Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Search Engine Strategies 5 years later”. Schoemaker says, “While I will be staying in Chicago until Sunday – SES Chicago is pretty much done for all intensive purposes. This was the first Search Engine Strategies event I have attended since SES San Jose 2008 (photos) At first I felt like I didn’t know anyone. Where was the old gang? David Naylor, Marcus Tandler, Aaron Wall, Jim Boykin, Best Of The Web Dudes, Jenn Slegg, Boser and crew, and many many others. I did however run into some familiar faces”. Search Engine Strategies 5 years... [...]

Kathleen Gage’s latest blog post is titled “Optimize Your Efforts for SEO and Visibility”. Gage says, “This presentation is to show you how to take one piece of information and re-purpose it into a number of formats to get  a lot of traction online in the shortest period of time with optimal results. There are three main things you want to look at. The topic The locations The efficiency of what you’re doing You must offer something that is of interest to your market in locations where they “hang out.” You start by doing a short presentation into something like Dragon or Windows... [...]

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “What Blogging Can Teach You about Yourself”. Wakeman says, “My journey to increase my business’ visibility started three months ago when I signed up for Denise’s “Online Visibility for Introverts” class.  It promised to teach me how to build my email list, get on board with social media, and increase my online visibility. One of the first habits Denise encouraged was “consistency,” or doing the same thing on a repeatable schedule, to help build your visibility.  And since the blog is the hub of a business’ online efforts, that... [...]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Methods Affiliates Use to Drive Traffic”. Collins Says, “Affiliates were asked “How do you typically drive traffic to your website?” for the 2012 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. Quite a variety of traffic sources for people, and the most popular mirror my experiences. I’m not surprised at all that SEO and social networks, as well as blogging, are ruling the day. In my case, the traffic sources go to blogs, so the blogs themselves are not traffic sources for me. I like email and video a lot, too”. Methods Affiliates Use to Drive Traffic Shawn... [...]

Perry Kuklin’s latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Eight Tips for a Safe and Profitable Black Friday Retail Checkout Line”. Kuklin says, “Retailers are planning now to deal with the oncoming consumer-oriented buying frenzy that is Black Friday. Here are eight tips for retailers on preparing a checkout line for the crowds and excitement of an event filled with great opportunity–and great risk”. Eight Tips for a Safe and Profitable Black Friday Retail Checkout Line MarketingProfs  [...]

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “5 Lessons to Make an Effective Animated Demo″. Baer says, “Software from TweetReach offers a compelling value proposition: allowing users to figure out precisely how many potential impressions a tweet, brand name, or hashtag has accumulated on Twitter recently. They’ll even show you which Twitter users are spreading a particular message the most. (Note: they now have similar data for Tumblr, which is very handy)”. 5 Lessons to Make an Effective Animated Demo Jay Baer’s ‘Convince & Convert’ Blog  [...]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “3 Ways to Get New Clients Now”. Armando Roggio says, “Broadcasting, positioning, and advertising a business can generate new leads and new clients in a hurry. There are plenty of times when small or middle-sized businesses simply need new clients and need them now. Fortunately, the difference between not having good prospects and having the phone”. 3 Ways to Get New Clients Now Web Marketing Today  [...]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Customers Go Wild for Customization”. Allison Howen says, “One of the best ways for a business to gain brand advocates is by providing their customers with personalized experiences, and one way that retailers can do this is by offering product customization technology. For example, outerwear retailer Wild Things recently implemented Fluid’s product configuration platform ontoWildThingsGear.com. This technology enables consumers to design and visualize personalized sweatshirts and jackets directly from the retailer’s website, and... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Facebook’s New Pages Feed Corrals Brands — And Gives Brand-Fatigued Users Some SpacProblem”. Taylor Hatmaker says, “It might not be enough to keep Mark Cuban from jumping ship, but a new Facebook feature aims to put brands front and center — sort of. The company just rolled out a special “Pages only” feed, where brands are on full display without letting any of those pesky Facebook friends get in the way. The feature lets you access the new view on your News Feed homepage by clicking “Pages feed” on... [...]

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Having the Right Message During Difficult Times”. Stephanie Chang says, “When tragedy strikes, businesses want to show their commitment to their customers and demonstrate support however they can. But sometimes, it’s difficult to know the right way to approach the situation. Check out how these businesses, big and small, set examples of true customer support in recent times of crisis”. Having the Right Message During Difficult Times SEOmoz  [...]