (a tool to help determine if you've written at (..)

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AUGUST 24, 2009

The Steven Wright Guide to Content Marketing by Copyblogger Brian Clark uses a series of one-liners from the inimitable comedian Steven Wright to illustrate his thesis that copy matters when writing blog posts, white papers, web copy or anything else you hope will be read and acted upon. tags: Web 2.0

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MAY 11, 2009

The 3 Cornerstones of SEO by SEOmoz Duncan Morris recommends explaining SEO to prospective clients using a simple triangular diagram to show the three core areas of SEO: content (on-page factors), technical issues and trust (links and ratings).

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APRIL 6, 2009

Discover Niche Social Networking by I'm Blogging That An organized plan for maximizing traffic to your blog from social media sites, from using search and monitoring to find the most relevant niche social media sites for your blog and connecting with top users through submitting content and evaluating results.

Social Media 20

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MARCH 5, 2008

The Five Biggest White Paper Mistakes by The Content Factor Paul McKeon details the most common mistakes made in authoring white papers, including overselling, poor formatting and lack of illustrations. That's every 14.4 Interesting concept. A short but useful reminder, particularly for B2B technology marketers.

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JULY 6, 2009

In this post, Brandon Falls briefly explains the purpose and content of the guide. Among the myths flayed here: duplicate content isn't that big of a deal, although webmasters should "make it easy for us (Google) to find the preferred version;" XML sitemaps harm your rankings (quite the opposite!);

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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

TopNetPix Billed as " an aggregator of the best sites, the best content and the best search results on the Web," TopNetPix brings together an extraordinary amount of news, blog and shopping content and enables you to create your own customized portal containing the web parts you find most interesting and useful. The Marketing 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Take advantage of new tools to raise your own profile by commenting on existing content? Attract lots of targeted Twitter followers in a short time? Turn your social media contacts into leads, and ultimately customers?

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

In the real world, however, SEOs are often called in to optimize an existing site, after all of the URLs are created, the navigation is already in place and all of the content is written. First, generate a list of keywords based on the content of each page. Compile an initial keyword list This involves two independent activities.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

His deck actually covers the organic search marketinging basics—keywords, content and links. His tips include using news monitoring tools to react to new developments quickly; taking a stand on a controversial issue within your industry; and creating linkworthy content (glossaries, reviews, advice, tools, assets, news, etc.).

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JULY 14, 2008

Start by looking in your analytics program to identify the top phrases prospects are using to find you. Optimize Ads for Content and Search MarketingSherpa recommends setting up completely separate accounts for search and content network ads. At the very least, keep the two in separate campaigns.

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing 20

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

While his focus is on television commercials (b2c), the tactics he outlines work equally well for video content produced by b2b enterprises. Take Advantage of.TV Domains for SEO and Reputation Management by Search Engine Journal Loren Baker describes how to use a.tv domain to enhance your company's web presence.

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JUNE 4, 2006

By not only capturing the interest of prospects, but changing the terminology of an entire industry, Salesforce.com has clearly done an outstanding job of branding.

Enterprise Management 20

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2008

It's helpful if you just think about which words people would use to search for your content. If the resume is sloppy, you're not going to get interviewed for the job. SEO is sort of like tweaking your resume. If you're writing something about Mount Everest, for example, people are probably going to look for 'How high is Mount Everest?'.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Content Marketing: How do you write to entertain readers? I even have our website on my vehicle," and Mark Alves : " Participate in Yahoo Answers and LinkedIn Answers where you can demonstrate your expertise, get associated with relevant keywords and put your URL out there."

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Improving Web Site Traffic: Miscellaneous Techniques by PromotionWorld Rob Wood offers 10 ideas for increasing traffic to your business website, from creating a "what's new" page where you can post fresh content to adding articles and incorporating site search.

Paid Content 20

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Best Practices Advertising Agencies 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

This can help identify and eliminate issues with crawling, duplicate content and other factors.

SEO 20

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 22, 2008

Through Analytics, it knows how much traffic the company's website gets, where the traffic comes from, which pages get visited most frequently, and who is visiting those pages. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Google position of Wikipedia pages once Knol is launched , no?

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

A sophisticated yet free analytical tool for optimizing your CRM implementation? Social media analytics? Sprout Builder In their own words, Sprout Builder is "a visual authoring studio that allows creative professionals to quickly and easily create branded, rich-media content and widgets." Low-cost video production?

Enterprise Management 20

Enterprise Management Tools Marketing Management Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Marketing automation / demand generation software enables marketers to build microsites and use content marketing to capture leads and nurture them through the buying process. downloading a file, clicking a link in an email) to provide relevant content; No limit on the size or number of visits permitted to microsites.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

31 content tips and ideas for your B2B email newsletter by Email Marketing Reports Email marketer Mark Brownlow delivers a huge list of tips on both how to generate content ideas (top tips, case studies, reviews, predictions, "best of" lists.hmm, that sounds oddly familiar) and how to manage content (keep a folder, develop reserve content, etc.).

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Or one to help you find just the right word, or submit content to all of your favorite social networking sites at once, or grab screen images, or test landing pages, or instantly perform special searches on Google? Need a tool to help you collaborate with colleagues online? How about one to automatically create animated GIFs?

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