Google's Matt Cutts Explains What To Expect In The Coming Months with SEO for Google

Google's Matt Cutts Explains What To Expect In The Coming Months with SEO for Google


Matt Cutts posted a great overview video of Google's plans for the next few months for orgnic search - what website optimizers and webmasters can ... read more

Midphase Hosting Introduces Cloud Servers

Midphase Hosting Introduces Cloud Servers


Leading web hosting company, Midphase has launched its own line of dynamic cloud servers, offering an easy-to-use and powerful new hosting product that signals Midphase's move into a rapidly expanding section of the hosting market - cloud hosting. Midphase has introduced ... read more

Web.com Planning Office Expansion & Running A Hosting Sale

Web.com Planning Office Expansion & Running A Hosting Sale


Website builder Web.com is planning to hire 100 new employees in the Jacksonville, Florida area, a report from the Jacksonville Business Journal signaled on Tuesday. ... read more

MailPix Sale on 8x10 Photo Canvas Prints for Only $8

MailPix Sale on 8x10 Photo Canvas Prints for Only $8


MailPix offers some of the highest quality and best value for photo products on the internet. People store billions of pictures online and want to use their pictures to create lasting memories. MailPix offers a quality web experience that allows ... read more

Custom Backend Developed for Signature Auto Leasing

Custom Backend Developed for Signature Auto Leasing


Signature Auto Leasing, a New York based leasing company, came to us with a static website, perfect for a leasing company - however lacking certain functionality. For example, their home-page features 6 lease specials - which are displayed through the ... read more

$1 Off Country Code Domains at Namecheap During May

$1 Off Country Code Domains at Namecheap During May


For the rest of May, get $1 off select country code top level domain name registrations and transfers at Namecheap! Simply use coupon code . The coupon code will be $1 off the minimum yearly commitment (1 or 2 years). ... read more

How Small Businesses Can Use Social Media to Connect With Customers

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It’s been a little while since I have checked in with the Blackberry for Small Business blog – and it’s a good thing I did when I did. Dan Sloshberg, Regional Manager for Small Medium Business Marketing in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and his team have put together a video showcasing some examples of how smart small business can use mobile social networking to connect and engage with their customers and find and attract new customers.

We all know that running a small business doesn’t leave much for spare time – so learning how you can utilize the time you already spend with your mobile device turnes that device into a powerful and efficient form of communicating and connecting with customers and prospects. The video below gives some great ideas to get the ball rolling for you.


5 Ways to Get Traffic Without Paying

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The team over at Longhorn Leads have published a create article discussing how small business owners can spend a little time on promotion and get the same results as the big companies who outsource their internet marketing without spending fortunes on advertising. The article touches upon 5 key methods of generating traffic:

  1. Blogging
  2. Social Media and Guest Posting
  3. Classifieds
  4. Article Marketing
  5. Press Releases

Personally I think this is an essential read for any small business owner, especially one who is also a webmaster. You can read the full article at http://www.longhornleads.com/blog/2012/5-ways-to-get-traffic-without-paying/

Upcoming Free Webinars from HubSpot

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HubSpot, the pioneer of inbound marketing offers all-in-one marketing software that has aided more than 7,500 companies in 45 countries attract leads and convert them into customers. Additionally, Hubspot’s focus on educating their clients has helped many companies navigate the always-evolving web of internet growth and change; as the free e-book on the left should already show.

HubSpot’s commitment to education continues with FREE WEBINARS that are exploding with information to help companies excel at SEO, create content, and learn to identify the best long-tail keywords necessary for optimizing website pages. Competitors often generate a lot of traffic from keywords that many people haven’t thought of. Hubspot can explain how to track competitors’ online presence to maximize the success rate for being found online by potential customers.

Monday, August 20, 1 PM EST: Everyone knows that search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the main players in internet marketing. But how has it evolved in the past year? Upcoming Free Webinars from HubSpot

Ending Thursday, September 27th at 2pm EST: Join a three-part series to learn how you can leverage LinkedIn to attract new leads for your business. Upcoming Free Webinars from HubSpot

Google+ Pages now open to all HootSuite users!

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HootSuite Google+ Pages now open to all HootSuite users! is pleased to announce that Google+ Pages is now available to nearly 5 million users worldwide! Whether you’re on a Free, a Pro or an Enterprise plan, you’ll be able to efficiently manage Google+ Pages alongside other social channels, providing you with an even better way to capitalize on the social power of this rapidly expanding social network.

Social media teams can now fully utilize the advanced capabilities of HootSuite’s engagement, measurement, collaboration and security tool-set to manage the unique brand-focused environment of Google+ Pages for:

  • Targeted Publishing with Circles
  • Advanced Circle Management

Targeted Publishing with Circles

Google+ Pages in the HootSuite dashboard allow brands to tailor messaging to specific audience segments and post updates to selected circles. HootSuite privacy features let TeamMembers select whether a post will appear public, or whether it will post to a specific circle.

 

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VerticalResponse Launches Social Dashboard

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VerticalResponse has recently announced the launch of VerticalResponse Social – a new addition to their family of services which allows you to manage all of your email marketing AND social media marketing from one easy-to-use dashboard in your VerticalResponse account.

 A great plus to this is that VerticalResponse Social takes the guesswork out of what to share with your social networks. They provide relevant content based on your industry and special interests, resulting in engaging content for your followers and fans. All you have to do is share this content.

As always, the beautiful part about VerticalResponse is that their 30-day trials don’t require a credit card – meaning there’s no pressure on you to buy anything. Give it a shot, see what you think.

Free Facebook Integration at UK2Net

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Roughly a month ago now UK2.NET have launched their Facebook Integration service – allowing any of their hosted clients to integrate their entire website into a facebook fanpage within a matter of minutes (5 to be exact). Simple instructions are provided right from within the UK2.NET control panel to setup your Facebook page, and integrate your website into it. Normally this addon sells for £1/month – however we, as usual, have a coupon for you giving you 12 months of integration completely free. Simply use FBFREE12 during checkout. The team over at UK2.NET has even went as far as to setup a video showing just how easy it is to integrate your site with your Facebook page using their service:

Why You Should Start Using Facebook Ads

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The internet is the hottest place today to earn cash. If you are planning to start an online business, then you first need to know that although the internet will potentially generate a lot of cash for you, it doesn’t mean that you will be able to achieve success overnight. You still need to work hard even if it is an online business.

And, if you want to become successful with your new online business, you need to market it on the internet. You have to remember that if you have a new website, no one knows about it and if someone knows it exist, he or she wouldn’t care. You have to market your products by marketing your website. It’s how it works in the internet.

It is also important to remember that marketing on the internet is different from marketing in the real world. In fact, even the most experienced marketers in the real world have hard time marketing in the internet. It is a new kind of marketing and it will require different strategies to make things sell.

There are free ways to market in the internet. However, these free ways can be a pain. Unless you are a really good writer, it is often very hard to catch people’s attention in the internet. If you are just a beginner in the world of internet marketing, then you might want to try out Facebook. Here, marketing is easy, effective, and is very cheap. (more…)

Google+ Button Updates

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2 new updates are coming to the Google+ buttons you’ve all been using on your sites. Take note that for anyone within the Google+ Preview Group – all of these updates go live right NOW! First, Google is updating the +1 button sharing flow.  Your users have been able to share from the +1 button for about six months.  However, the sharing flow has required a second click to open the sharing box. When you click to +1 today from your preview account, the sharing box will display automatically, giving you the ability to share right away. Second, they’re updating the Google+ badge to use a Follow button.  Your users will soon be able to add your Google+ page to their following circle with just a single click. As usual no changes are required on your behalf to your existing buttons/badges.

If you are not part of the Google+ Preview Group head on over to http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/platform-preview/ to sign up. This preview will enable you to see how these pre-release updates will affect your site.

50 Best Twitter Chats for Business & Marketing Students

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The staff writers over at Best Colleges Online have put together a great list of 50 Twitter hash chats that are beneficial to business, as well as marketing students. The chats are categorized into several sections:

  • Business
  • Technology
  • Marketing & PR
  • Young Professionals
  • Management & Leadership
  • Entrepreneurship

For the full list head on over to http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/50-best-twitter-chats-for-business-students.

Google Plus Pages Finally Arrive

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Google Plus pages have been long overdue. I remember writing about them back on July 21st – and now, finally – 3 months later – Google Plus Pages have finally went live! As of now Google Plus users can head on over to the Create a Page tool and get started with their own page. I would go into detail here explaining the different options that you get – but Danny Sullivan has already done a great job of that over at his blog – so head on over to http://searchengineland.com/google-pages-now-open-for-businesses-brands-places-more-100217 and read through all of the different features a Google Plus Page can offer you.

In the meantime I will leave you with Google’s own Youtube video regarding Google+ Pages: