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What to Expect From Social Media Marketing in 2010

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by .

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If 2008 was the year of beginnings and 2009 was the year of revelations, then 2010 is likely to be the year when social media marketing finally reaches its stride. It’s all about connecting and the opportunities for organizations that truly embrace the idea of social marketing are almost limitless. In fairly short order, the [...]

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A Charity Raises Money for Haiti Through Text Message Campaign

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by .

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We were all shocked and saddened to hear of the events in Haiti. This poor country never seems to catch a break. In hurricane season it always seem to get a hit from a major cyclone and this can lead to plenty of damage, destruction caused by flooding and an awful number of casualties and [...]

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A Picture Tells a Thousand Words

Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by .

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When you see some of the most creative infographics around today, it’s little wonder that they say that people skim through webpages, focusing on graphics, rather than getting themselves absorbed in all the text. This should tell us all a story, as while the written word is certainly always “king” as we know, if we [...]

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Send Money with Paypal and Facebook

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by .

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PayPal has become pally with Facebook recently and you can now send money to people right from your Facebook site. All you need is your e-mail address and PayPal takes care of all the rest. Here is the link to the PayPal page within Facebook where you can get started. It seems that Facebook is [...]

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Technology Highs of 2009

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by .

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Doesn’t it seem as if the pace of technology change is accelerating? We live in exciting times as we are actually seeing the way that we interact and communicate change before our very eyes. Who is to say where we will be in 10 years time at the end of this new decade, as so [...]

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Ask the Right Questions and Get The Most From Google Analytics

Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by .

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Google Analytics is arguably one of the company’s most beneficial tools (and they have many) for Internet marketers. Yet the majority of users hardly scratch the surface when it comes to exploring the true functionality of the tool. It seems that many are just put off by its apparent complexity. This is a great shame [...]

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Top Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media Marketing

Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by .

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Social media marketing does not have to be rocket science. Many people make it more complicated than it is and tend to shy away from it. They know that they should engage, but still fundamentally do not understand the intricacies and as such, they are missing out on a whole new way of communicating with [...]

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Love a Local Business with Intuit

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by .

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Small business software developer Intuit is doing its bit for the community and the economy by promoting a rather special program called “Love a Local Business.” Each month during the course of the program the company will allocate five local businesses a $1000 prize, or grant as they call it, with one of those five [...]

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Put the Customer First, Even When They Are Leaving You.

Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by .

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As we know, it’s all in the list. List building is so, so important for any online enterprise, as it gives you the opportunity to keep in touch with those ever so fleeting visitors to your site. A workable list building campaign will go out of its way to entice the visitor, offering an unbelievable [...]

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Top Hits on Microsoft’s Bing

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by .

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In order of importance, here are the top Bing trending topics of the year: 1. Michael Jackson 2. Twitter 3. Swine Flu 4. Stock Market 5. Farrah Fawcett 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Cash for Clunkers 8. Jon and Kate Gosselin 9. Billy Mays 10. Jaycee Dugard No real surprises for the number one, sad news [...]

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Why You Don’t Need Chrome OS

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by .

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Not everything that Google touches turns to gold, far from it it would seem. In certain opinions, the web behemoth appears to be hard at work devising solutions to problems that people don’t really have. While the company is known, quite rightly so, for being cutting edge and innovative, some of the concepts and ideas [...]

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Use Affiliate Marketing To Attract Customers Who Would Not Otherwise Find You

Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by .

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Affiliate marketing has been one of the growth areas of the Web in recent years. Sellers of goods and services understand the power of third party endorsement and know that a concerted affiliate marketing campaign could reach many more potential clients than a simple in-house initiative ever could. Anyone involved in e-commerce should consider an [...]

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9 Predictions for 2010

Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by .

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Where were you when we welcomed the new millennium? It seems quite quaint to look back at that moment and remember our fears. Computerized technology would fail everywhere as it would not be able to adapt and recognize the arrival of the new century. Fast forward ten years and our online lives have changed beyond [...]

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Use Your Website To Get Purchasers to Your Physical Store

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by .

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As we transition more toward a virtual world, it is quite amazing to see that more than 50% of “bricks and mortar” businesses do not yet have a web presence. As potential consumers use Internet search engines to do their research before they go out into the real world, those companies without a website risk [...]

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