WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 21, 2007

Like any presentation from one of the big analyst firms, the research focuses on very large companies, and is vertically unfocused (in this webcast, they divided websites into three groups: e-commerce, manufacturing [including B2B] and financial services), but still provides some nuggets of value for smaller organizations.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Back in May of this year, I reported the results of a test of the impact on B2B website traffic growth using Web 2.0 That experiment showed that tagging B2B thought-leadership content on social media sites increased traffic growth for B2B websites by 50%, and on a B2B marketing blog by more than 100%, over 60 days. social tagging.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

As Mike Kaselnak, CEO of Hoard Client Systems wrote in response to my recent RainToday article How To Build Website Traffic With Content , "The days of trying to trick the search engines are over. Content is King!" Actually, neither search engines nor people are fooled anymore by tricks with hidden text or metatags. What kind of content?

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 15, 2007

Finally, Backflip is still my favorite tool for organizing marketing research, and Free Essential Tools for Blogger Blogs from Quick Online Tips is a must-have list of tools for business blogging. ** Terms: Larry Chase, WDFM, best website marketing tools, top search engine optimization tools, keyword help The portal for Internet marketing strategy: (..)

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 12, 2009

These range from website backlinks to the actual words on a particular page and whether a website has trust and / or authority. Of course, Google combats paid links or other “unnatural” links with its algorithm or in extreme cases penalising a website. Google ranks its results based on several hundred quality signals.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

While it isn't necessarily cheap, it's inexpensive in comparison to most other types of online marketing and advertising programs, and nothing is more effective at drawing targeted website traffic at the time prospects are looking.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 12, 2009

Note: This is the first in a four-part series of guest posts on B2B branding strategy and website design from Rebekah E. Buying committees look to Google and service providers’ websites for information first and repeatedly, according to Enquiro. Donaldson ("Red") and Cris Rominger of B2B Communications. It’s a question we hear a lot.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 26, 2009

How about tools for checking search engine rank, grading the SEO efforts on a website, developing an optimized keyword list, and link building? Brown , consultant and natural search marketing strategist for Netconcepts , reviews Link Counter , a simple tool to help evaluate links on any website.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2009

Less directly, the company competes functionally with website visitor profiling / post-click marketing vendors such as LeadLander , LEADSExplorer , DemandBase and VisitorTrack , and even with demand creation service providers like oppSource. . ** technorati tags: marketing automation software, Marketo Lead Management 3.0,

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Social Tagging Sites, Part 7: The Best , June 26, 2007 "Based on two months of testing across a half-dozen B2B websites and blogs, these Web 2.0 website design, Stoney deGeyter, Ralph Wilson, Mark Jackson, Jay Lipe, Kalena Jordan, Viewzi evangelist Giovanni Gallucci, Guy Kawasaki, SEM best practices benchmark data del.icio.us

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WebMarketCentral

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 ).

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 14, 2009

Note: This is the second in a four-part series of guest posts on B2B branding strategy and website design from Rebekah E. Next: Make sure your logo can handle the job at any size ** technorati tags: user focused website design b2b branding market positioning customer perceptions del.icio.us To arrive at such a brand, be systematic.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 12, 2008

The most difficult websites to search optimize are those of small or new companies, in a market with larger and more established players, focused on a highly competitive set of keywords. tags: search optimize, on-site optimization, generate search traffic, SEO boost, marketing events calendar, social bookmarking sites, Digg, Del.icio.us

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 8, 2008

But if used by sales to make an immediate call ("Hi Bob, I noticed that someone from your office just visited our website. The Vendors Here are six services that offer post-click marketing analytics: VisitorTrack , from netFactor -in the company's own words, VisitorTrack is"like caller ID for your website.(it) Was that you?

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Practical Guide to Website Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) by Search Engine Journal Writer Julie Mason details the key website performance indicators that "help you measure the effectiveness of your website with quantifiable and actionable results," including page views per visit, visits per lead and cost per lead.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

They must first "sell" a website to the search engines—using onsite techniques like title tags, headings and proper keyword density in the copy plus external link building—in order to get the site ranked within the first few search results. SEO consultants have a similar challenge.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 1, 2008

There will also likely be more emphasis on search-driven conversions, though this is, strictly speaking, more of a website optimization than an SEO issue.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 21, 2009

So, if you have one particular key phrase that is central to your website, business service management in this case, SEMRush will supply data on similar terms to prioritize for targeting. The SEMRush tools provide value for almost any website that gets 1,000+ visits per month (lower-traffic sites may not be in the tool's database).

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 17, 2009

Face to Face video chat by ePoster Concise review of ooVoo, a free video chat tool that's been previously written about here. ooVoo is an easy-to-use tool for conducting video chat with anyone who has a webcam.

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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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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The importance of search engine optimization—helping websites stand out in an increasingly cluttered online world amid rapid growth in global search volume —combined with the fact that search is one of the few growing areas in an otherwise brutal economy has led to an influx of new providers in the space. Guarantees.

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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. The blog posts cited here, some of the best of 2008 on the topic of link building, provide guidance on how and where to obtain valuable external links.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

What are the best tools for analyzing your website text? How can you view your website the way search engines see it? Which URL shorteners work best? How can you use free Google tools to benchmark your search marketing performance against your competition?

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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. SitePal: Avatars and Animated Characters A hosted service that enables you to add speaking animated avatars to any website. A free trial of the software is available here.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 3, 2008

Your website is very often the first, or at least the second, impression that your prospects get of your organization. A crappy website reflects poorly on a company. A website that can't be found is even worse. Either give XYZ Company a real link from your website, or don't bother. Search marketing is strategic.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 13, 2009

Many people add their company website and/or blog. You can get more visibility for your website by customizing with your name instead of the default 'My Website.'" The trick is to select the Other option because this lets you label your link instead of using the default name provided by LinkedIn.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

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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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 9, 2008

Welcome to the first in a series of posts on the best blog posts, articles and websites from 2007 covering various marketing topics. Website Grader from HubSpot This free SEO tool measures the marketing effectiveness of any website. To start off, here is a list of the best tools for analyzing and optimizing SEO efforts.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The articles here will show you how to use web analytics more strategically as part of your marketing program design, use some of the new advanced features in Google Analytics, and investigate alternatives to GA that provide unique views of website traffic. Are Your Analytics Reports Breaking News or Listing Facts?

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 23, 2009

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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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 30, 2009

Given the enormous interest in using social media for business purposes, I've been astounded to hear comments like these at recent conferences: "That's all really interesting, but I can't access any of the websites you just talked about. Our network blocks access to any website with 'blog' in the URL." "The

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

Looking for the best career search websites? Online tools to help you check out that prospective employee, new next-door neighbor or potentially significant other? Specialty search engines? The story behind LOLcats? Resources to improve your Internet marketing skills? Find music online? Record and promote podcasts?

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 15, 2008

Finally, Using Google Analytics to Track Email Campaigns shows you how to use campaign management features within Google Analytics to track not only the number of visitors generated by your campaign, but also the number of pages they visited, average time on your website, percent of new visitors to your website and the average bounce rate—useful (..)

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

If you've been in the business world for any length of time, you've probably seen the following somewhere—in a building lobby, on a website, or on a nicely framed poster in an office: The Definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing, the same way, and expecting different results. I coded, I tested, I read articles and blogs.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

For example, Wikipedia's list of social networking websites now contains 111 entries; an impressive list, but certainly not all-inclusive. It's been said that with great power comes great responsibility. That responsibility isn't always handled properly.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 20, 2009

Note: This is the third in a four-part series of guest posts on B2B branding strategy and website design from Rebekah E. When we applied the logo to our website, it didn’t work well and we had to tweak it. Donaldson ("Red") and Cris Rominger of B2B Communications. The February 2009 issue of Wired magazine gives examples.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How to Optimize for Google – Part 1 of 3 by Internet Search Engine Database In part one of this series, SEO pro Scott Van Achte provides a comprehensive guide to the factors that need to be considered on-page website optimization, including title and meta tags, synonyms, headings and navigation.

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