The latest MOZ blog post is titled “Foursquare Quietly Unlocks Its Own “Local Data Aggregator” Badge”. David Mihm says, “Five of six predictions for 2013 made by our expert in local search have come true. The odd one out? Foursquare. Instead of moving toward acquisition, Foursquare seems to be positioning itself to become the premier aggregator of local data“. Foursquare Quietly Unlocks Its Own “Local Data Aggregator” Badge MOZ Blog  [...]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “The New Year’s Writing Resolution You Can Actually Keep”. Sonia Simone says, “It’s that time of year again. Time for resolutions, and for all of the skeptics and killjoys who say that resolutions never work. They certainly can work, but you need to approach them the right way. Most people fail at resolutions (at any time of year) for two reasons. The first is that they focus on outcomes (“lose 50 pounds”) rather than behaviors. The second is that they try to put massive changes into place all at once. (“I will work out three... [...]

Mark Sandquist is well-known in internet marketing circles for his innovative products. One of his newest is his Local Webmaster Machine. If you are a consultant to local businesses, building a website for businesses can be an ongoing revenue stream for you. It becomes especially profitable when you can earn the fee (usually several hundred dollars, or even $1000) in less than a day. Using WordPress gives you a head start. WordPress sites are inherently easier to build and configure due to the many themes and plugins that are available as standard parts that you just have to assemble. Mark Sandquist... [...]

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Conversion Rate Optimization: 3 takeaways from 2013”. John Tackett says, “As of tomorrow, 2013 is officially a wrap. I’m not ready to start singing “Auld Lang Syne” just yet though. Personally, the end of the year is an important moment to stop and reflect on the year that has passed as they seem to come and go now faster than ever before”. Conversion Rate Optimization: 3 takeaways from 2013 MarketingExperiments Blog  [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Why You Can’t Expect Instant Results With Social Media Marketing”. Priya says, “Social media marketing has became essential for organisations who have been told, time and again, that they need to be on social networks, because that is where their customers are. But what many marketers and company executives fail to understand is that, unless you start with paid advertising on social networks, social media marketing takes time to deliver results. Sure, you can throw a whole lot of money at it and hope some of it will... [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Marketers Learn to Play by Facebook’s Changing Rules”. Jason Abbruzzese says, “When Sim Partners, a provider of local and social marketing technology, stopped buyingFacebook ads, Jay Hawkinson anticipated a drop in how often the company’s posts would appear on the social network’s news feed.The extent of the decline, however, was beyond anything he had imagined. “We used Facebook advertising to help promote our page and content, but when we turned the ad campaign off, we saw a significant decrease in organic traffic... [...]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “5 Resolutions for E-Commerce Merchants”. Allison Howen team says, “A New Year’s resolution is a commitment to doing something differently, typically better, than the previous year. The challenge in making a resolution, however, is keeping it. Oftentimes people pick broad resolutions and set themselves up for failure. For example, making a resolution to “lose weight” is a lot different than making a resolution to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day. This is because losing weight is a process that takes time, and it is easy... [...]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “When 2 Become 1: How Merging Two Domains Made Us an SEO Killing”. WPMU DEV says, “A story of recovery, despondency, occasional despair, and a pretty big gamble that paid off. This post details the why, the how, and the what of the things you might be able to gain from merging two significant domains into one unified site“. When 2 Become 1: How Merging Two Domains Made Us an SEO Killing MOZ Blog  [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “Why Marketers Should Care About The 1,300 New Top-Level Domains”. Larry Levenson says, “There are hundreds of new top-level domainscoming available in 2014. As a marketer, it’s imperative to know how these new entities will impact your web presence. Before we dive in, what exactly is a Top Level Domain (TLD)? It’s the .com or .net or .org extensions to your business domain. Here is the US, we’re pretty familiar with those three domain endings, as well as .gov, .biz, .mil, etc“. Why Marketers Should Care About... [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “How To Increase +1s To Your Article”. Emmet Smith says, “Last week I wrote about the power of a +1.  The question is how do you get them?  If you are using Google+, I can give you a few tips to increase the amount of +1s to your article or website.  This is especially helpful if you write for B2C or any site that gets a few shares. Has anyone shared your article? I would like to use the ripples from  my article published on B2C last week for the example.  The post currently boasts 750 plus ones and shares.  I would... [...]