Build Backlinks – 14 Easy Ways

Build Backlinks 14 Easy Ways

Google optimization is based on the premise that the more people that like to your website, the more valuable it must be and the higher ranking it deserves in search results. And almost two decades since it was devised, beneath the sophisticated mathematics, the hordes of MIT grads swallowed into the research and development department,

Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail

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Most smart bloggers try to focus on a few, key search terms in their blog content. But the reality is, your blog is probably a lot more broad than you think. Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott, the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long

How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing

View more presentations from Jason Baer. This is a Webinar I conducted recently for MarketingProfs (a Convince & Convert client), sponsored by Citrix (makers of GoToWebinar and GoToMyPC). The Big Social Media Integration Picture Social media and conversation marketing transform brands like no other communication methodology previously, because it changes the fundamental nature of the

What Facebook and Email Stole from Google’s Playbook

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A long time ago, you could get Web pages ranked in search engines solely based on how many times a keyword was present on the page. This of course resulted in the laughably loathsome practice of keyword stuffing, where Web pages were purposefully written with “discount Easter baskets for sale” 30 times in a row.

33 Hot Social Media and Digital Marketing Tips (and 8 Killer Quotes)

MarketingProfs Mixologists

Just finished up the MarketingProfs Digital Marketing Mixer in Chicago. Another great event filled with excellent content and smart attendees. I was a Mixologist for the event, along with Stephanie Miller from Return Path, Michael Brito from Intel, and Beth Harte from MarketingProfs. Our job was to attend conference sessions, take notes, and then wrap

Let’s Mix It Up in Chicago

If you’re looking for perhaps the most useful online marketing conference of the year, read on. October is on the horizon, which means it’s time for MarketingProfs’ annual Digital Marketing Mixer. In Chicago October 21-22. (use code DMSPK09 and get registered for $200 less than the already low early-bird rate). The Mixer is truly one

NHL Misses Net in New Campaign – Where’s Social Media?

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The National Hockey League has rolled out a series of compelling TV spots featuring some of the game’s biggest stars. And while the new commercials – with a theme of “Is This The Year?” will run nationally on Canadian broadcast and U.S. cable television, like so many campaigns, it’s being forced to go it alone. How

5 Reasons Why Digital Marketing Will Thrive in the Recession

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From Dot Bomb to Dot Boom Let’s face it. The economy is taking on the distinctive, sickly pallor of a post Mardi Gras Keith Richards. Generally, recessions hit the advertising business with the ferocity of a rabid wolverine, and the last one trimmed overall ad spending by 9% according to market researchers Veronis Suhler Stevenson.

5 Memorable Lessons from my Sarah Palin PPC Campaign

Thanks to everyone for participating in my “Are you man enough to write a PPC ad about a woman VP” contest. Many excellent entries (see original post). Here are the results: McCain is 72 years old  Avg US life expectancy is 78 years  Is Palin qualified? Read This  DailyKos.com   1.31% Click-through rate         Sarah Palin’s Secrets  What

7 Critical Questions When Outsourcing SEO

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Many agencies without full service digital marketing departments choose to outsource any SEO work to a specialist. While I believe that the present focus on good content makes SEO easier, not harder for traditional agencies (especially PR) to handle in-house, many will continue outsourcing this critical service (or at least until I launch a “How