IM NewsWatch, September 9, 2013 - Latest IM News including ‘Google Plus SEO: The Business Benefits – Business 2 Community' and much more...
September 9th, 2013 at 4:00 am ESTJim Edwards’ 3-part Webinar series on ‘White Board Video Profits’ Begins September 10
Jim Edwards’ 3-part webinar series on ‘White Board Video Profits’ begins from Tuesday, September 10. Edwards says, “On this “FREE” webinar we’ll cover how to create the right whiteboard videos for the right job… and do it quickly. You can use these techniques to create eye-catching content people love,... [Read more]
‘Google Disavow and the Damage Already Done’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Google Disavow and the Damage Already Done”. The WM team says, “When Google launched its disavow tool over a year ago, few realized the impact that its use might have on their search engine optimization campaigns. But an impact it has most certainly had – and not always a positive one. In... [Read more]
‘4 Tips to Attract More Readers to Your Business Blog’ by Patsi Krackoff
Patsi Krackoff’s latest blog post is titled “4 Tips to Attract More Readers to Your Business Blog”. Krackoff says, “How can you attract more readers to your business blog? Blogs have become a social media platform for everyone. When you know how to blog, you can write about anything relevant to your business’ audience that will enrich... [Read more]
Do you need an information product to sell? #ad
Jeremy Burns is famous for creating high-quality products for other people to sell. For about 7 years, he has been creating bundles of products he calls his Source Code Goldmine or SCGM for short. Each time he releases a new SCGM, people flock to it because they know the products in it are high-quality and will be something they would like to resell.... [Read more]
‘Join Us at The eBusiness Forum In Chicago, November 5th and 6th, 2013!’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Join Us at The eBusiness Forum In Chicago, November 5th and 6th, 2013!”. Carrie Johnson says, “To the delight of many tired parents, it’s back to school season. It’s also the perfect time to plan out your fall calendar, and we’re hoping that you will join us in Chicago... [Read more]
‘Amazon Offers New Opportunities for Mobile Affiliates’ by Shawn Collins
Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Amazon Offers New Opportunities for Mobile Affiliates”. Collins Says, “Amazon has introduced new opportunities for affiliates with mobile-optimized websites and mobile apps. Affiliates have been able to earn commissions through mobile traffic to Amazon from their mobile optimized-website(s) and... [Read more]
‘Facebook Still Isn’t Ready To Launch Its Video Ad Product’ – Business Insider
The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Facebook Still Isn’t Ready To Launch Its Video Ad Product [THE BRIEF]“. Aaron Tube says, “Good morning!. Here’s what you need to know today: Facebook is once again pushing back the launch of its video ad product due to user experience concerns, Ad Age reports. The social... [Read more]
The “Sideways Sales Letter” and other marketing tools #ad
Jeff Walker released the first of several training videos Friday. In it, he explained how he uses the “Sideways Sales Letter” in his product launches. Don’t know what a Sideways Sales Letter is? We didn’t either, but he explains that, too. If you want to become known online for your expertise, and you want to use that expert... [Read more]
‘LinkedIn Marketing Basics: Top 5 Tips To Get You Networking In No Time’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “LinkedIn Marketing Basics: Top 5 Tips To Get You Networking In No Time”. Annetta Powell says, “Who doesn’t know about LinkedIn? It is a business networking website with over 225 million users from more than 200 countries. It is a playground for recruiters and HR departments... [Read more]
‘Facebook Delays Privacy Policy Updates’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Facebook Delays Privacy Policy Updates”. ReadWrite Editors say, “Changes to Facebook’s data use policy announced a week ago will not be rolled out until next week,according to the LA Times. The proposed changes include adding profile photos to Facebook’s facial recognition database,... [Read more]
‘Instagram Reaches 150 Million Monthly Active Users’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Instagram Reaches 150 Million Monthly Active Users”. Brian Anthony Hernandez says, “Instagram now has 150 million monthly active users with more than 60% of them residing outside of the United States. At last tally in June, the app had 130 million monthly active users. In February, the... [Read more]
WP Speed Formula: speed up your WP site #ad
You may have noticed that IM NewsWatch has had some page load speed problems in the last few months, caused by software problems. We have worked hard to correct those problems, and as a result our home page loads faster now. That’s important because Google rankings are influenced by how fast your page loads. They reason that waiting around for... [Read more]
‘Kenneth Cole: is a tagline of ‘views my own’ inoculation against scandal?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Kenneth Cole: is a tagline of ‘views my own’ inoculation against scandal?”. Ben Davis says, “Kenneth Cole’s ‘personal’ Twitter account has a bio that states ‘My tweets are not representative of the corporate @kennethcoleprd feed’. This poses some questions about... [Read more]
‘Jim Boykin Interview’ – ‘SEO Book’ Blog
The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Jim Boykin Interview”. Aaron Wall says, “Jim Boykin has been a longtime friend & was one of the early SEOs who was ahead of the game back in the day. While many people have came and went, Jim remains as relevant as ever today. We interviewed him about SEO, including scaling his company, disavow... [Read more]
‘Weighting the Clusters of Ranking Factors in Google’s Algorithm’ – MOZ Blog
The latest MOZ blog post is titled “Weighting the Clusters of Ranking Factors in Google’s Algorithm – Whiteboard Friday”. Rand Fishkin says, “We asked 128 SEO experts about their thoughts on the relative importance of several clusters of ranking factors. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand shows you what you need to know about... [Read more]
The Trinity Code: For professional websites that earn good commissions #ad
Earning good affiliate commissions is a goal that has seemed elusive to many marketers. But it’s not impossible if you approach it right. Marketing knowledge is important so you can pick the right products to promote and so you can promote them with smart ads, smart ad placement and smart traffic generation. Beyond that, for the best commissions,... [Read more]
‘Get Happy: Putting Yourself into Your Brand’s Personality' by Jay Baer
Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “Get Happy: Putting Yourself into Your Brand’s Personality?. Baer says, “Debbie Gioquindo and Keryl Pesce, co-founders of Happy Bitch Wines, join the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the powerful story behind their brand’s origins, the crowdsourcing approach that... [Read more]
‘10 Rules for Writing First Drafts [Poster]’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “10 Rules for Writing First Drafts [Poster]”. Demian Farnworth says, “Forgive me, for I am here to destroy your insecurities. Your excuses. The lie that suggests your first draft must be perfect. The illusion that great copy is born in a single moment of white hot inspiration. I want to... [Read more]
‘3 SEO Strategies You Need To Drive More Traffic’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “3 SEO Strategies You Need To Drive More Traffic”. Chow says, “Let me share with you some of the SEO strategies you need to drive more traffic to your blog. You and I know that before you can build a successful blog, you need people. Truly, a community is not composed of Trees and Animals – it has to... [Read more]
Keyword Organizer: Actually use your keyword research #ad
Whatever keyword research tool you use, you probably struggle to make sense of the thousands of keywords the popular keyword tools crank out. Managing that much data is really frustrating. To be effective, you need to: * Group related keywords so you can use them in a campaign * Filter the Data to find the particular keywords out of the hundreds or... [Read more]
’15 Ways To Make Your Social Media Strategy A Complete Fail’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “15 Ways To Make Your Social Media Strategy A Complete Fail”. Tatiana Liubarets says, “Simply having a presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ doesn’t guarantee your company scores of fresh leads and new customers. In fact, recent studies by Manta have found that 60%... [Read more]
‘Facebook Adds Professional Skills Category for Job Seekers’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Adds Professional Skills Category for Job Seekers”. Adario Strange says, “In what could prove to be a stealth move to compete with the likes of LinkedIn, Facebook has added a fully discoverable “professional skills” option to its user profiles. The subtle change, discovered by... [Read more]
‘The secret to productive, happy and creative digital workers’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “The secret to productive, happy and creative digital workers”. Paul Boag says, “With the explosion of the digital economy, the best digital professionals are much in demand and expensive. How then do you retain good staff and ensure you get the best return on investment?”. The... [Read more]
Popit WP Plugin: Eye-catching, elegant and animated Pop-ups #ad
Noah Whitmore was unhappy with the limitations of pop-up software for WordPress. The existing plugins didn’t work well with mobile devices and were restricted in what they could display. So he created his own pop-up builder, and he calls it: Popit Plugin. Here’s what it can do for you: • Instead of limiting you to a boring rectangle,... [Read more]
‘Why Don’t More People Believe You’re the Best?’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “Why Don’t More People Believe You’re the Best?”. Brian Clark says, “One of the foundational tenets of direct marketing (which means all online marketing) is the “reason why.” Why are you the best? Why should I believe you? Why should I buy right now? Good luck with that now. You... [Read more]
‘The Art of Awesome Curation: Lessons from Gilt and Houzz’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “The Art of Awesome Curation: Lessons from Gilt and Houzz”. Sucharita Mulpuru says, “One of the most common questions I get is “Who does personalization really well?” And at its heart, great personalization is about effectively deciding which products (or offers) from a deep product... [Read more]
‘Here’s Why Privacy Groups Want The FTC To Block Facebook’s New Rules’ – Business Insider
The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Here’s Why Privacy Groups Want The FTC To Block Facebook’s New Rules”. Aaron Tube says, “Six consumer privacy groups sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday urging the FTC not to allow Facebook to implement the privacy disclosure changes it proposed... [Read more]
‘Google Plus SEO: The Business Benefits’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Google Plus SEO: The Business Benefits”. Pam Dyer says, “Google Plus offers business opportunities available nowhere else. The social network run by Google — the gateway to your business — is a game-changer. It ties together several Google products and delivers many rewards... [Read more]
‘A Free Smartphone Would Mean Selling Your Soul To Amazon’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “A Free Smartphone Would Mean Selling Your Soul To Amazon”. Dan Rowinski say, “Everybody loves a free gadget. Or at least a very cheap one. E-commerce king Amazon is well aware of this fact and according to a recent report, could launch its own smartphone for free to the public. A free smartphone?... [Read more]
‘NSA Code-Cracking Puts Google Under Fire’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “NSA Code-Cracking Puts Google Under Fire”. Allan Holmes says, “Disclosures that the U.S. National Security Agency can crack codes protecting the online traffic of the world’s largest Internet companies will inflict more damage than earlier reports of complicity in government spying, according... [Read more]