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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 1 by Search Engine Watch The prolific and always helpful Ron Jones steps through the basics of setting up a search marketing campaign, from sorting keywords into ad groups to identifying negative keywords to use. Is The Hype Over Google AdWords Quality Score Justified?

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APRIL 20, 2009

Once you've optimized the list of keywords in your search engine marketing campaign, tweaked the bids and crafted stellar ad text to bring visitors to your site, landing page design is critical to converting those visitors into sales or leads. Tags: Web Marketing.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Aaron Goldman over at MediaPost just posted his 10 Reasons Search Marketers Should Be Thankful. Search may not be recession-proof -links to a post Aaron wrote about a month ago where he provides research demonstrating how and why search marketing will remain strong through this downturn.

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MARCH 5, 2008

From advertising to white paper syndication to voicemail, here are a few of the best marketing-related newsletter articles and blog posts from 2007 that simply didn't fit into any other category. No highly targeted Google ads based on the search terms you've entered." No flashing whack-a-mole banners. We need a lot more crazy people."

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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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MAY 28, 2009

How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research? Discover those answers and more here in the final installment of the best posts on AdWords marketing from the past year. What factors should be taken into account when developing a new AdWords campaign?

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APRIL 14, 2009

How can you view your website the way search engines see it? How can you use free Google tools to benchmark your search marketing performance against your competition? Which URL shorteners work best? Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and sites for SEO tools.

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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! Search Marketing , MSN AdCenter or Ask SponsoredListings. Tags: Web Marketing.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Writing from the fall 2008 SMX East conference, Virginia Nussey relays the advice of several search experts—including Christine Churchill , Ariel Bardin and Marty Weintraub —on the next steps to take beyond basic keyword research.

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JUNE 30, 2009

Looking for the best career search websites? Specialty search engines? Resources to improve your Internet marketing skills? 10 Rules for Setting Your Internet Marketing Budget by Conversation Marketing In yet another of his many remarkable posts, Ian Lurie provides practical responses to the "It costs WHAT?!"

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JULY 20, 2009

Resources for starting a new business, ideas for naming that business, mistakes to avoid, lead generation strategies to embrace, how to apply some of Warren Buffet's wisdom to online marketing efforts.find all of that and more here in this final collection of the best posts on strategy and branding from the past year. What's in A Name?

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MARCH 30, 2009

And what does the future of search hold—according to Google? 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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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Search engine rap (oxymoronic, but true). Stupid marketing copy mistakes by iMedia Connection Christopher Richards provides an amusing tour of common mistakes made when ad copy strays, under categories such as "sloppy copy" and "beyond clich é." Search Engine Rap Battle Geeks + alcohol + rap = something you just have to see.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 23, 2009

Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it. In Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets , he gives away all the secrets of creating a website and search marketing program that effectively sells products and services.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Any type of marketing copywriting is a blend of art and science. Seven Building Blocks of a Destination Website: #6 Voice by Search Engine Guide The prolofic Stoney deGeyter explains how voice gives your website a unique personality, the different types of voice and examples of each: humorous, thoughtful, down-to-earth and others.

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JULY 14, 2008

The slowdown across some sectors of the economy is forcing B2B marketers to pull back on spending, yet continue to produce great results (or else). With that in mind, MarketingSherpa last week presented their Top 10 B-to-B Marketing FastFixes: How to Generate & Nurture More Qualified Leads. Here are the highlights from the webinar.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How does Google view search quality, from the inside? When, Why and How to Construct a Meta Description Tag by Search Engine Guide The ubiquitous Stoney deGeyter delves into the details behind the meta description tag, demonstrating how its value lies more in generating higher click-through rates than purely SEO.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

Local Search Ranking Presentation - SMX LoMo 2008 by Website Promotion Is Not Voodoo Will Scott , president of Search Influence, shares his presentation from the San Francisco for SMX Local Mobile event. His deck actually covers the organic search marketinging basics—keywords, content and links.

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JULY 6, 2009

They not only provided practical, helpful information for SEO's trying to optimize for dominant search engine but legitimized the entire practice as well. Redirects for SEOs by Search Engine People Shannon Hutcheson does an excellent job of dissecting why redirects are important and the relative value of different types of redirects.

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MARCH 19, 2009

11 Top WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have by Yoast tweaking websites Internet strategist Joost de Valk details some of his favorite plugins for functions like feed management ( FeedBurner ), rearranging pages ( pageMash ) and internal search ( Search Excerpt ). 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.7

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 29, 2008

No problem, I thought; knock out a keyword list, crank out a few ads, test a couple of different landing pages, keep an eye on things to weed out the bum search phrases and keep bids in line, piece of cake. Once I'd cleaned out the unsuitable search terms, the campaign started humming like the V8 in my `66 Ford. Leave everything to me."

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MAY 4, 2009

How should marketers and PR professionals adapt to the decline of traditional publishing and the rapidly increasing influence of social media? How do PR, SEO and social media work together to build name recognition and credibility for a company? What are the best (and worst) practices in interactive PR? SEO social media interactive PR?

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APRIL 6, 2009

Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008. Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008. How does social media relate to SEO?

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JUNE 17, 2009

LookupPage lets you create an optimized personal profile that, in most cases, will show up very highly on the major search engines, helping you to "own" valuable first-search-page real estate for your name. Exalead An alternative search engine, Exalead may not be a "Google killer" but does provide some interesting features.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

What tactics are most effective at driving increased search traffic? Titus Hoskins has compiled a useful list of 10 factors to include in SEO projects, from the basic content /keywords / links to taking advantage of Google Webmaster Tools , article marketing and building traffic hubs within your site structure.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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. Domains for SEO and Reputation Management by Search Engine Journal Loren Baker describes how to use a.tv Take Advantage of.TV

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Want to know how to write more effective marketing and sales copy? Then read on—you'll discover these answers and more in the blog posts reviewed here, some of the best of 2008 on writing great sales and marketing copy. Avoid common grammar and usage mistakes that diminish the impact of your writing? Combat dreaded "writer's block"?

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AUGUST 25, 2008

Search the web from a cool 3D interface, using any popular search engine? Testing the Quintura Site Search Widget by Pandia Search Engine News Quintura is an alternative search engine developed in Russia, based on semantic technology. Turn your computer into an alarm clock?

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MARCH 3, 2008

My Search Engines Blogger David Berkowitz provides an excellent list of specialized search engines to help monitor buzz, find content within blogs, research websites, and find images, video clips and people. A free trial of the software is available here.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

How to Prioritize Your Optimization by GrokDotCom Interactive marketing guru and best-selling author Bryan Eisenberg maps SEO priorities against Abraham Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs. It's almost like a syllabus for your own self-paced interactive marketing guru course. Learning SEO and SEM - Where to Start?

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JUNE 3, 2009

Why do corporate marketing departments often seem so chaotic—and how can they operate more like a well-oiled machine? What do sales people need from marketing when launching a new product? Read about all of this and more in some of the best articles and blog posts from the last year on marketing strategy and branding.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Getting more out of those expensive marketing conferences? Meeting the biggest challenges in b2b marketing head-on? Increase ROI From Marketing Conferences by TopRank Online Marketing Blog Lee Odden provides an outstanding guide to making the most of marketing conferences. Then you're in the right place!

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MAY 18, 2009

Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Top 10 Business Applications for Facebook by Duct Tape Marketing Of the 1,000+ Facebook apps built thus far, only a very small number—perhaps a couple of dozen or so—have value for B2B marketers and PR pros.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

How Internet marketing is like a ruptured disc. In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as "Vertical Search. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang running an ad agency. Bizarre yet real images on the web. What do all of these things have in common?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

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. In Facebook Adding 'Fan' Pages To Public Search Listings , Mark Walsh of MediaPost provides additional detail on this announcement and its implications for marketers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

A number of new social networking, social search, social bookmarking, and other Web 2.0-related Ning Marketing 2.0 The Marketing 2.0 The Marketing 2.0 It's also one of the most effective sites for driving marketing-related blog traffic. tags: social networking, social search, social bookmarking, Web 2.0,

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

But what sets Nabbit apart, and makes it interesting to both b2b and b2c marketing professionals, is the tool's ability to serve as a platform for integrated advertising campaigns. Many companies now have a traditional marketing group, a digital group, a mobile group and a social network group. Tags: General Marketing.

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