Photo by belgianchocolateLately the whole Twitter thing has gone spastic as social marketers and more mainstream users have discovered Twitter and scrambled to get on the bandwagon. Now there’s nothing wrong with using Twitter to build great...
Topics: blacklist, blocking, internet marketing, Social Marketing, spam, twitter

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Here’s a curious and possibly useful new tool, if you use it with a grain of salt. Command Shift 3 has created a rating site that lets you peer into the mysterious depths of the collective web psyche. It’s a little like Google Zeitgeist for..
Topics: Design, hot or not, Marketing, Traffic, website design, worst web sites

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Photo by zappowbangA couple weeks ago I seriously riled some folks up. It was fun, but now I want to show you why I did it and how perfectly my fiendish blog-traffic-linking plan has unfolded so far. If you haven’t yet, definitely read my recent..
Topics: Blogging, controversy, Copywriting, headlines, linkbait, Marketing, SEO, Social Marketing, Traffic, writing

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So what do you think? Is this a viral video, or not, and tell me why you think so. At the very least, I guarantee this one will brighten your day!If you’ve wondered about viral videos and maybe even thought about how you might make one of your own,.
Topics: Marketing, Social Marketing, video marketing, viral video, viral videos

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Photo by RedversThis is only the beginning. It’s going to get much, much bigger.Social marketing is all the rage right now and if the signs are to be believed, this is a mere taste of the future. Part of social marketing involves joining various...
Topics: advertising, Blogging, business, comments, community, interaction, marketer, Marketing, online communities, Opinion, Social Marketing, traditional marketing

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