7 Characteristics of Highly Creative People – inc.com Looking to hire for creativity? Research says you should look for these traits (but, be warned, not all of them make someone easy to work with).Sure, it’s possible for everyone to nurture their creative side but honest observation shows that fresh ideas come more easily to some people than others. If you’re in the market for individuals to drive innovation at your business, how can you hire these naturally creative folks?A new Norwegian study has some suggestions… Continue Reading On inc.com » 6 Startup Mistakes and How to Avoid Them – businessknowhow.com...
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Might Have a Metal Chassis – mashable.com/social-media/ Samsung, whose flagship devices all sport a plastic chassis, is considering launching the Galaxy Note 3 “phablet” with a metal exterior, SamMobile reports citing its insiders The same source claims that a metal case was also in the works for the Samsung Galaxy S 4, but that design was dropped since Samsung could not mass-produce enough units fast enough Rumors say the Galaxy Note 3 will have a 6-inch display, an Exynos 5 octa-core CPU, a 13-megapixel camera, LTE and the latest version of Android… Continue Reading On mashable.com/social-media/...
How to Drive More Referral Traffic to Your Website – bloggingtips.com I’m sure you know what referral traffic means. For those who are not yet aware of it, referral traffic is the traffic which a website or blog receives from its link placed on another site. You can drive referral traffic to your website on your own or other people can drive it for you. The best part about getting lots of referral traffic is that it improves the SEO of your website as well… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » Do Customers Actually Care about Your Company’s Values? – copyblogger.com/blog/...
4 Steps to Take After a Google Manual Penalty is Removed – searchenginewatch.com/seo The same activities that were responsible for ascending to number one in the SERPs were also responsible for your manual penalty. So now what? It’s time to acquire high value editorial links. Here are some of the best methods for doing so. Continue Reading On searchenginewatch.com/seo »
Web Usability: When should you avoid navigation? – marketingexperiments.com/blog/ Tweet Navigation is often considered a core element of website usability. If you routinely put navigation on every single page of your website, you will likely be shocked by one of our recent discoveries … You can watch the full free Web clinic – “The Usability Myth: 4 surprising discoveries we learned after testing the most common usability principles” – to hear Flint McGlaughlin, Managing Director, MECLABS, explain three other surprising findings from our optimization testing and experimentation… Continue Reading On marketingexperiments.com/blog/ » Facebook Home Opens Up Mobile Ad...
10 Questions to Ask Before Making Your First Hire – youngentrepreneur.com Before rushing to expand your business with that first employee, here are the most important things you need to consider first. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com »
Social Media Resources: Hiring, Community Managers, and Restaurants – sproutsocial.com/insights This week on Sprout Social Insights we tackled guides for Facebook, Twitter, and to help you better reach your customers with the social media tools that make a difference. Check out our articles below to find out more about each one and how they can help you with your social media goals. And check in every day to Sprout Social Insights for more how to guides and breaking social media news… Continue Reading On sproutsocial.com/insights » This Week On Twitter: Roger Ebert’s 8 Twitter Rules, Social Media For Brands, Social...
Want to Know How to Create Links in WordPress Effectively? – bloggingtips.com We all know how to create links in WordPress blogs. Every blogger needs to know how to make a text link because this points readers to any website we want. It’s very easy to do. WordPress’ interface makes it really quick to do. You just need to highlight the text you want to create a link to and then click the Insert/Edit Link icon–the one that looks like a chain… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com »
Want to Know How to Create Links in WordPress Effectively? – bloggingtips.com We all know how to create links in WordPress blogs. Every blogger needs to know how to make a text link because this points readers to any website we want. It’s very easy to do. WordPress’ interface makes it really quick to do. You just need to highlight the text you want to create a link to and then click the Insert/Edit Link icon–the one that looks like a chain… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com »
Weekend Favs April Thirteen – ducttapemarketing.com/blog/ My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road… Continue Reading On ducttapemarketing.com/blog/ » 3 Ways To Double Your Email Open Rates – blog.crazyegg.com Over the past 5 posts, we’ve covered a lot, including… Topic #1: Email Marketing: What’s Working...
Small Business Owners Say Bitcoins Better than Credit Cards – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Some U.S. small business owners using Bitcoins aren’t too worried about the digital currency’s rise and fall this week. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » Which is Right, Your Instinct or Your Customer? – inc.com Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter, explains how to trust your gut and innovate–but also give your customers exactly what they’re looking for.Entrepreneur Lisa Price started Carol’s Daughter out of her Brooklyn kitchen in 1993 with little money and zero revenue. Today the skin-and-hair-care-product company has $40 million in sales and 80 employees… Continue Reading...
Twitter Seeks Communications Pro To Tweet About Twitter – mediabistro.com/alltwitter/ Think you’re the social media shiznit? Put your money where your mouth is and toss your resume in the ring to go up against other communications pros for the ultimate social media position: tweeting about Twitter – for Twitter. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media… Continue Reading On mediabistro.com/alltwitter/ » Facebook hires and departures: Timeline designer leaves; 27 other positions filled – insidefacebook.com Facebook product designer Nicholas Felton who was instrumental in the profile overhaul that became Timeline in 2011, announced today that he would be...
8 Steps To Secure Your WordPress Blog – howtomakemyblog.com WordPress blogs are regular targets to brute force attacks. These are the security measures that you can implement today. Continue Reading On howtomakemyblog.com » An Internet Marketing Education in 20 Emails. No Charge. – copyblogger.com/blog/ Want to discover the smartest ways to mix social media, content marketing, and SEO for lead generation? Want to convert those leads to customers and clients? We’ve got you covered with Internet Marketing for Smart People. And there’s absolutely no charge. This 20-installment email course and newsletter delivers the techniques and strategies you need to know...
Desktop Search Activity Hits All-Time High In March: 20+ Billion Searches [comScore] – searchengineland.com Google dropped a few percentage points while Bing and Yahoo each gained a couple … but the bigger statistic from comScore’s monthly U.S. search rankings for March is that desktop search activity reached an all-time high. The company’s latest report estimates that there were just… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article… Continue Reading On searchengineland.com » 10 Firefox Add-Ons to Improve Your Productivity – searchenginepeople.com/blog I love using Firefox. I have experimented with many different web browsers in the past, but I always...
How To Optimize Contact Forms For Conversions [Infographic] – unbounce.com/blog Some people hate forms. In fact, nearly everybody hates forms. Fill this in, give me your details, do not pass go until you’ve told me your mothers maiden name. How rude. Personally I love forms. Why? Because I get to write about how annoying they are and how to make them less so. My biggest pet peeve (pet? let’s say “form” peeve), is when people don’t express what the button will do when it’s clicked, but thanks to some studies done from the infographic below, we can see that using...
How to Get the Most Out of Email Marketing – noobpreneur.com Email turned 40 last year but this doesn’t mean it is old fashioned. Marketers and business owners still use email as a key digital marketing sphere. Not only is it cost effective but it also offers fantastic ROI. There are a number of things to keep in mind when embarking on a new campaign. The golden rule is to make sure you’re not sending out SPAM… Continue Reading On noobpreneur.com » How a Small Distillery is Rethinking Manufacturing – youngentrepreneur.com Industry City Distillery’s small-scale vodka starts with a well-designed...
The Unconventional Guide to Social Media Updates – socialtimes.com By Chris Warden, CEO of Spread Effect. It’s 2013. By now, we all know the importance of social media, and how an integrated content strategy is the key to good SEO. The one piece of the puzzle that’s lacking is just how to update your social accounts in a way that will drive more traffic, grow your target audience, and increase engagement with your current audience… Continue Reading On socialtimes.com » Facebook acquires stealth startup Osmeta – insidefacebook.com Facebook has acquired stealth software startup Osmeta, TechCrunch reports today. The deal was apparently completed...
The Best of Think Traffic Now in Book Form – thinktrafic.net The very best posts from Think Traffic are now available in a special book called: Serious Traffic: Grow Your Income by Growing Your Audience. We partnered with Hyperink to make this blog-to-book available on Amazon, Hyperink and Barnes and Noble. This is an experiment in self-publishing for us. Hyperink has worked with several popular bloggers in the past, including Brad Feld, Dave Asprey, Jeff Atwood, Penelope Trunk and our friend Peep Laja… Continue Reading On thinktrafic.net » List Of Useful Traffic Monitoring Tools For Bloggers – spiceupyourblog.com Guest Post –...
More Evidence That Content Is A Key Search Engine Ranking Factor – searchenginepeople.com/blog There have been 100's of blog posts discussing the importance of content as a ranking factor in the last couple of years following Google's release of the Panda update to their algorithm. However, the importance of content on long tail keyword focused web pages was really brought home to me the other day… Continue Reading On searchenginepeople.com/blog » Google (Finally) Gives EU A Formal Settlement Proposal As UK Mapping Rival Files Anti-Competitive Suit – searchengineland.com Google has formally submitted its antitrust settlement proposal to the EU. Wait,...
Why You Are Ignoring The Most Important Data – socialmediaexplorer.com Business is having a love affair with big data. In the last few months it seems that every conference and webinar I come across has “big data” on the agenda. Big data is the allure of more. More information. More access to behavior. Opportunities for more sophisticated analysis. The thinking goes likes this: If we know every move people make then we not only know everything, but we can predict everything… Continue Reading On socialmediaexplorer.com » Twitter Acquires We Are Hunted, Should Open New Marketing Doors For Artists – marketingland.com...
Talk Nerdy To Me – .businessownersideacafe.com/ A few decades ago, technology as a general interest was once limited to the “nerds” in “IT.” Today, entrepreneurs and business professionals of all levels are unleashing their inner nerd and keeping pace. read more Continue Reading On .businessownersideacafe.com/ » Tightening The Belt: Shrewd Business Decisions To Help Stay Afloat – noobpreneur.com As the UK economy struggles to get back on track, the success of individual businesses is falling into the hands of those who run them. Success is not reliant only upon consumer demand, but on the handling of day to day business....
5 Places to Use your Smartphone for Business – socialtimes.com Remember a time when you could not go anywhere without your laptop? You used it for scheduling, taking notes, presentations, etc. These days, with smartphones and tablets, it’s almost as if a weight has been lifted off of you. Actually, it has. A smartphone is an email center, research device, camera, alarm clock, calendar, multimedia player, and more… Continue Reading On socialtimes.com » Zuckerberg Announces Immigration Reform Group in Op-Ed – mashable.com/social-media/ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg waded further into the world of politics on Thursday with a Washington Post op-ed...
SEOHacker On Optimization – fuelyourblogging.com I had a chance to ask Sean Si of SEO-Hacker a few questions about search engine optimization and wanted to share the interview with you, as optimization is one of the most important aspects too often ignored by bloggers. Check it out! FUEL: What’s going on in the search engine optimization world right now? SEAN: There’s a huge shift towards content marketing this year – after the ever-popular Penguin hit… Continue Reading On fuelyourblogging.com » What does it take to Succeed? – problogger.net This guest post is by Tommy Walker of Inside The Mind. We often look outside...
Best Practices for Promoting Infographics – searchenginepeople.com/blog With thousands of infographics posted on a daily basis, it can take a lot of work to get your latest creation the online attention it deserves. This can be problematic if you've invested the time, money and resources and the infographic fails in promotion. As the owner of both an infographic design agency and an infographic submission website, I've seen my share of promotion wins and promotion flops… Continue Reading On searchenginepeople.com/blog » Finding and Building Citations Like an Agency – seomoz.org/blog Posted by Casey MerazThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was...
