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Comment on Online Marketing Begins With A Well Designed Website by Brett Howard

Brett Howard — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:51:37 +0000

Agreed. It would be very difficult for any online marketing company to reach out to others when they don’t have a website supporting their purpose or goal. It would be very wise to build your foundation (website) and then start to expand your reach through setting up social media accounts. Just remember that Facebook and Twitter accounts are great tools but they act as support agents when you are building your reputation. Your content should be optimized and you should be visiting other avenues to organically raise your search engine rankings.

Comment on How Ad Groups Can Improve Your ROI by Alan Mitchell

Alan Mitchell — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:04:27 +0000

Couldn’t agree more that small, highly-focused ad groups are essential for PPC success. I recently worte an article about having one keyword per ad group http://www.alanmitchell.com.au/techniques/keywords-per-ad-group/ which is the other extreme. Generally, a balance between relevancy and practicality is found with around 5-20 keywords per ad group, as in your example.

Comment on Why Facebook Is Good Reputation Management by Cambridge Who's Who

Cambridge Who's Who — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:14:23 +0000

In today’s world it is more important than ever to be able to project a good offline and online reputation, because they are directly connected. What’s good about Facebook is that it is a very direct way to control your own reputation and a direct way to interact.

And I have to agree, the best thing you can do is project yourself better rather than deflecting each individual negative comment.

Comment on Have You Slowed Down Your Internet Marketing? by CurtD

CurtD — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:28:11 +0000

The idea behind search “trends” and search “predictions” has a fatal flaw. Most authors just look at “demand” side and fail to look at the supply side of prediction or trend. Without looking at the supply, or “results” side, predictions are just guesses or throwing darts at a board. We study search demand/supply trends from around the world to find profitable niches and products, and the main problem with predictions is that no one looks at the “supply” side to these predictions. A niche, or hot predictions, is not just a demand side issue, but a supply/demand curve. If you predict IPHONE apps will take off, and there are already 100,000 aps, then you aren’t going to hit that one. If you see that demand for cell phone radiation shields is going nuts and there are only two suppliers, then you can be pretty sure that it will be a good year for those 2 supplies. The software at http://www.TheInternetTimeMachine.com studies both the demand (search volume) and supply (think “results” in Google). The Google Phone is generating much more buzz right now then say the Apple Tablet.
Cheers,
Curt
Here is a video on what I mean.. http://bit.ly/SupplyDemandCurves

Comment on Have You Slowed Down Your Internet Marketing? by Amanda Radley

Amanda Radley — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:57:59 +0000

Great article and very true. While competitors cut their spend it is the best time to explore other methods of marketing like social media. Social media is proving a massive success for many companies will to investigate!

Comment on What’s The Point To Reputation Management? by Chrissy

Chrissy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:25:13 +0000

I totally agree with this post. I use CLEANmy.NAME to do my image-building and management for me. It’s very affordable and easy to use.

Comment on New Features Available in Google Analytics Account by Freelance SEO

Freelance SEO — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:52:16 +0000

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Comment on In Search Marketing, You Gain Control By Giving Up Control by Net Millionaire

Net Millionaire — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:30:17 +0000

Hmmm. I’m not so sure about this one, though. I mean, you would of course want them to find you, so you have to do your best to direct them to your site. So, how can this method prove itself to be effective? I’m sorry, but I’m really iffy about this one. Thanks for sharing, though! :)

Comment on Building Links For Natural Search Using Guest Posting by newmembersforutoo

newmembersforutoo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:57 +0000

I just wanted to say Hi because this is the first time I am ever posting on a forum. I do not know if this is allowed or not to post here, but I hope I won’t be banned from me. So be happy for me that I finally achieved posting on a forum after many years of neglect!

Comment on Why Social Media And Reputation Management Are Entertwined by Link Building India, Search Engine Tips and Tricks

Link Building India, Search Engine Tips and Tricks — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:38:59 +0000

You have done very good work. And also good definition of social media and Reputation management.

Comment on Should You Use Exact, Phrase, Or Broad Match? by Julien G

Julien G — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:22:16 +0000

Thanks for the tips. Very interesting. By the way, what is the best way to choose your keywords ?

I am using the Search Query Report from Adwords, but is there any other manipulations you can proposed me ?

Comment on Is Internet Marketing A Zero Sum Game? by Internet Consulting Experts

Internet Consulting Experts — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:31:38 +0000

What I have come to realize being an internet marketer for several years, is that some of us favor doing certain things. I have some IM friends that love just dealing in traffic. Yet I have other IM friends who love PPC. So I think it is where we are the most comfortable.

Comment on How Technorati Can Make Your SMO More Alive by Website Promotion Blog

Website Promotion Blog — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:36:16 +0000

As we go ahead, more and more, two items are gaining more importance as some factors that could never change:
1) Valuable Content
2) Valuable Links
Also safest SEO practice will be content creation and link building as far as they don’t spam search engines.
Blogging helps content creation better than any other methods. Article marketing and press release marketing are also good methods of link building.

Comment on Optimizing PDF Files by Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:23:48 +0000

You can also use http://www.smartpdfcreator.com
A very good program with all the right features. Has a free trial.

Comment on SEM Leads To Sales by John

John — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:13:36 +0000

An insightfull post. Will definitely help.

Apart from traditional marketing, these days most of the marketers use viral marketing. I came across a website called http://www.how2talk2.com. It allows people to write articles about their products and services for free in a fun way. You write an article in the form of how to actually talk to someone and you can include links on all of your websites in your articles.

Also, thanks for the great post!”

Comment on Social Media Optimization Tip: Headlines Make All The Difference by Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets

Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:04:10 +0000

I don’t think enough bloggers realize how important their post titles are. Using your main keyword is essential to getting that post ranked appropriately. Great tips!

Comment on Where Should You Start Your Internet Marketing Efforts? by Rob Willis

Rob Willis — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:03:42 +0000

Working with someone who know’s what they are talking about & has a proven track record is paramount in getting your Internet Marketing Efforts off to a flying start.

It is always better and far easier to learn from someone elses mistakes and experiances than your own.

Bottom line, as suggested, get a consultant or a mentor to leap frog you ahead of your competition.

BTW. Great Site!!!

Comment on Is Internet Marketing The Future Of All Marketing? by Internet Marketing Consultants

Internet Marketing Consultants — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:59:31 +0000

yes, we need to know what we are selling or the thing we good at, to be able to sell more or deal with a good services.

Comment on When Pay Per Click Steals Your Natural Search Results by mydiaryofthedead.com

mydiaryofthedead.com — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:52:56 +0000

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Comment on New Opportunities For Small Businesses In SEO? by Jaebird88

Jaebird88 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:18:50 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. My company specializes in helping the small local businesses use the internet properly. They do not realize the potential it has for them yet, and when shown they are amazed.

Jae