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Krista M Baker
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Online Marketing
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09.01.07Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies
Online Marketing (0)Dosh Dosh has an article on how you can use word of mouth marketing to get new readers or sell more products on your site. Tips include looking for trend-setters or authorities and build a relationships with them, choose a micro-market, and build a niche community. A recommendation from someone familiar ...
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09.01.07Stats on StumbleUpon’s Top 50 Stumblers
Online Marketing (0)Here's an interesting breakdown of StumbleUpon's Top 50 Stumblers. Some interesting stats include: they are mostly male, average age is 34, average membership length is 18 months, and average pages liked is 12,805.
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08.28.0710 Free Web Analytics Tools
Online Marketing (0)Read/Write Web has a list of 10 free web analytics tools other than Google Analytics... of those on the list, I only use CrazyEgg, Feedburner and MyBlogLog, so I'll have to check out the others. That said, I've been having a number of problems with Feedburner recently. Two of my feeds ...
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08.23.07Can You Make Money Without a Niche?
Online Marketing (0)Maki from Dosh Dosh answers a reader's question about whether it's possible to make money online without a niche. First, he debunks the notion that a site can be niche-less. Every site has a niche. Even the personal blogs which are full of random content about everything. You’re not niche-less. You’re ...
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08.23.07Twelve SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make
Search Engines, Online Marketing (0)Stephan Spencer offers 12 SEO mistakes most bloggers make and how to correct them. Tips include "Having multiple homes for your blog" and "Putting your blog's URL or your RSS feed's URL on a domain you don't own."
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08.22.07To Buy or Not to Buy Links
Search Engines, Online Marketing (0)Buying links to boost your search engine rank is a hot topic for debate. Rand Fishkin summarizes a recent SES San Jose panel where top link buyers and SEOs went toe-to-toe with Google's Matt Cutts on whether buying links is/should be kosher. Basically, Google doesn't care if you buy links for ...
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08.22.07Make Money Online Without Blending Ads with Content
Online Marketing (0)How can publishers make money if banner ads don't work? Aaron Wall offers 7 alternatives to trying to blend low value ads with your content. His suggestions include offering free samples, keeping your main content free of ads and create an offers section, and building indirect revenues.
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08.22.078 Tips for Crafting a Paid Search Ad
Online Marketing (0)Alan Rimm-Kaufman offers great advice on how to craft a killer paid search ad. He offers tips like "Bad copy hurts more than good copy helps" and "Copy should sell you, not the SKU" (in other words, your ad should answer your searcher's question, "Why should I buy this from ...
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08.21.07Traditional Marketing Fails on Social Networks
Online Marketing (0)It's not a big surprise that traditional marketing fails on social networks, but in case you need proof, Forrester Research has the study results. The conclusion? If companies want better ROI, they must embrace the interactive aspects fo the sites and realize: "People no longer want 'interruptive' brand communications; they want ...
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08.21.07How to Successfully Launch Your Blog
Blogging, Online Marketing (0)Brian Clark writes a great overview of the steps software company, Articulate, took last week to launch their brand new blog. They had a lot going in their favor (a large mailing list) but also did a lot of things right to land 6,312 subscribers in the 24-hour period following ...
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