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WordPress › Google Website Optimizer for WordPress

August 9, 2009

From WordPress › Google Website Optimizer for WordPress… This simple plugin lets you optimize your landing pages (as posts or pages) using the Google Website Optimizer without needing to edit the HTML code of the theme. Read Original Article

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Video in Email Boosts Click-Thru Rates 2-3x

May 14, 2009

From Video in Email Boosts Click-Thru Rates 2-3x… Incorporating video into emails — a simple enough concept that wasn't even possible two years ago — improves click-through rates by 2-3 times, according to a recent Forrester report. Read Original Article

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Measuring

May 14, 2009

From Measuring… Measuring the effect of SEO for Public Relations benefits should start with well defined outcomes. To get a good handle on SEO effectiveness, it’s important to match the purpose for the effort with specific metrics. For example, if improving brand visibility is a goal, then documenting brand mentions in connection with news Read [...]

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27 Steps to Successful Analytics

May 14, 2009

From 27 Steps to Successful Analytics… It's not that bad, I swear! 27 easy little steps that will take you from the day the boss pokes her head into your office and says "Hey, I think we need analytics" to the night you get Employee of the Year for leading a company-wide turnaround. Read Original [...]

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How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget

May 12, 2009

From How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget… Can businesses today really create sustainable revenue and long-term profit around regularly publishing professional-quality online video, and keep their production costs well below the standards of broadcast-quality? Yes, if they’re willing to be what I call “videoratis” – a video professional and publicist [...]

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How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget

May 12, 2009

From How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget… Can businesses today really create sustainable revenue and long-term profit around regularly publishing professional-quality online video, and keep their production costs well below the standards of broadcast-quality? Yes, if they’re willing to be what I call “videoratis” – a video professional and publicist [...]

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3 Ways Companies Sabotage Their SEO Investment

May 7, 2009

From 3 Ways Companies Sabotage Their SEO Investment… Companies invest thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars per month into improving their natural search engine visibility. At times, certain influences or perspectives occasionally evolve to work directly against the efforts of the professional SEO consultant. Here I’ll describe three scenarios and hopefully help companies [...]

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Small Business SEO: Starting with the Right Success Metrics

May 7, 2009

From Small Business SEO: Starting with the Right Success Metrics… The first thing clients say to me when requesting SEO is invariably centered around rankings. “I want to be position so and so, for such and such a keyword.” And I am certain that this is a situation familiar to many of you providing SEO [...]

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Using social media for SEO

May 7, 2009

From Using social media for SEO… Search engine optimization has changed dramatically over the past few years. The shift is from one of web page optimization and link hounding to content and engagement optimization. In short, search engine optimization and social media are now undeniably intertwined. It has become extremely difficult to achieve any measure [...]

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Local Search Grows 58%

May 7, 2009

From Local Search Grows 58%… The study found that local search – the practice of using online search tools to find local businesses, products, or services – grew 58% in 2008, reaching an annual total of 15.7 billion searches. By comparison, overall core US web searches grew at a much smaller rate of 21% year-over-year, [...]

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