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Paid Search Becoming A Software Idea Goldmine

Gadgets & Tech – As the life cycle of PPC continues to evolve, we are seeing an increased visibility by known and unknown software companies who are building programs to help PPC Marketers "novice and experienced" do their job. Problem: They need to realize that even though automating the PPC process can be beneficial, removing the human element of past e

Voted for on April 15, 2008 12:13pm

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Political Online Conferences Do Not Embrace Traditional Search Marketing

Politics – Search marketing appears to be a scary thing when it comes to political campaign managers. There's still a strong sense for traditional "offline" marketing to get donations, volunteers, etc. Are they missing the boat by neglecting the power of search?

Voted for on March 12, 2008 12:53pm

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Link Building Secrets Revealed by Top Linking Experts

Gadgets & Tech – What happens when you ask some of the world's foremost link building experts to dish out one of their most guarded secrets to the world in a single collaborative effort? They respond!

Voted for on March 04, 2008 10:05am

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An Incredibly Easy Way To Legally Use Flickr Photos

Gadgets & Tech – Flickr is a goldmine of images that you can use to spice up your web site or blog posts. But there are some things you should be aware of, so that you can keep it all legal. Now, I don't want this to just be some boring post about keeping it legal. No, I intend to showcase how you can not only use Flickr images safely, but easily.

Voted for on February 19, 2008 09:33am

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Democrat Hillary Clinton: 2008 Presidential Candidates & Online Marketing Strategies

Politics – The Hillary Clinton campaign can get away with a lot more optimization wise than the other candidates when it comes to the candidate's name. However, this campaign's online strategy still has some short comings throughout it just like the rest of the candidates that we've reviewed so far.

Voted for on February 18, 2008 10:50am

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Yahoo PPC Looking Attractive Again

Money – Having trouble getting good ROI advertising through Google AdWords? SEMgeek says you may want to take a second look at Yahoo's pay-per-click offering. Lower cost per click make Yahoo potentially an attractive alternative for some advertisers.

Voted for on February 12, 2008 11:25am

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How To Tell A Prospective PPC Client their Paid Search SUCKS!

Gadgets & Tech – During the scoping process and if you have the opportunity to communicate your findings directly to the potential client instead of writing it up and having a sales guy regurgitate it to get the sale, it's a good idea to avoid "nice guy or lady" approach and migrated to more of a "This is Business and to be honest with you....".

Voted for on January 31, 2008 12:16am

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The Blogosphere: Power of the People

Money – The story of how one blog post managed to ignite a firestorm in the blogging community, which eventually caused two major corporations to change the way they do business.

Voted for on January 31, 2008 12:13am

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When is Usability More Important than SEO?

Gadgets & Tech – Every day we get businesses coming to us looking to improve their search engine rankings. They want to talk about an SEO campaign but one quick look at their site and we see that SEO may not be the right approach for them. Usually in these cases the site needs a complete usability makeover.

Voted for on January 24, 2008 09:23am

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How Advanta is Leveraging Social Media for B2B

Gadgets & Tech – A fun yet poignant example of how big business markets to small business, while capitalizing on the social media marketing trend. Jennifer details how Advanta, a small business credit card company, uses its Ideablob website to not only draw attention to itself but also to help select entrepreneurs by providing 10k in startup funds for winning new s

Voted for on January 23, 2008 06:33pm

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Democrat John Edwards Online Campaign Strategies

Politics – Democrat Presidential Candidate John Edwards has some interesting online marketing strategies including a heavy use on blogging and social media. Take a look at the full review of his presidential campaign's online marketing strategies.

Voted for on January 23, 2008 06:29pm

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Google Adwords: They are Not Practicing What They Preach

Gadgets & Tech – How is it that Google, who has set the standard for creating PPC best practices can honestly propose their infamous "optimization option" that promotes broad match & mediocre campaign structure and organization that has done nothing but double or triple the spend for their advertisers & leave a bad taste in their mouths from the e

Voted for on January 21, 2008 02:58pm

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8 Tips for Blogging Inspiration

Gadgets & Tech – Blogger's Block frequently occurs right at that point that you have to get a post written. When you end up being stuck in this situation, what can you do? Simon Heseltine discusses 8 different types of posts you can use to fill in while you wait for inspiration to strike.

Voted for on January 21, 2008 02:57pm

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Drive-Thru Ettiquette

Humor – We all use drive-thrus - fast food, banks and even pharmacies. I love the convenience - I can make a deposit at the bank, pick up a prescription and grab some Super Tacos at Jack in the Box, all while in my pajamas. What spoils the whole experience of a drive-thru? Those who don't follow proper drive-thru ettiquette.

Voted for on January 21, 2008 02:56pm

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14 Monty Python Skits about Search Marketing

Careers & Jobs – Simon Hesteltine shows his British roots by offering up some Pythoneque advice to the search marketing industry.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 11:14am