Thursday, November 1, 2012

Blog Posts to Read for November 1, 2012

Below you will find our favorite blog posts that are related to SEO, search engine marketing and social media marketing from this past week. Please feel free to visit each, we hope you find them as helpful as we do!

31 Easy Ideas To Create Content Your Customers Want
The big secret in content marketing is that it is not that hard to begin creating a steady stream of relevant content. Here are 31 ideas to help you get started.
5 Things to Check Before Sending Your Press Release
Before you send out your press release, you need to check these 5 important things.
8 Questions to Ask When Guest Blogging
How do you know if guest blogging is worth your time? Here are 8 considerations.
Five Lessons Learned After Five Years of B2B Social Media
Today, brands are embracing social media and are becoming more effective at integrating these tools into their communications. Here are five lessons from someone who has been involved in B2B social media for the past 5 years.
Yelp Cracks Down on Fake Reviews
Yelp claims that employees will investigate and respond to all related solicitations by going undercover to catch the perpetrators.
Infographic: State of Social Media Marketing
Awareness has published “The State Of Social Marketing Report” and an associated infographic. The report dives into the numbers to detail items with important business value.
How Your Brand Can Leverage the Power of Other Brands on Social Media
Just like we interact with friends on social media, we (brands) should interact with other brands.
More Marketers Spend On Content, Fewer Know If it’s Working
Last year, 40% of the B2B marketers surveyed said content marketing was “effective” or “very effective.” This year, that figure dipped to 36%.
Google Analytics Tips for Small Businesses
Use Google Analytics to help measure how your website is doing. Here are some ways to make sense of all of the reporting options.
Using Social Media For Lead Generation
Simply opening up a Twitter account or creating a LinkedIn profile isn’t enough; you have to know how to turn your connections into qualified leads.
These were our favorite SEO, SEM and Social Media blog posts this week. Check back next week for more top posts!
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Top 5 SEO Resources Online

Search engine optimization contains hundreds of factors and there are updates far to often. Researching SEO can be a challenge because you don’t always know if the information is old, new, correct or incorrect. The infographic below shows the most popular SEO resources on the web, as well as their current rankings and monthly traffic.
Top 5 SEO Resources Online
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Free SEO Tools for Website Analysis

Most of the SEO Professionals needs to send number of SEO proposals to new clients often. Also, they would like to have quick analysis on each website before sending the proposal. Following are top 3 free online tools which will help you while doing website analysis.

        1. woorank
        2. Site Trail
        3. Hubspot's Marketing Grader

1. Woorank:
Woorank is one of the best free tool for basic SEO analysis. Woorank team is putting their maximum efforts to optimize this tool. SEO Professionals who would like to know about any site in a single click can approach this tool without any doubt. One good thing is it’s always free and clean interface with no ads. Following are the couple factors this tool analyzes about a website:
  • SEO Suggestions
  • Visitor’s information
  • Social Share data
  • SEO Tech Info
  • SEO Tags Data
  • Link Evaluation
  • Keyword Analysis
  • Website Authority & Back links
  • Usability & Security
  • Tracking & Technologies

 2. Site Trail:

Site Trail is another free SEO tool for website analysis. It’s little new compared to woorank. It’s also offering the same kind of features in woorank. However Site Trail team has few more additional features to their tool i.e. Hosting, Server, DNS Records & HTTP headers information. Following are the list of features it offers:
  • Social Media Stats
  • Basic SEO Data
  • Visitors Analysis
  • Traffic Rank Details
  • Content & Linking Analysis
  • Hosting & Server Info
  • DNS & HTTP header Records

3. HubSpot’s MarketingGrader:

It will give little in-depth analysis of any website. This tool is able to recognize whether your site is a blog or not. It’s good to test one of your sites personally on this tool, so that you will have a better idea. If you are marketing professional then you will worth testing it. Listed below major features:
  • Blogging analysis
  • SEO Info
  • Mobile Compatibility check
  • Social Stats
  • Analytics

 If you would like to add any free SEO tools to this post, please feel free share your views at below comment section. 
resource:http://www.seodailyupdates.com/2012/03/free-seo-tools-for-website-analysis.html
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

New Affiliate Programs Available


Program Highlights:

  • Bounty: $125 through September 30, 2012. $110 Beginning October 1, 2012.
  • Commission duration: 30 Days

DIRECTV is one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, and industry leading customer service to more than 32 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. DIRECTV offers more than 285 channels with more than 170 HD channels in Dolby-Digital® 5.1 theater-quality sound, access to exclusive programming, and the most comprehensive collection of sports programming available anywhere, including NFL SUNDAY TICKET, NHL® CENTER ICE®, and NBA LEAGUE PASS. As an all-digital platform, we were the first to deliver an interactive on-screen program guide and Pay Per View ordering by remote control. DIRECTV scored higher in customer satisfaction than cable companies measured in the American Customer Satisfaction Index.


Program Highlights:

  • Commissions: 6%
  • Commission duration: 30 Days
  • Average Order Value: $125

Joss & Main is a members-only site that offers limited-time sale events on the world’s best brands for home and life. Our carefully curated 3 day events feature distinctive designs, trends and the talents of noted influencers from the interior design community. Our design and merchandising teams forge strong personal relationships with top brands, suppliers and designers to offer insider access to the highest quality housewares at prices up to 70% off retail. Big ticket items, such as furniture and rugs, do particularly well and our members covet those items.

Website: https://www.jossandmain.com

Program Highlights:

  • Commissions: 10%
  • Commission duration: 60 Days
  • Average order value: $150 - $200
  • Free shipping on all $200+ orders

Naturals Inc. is a unique online women's clothing boutique with a fulfillment center in Ashland, Oregon. We offer an exclusive selection of elegant yet comfortable apparel and accessories from top designers such as Eileen Fisher, Three Dots, Hobo International, Cambio Jeans, Not Your Daughter's Jeans, brendesign jewelry, Satya, and Chan Luu scarves.


Program Highlights:

  • Commissions: 10%
  • Commission duration: 30 Days

Eilatan Shoes is a local Los Angeles and Orange County shoe haven. We have three physical stores in LA/OC at the Beverly Center , the Irvine Spectrum, and at the Courtyards in Newport Beach. We are a serious shoe store for SHOE LOVERS ONLY! In 2012, our company outgrew our old site and launched Tiltedsole.com. Tiltedsole.com is a brand new website created just for her. We carry the hottest shoe brands for womens including Jeffrey Campbell, UGG Australia, UNIF, Betsey Johnson, Dolce Vita and more.

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Microsoft launches new logo after 25 years

Microsoft will use a new logo for the first time in over two and a half decades. The software titan has created a new logo which has been heavily inspired by the emblem of Windows operating system. This change in the logo also shows the company's focus on the tile-centric Metro interface, which it uses in the Windows Phone platform, XBOX 360 and the upcomingWindows 8 and Office suite.

On the Microsoft Blog on TechNet, Jeff Hansen, the general manager of brand strategy at the company, said that this step will ensure that a consistent user experience can be delivered across all platforms, from PCs and phones to tablets and television.

Rather than the previous emblem, which only had the name of the company, this new logo has 'Microsoft' written in Segoe font on the right and square with four tiles, reminiscent of the Metro UI, on the left.

The new Microsoft logo is already on the company website and in retail stores in Boston, Seattle and Bellevue. It will be seen heavily in advertisements as well as intra-organisation communications.
resource:http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/Microsoft-launches-new-logo-after-25-years-14511
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Twitter announces new restrictions for developers

Twitter announces new restrictions for developers

San Francisco: Twitter, on Thursday announced new rules for software developers restricting them from creating Twitter apps.

The new rules let users log in through officially sanctioned authentic Twitter programs while limiting the access to Twitter services by third-party clients.

Under its new rules, independent software developers who create new Twitter apps will only be allowed to have a maximum of 100,000 users. Existing apps with more than 100,000 users can double their user base before Twitter imposes a hard cap on user base.

Twitter believes it can provide more interactive content -- and better serve ads and measure their performance -- if the vast majority of its users use officially sanctioned programs to log into Twitter. But that approach has riled many software developers as well as users, many of whom favor independent clients like Hootsuite, Uber and Tweetbot over Twitter's own products.

The new guidelines, which were published on Twitter's blog on Thursday, attracted a torrent of criticism from "power-users" and software developers.
resource:http://zeenews.india.com/news/net-news/twitter-announces-new-restrictions-for-developers_794100.html
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Google+ Launches Vanity URL Feature for Select Users

Google+ Launches Vanity URL Feature for Select Users

Google is ready to host Vanity URLs (custom URL feature) for Google Plus users, well almost. Saurabh Sharma, a Product Manager at Google made the announcement Monday afternoon, in an official Google blog post.

Initially, the vanity URLs will be offered arbitrarily to a select few – mostly celebrities, brands and companies. Currently, a standard Google+ URL for a user, looks something like this: http://plus.google.com/123456789060894565657/ (example).

The first few to get the custom URLs include, but not limited to, Brittany Spears, David Beckham, Hugo Boss, Toyota, and so on. So now the Dell custom URL could read like, google.com/+dell. Google’s own URL is google.com/+google.

Google will later cover verified ‘commoners’ too. Facebook and MySpace also provide users with custom URLs.

Earlier, Google converted cartoonist Matthew Inman’s “The Oatmeal” profile , in a lighter vein, into a custom URL, reading something like, http://plus.google.com/blergasdf1234thimbleturdorgasm99meatpoopypoopxv9donkeypie.

The major benefit of having a custom URL is that people can easily search for an individual, a company or a brand. It is in fact much easier to remember a vanity address than 10-12 numbers. Also, the word ‘plus’ is not required anymore to search for someone on Google. Just type, google.com/+name and you’ll find the person on top of the search result.

Saurabh Sharma, a Product Manager for Google+, posted the following to the Official Google+ Page:

“Today we’re introducing custom URLs to make it even easier for people to find your profile on Google+. A custom URL is a short, easy to remember web address that links directly to your profile or page on Google+. For instance, +TOYOTA can now use google.com/+toyota to unveil their latest models, +Britney Spears can share her upcoming appearances at google.com/+britneyspears, +Ubisoft can share game trailers and videos at google.com/+assassinscreed, and +Delta can help travelers find great deals at google.com/+delta.”

resource:http://www.thenextseo.co.in/news/google-launches-vanity-url-feature-select-users/1398.html

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