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MARCH 30, 2009

Is content really king for SEO? What SEO common mistakes do even experienced consultants sometimes make? Which resources are best for accelerating your SEO learning curve? Get the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and articles about SEO from the last year.

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SEO Best Practices Copywriting Internet Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The posts below, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of keyword research for SEO, provide guidance and reviews of efficacious tools to help throughout the process of generating a comprehensive keyword list; analyzing the competition; and prioritizing keywords to generate maximum ROI from SEO efforts.

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Keywords SEO Tools Adwords 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

Unless you are optimizing only for some extremely niche keywords, off-page optimization—building links from other websites to yours—is a critical and significant factor for SEO success. Instead of page and after page of marketing copy, provides news, advice, assets and opportunities for interaction.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Dainow advises web marketers to ignore total site traffic and focus on conversions. On the other hand, long term, regular activities such as monthly newsletters, blogs , and SEO activities produce less dramatic but more sustainable traffic growth, which generally corresponds more reliably with sales growth as well.

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Analytics Landing Pages Blast Campaigns PPC 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 23, 2009

Any type of marketing copywriting is a blend of art and science. Here are some tools, tips and guidance for crafting more effective and compelling web copy, from among the best articles and blog posts on web and SEO copywriting from last year. You can make great stuff happen with great writing and a lousy web site.

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Copywriting SEO Best Practices Internet Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How can you optimize SEO benefits from internal link building? What key weapon in the SEO arsenal do many companies overlook? Read on for all of this and much else in some (more) of the best articles and blog posts written about SEO to date this year. Cheap SEO: it's about quality, not price by Internet Business U.K.-based

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 1, 2008

Again, there have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written on SEO already this year that I'm trying to get a jump on 2009. So here are several more of the best SEO-related pieces from 2008 thus far. It's almost like a syllabus for your own self-paced interactive marketing guru course.

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SEO SEM Best Practices Buzz 20

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. ROI Is Dead by StraightUpSearch This post suggests that marketers should focus on a different ROI when calculating the value of social media efforts: "return on insight." What’s In Your Social Media Toolkit?

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 13, 2008

How can you use pay-per-click (PPC) advertising intelligence to improve organic SEO? Where should you apply direct marketing methods to your website? What challenges lie ahead for PPC marketers? What critical intelligence can be gained from PPC analytics? and "Apply Your PPC Intelligence to SEO."

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Search Engine Marketing Paid Content Search Marketing PPC 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 14, 2008

In my continuing effort to clean out my bookmarks and stay ahead of the game for the Best of 2008 series in January, here are a dozen of the most linkworthy articles and posts on search engine marketing so far this year. SEO and SEM Shortcuts, Spying and Stats to Dominate Google! Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter.

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Search Engine Marketing Search Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency 20

WebMarketCentral

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. Copywriting: 7 Ways To Trigger Emotions by Self SEO After stating "all human beings buy on emotion.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Keep your search marketing program growing? Discover the answers to these questions and others here in some of the best posts on search engine marketing (so far) this year. What's the real the optimal cost per lead for your SEM program? How can you improve conversion rates?

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Search Engine Marketing Search Marketing Adwords SEM 20

WebMarketCentral

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. clutter) from good (a clear call to action among other attributes).

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WebMarketCentral

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. A short but useful reminder, particularly for B2B technology marketers. No flashing whack-a-mole banners. We need a lot more crazy people."

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Best Practices Web 2.0 Paper SEM 20

WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 8, 2008

With the economy now officially in a recession (as if we didn't know that), marketers are under increasing pressure to do more with less. On the interactive marketing side, few marketers will get budget increases enabling them to drive more clicks. One answer to this challenge is provided by "post-click marketing," a.k.a.

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WebMarketCentral

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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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

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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Design Marketing Websites Best Practices Microsite 20

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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WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

Discover those answers and more here in the final installment of the best posts on AdWords marketing from the past year. How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research?

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Adwords Tactics Tips PPC 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Use Facebook fan pages to help with SEO? 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. 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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LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Signs that you need a break from SEO. 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." Poking fun at Web 2.0 naming conventions. How not to use PowerPoint. Clueless tech support.

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Web 2.0 Creativity Copywriting Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

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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Marketing & Strategy Brand Identity Branding Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

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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Creativity Paid Search Agency Best Practices Adwords 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

How can online video help with SEO and online reputation management ? 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. Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout?

Social Media 20

Social Media Optimization Media Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2008

After being part of a team launching a company this week and four new website design projects, plus my "regular" work of helping clients achieve superior online and offline marketing results, I need a short vacation getaway for some family time. So, the blog will take a brief time out.

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SEM PR Database Marketing Social Networks 20

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? blogging and SEO). SEO social media interactive PR?

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PR Best Practices Blogger Copywriting 20

WebMarketCentral

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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Brand Identity Branding Marketing & Strategy Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2009

7 Tips When Using WordPress As CMS by Rubiqube Blogger Adrian Diaconescu follows up on his earlier WordPress CMS tutorial with this list of helpful tips for SEO, navigation and design. 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.7 by Technosailor Noting that the WordPress 2.7

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Blogspot Tips Tools Best Practices 20

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! Search Marketing , MSN AdCenter or Ask SponsoredListings. tags: Google AdWords, search engine marketing, SEM, Yahoo!

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Adwords Tactics Tips SEM 20

WebMarketCentral

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.

Social Media 20

Social Media Web 2.0 iCrossing Optimization 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

15 Rules for Business Bloggers by Conversation Marketing The brilliant and often very funny Ian Lurie offers up his list of "rules" for writing a successful business blog, such as "Take the B.S. Can you come up with three things to write that won't include one shred of marketing B.S. about your organization?

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RSS Best Practices Business Blogger 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? Find those answers and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts about social media marketing from the last year. How can you optimize your use of social networking tools like Twitter and LinkedIn?

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LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

How does social media relate to SEO? Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008. Online Reputation Management with Video SEO by Search Marketing Standard Grant Crowell explains why video is a powerful component of reputation management (e.g.,

Social Media 20

Social Media Optimization Digg Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 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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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

TopRank Best List of RSS Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog and Feed by TopRank Online Marketing Blog An outstanding list of blog directories, RSS and ping sites to help spread the fame of your blog. There are a few dead links in here and a few service with strange terms of use, but most of these links are active and useful.

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RSS Best Practices Business Blogger 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

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?!" Specialty search engines? The story behind LOLcats? Find music online?

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Marketing Budget Classified Ads Best Practices Budget Programs 20

WebMarketCentral

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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