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April 21, 2008

SBM Unleashed: Building a Community

There's no doubt the best endorsements come from happy and loyal customers. So what if there was a way to build a community around your web site? A community that helped keep your content fresh, your ideas flowing and the links 'a coming. Turns out, there is. Find out the best ways to build up a loyal readership and how to get your visitors more involved from the queen of community herself, Wendy Piersall, Founder of Sparkplugging.com.

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March 11, 2008

Should Twitter Be Used For Serious Stuff?

Stan Schroeder wrote a piece on Mashable questioning whether the popular micro-blogging service, Twitter should be used for anything important. He writes, "Here’s a simple rule: if it’s important, don’t say it on Twitter. If it requires a response, don’t say it on Twitter. If you actually care whether anyone will see what you’ve just written, don’t say it on Twitter. Twitter, however fun it may be, simply isn’t designed for it." Sorry, I don't agree.

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February 20, 2008

If Your Site is a Blog Virgin - You're Missing Out

I still remember the days where it became a necessity for every business to have a web site. Most do nowadays and those who don't are considered pre-historic. Now it is becoming imperative for every business to have a blog on their web site and there are several good reasons why. Read on for some reasons why every business web site should have a blog.

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December 17, 2007

2007 Search Blogs Awards by Search Engine Journal

Nominations for the 2007 Search Blogs Awards conducted by Search Engine Journal are now open. They have hosted these contests for the last two years now so this is their third installment which includes even more categories than the previous years. To nominate your favorite blogs, simply comment on the original post. Read on for list of categories as well as actual link to vote.

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August 15, 2007

Do It Yourself (DIY) Web Site Building With Flare9

Flare9While there are a variety of automated web site builder products on the market today, I want to highlight one - Flare9. This is a DIY website builder based on the popular blogging platform Wordpress with enhancements to the system that enable users to easily and effortlessly deploy a professional looking website in just minutes. My friend and colleague, Joshua Strebel wanted to develop a product that would serve clients that could not necessarily afford $10,000 plus web sites. I think he has a winner here in Flare9. Read on to learn more.

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April 27, 2007

10 Signs That You May Be a Blog Addict

Blogs exist on just about every variety of subject one can imagine. And more and more blogs come online each and every day. But what does it take to really have an active blog that people will subscribe to and come back again and again to read? It requires creativity. It requires dedication. Even more so, it requires an addiction to the act of blogging itself. How about you? Are you a blog addict? Read on for ten signs that may indicate that you have an addiction, my friend.

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February 26, 2007

PRWeb Adds New Features to Online Press Release Service

I received an email from the folks over at PRWeb over the weekend announcing some new features that have been added to their online press release service. These upgrades will enhance the effectiveness of press releases and user's experience with their service. Read on for summary of new features as well as link to more details.

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December 20, 2006

2006 Search Blog Awards by Search Engine Journal

Time to vote for your favorite blogs and bloggers related to search and Internet marketing. Loren baker has assembled the voting after compiling favorites from comments on an earlier post. The SearchRank Blog was nominated under the SEO Blog of the year category. Wow - what an honor! Thanks to those who nominated us. Voting is open now and runs thru December 24th after which it will be closed. Good luck to all who were nominated. There is certainly no lack of quality content being produced on a variety of blogs in our industry.

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October 24, 2006

21 Ways To Successfully Launch a Blog

I came across an article posted at Aviva Directory thanks to Andy Hagans which offers 21 tips on how to launch a blog - successfully. With thousands of blogs launching each and every day, this list provides some basic steps one can take in the first couple weeks of a blog launch. Tips are provided under six main categories - The First Impression, RSS & Subscriptions, Social Bookmarking (aka Going Viral), Getting networked, Link Building and Finishing touches. Read on for a few excerpts as well as link to full article.

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September 20, 2006

Blogs & RSS Becoming Increasingly Popular with B2B Users

A new study released by KnowledgeStorm finds that blogs and RSS feeds are gaining momentum with business to business users. The survey was completed by more than 4,500 business and IT professionals around the world, representing a wide variety of job titles, vertical industries and company sizes. It aimed to explore how new forms of media such as podcasts and blogs are affecting content consumption and purchasing influence in the BTB marketplace.

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August 31, 2006

Want To Drive Traffic To Your Blog? Listen to Uncle Rand!

Rand has done it again with his recent post "21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic", a list of some of the most common pieces of advice on driving traffic to blogs. There is some valuable advice in there, of which Rand will typically charge clients $400 an hour for. Hats off to Rand for providing yet another valuable online resource.

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August 17, 2006

AdSense for Search Within Your Own Site

Google announced today that you can now display AdSense for search results within your own site. In this manner, you have the freedom to offer users web search while still maintaining the look and feel of your site. You can keep elements like the header, footer, and site navigation panel the same for the search results page you create. I have yet to try myself but it sounds very cool.

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June 16, 2006

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

I will be heading out for vacation this Sunday for about 10 days. My destination - Hawaii! First time for me believe it or not. Actually it is my lovely wife who is dragging me off. Her idea of a vacation is relaxation while mine is riding roller coasters. This being Hawaii however I'm sure I am going to enjoy it. I need a break from the daily routine anyway and what better way to do it then a relaxing vacation on the little island. So I probably won't be posting anything next week but should be back the following week. In the meantime, I leave you with a few of my favorite things, that is blogs that I like to read.

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April 04, 2006

AdSense is Changing the Developing World

USA Today recently ran a story "Google's Hidden Payroll" in which they report on how AdSense is making a big difference in people's lives in developing countries such as India, the Philippines and Egypt. Individuals with web sites are running AdSense ads and in turn are earning what we may consider in the United States a nominal income but to them is quite substantial. AdSense is changing the economic status of many people's lives in countries where making a decent living is not always possible.

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March 24, 2006

Boost AdSense Commissions With These Ten Tricks

Kalena Jordan has a new article entitled "Top 10 AdSense Tricks To Boost Your Commission." As one who loves Google's AdSense, these types of articles always catch my interest. AdSense has allowed many publishers including ourselves to turn unprofitable sites into very profitable sites. Bullet list to follow but full article available at Search Engine College.

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March 09, 2006

Political Bloggers To Get Federal Protection?

CNet News reports that according to a bill approved by a House of Representatives panel on Thursday, political loggers would be largely immunized from hundreds of pages of confusing federal regulations dealing with election laws. The bill would amend current federal campaign finance laws to give Internet publishers many of the same freedoms that newspapers and magazines currently enjoy.

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