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Monday, April 29, 2013

‘Big List of Link Building No-Nos’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Big List of Link Building No-Nos”. Michael Garrity says, “Link building is one of the most basic methods that Web professionals use to grow their businesses online. It’s a pretty great system because there are so many different ways to build links on the Internet, but it’s also really... [Read more]

‘Using Proximity and Priority in Web Design’ – Web Marketing Today

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “Using Proximity and Priority in Web Design”. Drew Coffin says, “Designers look for the best ways to improve the user experience. One way to do this is by organizing the content on a page in the most logical manner. Using the principles of proximity and priority can help. Designer Alexander... [Read more]

‘Give Me 10 Minutes and I’ll Make You an SEO Expert’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Give Me 10 Minutes and I’ll Make You an SEO Expert”. Chris Warden says, “Are you an Internet marketing expert? We all are. In fact, just a quick cruise around Quora or LinkedIn reveals that at least 1 out of every 4 or 5 people online must be an expert in some form of Internet marketing.... [Read more]

Kindle NanoNiche Goldmine: Small niches, low competition #ad

Rob Howard has scoured the Kindle marketplace, looking for what he calls “nanoniches”. The example he gives is “Weight loss for women over 50″, which has over 2000 searches on Google monthly, but only has 9 books in Kindle. When he finds niches like this, he considers it an opportunity for a new Kindle book. Howard just released... [Read more]

‘Microbrand Affiliate Marketing’ Shawn Collins’ Video

Shawn Collins has posted a video on “Microbrand Affiliate Marketing”. Collins Says, “This was a conference session titled Microbrand Affiliate Marketing: Keys to Long-term Success fromAffiliate Summit East 2011, which took place August 21-23, 2011 in New York City. Session speaker: Nicholas Reese, Chief Executor, Microbrand Media Session description: Smart... [Read more]

‘US Tech Market will Grow by 6.2% in 2013 and 6.8% in 2014, As Improving Consumer Spending and Housing Offset Government Cutbacks’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “US Tech Market will Grow by 6.2% in 2013 and 6.8% in 2014, As Improving Consumer Spending and Housing Offset Government Cutbacks”. Andrew Bartels says, “No one would claim that the US tech market is booming. With Europe still mired in recession and debt problems, US economic growth... [Read more]

‘From Father Of Three And Walmart Employee, To Internet Success Story, Joey Kissimmee Explains How He Made It Big Online’ – ‘Entrepreneurs-Journey’ Blog

The latest ‘Entrepreneurs-Journey’ blog post is titled “From Father Of Three And Walmart Employee, To Internet Success Story, Joey Kissimmee Explains How He Made It Big Online”. Yaro Starak says, “Joey Kissimmee worked at Walmart for ten years. During that time, to make extra cash he went online and managed to bring in a few hundred to a few... [Read more]

WP Brute Force: Don’t let hackers corrupt your WordPress site #ad

WP Brute Force is a simple plugin that installs on your WordPress site, to completely hide your WordPress installation from hackers. When you create a WordPress site, our critical operational files are placed in pre-defined directories, the same directories they are placed in on millions of other WordPress sites. The crooks know where to find them,... [Read more]

‘Amazon’s New Ad Business Taught It That Selling Physical ‘Stuff’ Is A Thing Of The Past’ – Business Insider

The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Amazon’s New Ad Business Taught It That Selling Physical ‘Stuff’ Is A Thing Of The Past”. Jim Edwards says, “Amazon appears to be learning a big lesson from its nascent, $500 million advertising business: It’s a lot easier to make money if you’re not... [Read more]

‘Beware The House ‘Review’ Of U.S. Copyright Law — It’s A Trap’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Beware The House ‘Review’ Of U.S. Copyright Law — It’s A Trap”. Mark Hachman says, “Yesterday, an influential congressman announced plans for a “comprehensive review” of U.S. copyright law, potentially the first such effort in more than 35 years. And that’s... [Read more]

‘5 Ways to Build a Strong Social Media Platform’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “5 Ways to Build a Strong Social Media Platform”. Haroon Saleemi says, “Social media is one of the most powerful weapons you have in your marketing arsenal. You may have a really useful and informative website but without a healthy social media platform, you could be wasting... [Read more]

Backup Plus: WordPress backup for when you really need it #ad

Back up your WordPress site at least daily, to protect from hardware crashes, from user errors, from hacker attacks, viruses and more. You need to back up both your database and your files to be able to recover quickly if there is a problem. Ryan Shaw has created Backup Plus, and it gives you the ability to fully restore any WordPress website at any... [Read more]

‘5 Apps to Improve Work Productivity’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “5 Apps to Improve Work Productivity”. Adam Popescu says, “We all want more time. Time to finish our work, handle tedious errands and check off items from our ever expanding to-do lists. The problem is, the day’s not getting any longer and our responsibilities seem to never stop growing. The... [Read more]

’70+ epic social media case studies, stats, blog posts and more’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “70+ epic social media case studies, stats, blog posts and more”. Andrew Warren-Payne says, “At Econsultancy, we publish a huge amount of content related to digital marketing and ecommerce. One particular area that gets a lot of attention (and rightly so) is social media,... [Read more]

‘Social Authority Now Has A Free (and generous) API’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Social Authority Now Has A Free (and generous) API”. Peter Bray says, “You read that right. Social Authority now has an API. And it’s free. And you can grab a ton of data (i.e. you can query for data on up to 500,000 Twitter users per day). That’s a whole lot to be excited about! What... [Read more]

Blog Curation Blueprint: Create an in-depth blog with other people’s content #ad

Curation is adding the creative work by other people in your niche to your site in a way the: • Gives the author credit and keeps them happy • Impresses the search engines with your expertise in your niche • Builds your site with only a fraction of the work of creating content from scratch. Dilip Kumar has created Blog Curation Blueprint... [Read more]

‘How to Maintain Your Brand’s Authentic Voice' by Jay Baer

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How to Maintain Your Brand’s Authentic Voice?. Baer says, “Brooks Thomas, Communications Specialist at Southwest, joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the progressive setup of the Southwest social media team, the widespread success of a long-running corporate... [Read more]

‘Here’s How Jeff Goins Writes’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “Here’s How Jeff Goins Writes”. Kelton Reid says, “We are at war. Each day, facing the blank page and our own fears, writers around the world do battle with the same forces that would prevent us from simply producing the words, no matter their purpose. Thankfully there are trailblazers... [Read more]

‘Online Marketing Testing: A research manager’s view of balancing risk and reward’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Online Marketing Testing: A research manager’s view of balancing risk and reward”. Spencer Whiting says, “As marketers and researchers, we regularly deal with the risk and reward cycle. It is what makes our work simultaneously interesting and scary. A recent conversation really got... [Read more]

Azondle Attack: A solid income from Amazon; genius not required #ad

You have heard and read many offers for products that help with Amazon affiliate marketing, but some of them are too complex to be practical for you to grasp. Now, Joe Friday has announced Azondle Attack, a basic, easy-to-follow system that will only take you about 15-30 minutes per day, to make a solid, decent income that you could live with, if you... [Read more]

‘2 Must-Have WordPress Plugins I Researched For You’ by John Chow

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “2 Must-Have WordPress Plugins I Researched For You”. Chow says, “I love wordpress CMS. My reason: I can access thousands of useful plugins that can enhance my blog. Don’t forget that 87% of these plugins were developed by Bloggers who knows what they’re doing. Those entrepreneurial bloggers understands... [Read more]

‘Tips for entrepreneurs Who Are Starting a New Business over the Age of 50’ by Gail Trahd

Gail Trahd’s latest ‘PLR Health Wizard’ Blog post is titled “Tips for entrepreneurs Who Are Starting a New Business over the Age of 50”. Gail says, “The number of people who are starting new businesses and are over the age of 50 continues to rise every year. While these entrepreneurs often have a distinct advantage, they also face several... [Read more]

‘CISPA, The Privacy-Threatening Cyberspying Bill, Is Dead In The Senate’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “CISPA, The Privacy-Threatening Cyberspying Bill, Is Dead In The Senate”. ReadWrite say, “CISPA, the controversial cybersecurity bill passed by the House last week, appears to be dead in the Senate. It’s deja vu all over again for the measure, which would authorize private companies... [Read more]

“Offline Hustle”: how to sell websites to offline businesses #ad

If you are looking for consistent income online without the need for technical skills or salesmanship skills (and, certainly, no cold calling) , you might want to check out Offline Hustle, by “Mr. International.” He makes simple sites and then, he says, businesses call him wanting to buy his sites. He says he often gets multiple businesses... [Read more]

‘Redesigning Your Site? What You Need to Know for SEO’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Redesigning Your Site? What You Need to Know for SEO”. Lindsay Hittman says, “It’s inevitable, given the constantly evolving state of the internet, that every site will have to be redesigned from time to time. Even an effective site which once looked really good will eventually... [Read more]

‘Strong Q1 2013 for Rakuten LinkShare’ by Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Strong Q1 2013 for Rakuten LinkShare”. Collins Says, “Rakuten LinkShare has announced they’ve had continued growth for the first quarter of 2013. The affiliate network spans the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia, and they have plans to expand into additional markets in... [Read more]

‘Online Video: 39B Watched, Ad Views Surpass 13B for First Time’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Online Video: 39B Watched, Ad Views Surpass 13B for First Time”. MarketingProfs team says, “Some 182.5 million Americans watched 39.3 billion online content videos in March 2013, and the number of video ad views reached an all-time high of 13.2 billion, according to comScore Video Metrix... [Read more]

“Make attractive marketing infographics in 30 minutes” #ad

We have all seen these large multi-faceted graphics that explore a topic in all its richness. You have probably admired the skill that goes into creating one of these marketing tools. Until now, it took a talented (and expensive) graphic artist to put one together. Bot now there is 30 Minute Infographics, the tool that lets you do it yourself. John... [Read more]

‘What the Heck Is P-Commerce?’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “What the Heck Is P-Commerce?”. Lauren Indvik says, “First there was ecommerce, a term developed in the early ’80s to abbreviate “electronic commerce,” or sales made possible through electronic funds transfer (and later, the Internet). Since then, marketers have gleefully affixed... [Read more]

‘Is it time to review the small print in your affiliate network relationships?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Is it time to review the small print in your affiliate network relationships?”. Sean Sewell says, “Successful ecommerce thrives on working with the the best business partners that ensure you stay one step ahead of your competitors, but over the last decade things have become... [Read more]

‘Fixing the Broken Culture of SEO Metrics – Whiteboard Friday’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Fixing the Broken Culture of SEO Metrics – Whiteboard Friday”. Rand Fishkin says, “SEO is evolving, and the metrics we currently use to gauge success are broken when it comes to the broader ideals of inbound marketing. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand talks about what we can do to offer... [Read more]

Cashing With Graph Search 2: Get to know Facebook’s new tool #ad

Facebook is rolling out a new feature, called Graph Search. It allows a member to search for other members based on any of the personal attributes Facebook collects. This has many uses, but from the IM perspective, the greatest use is for precision targeting of relevant messages. It is so new that it is still in beta test. You apply to get access to... [Read more]

‘The Biggest, Yet Never Mentioned, Benefit of Content Marketing' by Jay Baer

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “The Biggest, Yet Never Mentioned, Benefit of Content Marketing?. Baer says, “We can pretend we’ve all accepted the commonly understood benefits of content marketing. But we’d be pretenders. Let’s deal with the digits. Content marketing can help you make money. Planned... [Read more]

‘5 Tips for Integrating Social Media Into Your Next Business Event’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “5 Tips for Integrating Social Media Into Your Next Business Event”. The YEC team says, “I remember my first exposure to the world of event marketing. I was interning at a record label in New York in 2001 and I was tasked to comb the Harlem neighborhood surrounding the then-hot... [Read more]

‘5 Writing Links You Can Use in the Field’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “5 Writing Links You Can Use in the Field”. Robert Bruce says, “This week on The Lede … Why You Should Write Daily Why Originality is Overrated The Few Sentences You Need to Dominate Your Market David Ogilvy’s Obituary 10 Ways to Write Clearly. No, Make that 1″. 5 Writing Links... [Read more]

Camera Cash Riches Niche Pack: Marketing aids for Amazon affiliates #ad

Mike McKay has just released his latest niche marketing pack, Camera Cash Riches Niche Pack If you have been reading IM NewsWatch for long you know that McKay specializes in these complete niche-oriented packages and over the last two years or so, he has released dozens of them. This new Camera Cash Riches Niche Pack is as powerful as the earlier ones. He... [Read more]

‘Product Pricing: 4 tips for communicating price in your marketing’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Product Pricing: 4 tips for communicating price in your marketing”. Daniel Burstein says, “In today’s Web clinic at 4:00 p.m. EDT – “When Should You Reveal Price? The 3 principles of presenting price that helped generate a 97% increase in conversion” – Flint McGlaughlin, Managing... [Read more]

‘Abandoned basket emails: creative vs. best practice?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Abandoned basket emails: creative vs. best practice?”. Rhian Simms says, “When it comes to abandoned baskets, all digital marketers worth their salt should be thinking about how to get their hands on every penny that is not being converted on their websites. Of course we... [Read more]

‘How The Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize Search’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “How The Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize Search”. Brian Proffitt says, “As mobile devices dictate the terms of search and how results are being conveyed to end users, there’s another phenomenon that will greatly influence the future of search – very soon, we’re going... [Read more]

Elite Email Marketing Academy: how to market with email #ad

Perhaps you have heard of Bertus Engelbrecht, a young but successful 6-figure marketer. For some time, now, he has taught other marketers the skills of the trade. Now Engelbrecht has just announced public availability of his private coaching program, called Elite Email Marketing Academy (or “EEMA”). In this program, he is revealing his... [Read more]

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