Category Archives: Marketing

10 Steps to Competent Direct Marketing

Ok, if you haven’t checked out my previous article “Direct Marketing – What is it?“, then you might want to start with that as an introduction. The following is a list I compiled to aid marketers with embracing their “Direct … Continue reading

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Direct Marketing – What is it?

Direct Marketing! What’s it all about? You may have heard this term thrown around over the years, or you might have already actually incorporated the style into your own marketing efforts. Those who use it, tend to stand behind it, … Continue reading

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Does Crowd Ignite Work? Do Traffic Exchanges Work?

I’ve been testing out different “traffic exchange” systems to monitor the results thru Google analytics. Now for those who are new to these things, “Crowd Ignite” is not the only player in town, but in my opinion, one of the … Continue reading

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SEO Over Optimization Warnings – Steps to Take in 2012

SEO continues to get more specific and a bit harder the case of SERPs and gaining leverage. In many respects its becoming the Web that we wished for, for so many years. Though as SEO’s that means we need to … Continue reading

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The Death of 1 Page SEO Sites

Sure you know the scoop by now. Pick out your keywords, grab a handfull or more of keyword URL domains and plant your seed sites into ground. The MO for this was, by doing this you claim important keyword traffic … Continue reading

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Prepping HD Video (High Definition) for Facebook and Youtube:

There are few tutorials on the web, that give more detailed info on using software to prep HD video. If you know how to use a video program such as “Premiere“, “AfterEffects” or “Final Cut Pro“, your really going to … Continue reading

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On-page SEO: How well is your article ranking? – The right way to measure your results

While your results will vary depending on what words you use, I have found the best way to get a true scope is by limiting as much as possible. Though this requires a bit of demonstration: So we will use … Continue reading

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Yahoo Pipes: Building an Custom RSS Feed to your tastes

Creating a Combined RSS Feed How to aggregate a Feed? Combining RSS news feeds into 1 feed using Yahoo Pipes A quick intro to Yahoo Pipes RSS feeds are the heart of online news and media these days. Simply enough … Continue reading

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How to create a Facebook Business or Fan page?

Facebook fan page steps? How to get my business on Facebook? Kickstarting my Fan page? (Note: you must have a working personal page first, so that you can be an admin of your business page) What does that mean? 1- … Continue reading

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How to Check your Page Rank and Alexa Rank Quickly?

I love when I find a free piece of “online” software that produces results fast and cleanly. The website I’m recommending here is called Bulk Domain http://www.bulkdog.com/ and let’s you check on rankings for yourself and 19 other sites. As an … Continue reading

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45 Top Ways to get Twitter Followers – The definitive guide

How do I increase my Twitter following? How do I get followers faster? How do I build an authoritative Twitter profile? How do others get huge followings in a very short time (that are not celebrities)? Help! What am I … Continue reading

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Top 5 Google Operators to use in searches – Explained

Notes: – No spaces | replace “simpleinbound.com” with your own website – Using Google modifiers you can enter search queries that bring more specific results How to enter Operators in Google search? Example: link:www.google.com   RECOMMENDED OPERATORS: _____________________________ 01- LINK: … Continue reading

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How to get a Facebook Fan page username (Vanity URL) in an hour?

How do I get one of those cool Facebook URLs? How can I change my username for my fan page? How can I get my Facebook site address to look more like Oprah’s? How can I claim my Facebook Fan … Continue reading

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Marketing your service, 10 Steps to selling your products in the 21st Century

I would like to thank David Meerman Scott for his initial thoughts on this. This prompted me (after one of his seminars) to take the idea a bit further to introduce solutions to the statements so that marketers have a … Continue reading

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The Top Ways that Websites are Discovered per percentages

According to recent studies…….. Banner ads: 1% Targeted email: 1.2% TV spots: 1.4% “By accident”: 2.1% Magazine ads: 4.4% Word-of-mouth: 20% Random surfing: 20% Search Engines: 46% The Top Ways that Websites are Discovered per percentages

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