10 Reasons You Need to Attend SMX West – March 11-13 in Silicon Valley

Internet marketing success means knowing what works, testing what’s new and measuring everything.   Search Marketing Expo – SMX West is where professional internet marketers like you go for the latest tactics for increasing visibility, traffic, conversions and sales. Here are 10…

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6 Local Tips For Small Business SEO Success

We all know that a key component of any small business’ marketing strategy is to effectively position its brand in search engine results. But is it possible to dominate search results with content you control — or at least content you’ve influenced? The answer is yes. There are…

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Google Is Not Broken

In spite of what many think, Google is not broken. But wait, naysayers will say, Look at this search result, it stinks! This spammer is succeeding in ranking high, they emerged from nowhere and are now in the top three results! It’s true — there are many such examples that you can point…

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Google Places International Adds Over 1,000 New Categories For Business Listings

Google’s Business community manager, Jade Wang, announced in a Google discussion forum thread that they have vastly increased the number of business categories available to businesses outside of the United States. Jade said they now have added “over 1,000 new categories in the new…

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Local U Advanced Philadelphia Early Bird Discount Ending

I have already proclaimed how much I enjoy the format of the upcoming version of Local U Advanced. It is in the Valley Forge/Philadelphia area the night of March 7 and the day of March 8th. Besides our all new content, great food, drink and conversation, Wil Reynolds will be providing the keynote. He is […]

Know How It’s Built: “Cool” Isn’t Good Enough

An OK story teller can tell someone else’s story. A good story teller can invent a story. A great story teller knows exactly how to tell their own story. Consider the skills required by the modern digital marketer, an accomplished digital marketer. Story telling: research, the ability to imagine and craft great creative and promote […]

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Google Alerting Australian Dashboard Claimants via Emails

Last week Google started upgrading the Places dashboards in Australia. Last night (which was this morning in Australia) Google started sending out a notice to Australian Places Dashboard claimants. Several folks reported it in the forums (ht to Nyagoslav) with headlines like “Scam or not?”. Hello, Due to changes in Google Maps, we’d like to […]