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4 Strategies to Spin a Better Web(inar)

It’s taken a couple years, but the webinar has finally taken off. How do we know? Have a look at our inbox – it’s full of invitations for this, that and the other one. While we don’t have time to attend every session (we’re too busy blogging), we’ve seen plenty of marketing-based sessions to offer [...]

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Can’t Run With the Big Blogs? That’s OK – There’s Still Room on the Porch

Directing traffic to your blog is like trying to unload tix to an Avril Lavigne concert when the New Kids are performing next door. It’s a formidable task – but it can be done. Considering, though, that 175,000 new blogs a day are added to the estimated 213 million (and counting) existing English-language blogs already [...]

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Good Things, Small Packages: Microblogging at Pownce

Many web applications nowadays are all about truncating activities and taking up less time. Blogs are as common as grass nowadays, but some smart developers created a condensed version of the common medium: microblogging!

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Nofollow Tags and How They Benefit You

Everyone hates spam. (I do not speak of the canned meat product. And I will not judge you if you like it!) Even on the apparently limitless Internet, spam seems like a waste of space and time. The blog, in particular, has been a target of these abuses. Imagine posting an entry and then you [...]

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Improve Your Website Conversion

Successful web conversion is all about keeping visitors on your site. If your bounce rate is high, it may be due to your website having poor content. Here are a few tips to keep the bouncing to a minimum. 1. Cross-link your relevant pages. Your website should be focused on its ostensible subject, of course. [...]

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Blogging For Small Business

Just came across this great article in the New York Times about blogging.  These profiles are of real small businesses using blogs.  We love them and find that for the right company, a well executed blog can be a goldmine.  For most companies we find blogging to be part of a building a strong foundation [...]

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Can blogging help your business?

Can blogging help your business? Yes! According to the report referenced below, nearly 70% of consumers are reading blogs on a regular basis, and 41% have their own blog or post frequently to blogs. Additionally, 46% of consumers who responded to the survey read four or more blogs on a regular basis. The report summarizes: [...]

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Blogging is hard. we’re feeling it right now as we start our own corporate blog (this one) in our new campaign to educate the nation’s executives on how to better use the Internet to improve business. We’re calling it “Hiring the Internet” and we have every intention of making serious Internet Marketing part of the [...]

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