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Many bloggers stop the promotion of their content at Facebook and Twitter. Google+, however, has broadcasting components that can make the promotion of content easier and can create more interactive reader experience. Via Baochi
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Are you using Google+ yet? If you have a local based based business this is very important! (at least to have a local business page)
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Tips for your small business. Which ones are you going to use? 
crystal rosa's curator insight,
May 18, 5:54 AM
Find all Health And Medical Centers businesses in Los Angeles, CA, California with their business address, contact and other information. Delete the scoop?
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The evolution of search engine algorithms has added to the complexity of search engine optimization. More significantly, it has impacted the level of integration that is needed with other forms of Web optimization. SEOMoz has a great page that shows the updates year by year.
Search engine optimization is no longer strictly about publishing quality content and building the authority of the content. SEO now involves engaging consumers and building relationships.
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SEO has changed. Have you? 
NUMBER 1 FOOD TESTING CERTIFICATION SERVICE INDIA's curator insight,
May 11, 10:26 PM
Search engine optimization is no longer strictly about publishing quality content and building the authority of the content. SEO now involves engaging consumers and building relationships. 
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May 13, 5:50 AM
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One of the things I learned early on was that a post with a photo always looked nicer than one with just text. So I looked at what other people were doing for pictures.
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Whether it's writer's block or a roadblock, there are many "blocks" in life, and they aren't always easy to overcome.
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Rand Fishkin shares his take on the shift from "SEO" to "inbound marketing" and what the future holds for our industry at large.
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How has Search Engine Optimization changed? Have you changed with it? 
David Pangione's comment,
May 11, 7:14 PM
I have found that there are tons and tons of strategies to SEO. Some beginners that enter are just bewildered by the amount of information they feel is needed to be learned.
Gaurav Pandey's comment,
May 11, 7:35 PM
Hi David, I feel it's the same for marketing, if not more overwhelming. However, going forward we will see a lot of overlap between the two roles and it's probably not going to affect those who are really good at SEO, but a lot of people with intermediate-advanced knowledge who call themselves SEO pro's will surely come under the pump as a marketing expert could acquire intermediate SEO skills if he has to.
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Rand Fishkin shares his take on the shift from "SEO" to "inbound marketing" and what the future holds for our industry at large. Delete the scoop?
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Did you know that 50% of the nation's small businesses close up shop shop within their first year? Via DashBurst, Steven Hughes
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Do you have a small business? Check out these statistics. Delete the scoop?
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You’d think that after attending a digital public relations summit, I’d have lots of new goodies to share about PR, social media or content. Surprisingly,
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What happens when you look at a website? Have you thought about what your potential customers are seeing? Delete the scoop?
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Oïké.coop's comment,
April 26, 4:08 AM
I think having a strong brand coherent with the strategy of the org is one of the hardest problems companies have to tackle. However, if well done of course, that could bring a considerable competitive advantage to the firm
Aaron Doucette's comment,
April 26, 11:22 AM
The majority of small businesses I've worked with didn't develop any strategy going into their marketing. Tends to be more a hodge-podge of tactics that have worked over the years. I will often approach a business who is doing a lot of non-cohesive marketing; this is a customer that sees the advantage of marketing and probably knows it can be done better.
Jason HJH.'s curator insight,
April 28, 10:05 PM
Be cautious with point 5 because it gives you excuses to be lazy and not update your site on your own. Otherwise this is a very good and actionable list. Delete the scoop?
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Do you often update your Facebook business Page with new photos? Do you have a particular posting strategy or just publish random pictures from time to time?
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What are you doing to get people to respond to your photos that you share? 
David Jeffery's comment,
April 21, 5:23 PM
if you throw enough cr__p on the wall; something will stick.
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You’ve probably been using for Facebook for years. Thus your profile has all kinds of likes and apps you probably don’t remember adding.
That’s why spring is the perfect time to look at your page and try to make it new again.
Here are 3 easy steps that will improve your privacy and your Facebook experience. Via Gust MEES
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It's time to do some spring cleaning with your Facebook account.... 
Gust MEES's curator insight,
April 15, 11:50 AM
Check it out, a MUST!!!
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Privacy
- http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence?tag=Privacy
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April 16, 10:57 AM
In the mood for a little spring cleaning? Don't forget your social media house cleaning! ~ Terry Delete the scoop?
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What could you be doing that drives other people crazy with how you are marketing your business? Delete the scoop?
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How do you create content that Google likes? Answer the following six questions posed in this Daily Egg article.
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Is anyone looking at your website? It is boring and just another brochure? What can you do about it? Delete the scoop?
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Have you ever wondered what you should be tweeting on Twitter to increase your engagement? Depending on your unique goals and target audience, certain types of tweets have proven to be extremely effective. Via Steven Hughes
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When starting a new website, one of the first and most important decisions you have to make is choosing a domain name. That choice will impact the website’s success in nearly every area, included search engine optimization (SEO) and social media marketing (SMM). Let’s examine how a domain name impacts SEO and SMM and then analyze the factors that make a good domain name.
For years SEOs and Search marketers have often purchased domains that contained their targeted keywords in order to increase CTRs and to help gain higher rankings on Google, Yahoo and other search engines. Let’s examine this strategy to determine if it is still effective.
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What do people find when the do a search for what you have to offer? Are they finding you, or a competitor? 
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May 14, 11:21 AM
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Google is the only search engine that doesn’t need any presentation. Used in whopping percentages all around the world, this engine receives several hundred million searches on a daily basis. Besides awesome marketing ideas, Google’s success is based on an intelligent algorithm named Page Rank, which basically ranks web pages that match a given word.
Google was launched thirteen years ago and since then a lot of different techniques and features were implemented by its developers. Unfortunately, not many people know that Google can interpret a wide range of searching tricks to improve results and that there’s more to searching than simply inserting words. How can you search Google better? There is a wide range of things you can do with Google and with our help, you will be able to use them and improve every search. The following search tips can be applied for every instance of the famous search engine, meaning every country and every language.
Punctuation doesn’t matter.Uppercase and lowercase letters are the same for Google.The limit is set to ten words and everything after that is truncated and ignored.Word order matters to Google.Small words such as “the”, “and”, “or”, etc. will be ignored unless they are specific operators and, capitalized. Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
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You won't succeed in business if nobody believes in you. Here's how to make certain they do.
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Social media engagement: learn how to get more people-to-people interaction and begin a real conversation with your audience on social media.
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If no one is responding to your the posts you are sharing...you are not using social media right. What can you do to attract the people who can make a difference in your business? Delete the scoop?
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Collecting Facebook likes and Twitter followers is important for building a social media fan base. But business owners who want tangible results from their social media efforts are looking deeper i...
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The social web makes it more cost-effective than ever to get the word out about your business, no matter what industry you're in. We spoke to the experts for their cost-cutting ...
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This is an infographic about current SEO thinking with tips and tools to help sites rank better on search engines.
Most people have a general idea of how to optimize their content for search engines. That search engine algorithms are proprietary and evolving inevitably causes different opinions on SEO. Of course there’s another school of thought that minimal keyword research and a green-light from a SEO plugin are enough to publish a piece.
This infographic challenges writers and some of the preconceived notions about SEO. It has a mixture of tips and tools to help you rank better in search... Via Lauren Moss, Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
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This is great information! Check it out. 
MizWalidah's curator insight,
May 2, 3:55 AM
There aren't many band blogs as it can be too time consuming strays away from actually making music. So SEO really comes into play when a band is finding it difficult to be found on Google maybe because their name is to similar to a person, place or thing that is more popular but may or may not have anything to do with music, much less your band. My band still suffers from this situation. The band's name is St.Lô which is also the name of a small town in France. this small town also shares some serious history during WWII. And then of course there is St.Louis.
SEO became apart of our blogging and social media gameplan. We use a highend paid Tumblr template for our website and then also have Facebook and Twitter accounts. Rule #6 in the SEO suggestions above, utilization of the Long Tail helped a great deal. We had to differentiate our name from the towns with keyword that we did not have in common. We had to think about how would be search for ouside of the obvious simple search. Also where we couldn't write lengthy articles about everything we did, we instead updated our facebook and blog regularly, if not daily. Because the blog and the facebook/twitter pages are linked the cross referrencing and the amount of times in which people have shared the band with has prevailed. Frequency over volume at the end of the day won out!! NOw when you search for St.Lô Music we rise to the top over WWII history. We still have yet to rise to the top if someone simly types in St.Lo but we are steadily rising to the top and are atleast on the first page of the google search.
SEO matters for band blogs as they do for business. You want to always be the first choice when someone searches for your band. Continually optimizing your meta keywords and tags to better fit the culture of your band will help you stand out from all that may be similar. 
Martin (Marty) Smith's comment,
May 2, 12:52 PM
Great comment MizWalidah. I wold modify one point. Instead of "continually optimizing your meta keywords and tags" I would find ways to ping in fresh content such as User Generated Content from reviews or comments. Once a website I've SEOed is inside of Google's algorithm changing meta values that matter (mostly the page's title) can HURT SEO. I change titles VERY VERY carefully since the first rule of SEO is DO NO DAMAGE. The QDF (Quality Deserves Freshness) movement post Panda and Penguin LOVES it when a page pings, so I love the 1% of visitors who are willing to comment, review or otherwise contribute User Generated Content.
I DON'T play with meta nearly as much as you imply since to do so can look SPAMMY and cause real harm. The most important idea is creating content other people want to share. This is why I love GAMES and CONTESTS especially for bands. High engagement content such as Contests and Games can help with SEO and they can help create a distinct brand all bands need. Appreciate your enthusiasm, but be careful about meta (especially title) changes. Marty 
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Infographie sympa sur la rédaction SEO... A lire et relire, c'est toujours utile ! ;) Delete the scoop?
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Business cards have been used to share contact details and other business-related information for centuries, but today—as more of our business lives have become entangled with the web—using your business cards to link to your business online has...
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Your new year's resolution shouldn't be to get more traffic, it should be to earn more traffic. There's lots of ways to earn more traffic, here's
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Why prefer Coke over Pepsi or GE over Samsung or Ford over Chevy? In markets that aren't natural monopolies or where there are clear, agreed-upon metrics, how do we decide? Yes, every brand has a story—that's how it goes from...
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Denyse Drummond-Dunn's curator insight,
April 9, 6:09 AM
Simple ideas we can all use to better remember names 
Tia Ribary's curator insight,
April 12, 5:17 PM
Remembering someone's name when you meet them is as much a part of marketing as anything else (a first step in the know, like, trust factor)! I must say, I am terribly guilty of forgetting names and I've been embarrased a time or two because of it.
This article provides excellent steps on ways to remember someone's name. I think the most important ones are repeating the name, and visualization of something memorable.
I once heard a memory expert state that our brains remember pictures. So, associate that name with a picture (a memorable picture) and it is more easily recalled. I can tell you, this takes practice! But, it works. I know because I am practicing it!
I hope this helps you as well! 
claire butterworth's curator insight,
April 16, 4:25 AM
Forgetting the name of a client, employee, business associate or supplier, can cause a business owner a substantial loss of credibility, as well as having the potential to undermine the existing relationship. Delete the scoop?
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