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| “(Anywhere) Be Brilliant with Velora Studios Velora Studios builds unique and usable standards based, semantic, SEO friendly websites that load fast. We are looking for experienced developers that are constantly pushing the industry…” |
| “A couple of days ago John Green of Vlogbrothers posted a video about Viacom, YouTube, Spike.com ’s video channel, and Jonathan Coulton. In it he discussed the Viacom YouTube suit and used my “Flickr” video to illustrate…” |
| “Check out this A-Z guide to all things related to Flash Professional, covering basic terms, tasks, and key concepts.” |
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| “The ClearCut WordPress Theme is a highly configurable WP theme for artful or portfolio sites with an unusual and unique layout, featuring a two column fluid theme layout, enabled with custom cufon fonts, options panel, css3, page navigation, and…” |
| “New plugins Foursquare map Foursquare is rising in popularity, and will continue to grow. This plugin makes it easy to share your last check-in location without needing to worry about giving away personal info, and you don’t need to be an…” |
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“We are back with a new review of the latest search engine news articles and blog posts. Google’s wind power Google’s purchase of twenty years worth of renewable energy from an Iowa wind farm (Inside Google July 26 2010) What Does…” |
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“How do you engage the visitors on your site? How do you work to develop new interactivity? A lot of insight can be gleaned from the experiences of the people who are out there getting their feet wet, building online communities from scratch. Here is…” |
| “Much media coverage has been recently devoted to so-called ‘content farms’ such as Demand Media , Associated Content and About.com . The goal of these companies is to produce vast amounts of content on topics that readers have been searching…” |
| “This month I will be giving two talks to .NET user groups here in San Diego. Take Control of Your Website’s URLs with ASP.NET Routing – Tuesday, August 17th at 6:00 PM at the ASP.NET Special Interest Group at the Microsoft Office in UTC Did…” |
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“A recent article in Marketing Sherpa really clarifies a point that I always stress with my B2B clients: sales conversions take patience, perseverance and pragmatism. A strategic Social Media strategy can greatly assist by taking care of much of…” |
| “The world of copywriting is all too often segmented into tight niches. Long form copy. Short form copy. Internet content. Landing page specialist. B2B. B2C. It seems that every activity that requires words being strung together has been…” |
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“Education content on MediaShift is sponsored by Carnegie-Knight News21 , an alliance of 12 journalism schools in which top students tell complex stories in inventive ways. See tips for spurring innovation and digital learning at Learn.News21.com . …” |
| “A reader writes: I hope you are feeling better! Please let your readers know about this volunteer opportunity: DMOZ.org is one of those old-school sites from the early days of the internet. At first sight you’d think it’s not very useful and…” |
| “Yesterday we released Version 5 of our Web Analytics evaluation research , with detailed evaluations of 22 vendors” |
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| “Today’s guest blogger is Jerry Weinstock at CRM Innovation a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with three ISV CRM solutions that are in the cloud – Email2CRM – integrated email messaging with web analytics, Data2CRM – import…” |
| “New plugins HTML5 Player Plugin for WordPress allows bloggers to embed video and audio using the respective HTML 5 tags with Flowplayer as fallback, for example if a web browser doesn’t render HTML 5 video or audio, it will use Flowplayer…” |
| “The ClearCut WordPress Theme is a highly configurable WP theme for artful or portfolio sites with an unusual and unique layout, featuring a two column fluid theme layout, enabled with custom cufon fonts, options panel, css3, page navigation, and…” |
| “New plugins Foursquare map Foursquare is rising in popularity, and will continue to grow. This plugin makes it easy to share your last check-in location without needing to worry about giving away personal info, and you don’t need to be an…” |
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“We are back with a new review of the latest search engine news articles and blog posts. Google’s wind power Google’s purchase of twenty years worth of renewable energy from an Iowa wind farm (Inside Google July 26 2010) What Does…” |
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“How do you engage the visitors on your site? How do you work to develop new interactivity? A lot of insight can be gleaned from the experiences of the people who are out there getting their feet wet, building online communities from scratch. Here is…” |
| “Much media coverage has been recently devoted to so-called ‘content farms’ such as Demand Media , Associated Content and About.com . The goal of these companies is to produce vast amounts of content on topics that readers have been searching…” |
| “The WHATWG Wiki portal has a nice section describing HTML vs. XHTML differences, as well as specifics of a polyglot HTML document that also would be able to serve HTML5 document as valid XML document. I’d like to review what it takes to transform an…” |
| “New plugins FourSquare Integration for WordPress allows you to view your last checkins either as a list or on Google Maps on Pages and Posts. DynamicWP Featured Post is a free WordPress jQuery plugin that will list your featured post…” |
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| “I pleased to present today an interview with William Robb , Director, Social Media Marketing for SAP . SAP is the world’s largest provider of business software and the social media role is extremely complex. In addition to being a true B2B…” |
| “New times demand new words, because the old words don’t help us see the world differently. Along the way, I’ve invented a few, and it occurs to me that sometimes I use them as if you know what I’m talking about. Here, with plenty of links, are 26 of…” |
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“Since there are a lot of aspiring freelance writers in the Freelance Writing Jobs community, I thought it would be a good idea to go over some of the most important skills that freelance writers must have if they want to have a chance at being…” |
| “Part 5 of the Building Your Freelance Writing Brand Series here on Freelance Writing Jobs is all about online reputation management and search engine reputation management (SERM). It’s a direct follow-up to Part 4, which dealt with…” |
| “It’s time for Part 4 of the Building Your Freelance Writing Brand series here on Freelance Writing Jobs, and today, you’ll learn about manipulating search engine results and how to handle negative conversations about your brand online. …” |
| “If you lead a team of marketers, you likely have a creative bunch. People who, ideally, have a lot of passion about what they do – the key ingredient for successful social media and content marketing. But that natural passion can easily get…” |
| “In a recent post I talked about the most important B2B marketing metrics to CEO’s or what I believe CEO’s should be measuring. All too often Marketing is measuring one thing while the CEO’s are asking a question those measurements don’t…” |
| “Lead generation remains the top reason most companies exhibit at events and tradeshows. And B2B marketers are constantly looking for ideas they can use to drive more ROI from their events budget. I came across this helpful post by Mike…” |
| “Last year, I launched the B2B Lead Gen Roundtable Group on LinkedIn. It started with a simple goal: to create a group to discuss and share ideas that focus on the many aspects of B2B lead generation such as lead nurturing, lead…” |
| “The single biggest issue for B2B marketers is effective lead generation. I wrote an eight part series on building an effective lead generation program a while back. To help readers who missed the series, I pulled all the posts together in order. …” |
| “It’s that time of the year again – MarketingSherpa is sending out a call for speakers for their 7th annual B2B Marketing Summit, which will take place in October in both Boston and San Francisco. This year’s Summit is focused on providing…” |
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“Posted by Paras Chopra This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz,…” |
| “Posted by RobOusbey Let’s start with a sneaky tactic. I know that SEOmoz blog readers are an internet-savvy crowd, so many of you are probably familiar with the ‘browser history sniffing’ techniques that exist. (Bear with me, we’ll get to…” |
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“Posted by Danny Dover Well folks, this may be the biggest tool introduction since Ryan Seacrest started hosting American Idol. ;-) Today we are launching our SEO toolbar for Google’s Chrome browser. This sexy beast is full to the brim…” |
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“Posted by Oli Gardner This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz,…” |
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“One of my favorite riffs is: “Ebooks are the hip and stylish younger sister of the nerdy white paper.” When I deliver the line to B2B marketing or technology audiences, it gets a lot of laughs. But there are also a few people who are…” |
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“Last week I delivered a keynote at the National Agri-Marketing Association annual conference. NAMA is the United States’ largest association for professionals in marketing and agribusiness. I really enjoy speaking to a wide variety of…” |
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“There has been much in the blogosphere, tech and even mainstream press written about the relative merits of Flash and it’s use compared to the up and coming shinny new standard of HTML 5. While nobody other than possibly Adobe denies that HTML…” |
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“In the past couple of posts, I have explained the methodology behind revenue cycle analytics , including the best practices and the importance of defining your revenue stages . In this post, I give a sample revenue stage model and dive into a…” |
| “Guest post by Jeff Gordon, Senior Marketing Manager for BuyerZone Lead generation providers are a great source of new business: you end up with a steady volume of sales-ready leads, while your lead generation provider takes care of the behind…” |
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“As a Salesforce.com user group leader, I often talk to marketers who are looking to get more and/or better data out of their Salesforce.com system. They are seen as CRM champions who are responsible for making sure everything is running through the…” |
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“Our most recent B2B Marketing Thought Leader Interview was with Amy Hawthorne, Director of Marketing at Workstreamer , a company working to transform the way business professionals participate in and benefit from the new information and social…” |
| “As B2B marketers, we know the growing importance of B2B social media . We know it’s a necessary tool for seed nurturing and demand generation , but in many cases, B2B marketers are still not sure where to begin. The following 10 tips from…” |
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“This next B2B Marketing Thought Leader Interview is with Michael Cannon, CEO of the Silver Bullet Group , the global leader in messaging effectiveness solutions. Michael is an internationally renowned sales and marketing effectiveness expert, and…” |
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“As part of a ‘mini-series’ of virtual events happening at the beginning of every month, MarketingProfs has collected a number of speakers including Sara Erzin from CheetahMail, Greg Cangialosi of BlueSky Factory and Scott Voigt of Silverpop to…” |
| “In an earlier post, I discussed the methodology behind revenue cycle analytics and explained the importance of defining the stages of your revenue cycle . Here at Marketo, we have defined our own revenue stage model, starting with awareness and…” |
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“Don't waste reps time or frustrate potential buyers by calling before they are ready When do you call your prospect for the first time? Within minutes of getting their contact details? Twenty-four hours after getting their details? After…” |
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“B2B organizations are looking at ways to improve marketing and sales integration, increase revenue, and decrease costs while achieving better marketing ROI . For these organizations, the answer is: marketing automation . Starting on the path of…” |
| “I think I figured out why nearly every social media blogger sounds exactly the same – commonly referred to as the “echo chamber.” I’m learning that copying and pasting can be profitable. To unpack my point, allow me a…” |
| “I’m pleased to offer this entertaining guest post from {grow} community member John White, a marketing communications writer for technology companies . I think you’re going to love this romp from John’s offbeat and creative mind! …” |
Internet marketing news from around the web:
| “It may seem as if everyone knows about Twitter and Social Media, but this isn’t necessarily so. Many online and offline businesses of all sizes and types, B2B and B2C have never heard of Twitter. And there are also businesses who, while they…” |
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“Microsoft’s been releasing a number of right-sized LEGO pieces lately. In case you missed it, Betas have been announced for: SQL 4 Compact Edition – It has a small embedded file-based SQL Database, and a web-server called IIS Express…” |
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“ ScottGu announced Microsoft WebMatrix Beta today. It’s a small (15 megs if you have .NET 4, 50megs if you don’t) lightweight IDE for making ASP.NET or PHP websites. It has a small embedded file-based SQL Database, and a…” |
| “Content strategy might seem like the domain of giant content sites and big-brand online publishers. But if you run a blog, you’re a content publisher. And a solid content strategy can help you to more clearly define your goals, and identify how…” |
| “Hi folks, the title says it all so please bear with us while we redecorate… In the wake of the recent acquisition of OX2 by the LBi group, one of items on the agenda for our web analytics team is to get this blog off wordpress.com and back to…” |
| “It had been brewing for quite some time as my little Web Analytics unit has been expanding its consulting offers related to Web and Customer Analytics well beyond the Belgian borders, actually all over Europe, in order to help companies reap the…” |
| “And now, an internationalized, English version of my previous post (in French, sorry) A few months back, during our Web Analytics Day, Eric Peterson kept me mesmerized with his iPhone and I started counting the days when it would be made available in…” |
| “Après une petite pause au soleil bien méritée, notre équipe Web Analytics tenait à vous faire part d’une bonne nouvelle qui fait un peu calendrier de l’Avent: vous allez très bientôt pouvoir profiter de la version française du…” |
| “I wanted to encourage our readers to subscribe to the WAA Blog that has just been launched this month. As you know the Web Analytics Association is working hard since its creation to help the Web Analytics Industry. The Social Media Committee of the…” |
| “NEW YORK, NY November 19, 2007 – OX2, the Brussels-based interactive web agency reinforced its established position as an industry leader by building closer ties to online marketing analytics platform provider IndexTools. OX2 officially became…” |
| “I just spotted this video on YouTube. A conversation between Jeremiah and Jim regarding the state of the Web Analytics Industry recorded earlier this year. If you haven’t been able to attend an eMetrics Summit yet, this will allow you to see…” |
| “You might have heard that Eric has launched a new survey about Web Analytics. If you’re using Web Analytics within your company now is the time to make a contribution to the industry by providing anonymously your opinion and…” |
| “In a fascinating Economist article, The Lazy Medium: How people really watch television , we discover once again how rapid changes in technology are only slowly reflected in meaningful changes in behaviour. The following three extracts from the…” |
| “This past weekend, Brian Halligan and I were at the Gathering of the Vibes festival launching our book Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead . We hung out backstage, met some of the bands, did some media interviews, and signed books in the…” |
| “Imagine a huge company announces it is to acquire one of your competitors. It hit the wires five minutes ago. What would you do right now? Not tomorrow. Now. How about writing a blog post about it in real-time? That’s…” |
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“Title: Extending Email to Social Networks Sponsor: Alterian Publication Date: July 2010 Sponsor’s Description: Within this white paper,…” |
| “You know who gives me the best business advice without trying? My two-and-a-half-year old daughter. Lately, I can’t help but be struck at how similar she is to a typical B2B buyer. They’re independent . My daughter’s favorite sentence is,…” |
| “While Facebook marketing continues to grow at lightning speed, it’s still relatively untapped territory for many high-tech marketers. Just because Facebook got its start with the college crowd in 2004 doesn’t mean B2B marketers…” |
| “It’s no secret that modern B2B marketing is all about the web. B2B marketing is actively being shaped by the power of the Internet as a resource and researching tool for prospects and buyers alike. Add another layer of change when you consider…” |
| “A couple weeks or so ago, we did an SEO site review session at Google I/O 2010 . The video from that session is now live: The video is about an hour long, but I hope it’s a pretty good use of your time if you’re…” |
| “If your company has a bunch of store locations, please don’t hide that information behind a search form or a POST. If you want your store pages to be found, it’s best to have a unique, easily crawlable url for each store. Ideally, you…” |
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“The Notes From Kenya blog is about to hit several milestones: two years of blogging and 200 posts. This is a perfect time to reflect on the success and gather some feedback (and have a friendly little competition among bloggers past and present). …” |
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“I just put up a new video for you. I think you’re really going to want to check it out . . . Traffic Attraction Formula This video is really important because it kind of “spits in the face” of a lot of ideas you might have…” |
| “I have never forgotten the last paper I wrote in order to finish my Masters in English. I wrote about Austen’s work, Emma . After being five years in the program, I had “good” writing and grammar down pat. In fact, I strove to…” |
| “Are you a business owner or marketer who relies on local or regional business? If so, you may be frustrated that business has fallen off and that traditional marketing efforts no longer seem to work. Added to that, your business is buried in the…” |
| “A few months ago, while deep in the planning stages for my son’s bar mitzvah , I added up the costs of a typical bar mitzvah party, looked at the number for a long time and then said to my son, “Dude. I could take you to California for…” |
| “Are you considering marketing automation software or need help implementing a system you’ve purchased? Maybe you have a system in place but you’re not sure how to use it most effectively. My good friend Mac McIntosh has opened a…” |
| “So I’m on vacation with my son in California last month where I rented a room from Airbnb host Lane Rapp ( @lanerapp ), who was also playing host to two summer tech interns, one of whom worked for Box.net developing an iPad app. (You…” |
| “I like this new white paper from Silverpop, “ From Cargo Pants to Cargo Containers: B2C Tactics that Boost B2B Revenue .” In it you’ll find six email marketing tactics you can implement to help increase B2B email effectiveness…” |
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“Successful small businesses are nimble – able to stay ahead of the pack no matter what is thrown at them. Thanks to their swift responses, they’ve remained at the top of their game, even through this recession. Below are some lessons you…” |
| “It doesn’t matter what kind of business you create or what product or service you offer. In some ways all businesses are the same. How we build them, make them stronger and finally reach our business goals involves a set of principles that are…” |
| “Which three letters could you hear proudly proclaimed again and again throughout the sessions of Google I/O 2010? …that’s right, A-P-I! Google APIs form the foundation of many of our developer products, and across the board, APIs made a…” |
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“Title: Extending Email to Social Networks Sponsor: Alterian Publication Date: July 2010 Sponsor’s Description: Within this white paper,…” |
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“It is with great regret that I am writing this. Scienceblogs.com has been a big part of my life for four years now and it is hard to say good bye. Everything that follows is my own personal thinking and may not apply to other people, including…” |
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Internet marketing news from around the web:
| “Semprae Laboratories markets women’s sexual health and well-being products that are primarily available through online and direct sales, and are also distributed in Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Meijer and other select drug stores. We are…” |
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“(Cross-posted on the Inside AdWords and the Agency Ad Solutions blogs) As the advertising industry has grown and evolved, so too has our relationship with advertising agencies. These companies, from SEMs to the largest traditional agencies,…” |
| “This paper presents the top 10 data mining algorithms identified by the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) in December 2006: C4.5, k-Means, SVM, Apriori, EM, PageRank, AdaBoost, kNN, Naive Bayes, and CART. These top 10…” |