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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I recently did a little test to determine whether Twitter or LinkedIn was more effective at driving traffic to a few specific posts on this blog. tags: Twitter LinkedIn b2b blog traffic retweets LinkedIn groups icerocket tags: Twitter LinkedIn b2b blog traffic retweets LinkedIn groups Contact Tom Pick: tomATwebmarketcentralDOTcom.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

According to this post on Workz.com , blogging "has risks that should not be ignored." While there are dangers in virtually any aspect of daily life, Housley's paranoia about blogging seems a bit overblown. Blogs are given credibility by their authors. In short, blogging is good for business. What does she recommend?

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APRIL 22, 2007

There are several ways your business can benefit from blogging short of starting your own blog, from simply identifying and monitoring the most influential blogs in your industry, to asking bloggers to write about interesting developments at your company, to guest-blogging. Zimbio Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Which blogging platform is best for your needs? How can you more effectively convert blog readership into revenue? What SEO tactics are crucial to incorporate on your blog? Learn all of this and more in the articles and posts highlighted below, some of this year's best so far on business blogging.

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JANUARY 18, 2008

My last post listed several of the best news articles from 2007 on how to effectively use social networking sites for marketing. Here are some of the best blog posts on social networking and social media marketing strategies and tactics.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 6, 2006

George Dixon of the Minneapolis-based virtual marketing agency KC Associates recently put together a concise but helpful summary of the pros and cons of business blogging titled To Blog, or Not to Blog. Blogs may show up well in search engines, though I remain unconvinced at this point.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 25, 2008

It's been three years since the launch of this blog, and it still gets less traffic than the Huffington Compost (sigh). Anyway, taking a look back at the first three years of the WMC blog, here are the ten most popular posts as chosen by you, my elite (in the good sense!) tags: best blog posts on social media marketing, Web 2.0,

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 5, 2006

The list goes well beyond the common tools such as Pingoat and Technorati (well known and also covered in Best Practices in Blog Marketing ) to include traffic-generating and tracking tools, as well as mobile blogging. Registration is required to read the full article, but it's free. That's the tools.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 10, 2007

has changed the practice of PR and how PR professionals can best take advantage of blogging and other social media. When Tom asked me to contribute an article about PR and blogging outreach, I was both flattered and yet apprehensive at the same time. I mean, I admit it. Honestly, this can balloon up to 5-6 accounts, if not more!

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JUNE 22, 2006

Voting is open until midnight tomorrow, Friday June 23rd, for Marketing Sherpa's 2006 Reader's Choice Blog and Podcasting awards. Of the more than 1,000 blogs nominated, the WebMarketCentral blog was among the hundred or so across 11 different categories that made it onto the ballot. You know what my favorites are.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Check out Joe Pulizzi's Junta42 blog , pick up a copy of Ardath Albee's wonderful new book eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale (which builds upon the foundation laid by David Meerman Scott and others), follow @Mike_Stelzner on Twitter—it's everywhere. Content marketing is all the rage. Authority and independence. Advertising.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2009

It may seem a little odd to see an article about the best WordPress-related posts on a Blogger blog, but for various reasons the WordPress platform inspires a sort of geeky passion that Google's blogging platform just doesn't. Delicious Count WordPress Plugin … for Tracking and Improving Blog Post Quality!

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FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Expanding beyond the scope of his book, here are some of the best articles and blog posts of 2007 on maximizing the impact of public relations activities through interactive PR. David Meerman Scott's The New Rules of Marketing & PR provides an excellent primer on the subject. tags: interactive PR, Web 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Twitter in B2B – a Velocity Slideshare by The B2B Marketing Blog Doug Kessler outlines his firm's presentation on seven ways to use Twitter for b2b marketing. Want to learn more about how to use Twitter for marketing, which mistakes to avoid, and learn from brand that are using the microblogging platform successfully?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Here are some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on optimizing the use of web analytics. One of the most appealing aspects of online marketing is the ability to test and measure virtually anything, in detail and with great precision. But which metrics are really important?

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WebMarketCentral

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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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 12, 2009

However, the most advantageous aspect to performing well in social media is that many people who frequent the sites are webmasters and blog owners. Should you have an interesting article, resource or any other item which may be of interest to them; they will link to your site from their own internet property.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

On the occasion of the 300th post on the WebMarketCentral blog, and to see how things have changed since the first 100 posts , here are the 10 most popular posts of all time so far. #10: Also, I think, the first time on this blog I made the case that SEO is far from dead. #8: That will do it for me this (short) week.

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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. Check out these stories from the penultimate entry in WebMarketCentral's Best of 2007 series.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

It seems like so much of what is written about search engine optimization (SEO) assumes that you're writing a blog post, or a news story, or the next great "how to" article that's going to be syndicated far and wide on article marketing sites.

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WebMarketCentral

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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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 5, 2009

These individuals are often the "face" of their organizations; as they get quoted in press releases and news articles, pen bylined articles, speak at conferences, and talk to industry influencers and prospective customers, their names can become almost as well known as their brands. For examples, see the Pitches section on TechCrunch.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on social media marketing from this year so far. Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts on social media marketing from this year so far. practices, blogs and more.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2008

With that in mind, here are some of the best articles and blog posts from 2007 on website design considerations and action items. 6 Ways to Get Your Visitors To Contact You From Your Contact Us Page by Search Engine Guide And finally, one more article by the ubiquitous Stoney deGeyter (is there any site this guy doesn't write for?!)

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and articles on SEO from the last year. What emerging topics and techniques should SEO specialists investigate? How can PR and SEO work together more productively?

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 28, 2008

There have been so many excellent blog posts and articles written already in 2008 that it's just not practical to wait until January of next year to recognize them. These biases include factors like “spamminess,” authority, blog buzz and links. This was actually from December 2007, but I overlooked it last January.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I coded, I tested, I read articles and blogs. So, I coded, I tested, I read some more articles and blogs. Continue to code, test, and read some more articles and blogs. Before I began doing SEO work for clients, I'd done it for a number of other websites: my own, friends', and corporate employers.

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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.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 21, 2008

Articles and blog posts written to help marketers adapt and shift tactics in light of the economic slowdown have also proliferated, with Recession: The best thing for SEO from Brian R. News reports about the "R word" have certainly abounded since the beginning of this year.

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JUNE 3, 2009

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. 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?

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MARCH 23, 2009

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. Writing for the web involves requires as much art as any other form, plus another level of science.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Welcome to the first post in the official Best of 2008 series, which will summarize and link to some of the best blog posts and online articles about SEO, social media, online marketing strategy and more. tags: best SEO articles, Matt Cutts, Eric Enge, SEOmoz, Brent D.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

Learn the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and articles from last year on Twitter techniques, tools and tactics. In this article, Daniel Flamberg explains why he is "stumped and frustrated" by Twitter (maybe he needs to read Jason's post above?)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Blogs are of course one of the most common forms of social media, and there are significant benefits to having your own blog as well as building name recognition and credibility for your company through other industry blogs.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Get the answers to these questions and more in the pieces below, some of the best articles and blog posts from the past year. This article answers those questions and more. How can you ensure that your site works well on mobile devices as well as conventional browsers? Flash, widgets and Web 2.0 Do you need a.mobi domain?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

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. Introduction to Google Search Quality by The Official Google Blog Since Google is the most important search engine for SEOs, it's helpful to understand how its engineers view search.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Learn these answers and more from this collection of blog posts and articles, some of the best reporting on online research topics so far this year. The question now is.read the article! Why do PPC costs keep rising? How can you convert more clickers into buyers? technologies now mainstream? UM Finds Web 2.0

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