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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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

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

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

4 Ways to Block Brand Competition

by Gabrielle Blue

Is your company's brand unique, innovative, and rock-solid enough to not only capture and hold customer loyalty, but also to dominate the market by knocking out the competition? It takes a lot more than a good product to ensure customer loyalty—and even more to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. Consumers today associate with a product or service through their connection with a company's brand.

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http://www.inc.com/guides/201102/how-to-attain-successful-brand-relevance-competition.html?partner=newsletter_Success

Create the Perfect Tagline

by Allison Nazarian

Taglines, or slogans, are those memorable little phrases associated with the products and services we use everyday. So how do you create a great tagline for your business? They're everywhere! We're literally inundated with them day and night. No matter where we are, we can't escape them. Yes, we're talking about the ubiquitous, omnipresent TAGLINE!

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http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/tagline.htm

10 Personal Branding Trends for 2013

Posted by William Arruda

At the end of each year, I predict what personal branding trends will be valuable to career-minded marketers in the coming year. In writing this article, I continue the series with much enthusiasm, because many exciting changes are afoot that will simplify building your brand in 2013.

Part 1:Topics - Curation, Customization, Mobile, People and Pictures

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2013/9886/personal-branding-trends-for-2013-part-1

Part 2:Topics - QR codes, Timeline, Teams, Validation and Video

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2013/9941/10-personal-branding-trends-for-2013-part-2

The 7 Ps of Customer Retention Marketing

by Karl Wirth

When we think of marketing, we often think of Marketing's efforts to acquire customers. The world, however, is moving toward relationship-based business, including subscription services and subscription commerce—but also most other business.

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2012/8882/the-7-ps-of-customer-retention-marketing?adref=nlt091112

20 Ways to Promote Yourself in Business and Get Results

Posted by Walethia Aquil

Easy and effective ways for: coaches, speakers, consultants, entrepreneurs, or any service provider to promote themselves and get results.

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http://graceandcharmblog.com/20-ways-to-promote-yourself-in-business-and-get-results/?goback=.gde_3675341_member_48663035

Social Media Marketing – Why it is So Important to be Active

Posted by Olga Mestnikova

"...Bottom line, Social Media Marketing is way bigger than one might think. It provides a sales opportunity. “If you take into account the number of people that could potentially discuss your company online , along with your products and industry all day, you will find a ton of opportunities to monetize social media” says Techrepublic."

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http://www.irisemedia.com/blog/2012/03/27/social-media-marketing-why-it-is-so-important-to-be-active.html#ixzz24wqyqcpG

15 Ways to Boost Your Sales, Traffic and Productivity

Posted on March 4, 2011 by RevenueGal

This has been a super busy week — but I had so much fun working on this week’s post. I wanted to share some valuable tips that will help you with your online business. After all, most of us struggle with productivity and all of us could use extra traffic and sales — right!?!

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http://mommyrevenue.com/index.php/2011/03/04/15-ways-to-boost-your-sales-traffic-and-productivity/#axzz25v9Stsky

10 Easy and Cost effective Ways to Brand Your Small Business

Branding and brand identity are important aspects of marketing that a business can benefit from immensely. When it comes to small businesses, branding is put on the back burner because of the high marketing costs involved.

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http://www.morebusiness.com/10-easy-and-cost-effective-ways-to-brand-your-small-business?utm_source=MailerMailer&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Read+here.&utm_campaign=5+Successful+Entrepreneurs+and+Their+Work+Habits

FREE Webinar for Simple Online Marketing that Works

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"7 Ways To Simplify Your Message and cause IMPACT for Profit"

Are You Trying Too Hard To Sell Your Message? Stop Selling It! SIMPLIFY IT! Join Me May 31 at 8pm EST For A FREE Tele-Seminar.

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10 Tips for Making Facebook Business Friends

by Larry Brauner

"...benefit from acquiring additional Facebook friends who share an interest in your business niche. Here are 10 tips that will help you add Facebook business friends."

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http://online-social-networking.com/10-tips-for-making-facebook-business-friends

How to Build a Winning Brand

by Craig Reiss

Create your image, get known and give your customers what they want. Just leave the ego at home.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/219314

10 Ways to Distribute Your Content and Extend Your Brand

10 Part Slideshow -

A positive experience with your brand lingers with those who encounter it. These 10 quick tips encourage you to share liberally and make it easy for others to find, use, and distribute your content... all the while subtly increasing your brand's influence online.

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/pics/2011/5227/10-ways-to-distribute-your-content-and-extend-your-brand-slideshow?adref=nlt061011

Seven Marketing Principles

© 2004 Joel Sussman, president Optimal Marketing Communications

"Focus on These Seven Marketing Principles to Attract More Business and Close More Sales"

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http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=395628&confid=1022

Stop Chasing Your Prospects

The Attraction Marketer’s Manifesto...
by John Kellerman Posted 9/13/09

If you’re just getting started in network marketing and are’nt sure how to proceed or if you’ve been in the industry for a while and want to make your business really take off, this report is for you. In The Attraction Marketers Manifesto, Sieg fills in the blanks for you and shows you how to generate massive amounts of leads online.

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http://www.onlineglobalbiz.com/the-attraction-marketers-manifesto-stop-chasing-your-prospects

33 Marketing Success Tips

By Al Lautenslager

Practice a few of these must-know marketing tips every day and build up your geurilla-marketing muscles. Part of the guerrilla marketing mindset suggests that you should be thinking about marketing all the time. Not just quarterly, not just monthly, not just weekly, but every single day. Really, it's not as hard as it sounds--there are quite a few ways you can incorporate marketing into your daily activities.

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http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=582785&confid=1022