Marketing in a Spam-Filled World

The CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing) Act of 2003 was effective January 2004. The CAN-SPAM Act applies to American businesses that use e-mail for commercial purposes, spammers, and those who hire spammers. The CAN-SPAM Act is the federal government’s first step dealing with e-mail spam.

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http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2014/01/30/facebook-advertising-tips

How Meta Tags should be used for SEO

"Meta tags are words in your code which users will not be able to see. It’s effect on SEO has become less and less over the years due to the abuse of webmasters in stuffing keywords inside the meta tags. It used to affect rankings, now it doesn’t..."

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Five Ways to Turn Your Website into a Sales Machine

Your online presence is a vital part of any sales strategy. But is your website the sales powerhouse it should be? Replicating the effectiveness of the face-to-face sales process online -- and getting customers to go from clicking to buying -- can be difficult.

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14 Powerful Tips for Marketing on Facebook

Finding a facebook-art-marketing-webinar good place to showcase your products, services and websites for free in the online world is a dream for everyone – Facebook has made this a reality. With half a billion Facebook users and thousands of online communities to choose from, Facebook has brought potential customers much closer to you.

It’s no big secret that Facebook can help you in online marketing. However, I know there are many of you who believe that just registering on Facebook is enough… it’s not. Your Facebook success story ends before it even begins!

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http://blog.socialmaximizer.com/14-tips-for-marketing-on-facebook

Developing a Marketing Plan

Marketing takes time, money, and lots of preparation. One of the best ways to prepare yourself is to develop a solid marketing plan. A strong marketing plan will ensure you’re not only sticking to your schedule, but that you’re spending your marketing funds wisely and appropriately.

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http://help.business.usa.gov/link/portal/30027/30030/Article/624/Developing-a-Marketing-Plan

8 Great Mobile Marketing Ideas

"Mobile is an exciting new frontier in marketing, providing a meaningful way to reach the right person at the right time with the right offer or message...the potential for instant access to customers anywhere, anytime. It means a new communication channel for increasing response rates to marketing campaigns."

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http://australianbusinessmarketingservices.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/Marketing_Success_Blog/post/8_Great_mobile_marketing_ideas

7 Pinterest Marketing Tips to Improve Your Visibility

"... We asked top social media professionals what they’re doing to get results from Pinterest marketing right now."

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http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/pinterest-marketing-tips

8 Do's and 5 Don'ts of Instagram for Building Your Brand

by Adrienne Erin

"Instagram is a photo-sharing application launched in late 2010 and acquired by Facebook in 2012...With its universal appeal, however, Instagram is not a medium marketers should ignore.."

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2013/10465/8-dos-and-5-donts-of-instagram-for-building-your-brand?adref=nlt040313

How To Use Email As A Better Communication Tool

by Ralph M. Rivera

Today people use email as an afterthought.

Instead of crafting a well-worded, meaningful message, children, teens and adults alike simply write stream of consciousness and hit the send button with no worry as to how the content makes the recipient perceive the sender. Worst of all, this is as true for business communications as it is for personal ones.

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PPC, SE & Marketing Tips & Tactics

PPC (Paid Per Click), SE (Search Engine) and Marketing tips, tactics, tools and more, worth checking out this site!

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http://cognitivesearchmarketing.blogspot.com/2009/09/dozen-ppc-ad-creative-writing.html

Social Media Hype! Don’t believe all that you read

by Robin Reeve

"How many of us are seeing the trends on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Youtube, Linked, Pinterest, Blogger, Flikr, Tumblr, Digg, Myspace, Buzz, Rippln, etc… (Did I get them all?) and tried to understand each of their importance?...I can tell you from experience, from someone who has authored posts, blogs, websites and many many businesses online that Social Media is an absolute must...."

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http://www.projecteve.com/social-media-hype-dont-believe-all-that-you-read/?utm_content=buffer644af&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

How to Recognize Which Customers Are Bad for Business

Q & A article post that I think many will find very good read!

by Joe Worth

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/225017#

13 Tools to Spy on Your Competitors

With today’s technology – you can spy on your competitors with X-Ray vision. With just a few tools you will be privy to a host of juicy info. You just have to know where to look ;) And in this article I’m revealing 13 super cool ninja tricks for spying on your competitors. So put on your spy glasses!

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http://mytrafficmentor.com/spy-on-your-competitors

Pinterest Launches Web Analytics to Help You Pin Down Traffic

by Brian Patrick Eha

"The analytics will show how many people have pinned content from your site and how many users have seen those pins. It will also track visitor traffic from Pinterest, and you'll be able to see recent pins and your most repinned content of all time, so that you can get a sense both of what is currently trending and of what is most popular overall."

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226060

Building Links And Ranking In Google

by Mark Mason

"Everyone wants to talk about how to beat the Google ranking algorithm. And if you are a professional search engine optimizer (SEO), that is a lot of fun to talk about. In fact, the guys over at SEOmoz recently wrote a great post about their study on Google ranking algorithm..."

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http://www.latenightim.com/building-links-and-ranking-in-google

Using Testimonials to Increase Sales and Enrollments

Why are testimonials so important for your business? One reason is that they increase your credibility. When you’re positioning yourself to your ideal clients, you want to show them that you’re credible and trustworthy. Essentially, your potential client is asking, “Why should I listen to you? Who are you and what have you done?” They want you to show that you know what you’re talking about.

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http://yourlucrativelaunch.com/main/using-testimonials-to-increase-sales-and-enrollments

Search Engines - Essential Facts to Know

"When looking for your favorite website, we have this handy tool that one click away and you can enjoy your favorite website. When they must use the internet to gather information most web surfers confer an online search engine. A search engine is a tool designed to search for information on the World Wide Web, it is a retrieval system."

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http://themelib.com/2009/11/search-engines-essential-facts-to-know

The Marketer's Guide to Instagram

by AJ Kumar

"From a marketing perspective, the community's enthusiastic fan base and built-in social aspects make it an ideal place to connect with potential customers and build brand recognition. Here's how your business can take advantage of Instagram's potential..."

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226014

Social Media 101: Learning the Basics

by Katy Tafoya

You’ve likely heard that it’s important to make social media part of your business marketing plan. But what exactly is social media? How do you get involved? And how can it really help your bottom line? Here, we shed some light on all things Web 2.0.

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http://www.ladieswholaunch.com/magazine/social-media-101-learning-the-basics/1910

73 Excellent Marketing and Business Networking Blogs

A Discussion About Referral Marketing and Business Networking

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http://www.referralkey.com/small-business-blog/2009/08/26/marketing-and-business-networking-blogs