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In the online world, you want your company to be the best. Well, in order to do so, you have to convince various search engines and your potential customers that you are. Since SEO writers specialize in how search engines work to begin with, they can strategically produce website content that can increase your rank [...]

Social media marketing companies are a dime a dozen it seems, so how do you choose the right one? It all boils down to asking the right questions. In this blog you’ll learn just what to ask during that ever-so-important quote assessment stage. 1. Who are some of your clients? 2. Do you have any [...]

In recent surveys it was found that around 95% of banks have no intention of getting involved in social media at any point in the foreseeable future. Those which are now currently involved with sites like Facebook are clearly not providing anything more than a means for their customers to interface with them, praise good [...]

The simple answer is: very important. When someone visits your website and is seriously interested in your products or services, you can guarantee that unless you are a well known company, a large amount of them will look at your ‘About Us’ page. This is because users want to know more about who they are [...]

Blogging Gives Way to Facebook and Twitter Use You can trace the (potential) decline and fall of the blogosphere in 140 characters, or less: Blogging has given way to micro-blogging on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. In the ‘80s, “video killed the radio star,” as the song went. In the 2010’s has widespread [...]

Since the Internet began, users and developers have been looking for ways to utilize the power of the web to help improve their business, personal and educational needs. Web-based applications are hot property and have gained popularity over the last few years as more and more people turn to the Internet to help find a [...]

With many companies’ budgets being cut, ‘cloud’ computing is becoming a popular option in an attempt to save money. This is where services and resources are shared and provided on demand, via the internet. A good metaphor for this is with the electricity grid, where one provider supplies an electricity service on demand to a [...]

Facebook has pleased the gay community by announcing the addition of two new options for relationship status which are likely to more fitting to same sex couples; “in a domestic relationship” and “in a civil union.” Don’t go running to change your status is you’re not American however as these new options are only available [...]

Steer Clear of SEO Firms Selling Outdated Tactics! As an online business owner or entrepreneur looking for SEO help, you have probably received quite a few form e-mails or even sales calls soliciting the services of SEO firms. Does that sound familiar? That is not to say that all SEO firms are scamming you since [...]

When Google released analytics they turned the site metrics industry on its head ane the fact that its free didn’t help. Many of the competing providers were left with a choice, innovate and add more value to their offer or fold. Most folded!, but companies that remained survived because they were able to offer a [...]

Welcome to the dawning of a new day of internet marketing and what is all the buzz about now, you may ask, well, it’s video marketing. Video marketing is how up-and-coming businesses are making their mark to their customers as well as other business prospects, as email was 10 years ago video marketing will be [...]

Google have just announced the release of One Pass, which will allow content publishers to digitally distribute their content through smart phones and tablet PC’s. So is this Google ridding to the rescue of the print media industry?, who as a whole have been in decline for a couple of years now. Here is what [...]

So you started blogging regularly to improve your search engine rankings… Well, you’re off to a great start, but it is still important to make WordPress work for you by installing plug-ins that will improve your search engine optimization naturally with less effort on your part. Check out some of the best plug-ins to add [...]

With the amount of jargon floating around these days, many people hear phrases such as search engine optimisation (SEO), and pay-per-click marketing (PPC), but have no idea what they mean. This is unfortunate, and means that some people do not realise the potential paid search marketing has to help develop and grow their business. PPC [...]

The first rule of blogging will always be, produce great content and if you’re like me this doesn’t flow naturally. I can lose hours while writing an article, researching writing, proof reading, even finding the right image to go with the article, it all takes time and if you really want to your articles to [...]

Everybody knows the virtues of WordPress, but the army of developers have made a simple blogging platform into much more that an easy way to put your thoughts and aspirations down for the world to see.  The possibilities for WordPress are endless, but here are some of the more unusual things that you can do [...]

With Facebook growing stronger and larger than life itself, it’s no wonder that the need for more Facebook features and tips increases every day. I’m an avid Facebook user. I prefer it to Twitter, because to me Twitter is more of a newsy site, whereas Facebook adds a lot of personal touch – even if [...]

Apple finally released the Mac App Store on the 6th of January 2011, following months of anticipation from Apple fans. The Mac App Store, which is only compatible with Mac computers running the latest Now Leopard operating system, shares a very similar appearance to the iPad and iPhone app stores. When the Mac app store [...]

HIPAA regulations requires that Protected Health Information (PHI) and it’s cousin ePHI (electronic PHI) be encrypted in order to protect the patients’ data. From a strategic point of view that sounds simple enough. HIPAA specifically addresses the encryption of ePHI in 164.312 & 170.210, Refer to http://www.hipaasurvivalguide.com to see verbatim the HIPAA regulations pertaining to [...]

Doing SEO can be a very tricky business, it all depends on the way you do it. Search engine optimization is usually great for your website rankings if done correctly. However, you should be aware that there are two types of SEO – Black Hat and White Hat. As you might have already guessed, Black [...]

As an online business owner, it may seem overwhelming to attempt to optimize your website for the search engines if you are new to SEO in general. Fortunately, SEO is not as difficult as it seems, once you get a firm grasp on the top 10 strategies below to quickly optimize and increase the visibility [...]

Does where your website ranks on search engines have anything to do with if your website validates according to W3C standards? If you have a website or are creating one with the hope of ranking high for relevant keywords, you are probably mulling over this question. In the hopes of saving you the time trying [...]

A blog can also earn you money! Depending on the volumes of traffic that your blog receives, you can make a good income through blogging. The most effective ways of earning money through blogging are [...]

It's no secret that most people who own or operate websites are interested in driving traffic to their websites. Two of the main traffic channels, search engines and offline marketing, can be enhanced by building your website on a generic domain name, a name that is a common word or phrase that cannot be trademarked. [...]