Inbound Marketing vs. Outbound Marketing

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If you ever have been responsible for producing and updating the business marketing strategy then you know that how easy it is to get overwhelmed by the advice and information. You think over the ideas of making an eye-catching poster or you want to talk to the potential customers at an industry … Read more

Top Branding Tips For Small Businesses

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Small businesses are private companies that are owned by partnerships or sole proprietorships. Such businesses are having fewer employees with less annual revenue than a full-size business or corporation. Businesses are defined as small in terms of the possibility of seeking government support or benefit from a preferential tax policy. It can … Read more

Increase Your Blog’s Traffic in 7 Ways

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By now, maybe you already have your own blog, and you also know that blogging is a valuable pursuit. According to Hubspot, companies that have blogs get 97% more inbound links. As for your blog, you may be thinking, what if no one visits my blog? How am I going to generate … Read more

How to Make Money Blogging

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Ah, to make money blogging. It’s one of the holy grails of the Internet community. We write, therefore we are–but we would rather our loquacious posts pay the bills too. Really, is that too much to ask? Want your words working for you? Here are a few ways to help your articles … Read more

How to Create Engaging Content as a Finance Professional

How to Create Engaging Content as a Finance Professional

Most people’s attention span is a fraction of what it was just a few years ago. The onslaught of digital tools has made us ‘skimmers,’ just as you may be doing right now. As our brains act like a sieve, creating engaging content in any industry can be a challenge. Creating engaging … Read more

Marketing Ideas 101 Blog Carnival, March 3, 2013

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Welcome to the March 3, 2013 edition of the Marketing Ideas 101 blog carnival. This edition was originally scheduled for February 5, but.. well.. best laid plans and all. Thank you all for your submissions (over 50!) Here are the 14 finalists. Enjoy! Blogging & Social Media Jon Rhodes presents How To … Read more

Marketing Ideas 101 Blog Carnival, December 18, 2012

Marketing Ideas 101 Blog Carnival

Welcome to the December 18, 2012 edition of the Marketing Ideas 101 Blog Carnival. Blogging Bill Smith presents Breaking The Barriers Of Language With WordPress Transposh posted at Captured Technology, saying, “Some websites have good content however, not all of them get high rankings because of the different languages that people use … Read more

How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

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Driving traffic to your blog can be one of the most difficult things to do.  With so many blogs starting up each day, it’s difficult to differentiate yourself and your blog from the others online and to culminate an effective online presence.  While it does take hard work and perseverance, driving and … Read more

How NOT to Drive Traffic Using Fiverr

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(Subtitled: Beware the $5 Traffic Gurus) I thought I was being smart. I thought I could pay someone five bucks and they would work their magic and funnel all sorts of traffic to my new blog. Of course, I was experimenting, but I had no idea what kind of a fail to … Read more

How to Use Blog Comments to Build Backlinks

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When conducting search engine marketing, the quality and quantity of backlinks leading into your website provide the search engines something upon which to base your authority metric, bumping you up in the search results. When making blog comments on sites that compliment your own, remember to mention your keywords 2-3 times, as … Read more