New Brand Claims Google Instant for Competitive Key Phrase

Quick timeline: Dec 1, 2011 — new brand’s website launched Dec 5, 2011 — official announcement and press release go live Jan 12, 2012 — second press release is published Dec 6, 2011 – Jan 18, 2012 — over a dozen of articles appear Analyzing the keywords that drive traffic […]

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How To Sell in Facebook & Twitter World: 22 Tips from Jeff Molander

I don’t know if you’re aware of it, but a new book has recently been published by a co-founder of what is today Google Affiliate Network. Jeff Molander authored “Off the Hook Marketing”, which positions itself as a book on how “to make platforms like Twitter,” Facebook, YouTube, “and blogs

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Amazing Blogging, or How To Succeed By Helping Others

Yesterday, one of the luminaries of digital marketing, Avinash Kaushik tweeted: In his Google+ post Avinash shared that his blogging strategy has been to follow these 4 principles: 1. Staying focused 2. Publishing only original stuff 3. Sticking to publishing only what’s “incredible, relevant, of value” to your audience 4.

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Form (or Name) Versus Substance

I’ve never noticed this one before, but apparently Facebook now has an “On This Day In [Year Here]” widget in the sidebar. Here’s what mine says today: Yes, I surely remember that one. It was probably the most surprising one I’ve ever seen. Russians have a proverb “Как корабль назовешь,

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Humbled to Be Named Finalist of 2011 LinkShare Golden Link Awards

Yesterday LinkShare announced its 2011 Golden Link Award Finalists, and I was both surprised, and humbled to learn that I made the list too: Out of all categories on the list the “Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate” seems to be one of the most fundamental, and altogether most humbling ones.

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This Week's 10 Most Retweeted Folks on My List

It is always fascinating to analyze who influences your thoughts (and, ultimately, actions!), and via what means. One of the channels through which mine are influenced is Twitter. Klout is telling me that when it comes to Twitter I’m most influenced by @sunshinetricia @esnagel @smallbiztrends @thegrok and @rehan. Awesome list!

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eBay's Acquisition of GSI Commerce & Its Ecommerce Implications

Yesterday, shortly after the announcement of eBay’s plans to acquire GSI Commerce (a $2.4 billion deal), a friend, colleague and former director of Econsultancy US, Rebecca Lieb, tweeted: GSI Commerce has a number of impressive assets, including an affiliate network they acquired in late 2009, and “180 clients including 31

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