Facebook Webinar with Mari Smith and Michael Stelzner

September 9, 2010

In this webinar, Facebook experts Mari Smith and Michael Stelzner discuss how 9 different companies use Facebook to promote their corporate brands. Originally presented Sept 7, 2010.

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How to Become an SEO Expert and Get Better Rankings

September 8, 2010

While SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is not the “be all and end all” of online marketing, it is certainly an important part of it. Many would argue it is the central part, and the foundation for all your other efforts – social networking, email promotions, article marketing and even offline marketing efforts. That is because [...]

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Review of Apple iPhone 4

September 3, 2010

Here is an in-depth review of Apple’s newest iPhone – the iPhone 4. You can’t possibly go shopping for a smartphone without looking at this unit.

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Review of Samsung Captivate Android SmartPhone

August 31, 2010

You are probably familiar with Blackberry and iPhone smartphones but you may be completely in the dark about the up-and-coming alternative – the Android. Android is actually an operating system developed by Google and made available to phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Motorola, HTC and many others. This review of the Samsung Captivate shows how [...]

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Using Content from Other People to Get Traffic

August 29, 2010

The eternal question for web marketers is How do you get people to come to your website? It doesn’t matter if you are selling a product like cell phones, a service like landscaping, your own info-products like ebooks or DVDs, or your own original music. It doesn’t matter. To be successful online you have to [...]

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Video Review of Blackberry Torch 9800

August 27, 2010

The Blackberry Torch 9800 is RIM’s first smartphone with a true touchscreen interface, slide out physical keyboard and their new OS called Blackberry 6. This video from Crackberry.com takes a close look at the hardware. The Blackberry is an essential tool for many small (and large) business people, and one of the big questions confronting [...]

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Writing Articles is a Pain in the Butt

August 26, 2010

Writing articles is one of the best ways to gain some online exposure for yourself and for your web properties. As I have pointed out in a previous post, Why Article Marketing is Worth Doing you can write articles on just about any subject and submit them to many different article directories – some of [...]

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iPhone or BlackBerry – Which is Better?

August 25, 2010

The iPhone is hot hot hot – according to sales figures Apple sold 1.7 million of their new iPhone 4 is just the first three days after it was released. Yes it’s true that the Blackberry from RIM still holds a fairly sizable lead in the business sector. After all, this is where RIM made [...]

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If You’re in Business You Need a Slogan

August 23, 2010

When you are just one business among many others who provide the same type of services it is important to be unique. Whether you are a plumber, an accountant, a chiropractor, or a landscaping contractor, giving yourself a unique twist will help distinguish your business from your competitors. This is what is often called creating [...]

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Why Article Marketing Is Worth Doing

August 20, 2010

Most local business owners don’t realize how utterly invisible their business is to the vast army of web surfers out there. You can have the most beautiful, elaborate and informative website in your entire niche, but if your potential readers and customers don’t know it is there it’s not of much value. So at least [...]

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Using Facebook Groups and Pages to Promote Your Business

August 18, 2010

Facebook started out as a way for individual members to interact with each other. But many members have business interests and want the opportunity to promote their business to other members. Facebook Groups and Facebook Pages are two ways you can use to promote a cause, point of view, product or service. What is a [...]

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Facebook Ads Give Local Business New Options

August 18, 2010

For local business owners one of the biggest drawbacks with online advertising has been the crude (or non-existent) ways in which you can target the reach of your ads. Placing an ad on a high traffic sight virtually guarantees getting hits from people you have no interest in reaching. And this alone can make online [...]

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Free Report – 6 Deadly Small Business Marketing Mistakes

August 17, 2010

Well known small business marketing guru David Frey has made this Free 50 page ebook available to small business owners, managers and marketers. 6 Deadly Small Business Marketing Mistakes is actually an introduction to his more extensive book The Small Business Marketing Bible. For the price (free!) this is a great source of information. The [...]

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Using eMail Marketing for Your Local Business

August 16, 2010

Internet marketers are fond of saying “Build a list, build a list!” Under the best of circumstances this is a difficult challenge, but even more for a local business. Say you’re a car dealer, landscaper, chiropractor, hair salon or real estate agent. What is the point of building a list of email subscribers? The job [...]

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Why Local Business is Rejecting Traditional Marketing

August 15, 2010

Anybody who is even casually aware of how local business has evolved over the last few years knows that one of the most dramatic changes has been the way the internet has eroded traditional local media. Traditional media have become splintered. Newspapers are losing readers and advertisers. Direct mail has become ineffective because of technology [...]

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