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Image by Getty Images via @daylifeThis year has seen a bevy of big time changes on the web. What is mentioned below may not have been born of this year, but they certainly have come into their own in 2011.Facebook has changed the world with their social network with everything from toppling...

Image via Wikipedia How do you get traffic from Facebook? Likes Shares Comments Posts I am not going to get into the intricacies of this so much as you can guess if you have any experience at all with Facebook. However, lets get a bit more aggressive shall we? How can we get our message onto more...

Google is and always has been important for traffic. However, local search has risen to 30%-40% of the marketplace. Find out how to get local listings in Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Mind you that a listing is not a first page listing. Contact us on how to get that. Download Creating Local Business...

I recently met Dave from HouseTipper.com when one of his clients ran an insertion into RealEstatePressRelease.com We hooked up for a textual interview to find out a little more about this company and the unique Group buying experience they provide in the real estate space. When I investigated...

Image via CrunchBase Have you heard the Dr. Phil and Oprah line,"If you love yourself others will love you." There are many websites out there that are self loathing. Well Google will love your site only when you love your site. How does Google know you love your site? When you take care of it....

Because you paid them for a listing in a directory. Because you are a member of a trade organization. Because people are discussing your products or services (Set up Google Alerts on your brand names. This is good reputation amnagement practices anyway). Because you are a member of a local group...

As entrepreneurs we all love the game. You know the game. The next big thing. And online the next big thing is every other day. Often times I need to council my clients that they need to blog or publish to be successful online. More often than not it falls on deaf ears because it is not very fun....

Google has released their own social noise maker called plus one. OR +1. This is Google's answer to Facebook's like button. And as I have said before that likes are the new links as Google, and Bing embrace the social authority of ones social graph. Neglect to use these at your own sites demise....

Image via CrunchBase I have counseled my real estate agent clients to be their neighborhood advocate. That means be the online source of hyperlocal or neighborhood information. This advise really can apply to any local business from the dentist, to the plumber and even restaurant, and more. What...

The Cotton and Company sent 65,732 registrants on resort and real estate websites a survey on their home buying intent. Total responses to date: 807 Survey sent: February 25, 2011 Click the PDF graphic to get the report. Or visit www.TheCottonSolution.com Background: The Cotton and Company are...

Image via CrunchBase  Yahoo Research has found that just 20,000 people are responsible for tweeting half of all tweets on Twitter. That is less than one percent. The sample size was 260,000. Nevertheless, this is social media. Right now stop what you are doing and go count how many of your...

SEO is dead sang the "Social Evangelist". Um Yah riiiiiiigt. SEO is as important than ever. Here is the reason. Social media is tied to Google, Bing and Yahoo. How? Bing serves results for Yahoo. Bing pulls much of their data from Facebook. In fact, it is believed that results are influenced by...

Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr I hate to make like there are rules to social media. As it is like in the real world everything is contextual. However, in business I think these rules may serve you well. This advice given to a Health and Beauty company n Facebook: Enage me, dont sell me. I am...

I always find it humorous when webmasters speak endearingly about Google or even Facebook as if to kiss up to them. Like that public show of affection will get them brownie points. It at one time even seeped out to the net that if you link to Google it will help you. How does such disinformation...

Image via CrunchBase Of late you will notice this blog writing about Reality TV as well as A list stars like Charlie Sheen. These stories are really about getting rejected faster so that you can get to a yes. The reason written these is so that you get that we live in a new reality. Most of your...

Local Businesses can start with their marketing campaigns by doing keyword research in a number of places. Google Keyword tool-Based off of Adwords data so it is not exactly the same as organic. Wordtracker-My favorite. I still like this tool for deep keyword intel. SEMRush and Spyfu-I like these...

The Internet is a vast plethora of opportunity.Do you know that feeling you had on Twitter the first time you joined in? Well that is what most businesses start out on any social media platform. In fact, most businesses are like a boy at a 7th grade dance for the first time.Let me give you the...

Or Why Lady Gaga has more friends than you and me. She has created a cult. OK call it a tribe or fans if that makes you feel better. Look at the KISS ARMY, Harley Davidson, Jimmy Buffett's Parrot Heads. Rabid fans. The Dead Heads follow their favorite band from town to town. Dear Lord don't talk...

A client asked me to tell him if he should go with a vanity URL on Facebook. He is worried it will hurt his ranking of the fan page in Google. The thinking is that his fanpage is separated by dashes like this facebook.com/fan-page/1234. Whereas a vanity url can only be this facebook.com/fanpage/...