Marketing Resources: SEO

• Content Marketing Trends for 2012: What's in and What's Out by Pawan Deshpande
  No doubt about it: 2011 was a big year for content marketing. Twice the number of marketers implement content marketing vs. the number of those who use print, television, and radio advertising. But what's in store for 2012?
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• Redesigning the Site Redesign RFP: Eight Do's and Don'tsby Eric Anderson
  Is a site redesign among your company's New Year's resolutions? To end up with a site that's built to last, you'll need a well-crafted RFP that covers all bases. Learn eight invaluable guidelines for creating your site redesign RFP.
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• Eight Ways to Segment Link Prospectsby Ken McGaffin
  Link building is probably the most difficult aspect of SEO. Quality links that bring results are hard to get... unless you have a link-building strategy that targets specific, meaningful market segments.
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• What Every New Business Should Know About Google's Ranking of Namesby Ann Smarty
  Picking your brand name is crucial, and making sure that it's Google-friendly is even more important. Before you choose your brand name, learn three major facts about how Google rates and ranks personal and business names.
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• Five Defining Features of Landing Pages 3.0by Scott Brinker
  A third generation of landing pages has emerged over the past year that incorporates ideas from content marketing, social media marketing, and mobile marketing. Learn what features define Landing Pages 3.0.
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• How to Improve Your Conversion Rate (A Case Study Approach)by Paras Chopra
  You've managed to get people to your site, but how do you get them to convert? Learn three strategies—based on various case studies—for boosting your site's conversion rate.
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• How to Increase Web Traffic via Organic Searchby Ashley Cotter-Cairns
  Want to increase Web traffic via organic search without breaking the bank? Learn three key ways to build and promote content on your website—and attract and maintain more visitors.
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• Keeping Score: Make Tracking Stats Fun With Gamificationby Andy Crestodina
  Need to stay on top of stats? Let the games begin. Make monitoring metrics fun, and learn how to keep track of your social media, search engine optimization, and email marketing efforts.
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• Before You SEO: Three Steps to Help Your Website Earn Its Keepby Olga Taylor
  Search engine optimization works best when it's the last, rather than the first, item on your website checklist. Don't miss these commonly overlooked steps that can vastly improve your site's performance—before you SEO.
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• How a CMS Can Help Your SEO Effortsby Dave Ross
  A content management system is not a search engine optimization (SEO) magic bullet, but it can make the SEO job less painful. Learn how today's tools make it easy to automate the important tasks of SEO management.
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• Despicable Them: Rising Above a Rotten Reputationby Kimberly Smith
  Guilty by association. That's a tough place to start when trying to launch a new brand. Learn how AIA, the nation's largest and oldest network of bail bond agents, rose above an undeserved reputation in no time.
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• The Top Three B2B SEO Recommendations to Considerby Nick Stamoulis
  B2B and B2C marketing have commonalities—and differences. Some B2C rules apply, whereas others have to be tweaked to fit B2B. The same is true for SEO. Here are three must-know SEO tips for B2B marketers.
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• SEO Must-Know Basics: The Hows and Whatsby Sean Sweeney
  Search engine optimization (SEO) is a common theme of website-redesign projects these days. RFPs dedicate entire sections to the topic, but it's still confusing to some. Here are the must-know, fundamental basics of SEO.
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• Clicking Me Softly: A Five-Day Crash Course in Conversion (Day 3)by Oli Gardner
  In part three of our five-day crash course on conversion, you'll learn why your homepage is likely not the right choice for conversion success—and four reasons why you might want to forego using it as your landing page.
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• Three Lesser-Known Ways to Enhance AdWords Quality Scoreby Larry Kim
  Are you dissatisfied with the results of your Google AdWords ads? A low "Quality Score" could be to blame. If you've tried all else but aren't seeing results, give these three unconventional tips a shot at bumping up your ...
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• Six Ways Organic Search Can Make You Smarter About Your Businessby Jim Yu
  In an Internet business environment that expects immediate results, online marketers have overlooked the power of SEO, or organic search, as a top revenue-generating channel. It can also teach you how to run your business in a smarter way.
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• Digital-Media Terms: How Do You Translate That?by Chanin Ballance
  Interactive media platforms are a global phenomenon, occurring in all markets regardless of their level of economic, social, and cultural development. Therefore, when translating content into other languages, it's critical to define terms clearly. But what is the best approach?
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• Four Web Coding Practices to Maximize Marketing ROIby Ryan Frederick
  Lost user confidence is but one cost of sloppy code. Attempts to fix it can rack up thousands of dollars in consultant fees. And poorly coded Web assets can hinder marketing-campaign performance. All the beauty and elegance in the world ...
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• Five Reasons Why Social Media Is Right for Small Businessby Mike Krause
  When it comes to social media, the one thing that small and midsize businesses want to know is this: Is it worth it? Yes, it is. Here are five quick reasons why.
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• Five Ways to Get Unique, Keyword-Relevant Content on Your E-Commerce Siteby Adam J. Thompson
  E-commerce sites can be particularly challenging for search-engine optimization (SEO) because they tend to lack unique, relevant content. The challenge can be easily (though not necessarily quickly) overcome with these five content techniques that can help you search-optimize e-commerce websites.
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• The Case for Hiring an SEO Agency
  Should you conduct search engine optimization in-house, or should you hire an outside agency to do the heavy lifting? It's a question you've probably asked your team before—and each solution ...
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• Three Ways to Enhance SEO With Twitter
  "While Google has ended its Realtime Search deal with Twitter, search engines are still using social media sites for ranking purposes," says Jillian Stira at the Scholes Marketing blog. And Twitter ...
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• Four Questions to Ask About an SEO Agency
  Adam Singer has heard his share of unimpressive SEO agency pitches over the years. "When reviewing their plans I'm frequently amused by just how ignorant many are to a truly ...
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• Why Search Marketers Are Grabbing the Long Tail
  Many marketers approach SEO by targeting the keywords in their industries with the largest monthly search volumes, but they often neglect the "long-tail" or low volume keywords, which when combined ...
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• How One Company Fought a High-Ranking 'Scam' Search Result
  Writing at the Daily SEO blog, Brian Patterson highlights a problem many companies are starting to encounter: "As you began to type our client's brand name into Google Search, Google ...
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• Most Marketers Can't Measure ROI of SEO, Social Media
  More than four in five marketing executives (82%) say they expect campaigns to be measured, yet few can effectively evaluate the ROI of key channels such as public relations (18%), ...
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• The Importance of Quality Content to Search Optimization
  "Not too many years ago, content was produced by analysts, researchers, writers and journalists who spent a great deal of time developing well-written, thoughtful and provocative material," writes Joellyn Sargent ...
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• Four Vital Areas for On-Page SEO
  On-page SEO is critical because it gives search engines an informative snapshot of each Web page—and of your site as a whole. "Think of these signals like the dust jacket of ...
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• Have You Studied the Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors?
  "Search engine optimization ... seems likes alchemy to the uninitiated. But there's a science to it. Search engines reward pages with the right combination of ranking factors." So begins the succinct ...
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• Why Spelling Matters for SEO
  "Spelling plays an important role when it comes to the SEO of a website," notes a post at the Brandignity blog. "Google claims it is not a direct factor they ...
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• Four Tips for Mobile SEO
  "Despite some predictions that mobile SEO will be of negligible importance, mobile search has grown 5x in the past 5 years—far outpacing PC searches—and the growth is only set to ...
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• Is Your Content Too Focused?
  Any SEO strategy hinges on offering relevant, valuable information. But that might not mean what you think it does. According to the Todaymade blog, we content marketers gravitate toward discussions of ...
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• Four Steps to Building the B2B Website of Your Dreams
  What does it take to construct a B2B website that grabs users' attention and shows them—right from the start—that it's the right place to be? According to Kate Headon Waddell, ...
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• An Argument for Content Creation Before Optimization
  "Search engines rank individual pages, not your site as a whole," writes Nick Stamoulis at the Search Engine Optimization Journal. "This means that each page needs to be optimized for ...
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• How to Evolve With the New Rules of SEO
  "Not long ago in the world of online content, the top search engines were a lot like the most popular casinos in Las Vegas," writes Brendan Cournoyer at the Business ...
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• Four Tips for Promoting Content Marketing to the C-Suite
  "You know content marketing can do big things for your brand," writes Corey O'Loughlin at MarketingProfs' Daily Fix blog. "The only problem is: The powers that be may not know ...
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• Five Ways to Optimize Your Blog
  If you don't optimize your blog—or other online content—there's a good chance you're missing out on higher search-engine rankings that could extend your reach well beyond your site's current readership. ...
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• Optimize for Bing: Four Key Tips
  Although Google remains the search engine of choice for most customers, you can't ignore the importance of optimizing for Bing—which currently powers nearly a third of all stateside searches. And ...
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• Three SEO Tips for Franchises
  "In the United States, the franchise industry accounts for almost 40% of all retail sales," writes Dedric Polite at the HubSpot blog. "Unfortunately, many franchise companies with large networks of ...
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• The Secret to Shorter, More Effective Messaging
  Observing that the typical short (<25 word) marketing message produces almost nothing of value, Adele Revella has set herself to correcting this grave error. According to Revella, the typical business product ...
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SEO case studies, deconstructing real life examples and illustrating lessons learned

• How One Company's Thought-Leadership Content Is Driving New Business, Exposureby Roberts & Durkee, P.A.
  CASE STUDY: Emulate these best-practices for launching a well-trafficked corporate blog, and you'll be well on your way to establishing yourself as a trusted authority in your marketplace.
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• SEO and Sex: A Recipe for Successby Dr. Helaine Smith, DMD
  CASE STUDY: How does an SMB owner run a business day to day, do his/her own marketing and promotion, and make sure the biz keeps going and growing? Just maybe, SEO+Sex=Success!
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• How a User-Focused Website Boosted Sales at Jelly Bellyby Jelly Belly Candy Company
  CASE STUDY: How Jelly Belly earned double-digit growth in Web traffic, conversions, and sales. (And you can, too.)
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• How a Single Modification to a Web Site's Functionality Significantly Upped Natural Search Traffic, Salesby Diapers.com
  CASE STUDY: Customer reviews are powerful, held in high regard by consumers—and search engines, which love keyword-rich content. But the technology that serves up reviews on a product page makes them all but invisible to those engines. By getting around that conundrum, Diapers.com scored big.
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• A Niche E-tailer Sizes Up Glamour... One Customer at a Time, Boosting Sales with a Personalized Web Site Experienceby Sydney's Closet
  Five years ago, Sydney's Closet sold only plus-size prom dresses. Since then, however, the company has significantly expanded its lines, and it sought to segment its customers to help deliver content and offers that would be specific to their interests and needs. Here's its approach.
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• How a Dental Office Attracted Clients Using SEO and Other Internet Marketing Strategiesby Synergy Dental Center
  Synergy Dental Center of Portland, Oregon, wanted to increase its client base, which Dr. Anthony Newkirk had inherited from the previous practitioner in 2003. He hired a marketing firm to develop a client-acquisition strategy, with a goal of 25 new patients a month. Here's how the Internet-based campaign played out.
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• How an Office Furniture Company Tripled Its Sales by Optimizing for Searchby Panel Systems Unlimited
  Office furniture dealer Panel Systems Unlimited found its sales lagging during an economic recession, and knew that it had to act quickly to position itself for the inevitable recovery. Partnering with Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing, it focused on upping its search engine exposure. The result: sales tripled.
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SEO online seminar broadcasts from the best minds in marketing

• Eight Critical SEO MetricsBroadcast on 7/21/2011 11:00:00 AM
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• MarketingProfs Makeover: Optimizing Content for SEOBroadcast on 12/9/2010 11:00:00 AM
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• Turning Social into Local: Generating Local Leads and Customer EngagementBroadcast on 5/6/2010 11:00:00 AM
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• Today's Top Five SEO EssentialsBroadcast on 3/11/2010 11:00:00 AM
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• Monetizing the Long Tail of Search: Rethink Your Keyword StrategyBroadcast on 11/12/2009 11:00:00 AM
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• How to Make Your B-to-B Website a Lead Generation MachineBroadcast on 2/26/2009 11:00:00 AM
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• Search Engine Optimizing Your Website, Soup to NutsBroadcast on 1/15/2009
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• Link Building for Online Publicity, Buzz and SEO: What's New and What's Tried and TrueBroadcast on 12/18/2008 11:00:00 AM
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• Advanced Tactics in SEO: Part Art, Part ScienceBroadcast on 3/27/2008 11:00:00 AM
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• Going Global on the Web: Avoid the Pitfalls and Seize the OpportunitiesBroadcast on 2/28/2008
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• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Really Big WebsitesBroadcast on 6/28/2007
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• Search Marketing Essentials for Online RetailersBroadcast on 2/8/2007 11:00:00 AM
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• Inside Secrets to Building Links for Online Publicity, Buzz and Search Engine OptimizationBroadcast on 2/16/2006 11:00:00 AM
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• Google in the Real World: How Links Boost Your RankingBroadcast on 11/10/2005 11:00:00 AM
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• Killer Search Engine Content: Create Web Content to Get on the First Page of Search ResultsBroadcast on 3/23/2005 2:00:00 PM
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• Search Engine Optimization: Maximize Your Natural Search ChannelBroadcast on 11/18/2004 11:00:00 AM
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SEO Take 10 Webcasts—tactical marketing know-how in just 10 minutes from subject matter experts

• Take 10: Six Quick Tips for Writing SEO-Friendly ContentReleased on 10/14/2011 10:00:00 AM
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• Take 10: How to Put Your Business on the Map With Google PlacesReleased on 4/22/2011 10:00:00 AM
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• Take 10: How to Set Up a Multivariate Experiment in Google Website OptimizerReleased on 4/8/2011 10:00:00 AM
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• Take 10: How to Add Your SEO Keywords to Your Website ContentReleased on 6/25/2010 10:00:00 AM
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• Take 10: How to Select Your Keywords Using a Free Tool From GoogleReleased on 6/11/2010 10:00:00 AM
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SEO marketing downloads for the busy professional

• Content Machine: The Street Guide to Building a Successful Content Marketing Program in 7 Weeks
  MarketingProfs' 30-page How-To Guide, CONTENT MACHINE: The Street Guide to Building a Successful Content Marketing Program in 7 Weeks, provides a week-by-week agenda for launching your content marketing program using a strategic, systematic process.
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• Shopper's Handbook on Search Marketing Firms
  This is the go-to guide for all your Search Engine Optimization needs. Get a first-rate overview of all things related to how search engines fit into your marketing plan. This guide even tells you how to decide if you should not outsource your search engine optimization. But the best thing about this handbook is a comprehensive list of questions you should ask any potential SEO vendor, and tips as to what to look for in the answers. Very helpful. 45 pages.
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• Paid Search Advertising Template
  If you're a little intimidated by the prospect of Paid Search Advertising, seriously, join the crowd. Here it is though -- a guiding light through the complex waters of Paid Search Advertising. We assembled a 30-page template to make learning and implementing a successful paid search advertising campaign for your firm as easy as possible.
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• Benchmark Survey: Search Engine Optimization
  Link directly to the raw (aggregate) data in this 2005 survey on the best practices in search engine optimization. With access to the raw data, you can view the results, and even filter them to see how a subset of companies in your country or industry answered. In this way, you can interpret the data in the most meaningful way for your business.
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