There are many great SEO Analytics Platforms on the market today, names such as SEOmoz, seoClarity, Conductor, Brightedge, and more as the list grows every year. Another one of the leaders is Raven Tools. A couple of weeks ago, Raven announced that they are dropping their ranking reports from the product. This is at least […]
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A common topic the past several months has been focused on how limited our options are for building links, ever since the almighty Penguin rained on the link buyers’ parade. Link Building is not dead. You just have to (gasp) earn those links now. Regardless of how much more time and effort it requires, there
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Welcome to Return On News. Periodically, I like to take a moment to review the content that has inspired me enough to share on Twitter. Among that content, there are typically a handful of posts that stand out and deserve special mention. On that premise, I created Return On News. From time-to-time, when I find
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I remember the days when you could launch a website and get back to business as usual, knowing that it was likely to provide some value just by existing. These days, websites remain the key to successful marketing strategies However, online marketing includes much more. This post outlines a framework for mapping marketing objectives to a
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Bloggers are an interesting bunch. Some of us do it just because we need an outlet for the millions of ideas and thoughts in our heads. Others are blogging to build relationships and have meaningful discussion. You will find those who are marketing a business product or services, and those who are simply looking to
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The following slide deck was my supporting material for a presentation to the Austin Online Marketing Club on November 27, 2012. It addresses the question of whether you should be managing a website, or a more comprehensive web presence. In the document, you will find a couple of case studies, a review of how the
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Today we offer you a guest post from Mike McVey of Search Marketing Services company Wisdek. He reviews some non-SEO items we all need to keep in mind when benchmarking web marketing success. When you own a website, you may be thinking of doing search engine optimization in order to make it more popular and
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Rather often, we find that anything labeled as “social” is lumped into one big bucket. No matter what type of social tool is being used or analyzed, a large majority of people out there use social media, social networking, and similar terms interchangeably. It is very important to understand the nuances between each individual type
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The following guest post comes to you courtesy of Jessica Donnovan. In this post, Jessica reviews three important factors in your PPC / SEM effort that might be limiting your ability to convert leads into sales. If you ask any entrepreneur or business owner in this generation about their marketing strategies, there’s a big chance
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Enjoy today’s contributed content from professional guest blogger Mason Cameron. There are many ways to get traffic to your website, and they all have their positives. Because there are so many options, you need to decide what will work best for you. It’s possible to spread yourself too thin and see no benefit at all
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