The Top-30 WordPress Plugins [Infographic] – blog.crazyegg.com When it comes to functionality and performance, it’s hard to beat a WordPress website. But all that power doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of the plugins you select to solve problems and add features. The challenge, of course, is choosing the right ones. Since you have to choose from a database of more than 22,000 options, the whole topic of WordPress plugins can be overwhelming… Continue Reading On blog.crazyegg.com » 4 Tried and True Marketing Automation Recipes for Better Email Nurturing – blog.hubspot.com Research from MarketingSherpa shows that the email marketing strategy...
Orlando Entrepreneurs Say Magic Is Returning – entrepreneur.com After suffering the double whammy of a housing crash and drop in tourism spending, Orlando’s economy seems to have turned a corner. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Business ideas – 300 Ways to Start a Business – businessknowhow.com 300 business ideas for starting a business plus suggestions for what it takes to succeed. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » Small Business Owners Caught In Hiring Limbo – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com If you have been putting off hiring more employees because of concerns you have about the economy, you are not alone. A majority of small...
Hands-on with Facebook Home – insidefacebook.com Facebook today announced Home, a redesigned experience for Android, which brings users’ friends to the forefront of their smartphones. Home will be available for select Android devices at first, but will roll out to others over time as an optional downloadable application from Google Play. We got a hands-on trial of Home today at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, Calif… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Codecademy completes PHP course, ‘ready for prime time’ – venturebeat.com/category/social/ A month after unveiling the first few elements of its PHP course, Codecademy says the PHP track is now...
How to Build an Affiliate Store in 15 Minutes Using WP All Import – bloggingtips.com WordPress has completely changed the way people make web sites and do business online. Through the WordPress platform, blogging is no longer just blogging… and WordPress has become an all in one content solution for nearly any type of site out there. There are thousands of themes and plugins out there that allow you to create anything you can imagine, and for those times you can’t find what you are looking for, a custom designed layout or plugins designer is just a click away… Continue...
Overwriting (not provided) Keywords with Inferred Keywords in Google Analytics – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by Ben Alvord This post describes a method for overwriting the dreaded keyword (not provided) with the keyword which you have inferred that (not provided) represents. Warning! Notice that I used the word 'overwriting' above. The method I describe below literally overwrites the referrer which is logged within Google Analytics, similar to how a filter in Google Analytics can modify your data… Continue Reading On seomoz.org/ugc » 13 Essential SEO Power Tools – searchenginewatch.com/seo Looking for a nice selection of SEO power tools that will help diagnose...
In Praise of Vanity Metrics – socialmediaexplorer.com In a recent Velocity Content Marketing Hangout, Joe Chernov said something interesting. In fact, he said very little that wasn’t interesting. But this one made me raise an eyebrow that took a while to come back down. Joe said, “Don’t knock vanity metrics. Sometimes they’re all you’ve got… Continue Reading On socialmediaexplorer.com » Marketing You: The key to building a great business! – jimsmarkteingblog.com It has never been easier to locate people or suppliers in your industry, who are capable. Search engines and social networks allow us to find capable people and check...
Why Your Startup Should Celebrate March Madness – youngentrepreneur.com To build a strong company and attract employees who want to work with you, taking time to bond or just yell at the TV screen is a must. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Franchise Boutique System Hopes to Double Its Business – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Marie DeNicola, CEO and founder of Mainstream Boutique, now oversees 29 women-run franchises around the country. Now, she’s harnessing the power of social media to double her business. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » 3 Ways to Be More Productive and Enjoy Remote Working – noobpreneur.com Working remote can...
Gartner: Tablet Shipments To Grow 69.8% YoY To 197M Units In 2013, As PCs/Laptops Decline 7.3% To 315M Units – techcrunch.com/social Gartner has published its latest report with smart devices projections for smartphones, tablets, ultramobiles and PCs from 2012 to 2017, and it’s as clear picture as you can get of how mobile rules today and will continue to dominate the device landscape tomorrow. Echoing results from IDC’s global device forecast last month, Gartner’s numbers make more grim reading for Microsoft — the company with the most to lose as the old empire of the PC continues its slow decline, trumped by the price, simplicity...
3 Ways Your Website is Losing Readers – copyblogger.com/blog/ The last time you got into your car, did you notice if your wheels were properly aligned? My guess is that 99.99% of you didn’t even consider it. And if you did, would you really know how to check anyway? But it’s an important question. Wheels being out of alignment can decrease gas mileage, reduce the longevity of tires through uneven wear, and make handling the car more difficult… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » Check Out IM John Chow – dailyblogtips.com My buddy John Chow recently launched a new product, called...
Creating Effective Advertising – seobook.com/blog The Atlantic published an interesting chart comparing print advertising spend with internet advertising spend: So, print advertising is tanking. Internet advertising, whilst growing, is not growing particularly fast, and certainly isn’t catching up to fill the titanic sized gap left by print. As a result, a number of publishers who rely on advertising for the lion’s share of their revenue are either struggling, going belly up, or changing their models… Continue Reading On seobook.com/blog » The Best SEO Firms Will Practice What They Preach – searchenginepeople.com/blog The SEO industry, unfortunately, has a relatively negative reputation....
48 Tweetable Stats To Make You An Online Marketing SmartyPants – unbounce.com/blog (Image source) So you want to become an online marketing smartypants? Or maybe you already are one and want to show-off your marketing knowledge to your thousands of twitter followers? Well looketh no further, here’s your one-stop shop to a giant handful of interesting marketing stats. Learn some rad new marketing facts, take your pick of the best, and tweet away… Continue Reading On unbounce.com/blog » Freebie: The Collective Legal Guide For Designers (Contract Samples) – smashingmagazine.com Rule number one for designers of all kinds: use a...
Want to Go Viral? 4 Ways to Get Viewers to Share Your Videos – youngentrepreneur.com People are increasingly tuning in to videos, but maybe not yours. Here’s how you and your company can become a YouTube sensation. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Business ideas – 300 Ways to Start a Business – businessknowhow.com 300 business ideas for starting a business plus suggestions for what it takes to succeed. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » 12 Apple Apps for Brick and Mortar Entrepreneurs – noobpreneur.com What is one Apple mobile app that every brick and mortar entrepreneur should be using to improve...
New Speakers and Sessions Added to Inside Social Apps San Francisco – insidefacebook.com We’re gearing up for the biggest social app event of the year: Inside Social Apps Conference & Expo, happening June 6-7 in San Francisco. Expert developers, marketers, analysts, consultants, and venture capitalists will lead sessions on key social app development, advertising, and investment opportunities… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Facebook platform industry update: Adaptly becomes Strategic PMD; Kenshoo and Moontoast partner – insidefacebook.com Social advertising company Adaptly today announced that it has been selected as a Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer by Facebook, joining 12 other companies with access to...
Case Study: How Aurélien Amacker Escaped the Cubicle to Find Success in Content Marketing – copyblogger.com/blog/ This case study kicks off a new series at Copyblogger: Real-world stories of people like you who have used the “Copyblogger method” of content marketing to strengthen their businesses, launch strong new projects, and do epic work. We’re starting with the story of versatile content marketer Aurélien Amacker… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » From Spark to Sale in 18 Days – problogger.net Some of you will know that Darren has just headed off for a well earned 10 day break. While enjoying his holiday, Darren has...
How Much will Google Reader's Demise Cost your Business? – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by RebeccaLehmann The impending demise of Google Reader is more than a mere inconvenience to those of us who use it to follow an overwhelming collection of industry blogs, Google Alerts, and xkcd and Oatmeal comics. If you offer RSS as a way to subscribe to your content, whether it’s a blog or some kind of feed, then you stand to lose a chunk of your traffic on July 1… Continue Reading On seomoz.org/ugc » How Your Business Could Benefit from Facebook Collections – searchenginepeople.com/blog In December of...
Nuance Creates Mobile Advertisements That Talk Back – marketingpilgrim.com Conversations, word-of-mouth, chat — it’s amazing how many auditory words we use to describe text-based actions. Replying to comments on Facebook is a conversation, sharing a product review in a blog is word-of-mouth and chatrooms have functioned for years without any chatter at all. Nuance is going to change that… Continue Reading On marketingpilgrim.com » HubSpot Launches Free Tool to Analyze the Shareability of Your Tweets – blog.hubspot.com I love data. I’ve spent the last 5 years of my career dedicated to doing research on huge datasets of hundreds of thousands...
Embrace Your Zany Side: Offbeat Ways Startups Win Over Hard-to-Reach VCs – youngentrepreneur.com Having a killer business idea is key, but it won’t necessarily help get your foot in the door when you’re looking for funding. Sometimes the best way to grab someone’s attention is to get creative. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » Which are the Friendliest U.S. States for Small Business in 2013? Thumbtack.com Survey Reveals – noobpreneur.com Want to start a small business in the U.S.? The 2013 Thumbtack.com survey reveals U.S. States’ small business friendliness. Thumbtack.com, local service listing company, has just released the 2nd annual Small...
Twitter for business, 101: Twitter wants to help advertisers ‘tweet to success’ – venturebeat.com/category/social/ It’s no April Fools joke: Twitter is getting seriously serious about monetization. Just the latest indicator is a refreshed and updated help site the social network launched today for business users. AKA, potential advertisers. The new site includes a short Twitter 101 overview for those to whom “tweet” and “hashtag” are still Greek… Continue Reading On venturebeat.com/category/social/ » The Top 10 Prankster Channels on YouTube – socialtimes.com Just in time for April Fool’s Day, YouTube has released a list of channels that have shared some of the...
Racism And Facebook Share The Spotlight In New Study – blogherald.com Facebook’s automated systems and unfortunate choice of words might be directly effecting the perceptions of racism for some users. A new study has found that the social network is finding unexpected ways to spread racist messages. While we often think of Facebook and racism as something that happens among bigoted commenters, the truth is the network’s user logs reveal a more prevalent problem… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Is Long Form Content The New Form Content? – howtomakemyblog.com Long form content journalism and in-depth storytelling online are making a...
AdWords Launches New Keyword Bulk Upload Feature – searchengineland.com Today, Google launched a new keyword bulk editing feature in AdWords designed to make it easier to add, edit and remove keywords at scale. The feature builds on the bulk editing tools released last November. Keyword bulk upload is accessible from the keyword report download window, shown below…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article… Continue Reading On searchengineland.com » Introducing Moz Reader! – seomoz.org/blog Posted by Nick Sayers After the demise of Google Reader, we decided to rise to the challenge. Moz Reader is our answer. We can...
Dynamic Remarketing Ads: The Future of Google Remarketing – wordstream.com/blog Google’s new dynamic remarketing feature – currently in beta – is hands down the best release from Google I’ve seen in a long time. As far as I’m concerned, this will be a MUST DO for all e-commerce websites that are advertising with Google.I’ve recently had the opportunity to try out the new dynamic remarketing ads, and in this post, I’ll explain how they work, why they’re better than traditional remarketing, and why you should care… Continue Reading On wordstream.com/blog » 15 Insider Tips for Creating a Content Creation Machine...
How to Calculate Gross Profit – entrepreneur.com Knowing when your business is making money. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Young Landscaper Grows Business Into Thriving 'Weed' Franchise – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com When most teenagers are worrying about the trials of high school, Gairad DeCastro was saving money to start his own business. Continue Reading On foxsmallbusinesscenter.com » 5 Ways to Book the Right Bookkeeper – .businessownersideacafe.com/ The savvy small business person or entrepreneur should do many things to give their company its best shot to be successful, including booking the right bookkeeper to manage the financial records. One might say a bookkeeper...
Twitter Announces “Twttr” – Will Start Charging $5 A Month If You Want To Tweet Using Vowels – techcrunch.com/social Vowels aren’t really necessary in today’s digital age, are they? Twitter doesn’t think so, as it announced a new “two-tiered” service including its free model called “Twttr.” You can only tweet without vowels though. Want the vowels back? Pony up $5 a month. Seems like a pretty sweet deal to me… Continue Reading On techcrunch.com/social » AT&T Says It Has an 'Exclusive' on the 64GB HTC One in the U.S. – mashable.com/social-media/ If you’re in the U.S. and looking for a...
Twitter’s Most Obnoxious Tech Tweeters Revealed [Infographic] – blogherald.com Twitter has more than half a billion tweeters and with those type of numbers the social network is bound to have run-ins with some really obnoxious users. The team at Conduit decided to check out Twitter’s worst users and put together a hilarious infographic that examines the social networks most obnoxious people… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Here’s a Few Tips to Write Great Blog Posts – bloggingtips.com It’s not enough to have something to share when you’re writing blog posts, you need to understand the techniques that will attract as many readers...
