Archive for August, 2011

Sorting Out the Best Conferences for Entrepreneurs

2011/08/15

As an entrepreneur in a tough economic climate, you want to find every possible advantage.  Business conferences have become popular destinations for the minds behind startup companies and projects.  Conferences are an excellent way to network, communicating with possible customers, partners, and investors.  Attending a conference can also help you get a new project started by discussing innovative ideas and finding sources of funding. Raising capital for a startup business is never easy, but business conferences are one of the best places to find support.  All this is in addition to the knowledge gained from the conference speakers and workshops.  Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from people who have been there before, so you should try to be there whenever flourishing and aspiring entrepreneurs are in the same place together.

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How 5 Popular Landing Page Optimization Tips Can Also Hurt Conversion Rates

2011/08/15

Everyone should know by now that landing page optimization is a critical tactic in your overall online marketing strategy.

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Throw Away Your Form Letters (or Five Principles to Better Outreach Link Building)

2011/08/15

Posted by iPullRank This post was originally in YOUmoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.

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How to Build Links and Good Karma

2011/08/15

I have a lot of faith in karma. I believe when you do good things, good things happen to you

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Bury These Deadly Search Myths

2011/08/15

Every culture has its own mythology, most of it originally based in fact. However, even as facts change, the mythos behind them fail to budge

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Users Respond to Google+ and Facebook Interfaces Nearly Identically [Study]

2011/08/15

The findings from an Eye Track Shop study (findings reported by AllThingsD) demonstrates how users perceive Google+ and Facebook differently – or, as the case happens to be, how they don’t perceive them differently at all. The Eye Tra…

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Some Nifty SEO Bookmarklets To Make You More Efficient

2011/08/14

Posted by Tom Critchlow Being a chrome junkie and also a keen productivity evangelist I’m predictably a huge fan of javascript bookmarketls. I use them all day long and over time I’ve built up a few that I have made myself that I thought I’d share today.

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SEO Competitive Analysis – 2011 Edition

2011/08/14

Sometimes I have to laugh at how far the SEO industry has come, even if the laugh is pointed directly at a column I wrote years ago. Today, I conducted a search for [seo competitive analysis] to see what had been written about this topic to avoi…

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Launch of Google+ Games Heats Up Social Gaming Battle With Facebook

2011/08/14

Google+ has added its first 16 games. The good news for developers is that Google is only taking a 5 percent commission, compared to Facebook’s 30 percent. Not to be outdone, however, Facebook is adding numerous new game features

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Google Plus: Big With Status-Seeking Singles; Losing Ground At Colleges & Cafes

2011/08/13

Conventional wisdom says that Google+ is big with the tech crowd and, more specifically, with males than females. But Experian Hitwise has a different way of looking at who’s using Google+

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