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- E-Business Globalization and Localization – Major Steps to Achieving Multilingual SEO Success - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsUntil the recent past, you could count on one hand the number of companies that really cared to adapt their websites for foreign markets. Even the people who opted to do so were not serious enough with their efforts; they only embarked on a translation of their English copy to the local language ...
Views: 794 - Top tips on getting folks to follow you on twitter - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTwitter is making waves all over the place; celebrities, top business people, ordinary people, and just anyone is using it! Now, how can you successfully apply Twitter to your business? Here are tips on how you can be greatly noticed and followed on Twitter for the success of your ...
Views: 651 - Differentiate the profile and business pages on Facebook - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsThere is a massive rush to create profiles on social networking sites in order to kick off marketing in Web 2.0. But before you join the rush, you need to learn about certain technical elements about establishing online presence on Facebook. Taking out time to identify the difference between a ...
Views: 622 - Reciprocal Links: Don’t Be Deceived by Wrong Information - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsJeff Matthews is a freelance writer who wrights about Internet marketing ideas To know about this subject and Jeff please visit The first or initial element on the Web was the reciprocal links – they’ve been in existence long before we started hearing of ‘social media’. There’s no complexity ...
Views: 619 - 5 Top rules that guide affiliate marketing - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you do not want to bug yourself with the hassles involved in putting up a website, but would love to make some money online, affiliate marketing would be a great option for you. Contrary to what a lot of people think, creating affiliate marketing is not an uphill task. What matters most ...
Views: 547 - Social Bookmarking – Its Meaning and Significance as a Valuable Marketing Technique - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsAs the flagship of the Web 2.0 movement, social bookmarking is similar to ‘Bookmarks’ or ‘Add to Favorites’ which you are already conversant with - using web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. However, your computer stores the created bookmark. With social bookmarking, you can store ...
Views: 512 - The best way to lead the competition – dynamic keyword research - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNow, when you look at Google’s keyword tool known as ‘Insights for Search’, it would appear simple, and you may think it is one semi-sophisticated tool that just updates you when search volume is either climbing up or declining for a group of keywords or just one keyword. What I mean is this, do ...
Views: 485 - Acquiring twitter followers without the mass following tool - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNeedless to say, you would possibly need more Twitter followers to boost traffic or enhance business opportunities. Well, you have your reasons. The term ‘Organic’ is an important phrase in this article. Organic result is very healthy and desirable. For instance, in a search, organic result ...
Views: 460(1 vote) - Domain Names and How They Affect SEO - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsIt is quite common to come across a question such as this: ‘How can domain names affect SEO?’ Although domain names are among the least significant aspects for a top SEO ranking, there are certain things you ought to be aware of. What about Buying a Domain Name that Incorporates a ...
Views: 458 - Get your Basics Right for Customer Growth on Local Search Shortlists - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhether you own a large retail chain or just a small business, you can take advantage of Local (which is the new and rapid local search innovation) to stay on top. The trend of events recently is indeed excellent for the small businesses and the overall internet marketing industry. Right ...
Views: 456 - Top tips for increasing facebook likes - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTowards the tail end of 2010, there was massive media coverage on Facebook Likes – a signal that Facebook Likes would spread like wildfire in 2011. We are now in 2011 and quite rightly are witnessing a massive awareness and clamor about Facebook Likes. By all indications, Facebook ‘Likes’ has ...
Views: 451 - 4 Major Reasons Why Your SEO Campaign Hasn’t Been Effective - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of webmasters complain that their SEO strategies are not as effective as they should be. What is responsible for the poor result of your campaigns? What are the techniques that can boost the performance of your SEO efforts? A lot of things may be responsible for the ...
Views: 450 - The Springboard to Swift Growth on Your Facebook Fan Page - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you look ahead to spark a swift growth on your Facebook fan page, here are top tips that are definitely going to help you. Ignite the first growth numbers quickly within the network If your target is to get to a wider audience, the first and crucial step is to reach substantial ...
Views: 448 - Optimize Facebook Places for Your Business Needs - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsFacebook has just introduced its new feature – the Facebook Places. It is one of the best efforts from Facebook to get their rapidly expanding members linked to the real world. According to the site’s blog, Facebook is set to give answers to “Where”, as it had done for “Who” and “What” all these ...
Views: 441 - Internet marketing trends in 2011: What to expect - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe past year was really a thrilling one for internet activities. In 2010, it appeared as though Facebook was a big threat to the mighty search engine – Google. In the same year, there was steady and continuous growth of social networking. Also, mobile web surfing became more popular than the ...
Views: 440 - Top tips on choosing suitable keywords for the SEO of your website - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsBefore staking out any fund on SEO, your first task is to select the suitable keywords. In trying to pick the right keywords, you need to understand what is behind the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of people’s search. When people surf the web, they are looking for information on the solution to a problem as ...
Views: 439 - Golden ratio of twitter - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhen you come to Twitter platform as a novice, you will find that everything is easy-going. You will get alert about a follower – perhaps you would also respond by following the person in return. Of course, you would certainly need some tweets in your stream. After a while, you will start being ...
Views: 433 - Internet Marketing Trends for 2011 - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe year 2010 was a huge one for the entire internet world. This was the year that the internet big super power (Google) was challenged by the emergence and super-activities of Facebook. The growth of social networking continued to soar, and mobile internet surfing experienced a massive leap in ...
Views: 431 - Top 4 ways to make most of your facebook page - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsYou are missing out massively if you do not have a Facebook Fan Page for your business. With over 350,000,000 active users, Facebook can help grow your business rapidly and massively. Beside the massive potential customers you would meet on Facebook and other social media platforms, Google is ...
Views: 430 - Business Going Local – Using Google Places to Rank Higher on Google - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPlaces Search is one of the latest developments on Google. Google Search is the former Google Local/Google Maps. Sites listed in Google Places are currently listed on top of the search result pages when local searches are conducted. If your business is local area based, it is an excellent idea ...
Views: 429(1 vote) - How applicable is twitter to business? - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTwitter – the micro-blogging platform known to just a few people, until a few months back, has gone mainstream with more than six million subscribers. Of course, this number is growing on a daily basis. Even renowned news outlets including CNN, Fox News and others are leveraging Twitter platform ...
Views: 423 - Twitter and Customer Service – Great Scope Unleashed ! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsClients of web hosting companies must have come across several issues over the years. Issues can crop up when it is a hard drive failure, servers going down, loss of email, awful customer service or a host of several other woes. Even some of the hosting relationships that kicked off on a good ...
Views: 423 - A Realistic Guide to Link Building - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhether it’s the large corporations or small business establishments, search engines play a very crucial role in their growth and hence in their promotion efforts. The most popular way of finding websites is through search engines; you will get more visitors if your site shows up frequently on ...
Views: 422 - Using twitter rightly to enhance your ranking - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsRecently, Google and Bing were interviewed concerning social signals. The result of the interview confirmed that retweet by Twitter users with authority can significantly enhance your organic ranking. Here, we will discuss tips that can make Twitter authorities to recognize your tweets. You ...
Views: 422(1 vote) - Get Massive Response from Blog Commenting Services - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPerhaps you’ve been searching for the most effective link building technique to help you get better ranking for your website and to generate significant traffic. If so, this is the right place to get help for your link building needs. Effective blog commenting service offered here is a great way ...
Views: 420 - 5 facts you should know about your facebook page username - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNo doubts, you must have created a username for your Facebook page as well as a username for your personal profile. The visibility of your username is quite prominent in your URL. Therefore, a common name known as ‘vanity URL’ has been assigned to it. Here are 5 top essentials or facts ...
Views: 418 - Top 5 Facebook Applications that are Worth Having for Your Business - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe best time to secure a business real estate on the number one Social platform is now. The rate at which Fan Pages for business are getting relevant for virtually all industry types is amazing. But, some people are not careful to carry out proper maintenance of their Fan Pages, thereby ...
Views: 410 - Take Advantage Of the Best and Easy Local SEO Strategies - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf your local business is online, you would certainly want people to know about the business by looking for it via search engines. Here are some local SEO strategies that would improve your search engine ranking. Control Targeted Information Across the Web Learning to control targeted ...
Views: 405 - LinkedIn PPC Advertising – Is it just another PPC Ads Platform? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsYou can reach out to your target market by using LinkedIn Advertising. This is another Social Media Pay Per Click platform. LinkedIn PPC Advertising uses demographic targeting, structured like the Facebook advertising. The LinkedIn PPC advertising is known as LinkedIn Direct Ads. Facebook PPC ...
Views: 398 - Tips on Increasing Your Facebook Likes - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsFacebook ‘likes’ is already the rage of this new year – having had a massive media coverage on the the air towards the end of 2010. With the look of things, Facebook Likes have come to stay. It is important to work towards raising your Facebook Likes in this new year. Facebook “Likes” is ...
Views: 398 - 4 best tips to generate natural backlinks - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIn recent times, Google has become more sophisticated in spotting poor quality links and WebPages. Perhaps your link service is the type that promises tons of high PR links for ridiculously low service fee; also if you use automated system to generate links, it is most likely that Google would ...
Views: 396 - Changes To Your Webpage Can Influence Your Search Engine Ranking - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIt is quite an obvious fact that changes made to contents on your website can cause a shift on the position of your search engine result page. However, the nature of search engines’ reaction over changes on webpages is not known, and it is not clear why the changes should occur and what is ...
Views: 395 - Location Based Social Media - How it can help you achieve brand loyalty and improved customer feedback - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsSocial media has come to stay - the earlier you realize it, the better it is for you. Location based social media is a more recent and interesting aspect of social media. Targeting as well as branding new places to prospects has been a constant struggle for marketers. A lot of people are ...
Views: 395 - Twitter – An excellent tool for strengthening business relationships - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne of the major reasons for the massive movement of companies to Twitter is the benefit of achieving enhanced business relationships. You can become very close to your business partners as well as customers by using Twitter regularly – with the end result of increased sales and business ...
Views: 392 - Google’s official statement warns on pagerank obsession - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of webmasters are very much concerned about the PageRank that Google’s toolbar displays. Focusing on this value is not quite prudent enough. Few years back, there was an official statement by Google, pointing out clearly that webmasters should pay attention to other things that ...
Views: 390 - Using Google Click-to-Call to Track PPC Success - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPresently, it looks like every individual owns a smart-phone. This signifies that mobile search traffic is increasing alongside with the availability of more mobile devices as well as full internet browsing capabilities. Now, here’s the question; is it likely that those searching with their ...
Views: 386 - How to gain thousands of Facebook Fans in the shortest time - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne of the most recently and significant changes that Facebook introduced is the one that altered “Become a fan” to “Like”. The user is not aware of what is being liked – whether it’s the attractive saying, the visited website, the underlying page or the remark made by their friends. Here ...
Views: 377 - 3 Questions You Need to Ask When A Site Links to Your Site - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne important feature that gives value to your website in the eyes of Google as well as other search engines, is the inbound links. Also, inbound links enable more people to find your site and your offerings. Inbound links are as good as another vote of confidence given to your website. ...
Views: 376 - Straight from google: Techniques for optimizing your website - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe SEO tips and techniques featured in this article were culled from the live chat that Google’s Matt Cutts granted on YouTube. Tip One: All hope for regaining ranking is not lost for penalized websites A big company’s website was penalized due to excess paid links featured on their site. ...
Views: 376 - How to Get People to Like Your Facebook Page - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsFacebook’s new language for becoming a ‘Fan’ is ‘Like’; in essence, when you connect with a business’s page, rather than saying you are a ‘Fan’, the most widely used word now is ‘Like’. Do you want people to ‘like’ your Facebook page? Then there is need to promote your Facebook presence both on ...
Views: 373 - Building your brand with social media – doing it the right way - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsJust imagine for a moment, thousands of folks all over the world commending your business and your offerings and recommending you to everyone around them – their friends, connections, followers as well as fans. This can be a dream come true, if only you can invest time to connect with consumers ...
Views: 371 - Top Advantages of Social Media Marketing - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsSocial media is making a lot of waves these days. In case you are still wondering about what the fuss is all about, here are the top advantages or benefits of social media to your business, and to you as an individual. Benefits of Social Media Marketing for Your Business Brand ...
Views: 369 - Best 5 expert tips for result-oriented article marketing - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne of the easiest techniques for generating free traffic is article marketing. It can take you just a couple of minutes to come up with great articles depending on your research and typing skills. Article directories are very helpful when it comes to getting articles to achieve high ranking on ...
Views: 368 - Top 3 Ways to Make Press Releases More Effective - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsInitially, writing press releases can be quite dreadful because of their straightforward nature and little or no room to showcase creativity. However, a well-written press release is a great tool in the marketers’ hands to spread the word concerning a company’s news stories. When you embark on ...
Views: 368 - Creating Facebook Page or Facebook Group – Which is Better? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhen considering a social media platform, Facebook is an attractive choice - given its highly interactive features and more than 150 million active users. It is a great social network platform that will help you build your brand via Facebook Pages. Two techniques can be employed when ...
Views: 365 - Sources For Generating Traffic Other Than Search Engines - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsAre you looking for an efficient alternative to search engine-oriented traffic? Don’t put all your eggs on the search engine algorithms. Yes, you can take advantage of other really efficient, reliable and multiple traffic-generation-sources to reach out to your prospective clients. ...
Views: 364 - The top result on google generates nearly 40% of the entire clicks - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA recently conducted study reveals that it is very important to rank very high in Google’s search results. The average click-through rate of the top results is almost 40%. The cost per click as well as the amount of searches is also an influencing factor on the clicks. What is the implication of ...
Views: 364 - Top 7 Techniques for Increasing Email Marketing Conversion in 2011 - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsAs usual, the month of December has been a hot and happening stretch of time for business strategists who have busy brain storming sessions on how to take advantage of the massive traffic for ecommerce sales and for the increased holiday demand. There are special promos offerings, coupon codes, ...
Views: 364 - Effective Strategies for Applying Social Media to Your Small Business - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of small business owners are perhaps too busy for social media marketing, or do not even understand how these platforms work. Therefore, they outsource business application of Facebook, Twitter or Foursquare to specialists. This action may not often work optimally for a business. ...
Views: 362(1 vote) - Google Places: Best Google Places tips and tools for small businesses - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you’ve got Google Places, Yelp or Binge account, the tips outlined here will assist you in attaining the top of local search results. If you operate your business locally as an attorney, plumber, florist, local accountant, coffee shop operator and similar services, it is important that ...
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