I believe social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) is replacing blogging as the primary way web users share links. Most social media links are no-followed and have little or no explanation surrounding the link to add context. These kinds of links are not as strong of a signal as a 1-2 paragraph blog post that links to a great article or piece of content.

My random SEO theory: Search engines (especially Google) will assign more value to sites/pages that continue to link out and provide them with this dying signal of quality. In other words, linking out to other sites — already a Good Thing — will become a Better Thing over time.

Not me. And not a survey of senior managers and business owners around the world. Emarketer is reporting on the survey today, a survey that shows small businesses are beating mid-sized and large companies when it comes to acquiring customers via social media. Have a look at the evidence:

According to the study, U.S. businesses are not doing as well as those in some other countries at getting new customers via social channels — at least when measured as a percentage of the overall business population of a country. The survey indicates that about 35% of U.S. businesses have succeeded in getting new customers via social media, while more than 50% of businesses in countries like India, Spain, and Mexico have done so.

Small businesses are finally starting to understand just why it is so important to have an online presence. As recently as 2007, small service business owners still believed that having a blog or doing any other type of marketing on the Internet was a waste of their time and resources. This is no longer the case. These businesses are now interested in social media marketing, blogging, and article marketing as a way to make their phones ring.

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Hey There

Have you wondered how to get GREAT joint ventures going?

David Preston does.

You may not know David, but they recently made him a faculty member over at StomperNet because of his amazing talent for attracting partnerships…and because he knows how to teach about it too.

David’s going to discuss “How to do BIG LEAGUE JVs…Right Now!” with Brad Fallon, StomperNet CEO tonight at 9pm Eastern, and you’re invited:

https://stompernet.infusionsoft.com/go/SEOPW1/gbmoffet

The webinar is free, but don’t blame me if you don’t take action and make a bunch of money with all the stuff David’s going to be teaching.

1. Give Your Videos a Trim

If you record your own videos, you should definitely use YouTube’s Video Editor to remove the beginning and end of your videos. Nobody wants to see you run back and forth to the video camera to hit that record button

This year, 34 local search marketers, small business owners, web developers, etc., have contributed thoughts and opinions on what matters most when it comes to ranking in the Google 7-pack, Yahoo’s local business listings, and Bing’s local business listings. Here’s a quick look at what the survey shows are the most positive factors that help improve rankings:

1. Claiming your business listing
2. Having your business address in the city being searched
3. Proper categorizing (of your business listing)
4. Number of citations from major data providers and Internet yellow pages sites
5. Off-page / off-listing factors

Today is the BIG DAY! Jonathan Budd and Mark Hoverson are releasing their epic ‘M.L.M Launch
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I have been following Katie for some time now and I must say this is one of few few woman that I know off to date that actually is an inspiration to others in the online industry. This woman does what she says and that is “Integrating Personal Development With Online marketing”.

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If you’ve been in business very long, you’ve probably sent out emails and direct mail pieces as part of your marketing campaigns. And that’s great! Following up and marketing to your prospects and customers is going to add a lot to your revenue! But as powerful as these marketing pieces are, they have one disadvantage…they’re passive.
By that I mean they can only anticipate. They can’t respond and react to the prospect’s mood. But, salespeople can be expensive to employ. And…It’s hard going from prospect to prospect repeating the same old pitch!
So imagine you discovered a way to get all your prospects together at the same time-in front of your best speaker-to hear their sales pitch. Sounds like a seminar, doesn’t it? Nothing new there. Seminars have long been a successful avenue for selling.
What if you had a way to get all the advantages of a seminar -selling "face-to-face"- but without having to work yourself to death getting people through the door? And what if this meant you could easily generate more leads and sales opportunities with the same or an even lower marketing budget and using fewer resources?
Well you can stop "imaging" and wondering "what if" because thanks to the revolutionary power of the Internet, this is now a reality. It’s here and it’s available NOW. It’s called a webinar!
With webinars you can: