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It’s a brand new year (and decade)!  For many of us, this means prophesizing about what our future will bring and making promises to be a better person.
The same goes for your company.  How will it live up to the changes the new year will bring?  What kinds of inbound marketing goals will your [...]

You don’t have to look far to find social media roundup posts this time of year. But what about the most effective one-two marketing punch for building community AND delivering conversions and ROI?  Social Media and Search Engine Optimization – or “Social SEO” as we like to call it.
Out of the 300 or so posts [...]

2009 was an amazing year! I started this year feeling somewhat frustrated, but definitely determined.
Determined enough to make things happen.
One of my primary goals was to find better ways to help people start and run a successful online business. To publish better content, in more formats, that would make a real difference. And to reach [...]

I was a teenager who kept a journal.
Hiding the journal was essential to keeping it. After all, it kept my thoughts safe from the prying eyes of my mother and sister.  
Over the years, nurtured by the sharing capabilities of the internet, I became less concerned that my parents and sister were going to read [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, MTV’s new reality show, Jersey Shore, has creating quite a stir. The latest drama occurred this week when the actual Jersey shore community, Seaside Heights, rejected the show’s depiction of the seaside town claiming it portrayed the population as skimpy, rude party goers. Still, even with the controversy, this reality [...]

Our recent reader poll of 14 books either focused on, or with significant content dedicated to, Search Engine Optimization has concluded with 174 votes. And the winner by one vote and 27% of the total votes is….
Art of SEO (Theory in Practice) by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin and Jessie C. Stricchiola.
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There’s no doubt that the multitude of social media channels encourages us to consume information in various ways, whether it be via video, audio, images, games or, ah yes - the written word. 
But don’t undermine the value of that last one.  A new study conducted by the University of San Diego dispels recent rumor that [...]

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Today, I received a YellowBook on my doorstep. 
I just barely remember a time when I would have taken that YellowBook inside and given it a loving home in the closet next to my mom’s cookbooks, extra light bulbs, and flashlight. Now, it’s propping up my snow shovel so it [...]

Ralph asks: I am a newbie and want to get started in affiliate marketing – Do you think affiliate marketing is saturated?
It seems every guru is selling an affiliate marketing program or have their own membership site to teach someone how to do affiliate marketing.
Do you think it is still possible for a newbie like [...]

Many of you are enjoying time off this week rather than reading my blog, but for those of you who are reading, I’d love to give you a medal or something for your devotion. But that’s not really practical, so here’s the obligatory end of year round-up. These are based on a combination of factors [...]