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SEO strategy: five main points from Matt Cutts (video)

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This is a simple, straight to the facts video telling you the most important pieces of an SEO strategy . Who is Matt Cutts? Matthew "Matt" Cutts (born 1972 or 1973)leads the web spam team at Google, and manages the search quality team on search engine optimization issues.

Online Marketing Class, early bird discount expires 24 hours

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My Blogging Success Class, how to improve your online marketing skills, will be held next week. It is easy to register and participate on the phone or using Skype. The early bird discount ends tomorrow - Thursday the 18th. Building confidence in producing content for your business is the most important aspect of online marketing. (Source: SocialExaminer) If you want to achieve better online marketing results, this is your opportunity - learn the skills in class and do it yourself. You will be given proven, exact ,and specific marketing methods on how to .... 1. gain readership of your blog. 2.   improve the number of page views on your blog and/or web site. 3. design an effective "Call To Action" and monitor it. Those are some of the nuggets you will learn, after this class is over you will be educated and equipped (with free tools) to preform successful online marketing . PLUS , you receive a free 90 minute consultation on your blog or web site. Yo...

Online Marketing: tips and techniques class, special offer

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Blogging Success Class , improve your online marketing skills with a money back guarantee. Did you know that blogs are the third most important influence that affect consumer spending? ( link to study ) Receive a free 45 minute consultation on your blog, or how to setup you blog, by enrolling in the class today. Simply type in "free-consulting" in the promo field. Don't miss this beneficial marketing class on 26 February. The Early Bird discount expires this week. Click here to get started now .

Blogging - 16 statisitcs that demonstrate it's a potent marketing tool

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1. 6.7MM people publish blogs on blogging websites, and another 12MM write blogs using their social networks. (Source: NM Incite ) 2. 81% of U.S. online consumers trust information and advice from blogs. (Source: BlogHer ) 3. Companies that blog have 97% more inbound links. (Source: Hubspot ) 4. By 2013, it is projected that 128 million people in the US will be blog readers. (Source: MyMarketingDept. ) 5. 92% of companies who blog multiple times per day have acquired a customer from their blog. (Source: HubSpot ) 6. The most active demographic group for blogging is 21-to-35 year olds with 53.3% of the total blogging population. (Source: Sysomos ) 7. B2B marketers who use blogs generate 67% more leads than those that do not. (Source: InsideView ) 8. 23% of total Internet usage time is devoted to social networks or blogs. (Source: Dream Systems Media ) 9. 61% of U.S. online consumers have made a purchase based on recommendations from a blog. (Source: BlogHer )...

Blogging - an effective marketing tool when done correctly

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Blogging is a surefire way to get your ideas, products, and content into the data stream that makes the internet what it is - a data superhighway. For a business, blogging is a 'must have' in the marketing portfolio, especially with the growth of social marketing and its' integration into all aspects of the devices we use today. A "blog" (derived from the term "web log") is basically just a website with two key differences: First, it's extremely easy to add information to it. A blog is like an online journal, so you just log in, type what happened today, post it, and you're done! Second, you can add a simple little feature that automatically tells a whole bunch of other websites that you've made an update to your blog--every time you make a change. In fact, two of the most popular platforms for small business blogging, blogger.com and wordpress.com, are designed to have the look and feel of editing a Microsoft Word document.  Because ...

Net Neutrality - keep the internet free from govt and cable companies

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Keep the internet from being over regulated or purchased by the cable companies. If you like using the internet, you need to take time and learn about what will happen if it becomes over regulated by the government or purchased by the cable companies. Teachers and Educators, this is a real life scenario for engaging in classroom and/or self directed curriculum. Resources to learn more ..... Fight For Our Future (non-profit) https://www.fightforthefuture.org/ http://www.stopnetregulation.org/stop-government-takeover-of-the-internet NYT article http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/technology/in-net-neutrality-push-fcc-is-expected-to-propose-regulating-the-internet-as-a-utility.html