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You Might Need an Email Marketing Expert If…
This post is intended to be a resource for those who, admittedly, know that they could be deriving more value from the email channel. No matter if decide to hire outside professionals, such as an email marketing agency , or…
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Not All SEO Professionals Are Created Equal
While I was at a content management platform I cofounded, I was often confronted by SEO professionals who liked to challenge every little thing across the application. At issue was that these folks were used to working on a set…
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How to Move Your Blog and Retain Search Momentum
If you have an existing blog, chances are that you have search engine authority built to that domain or subdomain. Typically, companies simply start a new blog and abandon their old one. If your old content is lost, this could…
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Causes: Charity + Facebook = WIN!
I'm not a fan of Facebook , that probably won't change anytime soon. Aside from the ridiculous ads that won't go away no matter how many times I ask (see screenshot below), Facebook is a closed system - they want…
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5 Keys to B2B Blogging
This week I'm working on a presentation for the Webtrends Engage conference. My topic is quite specific and the time slot is very brief (10 minutes), so it's challenging me to do one heck of a presentation! I've been asked…
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Is Copernicus or Aristotle Running Your Business?
There are several businesses I work with... and I think the ones I enjoy the most are the ones who recognize that they are not as important as their customers are. Some of the others don't even acknowledge that there…
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Sometimes Marketing Coal Produces Diamonds
Marketers spend much of the Holidays being villainized and accused of commercializing the season. After watching my nieces monitor NORAD for Santa's progress globally, I thought it might be worth reflecting on marketing's positive contributions to the Holiday season. Although…
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Side With Your Customers
On a recent call to a major telecom company, which I won't mention (their logo looks like a blue death star), I was infatuated with my customer service representative ( CSR ). Shocking, I know. Throughout the call, she actually…
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Checking Your Site’s Rank with Personalized Search
One of my clients called last week and asked why, when she searched, her site was first in the rankings but another person had her down the page a bit. If you hadn't heard the ruckus, Google has turned on…
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Are You an Elephant or a Butterfly?
I watched a presentation with Roger Williams , a regional non-profit owner and entrepreneur. Roger shared a fantastic business analogy; he asked, " Are you an Elephant or a Butterfly ?" Both elephants and butterflies are memorable, but they have…