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The Importance of Good Grammar and Punctuation in Blogging
People who know me know that I can be a bit of a grammar and punctuation geek. While I won't go so far as to publicly correct people (I just berate them privately), I have been known to edit signs…
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Why Google Doe$n’t Care
Read Write Web has an article on content farms and the impact on search. We discussed content farms at an executive roundtable at Webtrends a bit as well... real-time analytics will definitely play a role. Content farms are publications sites…
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What if Your Marketing Works?
As a sales trainer I work with companies in a wide range of industries. And nearly every company I work with is spending more this year than last on internet focused marketing, including social media. Unfortunately for many of these…
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8 Guiding Principles to Hiring an Email Marketing Expert
In part one ( You Might Need an Email Marketing Expert If... ) we discussed when and why it might be a good idea to contract with experts who possess, dedicated, email marketing experience. Now we?ll outline the guiding principles…
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Search Engine Optimization Haters
I was working with a client on how to tweak their blog posts for increased search engine traffic. It's incredible how a slight title, meta description, heading, or content adjustment can have. We selected a blog post previously written, made…
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Your Email Open Rates May Be Low Because You’re Not Utilizing Alt Tags On Images
Tonight I received an email from Panera Bread . Like so many email programs nowadays, my email application automatically blocks images. As a result, here's what the email looked like: Not too compelling... especially for a beautiful email that...
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The Cobblers Children Have No Shoes
Yesterday I met with a marketing professional here in town. It was a great meeting and I truly appreciated some tough feedback I received about my corporate site. Simply put, I had put up a really crappy single page site…








