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Marketing in 2009 – Still Good News for Internet Business

[5 Jan 2009 | 26 Comments | ]

Are you ready to increase your sales conversions by 119% this year?
You can achieve this in a year when the country is in a recession and offline advertising spending (newspapers, radio, TV) will be cut back 5-16%. Conversely, Internet advertising will increase by at least 9%, which is less than previous years but still on the plus side of the equation.
Back to that great great sales conversion increase…the new formula is:
Display Ads + Search = Increased Sales Conversions
Display ads, whether on- or offline, will increase brand awareness and foster more …

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Marketing Your Lemonade Stand Online

[2 Jul 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

If you’re an entrepreneur, you most likely had a lemonade stand for at least one summer during your childhood. It may have been your very first business venture, and you probably learned a lot about marketing during that time.
Some things don’t change all that much – are you applying what you learned then to your current business? Below are snippets from a wikiHow article and some suggestions on applying that wisdom to your web site marketing efforts.
Here’s how to do your best in the sometimes highly-competitive lemonade market.
1. Perform …

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Keyword Advice for PPC Marketing

[17 Jun 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

If you’re running a PPC campaign you know how expensive top keywords can get.
Search Marketing Standard’s series on Seven Habits of Highly Successful Search Engine Marketing gives solid and helpful advice on how to spend your online marketing budget wisely.
There are a couple of areas in Part II – Keyword Best Practices – that especially caught my interest.
Create Basic Keywords expands on the 5 types of keyword sets your campaign should encompass:

Root terms
Synonyms
Action Prefixes and Suffixes
Run-ons and Misspellings
Plurals (Google only)

By carefully developing, assessing, and using these 5 types, you will …

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