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Analytics

Learn how looking at the ways people find and use your web site can
give you valuable insight into your marketing campaigns, your page
content and your products. Our Analytics articles cover topics like
why you should be tracking your analytics, which analytics programs to
use and what you should be doing with the data you gather.
Blogging

Blogs are simple programs that allow web site owners to quickly and
easily publish new content to their web site. Our series of articles
on blogging offers practical advice on setting up a blog, deciding
what type of content you should publish on your blog and how you can
use blogs to market your business.
Brand Building

With social media and search engines driving a huge percentage of the
traffic to a web site, it's essential to make sure you're building
your brand and convincing people to come looking for YOU. Find out how
to build a stronger brand by positioning yourself in search results
and by branding yourself through social media conversations.
Content and Copywriting

Getting people to come to your web site is only half the battle. Once
they've arrived, you need to be certain you're serving up fresh,
engaging content. While writing is a skill that doesn't always come
easy, our collection of simple tips and insights can help you rev up
your content to gain better search engine rankings and higher
conversion rates.
Conversions

Traffic is not your friend. Conversions are your friend. This
collection of articles shares practical advice you can use in your
marketing campaigns and on your web site to make sure you are driving
leads, sales and sign-ups. Learn how to define your conversion points
and then focus on improving them.
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Keywords

Keywords are the words or phrases people type into the search engines
to find the web sites they're looking for. Learn how to identify the
best keywords for your site and how to integrate them into your title
tags, headlines and page copy to improve rankings.
Link Building

There's no denying the power of links in terms of online marketing.
Search engines use links as a way to determine how valuable and
relevant your site is and people use links to move from one site to
another. Building quality links from relevant sources can go a long
way toward improving your search rankings, but it can also drive tons
of targeted traffic.
Local Search

With paper Yellow Pages quickly getting buried in the bottom drawer of
the filing cabinet, local search is being an essential part of any
online marketing campaign. Learn which sites searchers are turning to
for listings and reviews and find out how you can put your best foot
forward on them.
Mobile Marketing

Online PR
Public relations isn't just for big companies anymore. The web has
taken conversation global which means one angry customer can do major
damage to your brand. Of course that also means one very happy
customer can launch your brand into the stratosphere. Learn the
nuances of online public relations through the articles in this
category.

Online Reputation Management
Companies worry someone might say something bad about them online.
What they should be worried about is that someone might say something
bad about them online without them ever knowing it. Learn how to track
the conversation about your company, your products and even yourself.
Get practical tips and advice on heading off, or recovering from a
crisis.

Other
A collection of articles and posts that do not fall into any
particular online marketing category.

Paid Search Advertising (PPC)
Purchasing keyword triggered advertising on major search engines or
content sites can be a great way to drive targeted traffic to your web
site. These articles explore the various paid search advertising
options and offer up tips for maximizing the value of your ad dollar.

Puppy Picks
Search Engine Marketing

This category covers high level search marketing concepts. These
articles and posts tend to focus on the overall value of search
marketing tactics and the need to integrate several forms of online
marketing to build stronger results.
Search Engine Optimization

SEO is the practice of increasing your rankings in the organic
(non-paid) search results of a search engine. The posts in this
category offer up tips and advice for making sure your site is search
engine friendly and for increasing your rankings through changes in
links, content and keyword focus.
Search Marketing Bootcamp

If you're new to search marketing, these entry level articles will
help you get an idea of what goes into a search marketing campaign.
You'll find step by step primers and simple explanations aimed at
helping you dive into search marketing without fear of drowning.
Social Media

There's a conversation going on around you. Are you part of it? Social
media sites focus on giving people a way to connect and share
thoughts, ideas and creations. Smart companies are figuring out ways
to contribute to and become part of this conversation. Learn how to
join in without stepping on toes.
Twitter

Universal Search
Search engines used to focus on delivering up a list of the best web
pages for a search. These days, they're also integrating video,
images, blog listings, product listings and more. Learn how universal
search is changing up search engine optimization and how savvy
marketers are taking advantage of it to increase their presence in
search results.

Unleashed Conference
News and information from our Small Business Marketing Unleashed
Conference. Articles and video reviews and interviews are included.

Usability
Ever been to a site that made it difficult for you to find your way
around? Tried to buy a product, but couldn't find the add to cart
option? If so, you've experienced a usability problem. This collection
of articles focuses on the need to build your web site around accepted
standards so users can quickly and easily find their way around.

Vertical Search
Specialized search engines focus on serving up results for a specific
topic or from a specific type of media. Vertical search engines may
let you dig deep into video results or refine your search to sites
focused on one industry. These engines serve as great sources of
engaged traffic and learning how to increase your rankings on them can
have a huge pay off.

Viral Marketing
Every now and then a little piece of marketing genius takes off with
lightening speed and finds its way to half the computers on the
Internet. These articles will give you insight into what makes some
pieces fly while others flounder. They'll also help you learn how to
find the best starting points to launch a viral campaign.

Search Engine Marketing Guide
There is a lot involved with search engine marketing. In fact, it can
be a bit overwhelming, even for those with a great deal of experience.
The good news is that by taking it one step at a time, it is not hard
to learn. And once learned, search engine marketing can provide an
effective method of driving highly targeted visitors to your web site.

The following is a simple guide to search engine marketing. Although
it is meant for beginners, it can also be very useful for more
advanced search engine marketers as a reference source. Each section
provides a brief overview of the basics followed by resources for
further study.
Take it one step at a time and you'll soon understand the basics of
search engine marketing...

Keywords & Search Terms The first step is to learn about the search
terms that your target audience is using when using search engines.
These search terms are the keywords and keyphrases that will be used
to market your web site.
On this page you will learn about:

The importance of keywords and search terms.
Tools that will help you find your best keywords.

Search term lists useful for spotting general trends.
Search Engine Optimization Step two addresses how to make basic web
site design changes that will make your site more search engine
friendly.

On this page you will learn about:
1. What is search engine optimization (SEO)?

2. Domain names.
3. The Title Tag.

4. Meta Description and Meta Keyword Tags.
5. Copywriting.

6. ALT Tags.
7. Site Map

8. Dealing with FLASH.
9. Dealing with dynamic pages.

10. File formats.
11. Framed sites & pages.

12. JavaScript.
13. What to avoid.

14. Getting professional SEO help.
15. Getting free help.

Search Engine Submission After you've gone through the search engine
optimization process, it's time to get your site listed in the various
search engines and directories.
On this page you will learn about:

1. How will the search engines find my site?
2. Submitting your site using a free submit form.

3. Submitting to directories.
4. Paying the search engines to index your site.

5. Services to avoid.
6. Services that can help.

Link Popularity Link popularity is a major factor when it comes to
ranking well in search engines and drawing traffic to your site. In
step four, you will learn how to increase the number of links to your
site, how to get quality sites to link to yours, and the overall
effect link popularity has on your rankings.
On this page you will learn about:

1. What is link popularity?
2. Getting links to your site.

3. Checking Your Link Popularity
4. What not to do.

Paid Inclusion If you would rather not wait for the search engines to
find and index your site on their own, you can pay to be indexed
faster. With step five, you will learn if paid inclusion is a viable
option for you.
On this page you will learn about:

1. What is paid inclusion?
2. Will it help my site rank better?

3. What are the costs?
Pay Per Click Search Engines Pay per click search engines and pay per
click advertising provides web site owners the opportunity to buy
their way to better positions on search results pages. Step six looks
at this form of advertising.

On this page you will learn about:
1. What is pay per click?

2. Which search engines allow pay per click advertising?
3. Important Considerations

4. Pay per click affiliate programs.
5. Pay per click information resources.

Log File and Traffic Analysis Your site's log files contain a wealth
of information about the effectiveness of your web site marketing
programs. With your log files, you can learn how your visitors are
finding your site, what search terms they are using to find it, and
which are the best sources of traffic for your site.
On this page you will learn about:

1. What is a log file?
2. Why is log file and traffic analysis important?

3. Services and tools that can help.
Google's PageRank Although Google's PageRank is but one factor Google
uses to determine its search results, it is a popular topic. Step
eight provides basic information to help you better understand the
importance of PageRank.

On this page you will learn about:
1. What is Google's PageRank?

2. How do I find the PageRank of a web page?
Search Marketing Newsletter

Read by over 18,000 small business people, our free weekly newsletter
delivers a digest of articles from the top search engine marketing
experts. You will learn about:
getting better Google rankings

search engine optimization
link popularity

pay per click advertising
viral marketing

increasing traffic
contextual advertising

search engine submissions
brand building

making more sales
and much more...

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