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5 pillars of a successful modern web design
The SEO practices you implement in site design that optimize for search engines should be invisible. Modern day web design success requires a multi-function, multi-skilled approached to ensure maximum impact for your business. Balance is key."
Here's to eight great years
When YouTube's site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire , inform and entertain us every day. Today, more than 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That's more than four days of video uploaded each minute! Every month, more than 1 billion people come to YouTube to access news ,"
Lessons from fiction that can be applied to your content creation efforts
I recently had a chance to speak with a fiction writer and a memoir writer that sold the movie rights to her book. The writing advice I got from both of them was different than that I've received from professional bloggers and online marketers. They were both writers first and bloggers second and the result ."
Simple steps to creating an effective social media strategy
Why is social media so important? More people are using social media through their mobile phones, computers, and tablets than talking, calling, emailing and texting. Do you find this surprising? I know I don't. Some businesses have gone to the extent of allowing 30 minutes a day for their employees to use social media. There's ."
5 writing and productivity links you can use
This week on The Lede ' How A Copywriter Evaluates A Great Website The Unexpected Antidote to Procrastination The Daily Rituals of the World's Most Creative People 4 Things That Lead to Success (or Failure) with Email Signup Forms How to Do More By Planning Less: The Power of the Anti-Plan Want to grab even more useful links (beyond those that make The Lede )? Follow @copyblogger on Twitter ."
The beal deal with dana lookadoo (@lookadoo)
Good Saturday morning to you! As summer approaches, we all tend to get a little more of an itch to go outside at the weekend, travel to the beach, or simply enjoy the lazy days of summer. With that in mind, The Beal Deal will be taking a summer break and will return in the Fall. We finish this batch of interviews with one of the most loved people in the internet marketing industry: Dana Lookadoo ."
Reach local customers searching on google maps
Whether they are searching for a rental car near their office or a bakery close to a relative's house, people expect fast, relevant and useful results from Google Maps. Great local commercial listings have always added useful information to Google Maps and helped businesses connect with consumers. Ads in the new Google Maps This past Wednesday at I/O , Google's annual platform developers event,"
A guide to choosing a competitive title for content marketing
Credit Shutterstock As we all know, content is king and it plays an important role in search engine optimization (SEO). Having good content on each of your pages is also will make your website stand out among the others. It is also what searchengines like and always recommend keeping in practice to provide a reliable ."
Google wants you to have music and games wherever you go
Google just wrapped up their developer conference and I'm about to wrap up my coverage . . . for now. Google introduced so many new ideas this week, it's hard to say which will still be important a month from now or a year from now. But for the moment, there are a few more significant upgrades that I wanted to discuss. First, let's talk about Google's move into the world of streaming music."
Ad of the week: warner brothers' flashy ad on yahoo.com gets viewers jazzed about "the great gatsby"
Bold ad offers wealth of features including videos, galleries, social sharing, and a Jazz Age avatar creator to draw viewers into the film The latest film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby" is a lavish production that's typical of director Baz Luhrmann's style ("Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!"). Everything Luhrmann ."
Q1: rise of the androids - time for another mobile mix
Houston, we have a new Mobile Mix. It's Millennial Media's Q1 2013 Mobile Mix Report to be exact and once again they make me smile with their clever cover. In space, no one can hear you tapping but down here on Earth, it's a joyous sound. Ad impressions on the iPhone are up 28% over last quarter."
Bing beams up star trek fans with home page easter egg, klingon translator
In conjunction with the arrival of "Star Trek Into Darkness", Bing has added a couple of features that fans should appreciate: a home page Easter egg when you search for "beam me up" and a new language option to Bing Translator: Klingon."
New ad land cartoon: the six kinds of advertising
Stop straining to come up with new ad ideas. Just choose from this list of six. Advertising creatives spend all their time trying to come up with ideas that have never been done before, but some ad experts think there may be a limited supply. For example, a recent Ad Week panel explored the theory ."
Bing ads community survey: sweepstakes winners and another chance to win
If you didn't see the blog post or any of our social media posts announcing it, we're running an anonymous survey here on the Bing Ads Community site that had a sweepstakes component to it. As promised, we've collected all entries and pulled three winners of some spiffy Bing Ads swag at random... congratulations to: Stephen Kerner of CPCStrategy."
What makes coca-cola the no-1 superbrand in social media?
Who else has completed more than 80 years of Olympic Partnership with largest-ever activation? Which brand has ever covered more than 275,000 miles across 186 countries in 365 days? Who gets the credit for activating a campaign that made fan cast nearly 910,000 votes, almost 7.3 million sabotages and accounted for virtually 3 million YouTube ."
Why we still need to write, even when we're scared
Writing is scary. Sometimes when we publish something, it makes us feel like our insides are hanging out, for all the world to see. We feel vulnerable. We feel naked. We feel ' terrified. But here's the thing " we have to keep writing , in spite of the fear. If we let fear stop us, our content will have no spark, no life. And everything we write will be completely unremarkable. Right now,"
Looking for a job? marketing pilgrim's job board is a great place to start
Searching for your next great job? Looking for that perfect person to fill your open position? Don't forget to check into the Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Job Board . If you are looking for a new job then find the full listings here . If you are looking for that perfect hire you would be hard pressed to find a better audience than ours for just $27 / per month per listing as well."
10 essential wordpress plugins to improve seo & usability
Looking to increase your WordPress performance? These top 10 plugins (most of them free) will help you perform all kinds of different tasks and tweaks with WordPress, while also helping your site when it comes to SEO, usability, and conversion."
How is social media changing search marketing?
In this month's video segment I decided to compile several 30 second soundbytes from the recent Social Media Marketing World Conference. I asked several content creators what their thoughts were on how social media is changing search marketing. Highlights: How Social will impact the way people search (Andrea Vahl, Social Media Examiner) Why Social Media ."
Last day to save on charter membership in authority
It's been a big week here at Copyblogger, with lots of changes (more on that next week). But the coolest thing that's happened has been the response to our new content marketing training and networking community. The forums are already hopping with people getting questions answered. The first Authority webinar recording on Content Marketing Goals is waiting for you,"