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    Relentless dedicatoin to higher high quality elements, overall performance and industrial style creates a unique established for much better leisure gamers. · http://bit.ly/10G2Wi8
    Relentless dedicatoin to higher high quality elements, overall performance and industrial style creates a unique established for much better leisure gamers. · http://bit.ly/10G2Wi8
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    Magnificent gentle and truly heat our overcoats are produced from the best grade of cashmere and good wool. These overcoats provide unsurpassed warmness and softness. The duration on this type will come to just beneath the knees and is generously reduce. The other characteristics of this coat consist of- Produced from thirty Cashmere 70 Good Wool. Gentle excess weight however extremely heat four buttons In seam facet pockets This coat does not have a facet or again vent a hundred Polyester Satin Lining Accessible in US measurements from two via 14 Generously reduce Real Measurements of this Overcoat Size2 468101214 Length37 384041424344 Shoulder15 fifteen.5161616.51717.five Corresponding Gown Size2468101214 Style: Cashmere Boutique Instock:В YesВ Final Up to date: eighteen/09/2012 Sale Cost: USD 199.00 · http://bit.ly/10G2qAC
    Magnificent gentle and truly heat our overcoats are produced from the best grade of cashmere and good wool. These overcoats provide unsurpassed warmness and softness. The duration on this type will come to just beneath the knees and is generously reduce. The other characteristics of this coat consist of- Produced from thirty Cashmere 70 Good Wool. Gentle excess weight however extremely heat four buttons In seam facet pockets This coat does not have a facet or again vent a hundred Polyester Satin Lining Accessible in US measurements from two via 14 Generously reduce Real Measurements of this Overcoat Size2 468101214 Length37 384041424344 Shoulder15 fifteen.5161616.51717.five Corresponding Gown Size2468101214 Style: Cashmere Boutique Instock:В YesВ Final Up to date: eighteen/09/2012 Sale Cost: USD 199.00 · http://bit.ly/10G2qAC
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    This gaming Computer excels in supplying exceptional electronic enjoyment thanks to its potent third era Intel Center i7-3770 three.40GHz processor. · http://bit.ly/10G1PiB
    This gaming Computer excels in supplying exceptional electronic enjoyment thanks to its potent third era Intel Center i7-3770 three.40GHz processor. · http://bit.ly/10G1PiB
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    Cooking area &amp Bathtub Fixtures The cooking area and the bogs in a home should mirror the personality and the people dwelling within it as much as the row of family pictures on a favorite shelf. But, the cooking area and the bogs also have to be functional and fit the needs of particular families. If the desire cooking area or bathroom you envision isn't yet a reality, then it's time to think about remodeling these important rooms. Personal style plays a large part in cooking area and bathroom updating, and Amazon.com's Cooking area &amp Bathtub Fixtures Store has the fixtures that match your requirements and your style. From cooking area sinks, cooking area sink faucets, cooking area sink accessories, and h2o dispensers to bathroom sinks, bathroom sink faucets, bidets, bidet seats, handheld showers, showerheads, tubs, and bogs, browse here and discover those products that are both necessities and crucial to overall design aesthetics. Thinking even more about design, you'll find items broken out by complete, including cooking area and bathtub products in oil-rubbed bronze, polished chrome, satin, nickel, biscuit, and black. But you can't install correctly if only thinking about outward design. Don't forget that there's again end work to be done as well. Getting the right faucet mounts, food disposers, hardware, replacement filters, replacement parts and valves, under-sink filters, h2o filtration, h2o heaters, h2o pumps, and essential rough plumbing such as drain cleaning equipment, pipes, pipe fittings, faucet parts, toilet parts, and h2o heater parts ensures that the new cooking area or bathroom doesn't end up a mess. When working on areas this crucial, don't bet on unknown brands. Reliable names such as American Standard, Culligan, Danco, Danze, Delta, InSinkErator, Kohler, Kraus, Moen, Peerless, Pfister, and Watts become trusted assistants as your undertaking unfolds. You'll also find a wide range of deals and special offers on cooking area and bathtub fixtures in the Value Heart. Before long, your cooking area and bogs will be areas you'll be proud to show off to any guests, instead of being areas usually prevented. · http://bit.ly/10G1k7X
    Cooking area &amp Bathtub Fixtures The cooking area and the bogs in a home should mirror the personality and the people dwelling within it as much as the row of family pictures on a favorite shelf. But, the cooking area and the bogs also have to be functional and fit the needs of particular families. If the desire cooking area or bathroom you envision isn't yet a reality, then it's time to think about remodeling these important rooms. Personal style plays a large part in cooking area and bathroom updating, and Amazon.com's Cooking area &amp Bathtub Fixtures Store has the fixtures that match your requirements and your style. From cooking area sinks, cooking area sink faucets, cooking area sink accessories, and h2o dispensers to bathroom sinks, bathroom sink faucets, bidets, bidet seats, handheld showers, showerheads, tubs, and bogs, browse here and discover those products that are both necessities and crucial to overall design aesthetics. Thinking even more about design, you'll find items broken out by complete, including cooking area and bathtub products in oil-rubbed bronze, polished chrome, satin, nickel, biscuit, and black. But you can't install correctly if only thinking about outward design. Don't forget that there's again end work to be done as well. Getting the right faucet mounts, food disposers, hardware, replacement filters, replacement parts and valves, under-sink filters, h2o filtration, h2o heaters, h2o pumps, and essential rough plumbing such as drain cleaning equipment, pipes, pipe fittings, faucet parts, toilet parts, and h2o heater parts ensures that the new cooking area or bathroom doesn't end up a mess. When working on areas this crucial, don't bet on unknown brands. Reliable names such as American Standard, Culligan, Danco, Danze, Delta, InSinkErator, Kohler, Kraus, Moen, Peerless, Pfister, and Watts become trusted assistants as your undertaking unfolds. You'll also find a wide range of deals and special offers on cooking area and bathtub fixtures in the Value Heart. Before long, your cooking area and bogs will be areas you'll be proud to show off to any guests, instead of being areas usually prevented. · http://bit.ly/10G1k7X
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    Gelatin, soft drinks, juices, salad dressings, mayo all contain water first. And remember, a lot of these foods typically contain plenty of added sugar and fat that can wreak havoc on your taste buds — and waist line. · http://www.rd.com/recommends/health-shocker-why-water-is-making-you-fat/
    Gelatin, soft drinks, juices, salad dressings, mayo all contain water first. And remember, a lot of these foods typically contain plenty of added sugar and fat that can wreak havoc on your taste buds — and waist line. · http://www.rd.com/recommends/health-shocker-why-water-is-making-you-fat/
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    Search Engine Marketing (SEM), or in simple terms, web marketing, can be very confusing for business owners so my intention with this article is to simplify it and give you an overview of what it’s all about. In essence, SEM is the art of driving traffic to your site, converting prospects into paying customers and measuring the results so you know what’s working and what’s not. In order to do that for your business, you have to know where you currently stand in terms of your own search engine marketing. <h2>Search Engine Marketing: Where Do You Rank on Google?</h2> The best way to start is to find out how you rank on Google. It’s worth taking a moment to find this out because if you can’t find yourself on Google, chances are your prospects can’t either. If you don’t know how to go about finding yourself on Google, your best bet is to ask “Well, what words would the average person type into Google if they wanted to find my business? (These words are called keywords.) This is where it gets interesting because in order to do this, you need to crawl inside your prospect’s head and start thinking like they do. This is easier said than done because people will search for your service using words that would never have occurred to you. <h3>Search Engine Marketing: How Do You Know What Your Keywords Are?</h3> To work out what those keywords are you first need to put yourself in the shoes of your customer. What words would they use? What phrases would they use? Let’s make some assumptions to demonstrate the principle. Let’s assume: <ol> <li>you’re a lawyer specializing in workers compensation law</li> <li>that the person seeking your services lives in Melbourne and has never had to contact a lawyer before.</li> </ol> So here’s what that person might type in to Google to find you: <ul> <li>“Lawyer, Melbourne”</li> <li>“Solicitor, Melbourne”</li> <li>“Workers Compensation“</li> <li>“Workers Comp Lawyer”</li> <li>“Workers Compensation Lawyer, Melbourne”</li> </ul> Keywords don’t just refer to ‘words’ but to ‘phrases’ as well eg “Lawyers in Melbourne” is a phrase that would be used, not just “Lawyers.” Now, all those search terms (or keywords) will bring up different search results so it’s worth trying out a few different combinations to see if it makes any difference to where you rank. Depending on your ranking, you’ll either be pleasantly surprised, mildly pleased or drastically worried. Whatever the result, take comfort in the fact that at least you now know where you rank on Google. <h3><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-techniques.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3405" alt="search engine marketing techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-techniques.png" width="300" height="265" /></a>Search Engine Marketing: Where Do Your Competitors Rank?</h3> This exercise begs the question: if you’re not on page one of Google, who is? This is the perfect opportunity to work out where your competitors rank. Take note of who the high rankers are and take a virtual stroll through their website and see what they’re up to. Here’s a few things they are probably doing well: They probably: <ul> <li>Use the right keywords on their website</li> <li>Get lots of relevant sites to link to theirs</li> <li>Use the right keywords in those links</li> <li>Have lots of content on their site and add more regularly</li> </ul> <h3>Search Engine Marketing: 7 Steps to A Successful Keyword Analysis</h3> Keyword Analysis is the first thing you should do when embarking on a Search Engine Marketing campaign. The first thing you need to do when you begin chasing a good search engine ranking is decide which words you want to rank well for. This is called performing a ‘keyword analysis.’ Here’s a few tips to get you going. <h6>Step 1: Choose a product or service that you’d like to promote</h6> For example, using the lawyer case study, you might choose your Workers Compensation service as a starting point. Then, when you’ve refined your SEM techniques, you can promote another service you offer like Medical Negligence or Family Law. <h6>Step 2: Create a “master list” of all potential keywords</h6> Make a master list of all the words and phrases that people would use to find your service. Use your instincts and imagination to do this. To get you going, start with your own site. Print off every page and then highlight all the words that relate to your service. <h6>Step 3: Look at what your competitors are doing</h6> Look at your competitors’ sites, especially the ones that rank well. Print off all their pages and highlight all the words that relate to your service. <h6>Step 4: Look at the View/Source coding</h6> Look at the “View/Source” coding of your competitors’ sites. This is a clever tool that legally allows you to see all the keywords that your competitor has nominated as being important to them. It’s easy to access: Just click on View/Source on any website and it will take you to a page of coding. Yes, it looks confusing but don’t panic - just look for the line saying “Keywords”. Next to it will be a selection of keywords that the website owner considers to be the keywords they think prospects will use to search for them on Google. If their site ranks well, it’s a good indication of what keywords you should be using. Yes, this is legal to do and yes, you can access the code for every website on the planet using View/Source. <h6>Step 5: Write your AdWords Advertisements</h6> Write a series of AdWords advertisements (8-10 different advertisements is a good number to aim for) using a selection of these keywords to promote your product. Run the campaign for a few weeks to see which of the advertisements give you the best result. <h6>Step 6: Check your success using Google Analytics</h6> Using Google’s free measurement and tracking tool, Google Analytics, you’ll be able to quickly discover what your top performing keywords are. Once you know what your top performing AdWords advertisements are, keep running those advertisements and ditch the rest because you don’t want to be wasting money paying for AdWords advertisements that aren’t working. Running an AdWords campaign is easy to set up but can be costly to run. I’ve had many clients tell me that they’ve started a campaign but stopped it because they didn’t know if it was working or not. If you don’t know how to write an AdWords campaign or you don’t know how to measure whether it’s working or not, don’t do it. It’s too easy to waste a lot of money and not get the result you want. Your best option is to do a short course in how to write AdWords or at least do some research on how to use it effectively before you start spending money. <h6>Step 7: Rewrite your web copy and coding to include your keywords</h6> Re-write your website copy, especially your Home Page and key landing pages, making sure that it’s liberally sprinkled with those top performing keywords. Never sacrifice readability or engagement for loading up your page with keywords. Some clients think if they repeat the key word often enough it’ll help their Google ranking. It won’t. It’s what you say, not how many times you say it. Ideally, by the time you’ve implemented all these steps, you’ll have started to drive more traffic to your site (via AdWords) and then converted the prospects to paying customers (via skilful web copywriting). And you’ll know whether or not any of this is working (via Google Analytics). There are many other things you can do to improve your Google ranking but try these techniques as a starting point. Search Engine Marketing is the future of marketing and like it or not, it’s here’s to stay so it’s worth getting familiar with how it works and how it can help you. · http://bit.ly/16qnxjn
    Search Engine Marketing (SEM), or in simple terms, web marketing, can be very confusing for business owners so my intention with this article is to simplify it and give you an overview of what it’s all about. In essence, SEM is the art of driving traffic to your site, converting prospects into paying customers and measuring the results so you know what’s working and what’s not. In order to do that for your business, you have to know where you currently stand in terms of your own search engine marketing. <h2>Search Engine Marketing: Where Do You Rank on Google?</h2> The best way to start is to find out how you rank on Google. It’s worth taking a moment to find this out because if you can’t find yourself on Google, chances are your prospects can’t either. If you don’t know how to go about finding yourself on Google, your best bet is to ask “Well, what words would the average person type into Google if they wanted to find my business? (These words are called keywords.) This is where it gets interesting because in order to do this, you need to crawl inside your prospect’s head and start thinking like they do. This is easier said than done because people will search for your service using words that would never have occurred to you. <h3>Search Engine Marketing: How Do You Know What Your Keywords Are?</h3> To work out what those keywords are you first need to put yourself in the shoes of your customer. What words would they use? What phrases would they use? Let’s make some assumptions to demonstrate the principle. Let’s assume: <ol> <li>you’re a lawyer specializing in workers compensation law</li> <li>that the person seeking your services lives in Melbourne and has never had to contact a lawyer before.</li> </ol> So here’s what that person might type in to Google to find you: <ul> <li>“Lawyer, Melbourne”</li> <li>“Solicitor, Melbourne”</li> <li>“Workers Compensation“</li> <li>“Workers Comp Lawyer”</li> <li>“Workers Compensation Lawyer, Melbourne”</li> </ul> Keywords don’t just refer to ‘words’ but to ‘phrases’ as well eg “Lawyers in Melbourne” is a phrase that would be used, not just “Lawyers.” Now, all those search terms (or keywords) will bring up different search results so it’s worth trying out a few different combinations to see if it makes any difference to where you rank. Depending on your ranking, you’ll either be pleasantly surprised, mildly pleased or drastically worried. Whatever the result, take comfort in the fact that at least you now know where you rank on Google. <h3><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-techniques.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3405" alt="search engine marketing techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-techniques.png" width="300" height="265" /></a>Search Engine Marketing: Where Do Your Competitors Rank?</h3> This exercise begs the question: if you’re not on page one of Google, who is? This is the perfect opportunity to work out where your competitors rank. Take note of who the high rankers are and take a virtual stroll through their website and see what they’re up to. Here’s a few things they are probably doing well: They probably: <ul> <li>Use the right keywords on their website</li> <li>Get lots of relevant sites to link to theirs</li> <li>Use the right keywords in those links</li> <li>Have lots of content on their site and add more regularly</li> </ul> <h3>Search Engine Marketing: 7 Steps to A Successful Keyword Analysis</h3> Keyword Analysis is the first thing you should do when embarking on a Search Engine Marketing campaign. The first thing you need to do when you begin chasing a good search engine ranking is decide which words you want to rank well for. This is called performing a ‘keyword analysis.’ Here’s a few tips to get you going. <h6>Step 1: Choose a product or service that you’d like to promote</h6> For example, using the lawyer case study, you might choose your Workers Compensation service as a starting point. Then, when you’ve refined your SEM techniques, you can promote another service you offer like Medical Negligence or Family Law. <h6>Step 2: Create a “master list” of all potential keywords</h6> Make a master list of all the words and phrases that people would use to find your service. Use your instincts and imagination to do this. To get you going, start with your own site. Print off every page and then highlight all the words that relate to your service. <h6>Step 3: Look at what your competitors are doing</h6> Look at your competitors’ sites, especially the ones that rank well. Print off all their pages and highlight all the words that relate to your service. <h6>Step 4: Look at the View/Source coding</h6> Look at the “View/Source” coding of your competitors’ sites. This is a clever tool that legally allows you to see all the keywords that your competitor has nominated as being important to them. It’s easy to access: Just click on View/Source on any website and it will take you to a page of coding. Yes, it looks confusing but don’t panic - just look for the line saying “Keywords”. Next to it will be a selection of keywords that the website owner considers to be the keywords they think prospects will use to search for them on Google. If their site ranks well, it’s a good indication of what keywords you should be using. Yes, this is legal to do and yes, you can access the code for every website on the planet using View/Source. <h6>Step 5: Write your AdWords Advertisements</h6> Write a series of AdWords advertisements (8-10 different advertisements is a good number to aim for) using a selection of these keywords to promote your product. Run the campaign for a few weeks to see which of the advertisements give you the best result. <h6>Step 6: Check your success using Google Analytics</h6> Using Google’s free measurement and tracking tool, Google Analytics, you’ll be able to quickly discover what your top performing keywords are. Once you know what your top performing AdWords advertisements are, keep running those advertisements and ditch the rest because you don’t want to be wasting money paying for AdWords advertisements that aren’t working. Running an AdWords campaign is easy to set up but can be costly to run. I’ve had many clients tell me that they’ve started a campaign but stopped it because they didn’t know if it was working or not. If you don’t know how to write an AdWords campaign or you don’t know how to measure whether it’s working or not, don’t do it. It’s too easy to waste a lot of money and not get the result you want. Your best option is to do a short course in how to write AdWords or at least do some research on how to use it effectively before you start spending money. <h6>Step 7: Rewrite your web copy and coding to include your keywords</h6> Re-write your website copy, especially your Home Page and key landing pages, making sure that it’s liberally sprinkled with those top performing keywords. Never sacrifice readability or engagement for loading up your page with keywords. Some clients think if they repeat the key word often enough it’ll help their Google ranking. It won’t. It’s what you say, not how many times you say it. Ideally, by the time you’ve implemented all these steps, you’ll have started to drive more traffic to your site (via AdWords) and then converted the prospects to paying customers (via skilful web copywriting). And you’ll know whether or not any of this is working (via Google Analytics). There are many other things you can do to improve your Google ranking but try these techniques as a starting point. Search Engine Marketing is the future of marketing and like it or not, it’s here’s to stay so it’s worth getting familiar with how it works and how it can help you. · http://bit.ly/16qnxjn
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    It is important to understand two things when embarking on your own <strong>Search Engine Marketing</strong> (SEM) campaign. First, the search engines are all about making money and will gladly help you spend your marketing budget in a way which benefits them the most and not necessarily look after your best interest. Secondly, the search engines are about offering relevant search results as without relevancy they would have no users. While most search engines have taken on a public position similar to "church and state" in separating their PPC business lines with their organic search group, one can simple read their annual reports to gain insight as to which side of the house their income in being derived from. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) is nothing more than an online advertising/marketing campaign. One in which you pay the search engine for every click which materializes by the searcher. Understanding how the PPC bidding process works is a key factor to your online success. Not only will every keyword or keyword phrase be priced differently, but the competitive landscape also influences the price of keyword clicks as well as your desired page position. Let's take a look at some of the do's and don'ts of <em>search engine marketing</em>. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3397" alt="search engine marketing" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-300x239.jpg" width="300" height="239" /></a>Search Engine Marketing: Best Practices</h2> Research which keywords to use for your <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/search-engine-marketing/">search engine marketing</a> campaign – Besides documenting the obvious keywords first which make sense for your property, go ahead and visit your competitors' websites. On the home page of your competitor's website, click on "view" in your browser's tool bar and scroll down to "View Source". This will open up a new browser window on your screen which will show you the website computer code for your competitor's home page. Next, look for a line of code near the top of the screen which is titled "keywords". That line of text will show you which keywords your competitor is marketing themselves on via their organic search optimization efforts. Researching your competitor's keywords will help you to fine tune your own list of keywords for your PPC program. Another good resource is to use Google Keyword Tool, which is found at https://adwords.google.com. This tool will help you find hundreds of relevant keywords for your PPC campaign. These keywords even include misspellings of popular keywords. Looking over your website server logs will also provide you with some insight as to which keywords your visitors are using to find your website. Bid to be in the top 3 search positions – The search engines have found more ways to spend your online marketing budget by syndicating their top listings to their network of third party search engines. So if you want your listing to appear on other search engines, it's best to be positioned in the top 3 listings…which will cost you more on a pay per click basis of course. Bidding to be in the top 3 positions must be done in a very targeted manner to gain the most value. Again, stay away from highly generic terms but instead target long-tail keyword phrases. <h3>Search Engine Marketing: Practices to Avoid</h3> Don't pay the most per click just because you want to see your brand in the number one position all the time – As mentioned previously PPC is mostly a bidding game, with the top rankings going to the highest bidder. So while it may make sense for you to bid top dollar for your company's name on Google, it doesn't make any sense to bid as aggressively for generic terms. Doing so will certainly cause you to exhaust your PPC marketing budget in no time with irrelevant click throughs, which the search engines will happily send your way. Don't send users to your homepage  – If you're paying for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">search engine marketing</span> make a relevant landing page on your website which provides content relevant to the search term. This extra step will go a long way towards increasing your online conversions from click to customer. · http://bit.ly/12EuEic
    It is important to understand two things when embarking on your own <strong>Search Engine Marketing</strong> (SEM) campaign. First, the search engines are all about making money and will gladly help you spend your marketing budget in a way which benefits them the most and not necessarily look after your best interest. Secondly, the search engines are about offering relevant search results as without relevancy they would have no users. While most search engines have taken on a public position similar to "church and state" in separating their PPC business lines with their organic search group, one can simple read their annual reports to gain insight as to which side of the house their income in being derived from. Pay-Per-Click (PPC) is nothing more than an online advertising/marketing campaign. One in which you pay the search engine for every click which materializes by the searcher. Understanding how the PPC bidding process works is a key factor to your online success. Not only will every keyword or keyword phrase be priced differently, but the competitive landscape also influences the price of keyword clicks as well as your desired page position. Let's take a look at some of the do's and don'ts of <em>search engine marketing</em>. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3397" alt="search engine marketing" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/search-engine-marketing-300x239.jpg" width="300" height="239" /></a>Search Engine Marketing: Best Practices</h2> Research which keywords to use for your <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/search-engine-marketing/">search engine marketing</a> campaign – Besides documenting the obvious keywords first which make sense for your property, go ahead and visit your competitors' websites. On the home page of your competitor's website, click on "view" in your browser's tool bar and scroll down to "View Source". This will open up a new browser window on your screen which will show you the website computer code for your competitor's home page. Next, look for a line of code near the top of the screen which is titled "keywords". That line of text will show you which keywords your competitor is marketing themselves on via their organic search optimization efforts. Researching your competitor's keywords will help you to fine tune your own list of keywords for your PPC program. Another good resource is to use Google Keyword Tool, which is found at https://adwords.google.com. This tool will help you find hundreds of relevant keywords for your PPC campaign. These keywords even include misspellings of popular keywords. Looking over your website server logs will also provide you with some insight as to which keywords your visitors are using to find your website. Bid to be in the top 3 search positions – The search engines have found more ways to spend your online marketing budget by syndicating their top listings to their network of third party search engines. So if you want your listing to appear on other search engines, it's best to be positioned in the top 3 listings…which will cost you more on a pay per click basis of course. Bidding to be in the top 3 positions must be done in a very targeted manner to gain the most value. Again, stay away from highly generic terms but instead target long-tail keyword phrases. <h3>Search Engine Marketing: Practices to Avoid</h3> Don't pay the most per click just because you want to see your brand in the number one position all the time – As mentioned previously PPC is mostly a bidding game, with the top rankings going to the highest bidder. So while it may make sense for you to bid top dollar for your company's name on Google, it doesn't make any sense to bid as aggressively for generic terms. Doing so will certainly cause you to exhaust your PPC marketing budget in no time with irrelevant click throughs, which the search engines will happily send your way. Don't send users to your homepage  – If you're paying for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">search engine marketing</span> make a relevant landing page on your website which provides content relevant to the search term. This extra step will go a long way towards increasing your online conversions from click to customer. · http://bit.ly/12EuEic
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    Businesses must effectively use Social Media Monitoring to keep informed of what is being said about their Brand online. This activity tracks online mentions to keep business apprised of sentiment, both positive and negative, coming from consumers and potential customers. <h2>Local Brand Monitoring: Venturelabs Study</h2> There are many tools and providers that offer <strong>brand monitoring</strong> capabilities to help keep companies in the information loop. One such provider is Venuelabs, a Washington based <a href="http://venuelabs.com/" target="_blank">brand monitoring</a> company. They offer a location-based social media analytics product that provides brick &amp; mortar brands with deep location-based insight into customer experience, sentiment, trends, and the overall health of their storefronts. A recent Venturelabs study has found a troubling trend in the brand monitoring tactics of local companies. It demonstrates how <span style="text-decoration: underline;">brand monitoring</span> and social media monitoring strategies employed by major brands are missing as much as 86% of local consumer sentiment about their in-store experiences. “The results of our analysis found that as consumer usage of the mobile internet has continued to skyrocket, the basic characteristics of the ‘digital footprint’ left by consumers have changed dramatically,” said Pete Mannix Venuelabs Co-Founder and CTO, “Considering that nearly 40% of Internet usage is from a mobile device, implied user context, particularly location, has become far more critical to understanding the customer.” <h3>Local Brand Monitoring: Location is the New Keyword</h3> Consumers are using mobile devices to interact with brands in new ways, sharing in-store experiences beyond social to include mobile and location-based services like Foursquare and Instagram. “Fundamentally, location is the new keyword,” said Venuelabs CEO Neil Crist, “The gap of current <em>brand monitoring</em> technologies is being felt today by brands large and small, who are adopting the Venuelabs platform to extend their listening the ‘last mile’ to their local storefronts – where they are finding significantly more valuable and more actionable customer intelligence.” <h3>Local Brand Monitoring: Infographic of Study Results</h3> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/brand-monitoring.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3294" alt="local brand monitoring" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/brand-monitoring-151x1024.png" width="151" height="1024" /></a> · http://bit.ly/12xJaIv
    Businesses must effectively use Social Media Monitoring to keep informed of what is being said about their Brand online. This activity tracks online mentions to keep business apprised of sentiment, both positive and negative, coming from consumers and potential customers. <h2>Local Brand Monitoring: Venturelabs Study</h2> There are many tools and providers that offer <strong>brand monitoring</strong> capabilities to help keep companies in the information loop. One such provider is Venuelabs, a Washington based <a href="http://venuelabs.com/" target="_blank">brand monitoring</a> company. They offer a location-based social media analytics product that provides brick &amp; mortar brands with deep location-based insight into customer experience, sentiment, trends, and the overall health of their storefronts. A recent Venturelabs study has found a troubling trend in the brand monitoring tactics of local companies. It demonstrates how <span style="text-decoration: underline;">brand monitoring</span> and social media monitoring strategies employed by major brands are missing as much as 86% of local consumer sentiment about their in-store experiences. “The results of our analysis found that as consumer usage of the mobile internet has continued to skyrocket, the basic characteristics of the ‘digital footprint’ left by consumers have changed dramatically,” said Pete Mannix Venuelabs Co-Founder and CTO, “Considering that nearly 40% of Internet usage is from a mobile device, implied user context, particularly location, has become far more critical to understanding the customer.” <h3>Local Brand Monitoring: Location is the New Keyword</h3> Consumers are using mobile devices to interact with brands in new ways, sharing in-store experiences beyond social to include mobile and location-based services like Foursquare and Instagram. “Fundamentally, location is the new keyword,” said Venuelabs CEO Neil Crist, “The gap of current <em>brand monitoring</em> technologies is being felt today by brands large and small, who are adopting the Venuelabs platform to extend their listening the ‘last mile’ to their local storefronts – where they are finding significantly more valuable and more actionable customer intelligence.” <h3>Local Brand Monitoring: Infographic of Study Results</h3> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/brand-monitoring.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3294" alt="local brand monitoring" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/brand-monitoring-151x1024.png" width="151" height="1024" /></a> · http://bit.ly/12xJaIv
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    If you want targeted visitors to your site, you are going to have to use local search engine optimization techniques. It's not a matter of choice if you want to drive that traffic! Therefore, it's imperative that you learn what you need to know about <strong>Austin SEO techniques</strong>. Continue reading to find out how to use Local SEO to promote traffic in Austin, TX. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Austin-SEO-Techniques.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3290" alt="Austin SEO Techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Austin-SEO-Techniques-300x186.jpg" width="300" height="186" /></a>Austin SEO Techniques: How To Promote Local Traffic</h2> One thing you must learn is to make sure you know how to use keywords correctly. You're going to need to develop a keyword list that is niche specific and has search terms that you know people are going to search in order to find your business. When you have developed this list of keywords, you can then start using them to help you with Austin SEO. One of the things you must realize is that your local keywords must be placed strategically. In order to do this, you must realize these keywords like Austin and Austin, Texas need to be in your titles, meta tags, URLs, content body and much more. However, you must do this strategically within a certain keyword density. A keyword density of two to five percent is ideal. You must also realize that you need to develop a presence online if you're going to really enhance your local search engine results for your business. For instance, in today's world, a search results page pulls up blogs, forums, social media sites, pages, businesses, articles and much more. Therefore, can you see how you might want to get involved in these things. It not only networks your business, but it also networks you with the local search engines as well. <h3>Austin SEO Techniques: Tips and Tricks for Writing Proper Content</h3> Part of being a successful local business online is churning out great, SEO-friendly content. Actually writing this content yourself will save you a lot of money in the long run, but it's always important that you're able to command attention with your Austin SEO writing. Unless you're able to quickly grab attention, your content may be ignored altogether. <ol> <li>Create a headline that commands attention. You want to capture someone's attention, and this requires some literary talent. Alliterations, rhymes, puns, and phrases which emphasize benefits succinctly will make a reader feel like browsing the rest of your content.</li> <li>A title is a great location for a local keyword. The general rule here is that the higher in the article a keyword is placed, the more relevant it will stand to a search engine. Just remember not to force it in there, though. Find a local keyword or phrase that flows naturally with what you're writing about.</li> <li>While it is true that a great writer can wow people with only words, you also have to remember that we're talking about the internet here. Using graphics and high-quality images to capture Austin SEO attention is a great move that you should employ where applicable.</li> <li>Writing <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/local-seo/techniques/">Austin SEO</a> articles for your site or for directories gives you a great chance to format them with multiple headers. If you're adding tags to each header, you're essentially giving your article a much better chance of ranking highly per its respective category.</li> <li>Though you may be inclined to break out the thesaurus to use bigger words and fluffier adjectives, you should resist this temptation and just use a very basic vocabulary. With web content, the idea is to communicate directly with people via a conversational tone; you don't want to talk over people's heads.</li> <li>You may think that more words give you more opportunity to put in your keywords, but you're actually losing readers with longer content. You have to look at SEO and at developing a readership, with the readership actually holding more importance. So be short and concise with your content. Don't fluff it up with purple prose and vexing verbiage.</li> <li>No matter what you're writing about, you need to place a call to action at the end. This doesn't have to be designed to sell anything; it can be to simply remind someone to sign up for a newsletter or to take some other type of action. Every great web article needs a strong call to action to conclude with.</li> </ol> Writing quality local SEO web content gives your readers something to look forward to and will ultimately help you to develop a larger audience in Austin, Texas <h3>Austin SEO Techniques: More Useful Tips</h3> Another one of the great <em>Austin SEO techniques</em> that can help you out is the use of a site map. If you construct a site map, you're not only making your site better for the public, but you're also making it more easily navigable for the search engines as well. Make sure you're incorporating a site map into your site. Branching out your business and branding it through different local pages for the search engines has been mentioned, but there is a SEO technique that fits hand in hand with this. You need to be practicing back linking. SEO Back linking provides links back to your site, either from other pages of yours or through other people's sites in various ways. You can guest blog, post on forums, practice article marketing and more to increase your rank against other Austin businesses. Whatever you do, do not involve yourself with black hat SEO techniques. This can derail all of your Local SEO efforts. Many people think they can take shortcuts with these techniques, but you just can't do that. You can end up de-indexed and not listed the search engine rankings at all. It's time to make sure you're employing the right <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Austin SEO techniques</span> to help you get more targeted local traffic. Utilize the steps provided here to help you move forward with Austin search engine optimization. It does take time, and you must be patient. However, you will see your site climbing the local rankings soon and profits increasing. · http://bit.ly/10wgL2L
    If you want targeted visitors to your site, you are going to have to use local search engine optimization techniques. It's not a matter of choice if you want to drive that traffic! Therefore, it's imperative that you learn what you need to know about <strong>Austin SEO techniques</strong>. Continue reading to find out how to use Local SEO to promote traffic in Austin, TX. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Austin-SEO-Techniques.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3290" alt="Austin SEO Techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Austin-SEO-Techniques-300x186.jpg" width="300" height="186" /></a>Austin SEO Techniques: How To Promote Local Traffic</h2> One thing you must learn is to make sure you know how to use keywords correctly. You're going to need to develop a keyword list that is niche specific and has search terms that you know people are going to search in order to find your business. When you have developed this list of keywords, you can then start using them to help you with Austin SEO. One of the things you must realize is that your local keywords must be placed strategically. In order to do this, you must realize these keywords like Austin and Austin, Texas need to be in your titles, meta tags, URLs, content body and much more. However, you must do this strategically within a certain keyword density. A keyword density of two to five percent is ideal. You must also realize that you need to develop a presence online if you're going to really enhance your local search engine results for your business. For instance, in today's world, a search results page pulls up blogs, forums, social media sites, pages, businesses, articles and much more. Therefore, can you see how you might want to get involved in these things. It not only networks your business, but it also networks you with the local search engines as well. <h3>Austin SEO Techniques: Tips and Tricks for Writing Proper Content</h3> Part of being a successful local business online is churning out great, SEO-friendly content. Actually writing this content yourself will save you a lot of money in the long run, but it's always important that you're able to command attention with your Austin SEO writing. Unless you're able to quickly grab attention, your content may be ignored altogether. <ol> <li>Create a headline that commands attention. You want to capture someone's attention, and this requires some literary talent. Alliterations, rhymes, puns, and phrases which emphasize benefits succinctly will make a reader feel like browsing the rest of your content.</li> <li>A title is a great location for a local keyword. The general rule here is that the higher in the article a keyword is placed, the more relevant it will stand to a search engine. Just remember not to force it in there, though. Find a local keyword or phrase that flows naturally with what you're writing about.</li> <li>While it is true that a great writer can wow people with only words, you also have to remember that we're talking about the internet here. Using graphics and high-quality images to capture Austin SEO attention is a great move that you should employ where applicable.</li> <li>Writing <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/local-seo/techniques/">Austin SEO</a> articles for your site or for directories gives you a great chance to format them with multiple headers. If you're adding tags to each header, you're essentially giving your article a much better chance of ranking highly per its respective category.</li> <li>Though you may be inclined to break out the thesaurus to use bigger words and fluffier adjectives, you should resist this temptation and just use a very basic vocabulary. With web content, the idea is to communicate directly with people via a conversational tone; you don't want to talk over people's heads.</li> <li>You may think that more words give you more opportunity to put in your keywords, but you're actually losing readers with longer content. You have to look at SEO and at developing a readership, with the readership actually holding more importance. So be short and concise with your content. Don't fluff it up with purple prose and vexing verbiage.</li> <li>No matter what you're writing about, you need to place a call to action at the end. This doesn't have to be designed to sell anything; it can be to simply remind someone to sign up for a newsletter or to take some other type of action. Every great web article needs a strong call to action to conclude with.</li> </ol> Writing quality local SEO web content gives your readers something to look forward to and will ultimately help you to develop a larger audience in Austin, Texas <h3>Austin SEO Techniques: More Useful Tips</h3> Another one of the great <em>Austin SEO techniques</em> that can help you out is the use of a site map. If you construct a site map, you're not only making your site better for the public, but you're also making it more easily navigable for the search engines as well. Make sure you're incorporating a site map into your site. Branching out your business and branding it through different local pages for the search engines has been mentioned, but there is a SEO technique that fits hand in hand with this. You need to be practicing back linking. SEO Back linking provides links back to your site, either from other pages of yours or through other people's sites in various ways. You can guest blog, post on forums, practice article marketing and more to increase your rank against other Austin businesses. Whatever you do, do not involve yourself with black hat SEO techniques. This can derail all of your Local SEO efforts. Many people think they can take shortcuts with these techniques, but you just can't do that. You can end up de-indexed and not listed the search engine rankings at all. It's time to make sure you're employing the right <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Austin SEO techniques</span> to help you get more targeted local traffic. Utilize the steps provided here to help you move forward with Austin search engine optimization. It does take time, and you must be patient. However, you will see your site climbing the local rankings soon and profits increasing. · http://bit.ly/10wgL2L
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    SEO means Search Engine Optimization. In basic terms, SEO is the process of making your website more relevant to the major search engines. Increasing your relevancy will mean that your site shows up higher in their search rankings. Due to its overwhelming market share, Google is usually the search engine you will optimize for. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/local-seo/">Local SEO</a> is optimizing your website to rank highly for local based search terms (keywords). Instead of just ranking for a general keyword like “Widgets”, you would try to rank for “Widgets Texas” or “Austin Widgets”. <strong>Local SEO techniques</strong> are becoming an increasingly popular, especially by businesses in mid-sized and small cities. There are certain advantages when optimizing for localized search terms: <ul> <li>Can Be Easier To Rank — It is generally easier to rank for a local search term because it is less competitive. Instead of competing against all of North America, you are only fighting for position with those in your local area. Many times, you can rank near or at the top of Google for these terms with much less work.</li> <li>More Targeted — When people are searching locally, they are more often to be ready to buy. It also makes sure that the people finding your site are local and can actually use your services. If you rank for “Widgets” people all over the world will find your site, but if you localize that search term you will be targeting people who are searching from your area. Depending on your product, most customers often start their search locally first. If they find someone competent that they feel comfortable with, they often stop searching.</li> </ul> With the explosions of mobile Internet, finding businesses through search engines will only get more popular. At one time, every business wanted to be in the Yellow Pages. Well, the day of the search engine is here and you want to rank for these local terms. With less competition you can rank quicker and with less effort. You will be tapping into a perpetual funnel of local-based web searches. When you have a website, you want it to rank near the top of the search rankings for localized searches. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Local-SEO-techniques.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3283" alt="Local-SEO-techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Local-SEO-techniques-300x187.jpg" width="300" height="187" /></a>Local SEO Techniques: Keyword Research</h2> Keywords are the words or terms that people use to search in Google. If you do a search for “Cheap Flights” on Google, then the keyword is: cheap flight. Keyword brainstorming and research is an important first step in any Local SEO plan. These general steps will get you off to a good start. Sit down and make a list of every keyword term that someone would search for to find your 'Widget' company. Don’t worry about local terms right now — just think of what people would search in any part of the world to find a service like yours. Write down as many terms as possible. Think of a wide variety of terms, all the way from one word terms (short-tail) to 3+-word terms (long-tail). You can also ask friends and family for their input. This will give you an outside perspective from an everyday person. If you get stuck thinking about terms, you can get some help from Google itself. Just take one of the keyword terms you thought of and enter it into the Google Keyword Tool. This will give you a list of related terms and their estimated search numbers. Keep in mind we will localize these terms, so the amount of searches will not be directly applicable — but it still gives you an idea of what keywords are searched more often. Spend a good chunk of time on this, and try to get a list of 20-30 keyword terms. Now that you have your keyword list, simply localize them. Add your location (town or city, maybe the state/province if you are in a city with common name). If your Widget services are in demand in a number of towns, then add the other towns in front of the keyword as well. For example... City One + Keyword One City One + Keyword Two ... City Two + Keyword One City Two + Keyword Two Etc... So each new town you use will be another five local keyword terms. Once you have localized your keywords, you will now have a list of local keyword terms that you can begin ranking for. While this is a basic form of keyword research, it is leagues ahead of most of the online marketing that local businesses do. <h3>Local SEO Techniques: The Basics</h3> To understand <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Local SEO techniques</span> completely would be a book on its own, but here are some basics. If you have built your website using WordPress, you could do some of the on-page steps yourself. If you went with an HTML design, you might have to get your web designer to make a couple of changes. The changes will be quick though, so it shouldn't take too much time. Local SEO can be broken into two main categories: On-page and Off-page. <h4>Local SEO Techniques: On-Page Factors</h4> On-Page means exactly what it says. These are the steps you take on your actual site or blog to make it more friendly to the search engines. While there are many things to consider, some great first steps include: <h6>Title Tags</h6> You might have to get your web designer to fix these for you if you use a traditional HTML website. These are simply the titles of each page and are the first thing Google sees when it finds a new page. The “title” in this case is what is displayed ABOVE the address bar in your Internet browser. It is at the very top of the browser. On Google.com, “Google” is the page title.If you are familiar with HTML code, this is usually accomplished with the &lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt; tags near the top of the code. If you are savvy enough, you can change them yourself — just remove what is in between them and paste in one of your keywords. In WordPress, you can handle this even easier through uses of plugins like All-in-One SEO. Each page of your site should have a different title tag. Make it one of the keywords that you created in the previous step. In some smaller towns, this is all you will need to do to get to the first page of Google for localized terms. If you use WordPress, you can access Permalinks through the Settings and create a custom structure like: /%postname%/. This will make the title tag of every post you create to be the same as the Post Title. So just name your blog posts with keywords and you will automatically have keyword rich title tags. Another point for WordPress. <h6>Content</h6> You want to mention your keywords in your content, but not too much. You don’t want your content to seem low quality and unnaturally stuffed with keywords. Remember, your web content should be written for your visitors, not the search engines. Good quality content that naturally mentions your keywords will engage people, make them more likely to share your site. It will also seem more natural to Google. <h6>Navigation</h6> You should have proper navigation on your site. You want it to be both logical and working. Broken links on your site are a big “no-no.” A broken link in your navigation is especially glaring. You want Google to be to easily find your whole site with no broken links. This includes linking to other parts of your own site. <h6>Sitemap</h6> This step is more important for WordPress based websites, because a sitemap is needed more for a dynamic site. A sitemap is basically a list of your website pages. Search engines like Google will use it to discover your entire site. It is more important for websites that are updated with new pages often (i.e. WordPress blog). In WordPress you can easily add a sitemap to your site with a plugin like “Google XML Sitemaps.” SEO is a major area of study online, and there are a lot of other steps you can take, but the above ones are a great on-page start to any campaign. Since ranking for localized keywords is easier in general, these steps should suffice for most résumé writing businesses. <h4>Local SEO Techniques: Off-Page Factors</h4> In many people’s eyes, off-page optimization is where you should spend most of your time. I personally disagree. I think consistent high quality on-page content (aka blog posts) is the most important step. That said, off-page optimization is still very important and probably more important than every on-page step besides content creation. When it comes down to a basic level, off-page optimization is really about one thing — getting backlinks. Backlinks are simply links on other sites that point towards your site. Google values these highly, and it is one of the major ranking factors. When you are starting a backlinking campaign, there are a couple of terms you need to know: <h6>Anchor Text</h6> The anchor text is the actual text that makes up the link. When you see a link that says “Click Here,” then click here is the anchor text. Links that have your keywords as the anchor text are more valuable. An anchor text that reads, “Click here to contact us for Widgets” is more valuable. <h6>Page Rank</h6> Google gives pages a rank from 0-10. This rank isn’t quite as important as some people make it out to be, but it is still a good guide. The higher the page rank of a website, the more valu · http://bit.ly/13fBPMA
    SEO means Search Engine Optimization. In basic terms, SEO is the process of making your website more relevant to the major search engines. Increasing your relevancy will mean that your site shows up higher in their search rankings. Due to its overwhelming market share, Google is usually the search engine you will optimize for. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/local-seo/">Local SEO</a> is optimizing your website to rank highly for local based search terms (keywords). Instead of just ranking for a general keyword like “Widgets”, you would try to rank for “Widgets Texas” or “Austin Widgets”. <strong>Local SEO techniques</strong> are becoming an increasingly popular, especially by businesses in mid-sized and small cities. There are certain advantages when optimizing for localized search terms: <ul> <li>Can Be Easier To Rank — It is generally easier to rank for a local search term because it is less competitive. Instead of competing against all of North America, you are only fighting for position with those in your local area. Many times, you can rank near or at the top of Google for these terms with much less work.</li> <li>More Targeted — When people are searching locally, they are more often to be ready to buy. It also makes sure that the people finding your site are local and can actually use your services. If you rank for “Widgets” people all over the world will find your site, but if you localize that search term you will be targeting people who are searching from your area. Depending on your product, most customers often start their search locally first. If they find someone competent that they feel comfortable with, they often stop searching.</li> </ul> With the explosions of mobile Internet, finding businesses through search engines will only get more popular. At one time, every business wanted to be in the Yellow Pages. Well, the day of the search engine is here and you want to rank for these local terms. With less competition you can rank quicker and with less effort. You will be tapping into a perpetual funnel of local-based web searches. When you have a website, you want it to rank near the top of the search rankings for localized searches. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Local-SEO-techniques.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3283" alt="Local-SEO-techniques" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Local-SEO-techniques-300x187.jpg" width="300" height="187" /></a>Local SEO Techniques: Keyword Research</h2> Keywords are the words or terms that people use to search in Google. If you do a search for “Cheap Flights” on Google, then the keyword is: cheap flight. Keyword brainstorming and research is an important first step in any Local SEO plan. These general steps will get you off to a good start. Sit down and make a list of every keyword term that someone would search for to find your 'Widget' company. Don’t worry about local terms right now — just think of what people would search in any part of the world to find a service like yours. Write down as many terms as possible. Think of a wide variety of terms, all the way from one word terms (short-tail) to 3+-word terms (long-tail). You can also ask friends and family for their input. This will give you an outside perspective from an everyday person. If you get stuck thinking about terms, you can get some help from Google itself. Just take one of the keyword terms you thought of and enter it into the Google Keyword Tool. This will give you a list of related terms and their estimated search numbers. Keep in mind we will localize these terms, so the amount of searches will not be directly applicable — but it still gives you an idea of what keywords are searched more often. Spend a good chunk of time on this, and try to get a list of 20-30 keyword terms. Now that you have your keyword list, simply localize them. Add your location (town or city, maybe the state/province if you are in a city with common name). If your Widget services are in demand in a number of towns, then add the other towns in front of the keyword as well. For example... City One + Keyword One City One + Keyword Two ... City Two + Keyword One City Two + Keyword Two Etc... So each new town you use will be another five local keyword terms. Once you have localized your keywords, you will now have a list of local keyword terms that you can begin ranking for. While this is a basic form of keyword research, it is leagues ahead of most of the online marketing that local businesses do. <h3>Local SEO Techniques: The Basics</h3> To understand <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Local SEO techniques</span> completely would be a book on its own, but here are some basics. If you have built your website using WordPress, you could do some of the on-page steps yourself. If you went with an HTML design, you might have to get your web designer to make a couple of changes. The changes will be quick though, so it shouldn't take too much time. Local SEO can be broken into two main categories: On-page and Off-page. <h4>Local SEO Techniques: On-Page Factors</h4> On-Page means exactly what it says. These are the steps you take on your actual site or blog to make it more friendly to the search engines. While there are many things to consider, some great first steps include: <h6>Title Tags</h6> You might have to get your web designer to fix these for you if you use a traditional HTML website. These are simply the titles of each page and are the first thing Google sees when it finds a new page. The “title” in this case is what is displayed ABOVE the address bar in your Internet browser. It is at the very top of the browser. On Google.com, “Google” is the page title.If you are familiar with HTML code, this is usually accomplished with the &lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt; tags near the top of the code. If you are savvy enough, you can change them yourself — just remove what is in between them and paste in one of your keywords. In WordPress, you can handle this even easier through uses of plugins like All-in-One SEO. Each page of your site should have a different title tag. Make it one of the keywords that you created in the previous step. In some smaller towns, this is all you will need to do to get to the first page of Google for localized terms. If you use WordPress, you can access Permalinks through the Settings and create a custom structure like: /%postname%/. This will make the title tag of every post you create to be the same as the Post Title. So just name your blog posts with keywords and you will automatically have keyword rich title tags. Another point for WordPress. <h6>Content</h6> You want to mention your keywords in your content, but not too much. You don’t want your content to seem low quality and unnaturally stuffed with keywords. Remember, your web content should be written for your visitors, not the search engines. Good quality content that naturally mentions your keywords will engage people, make them more likely to share your site. It will also seem more natural to Google. <h6>Navigation</h6> You should have proper navigation on your site. You want it to be both logical and working. Broken links on your site are a big “no-no.” A broken link in your navigation is especially glaring. You want Google to be to easily find your whole site with no broken links. This includes linking to other parts of your own site. <h6>Sitemap</h6> This step is more important for WordPress based websites, because a sitemap is needed more for a dynamic site. A sitemap is basically a list of your website pages. Search engines like Google will use it to discover your entire site. It is more important for websites that are updated with new pages often (i.e. WordPress blog). In WordPress you can easily add a sitemap to your site with a plugin like “Google XML Sitemaps.” SEO is a major area of study online, and there are a lot of other steps you can take, but the above ones are a great on-page start to any campaign. Since ranking for localized keywords is easier in general, these steps should suffice for most résumé writing businesses. <h4>Local SEO Techniques: Off-Page Factors</h4> In many people’s eyes, off-page optimization is where you should spend most of your time. I personally disagree. I think consistent high quality on-page content (aka blog posts) is the most important step. That said, off-page optimization is still very important and probably more important than every on-page step besides content creation. When it comes down to a basic level, off-page optimization is really about one thing — getting backlinks. Backlinks are simply links on other sites that point towards your site. Google values these highly, and it is one of the major ranking factors. When you are starting a backlinking campaign, there are a couple of terms you need to know: <h6>Anchor Text</h6> The anchor text is the actual text that makes up the link. When you see a link that says “Click Here,” then click here is the anchor text. Links that have your keywords as the anchor text are more valuable. An anchor text that reads, “Click here to contact us for Widgets” is more valuable. <h6>Page Rank</h6> Google gives pages a rank from 0-10. This rank isn’t quite as important as some people make it out to be, but it is still a good guide. The higher the page rank of a website, the more valu · http://bit.ly/13fBPMA
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    In March, Google's Webspam gladiator Matt Cutts' announced a new <strong>Penguin Algorithm Update</strong> was on the horizon. This spurred a wave of speculation about when the next <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/seo/google-update/">Penguin Algorithm Update</a> would actually occur. Speculation hit a fever pitch last week with MozCast reporting two days of extreme volatility in the search rankings, and Barry Schwartz' report detailing the ongoing debate taking place on the webmaster world forums. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Penguin-Algorithm-Update.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3268" alt="Penguin Algorithm Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Penguin-Algorithm-Update.jpg" width="525" height="417" /></a>Penguin Algorithm Update: Are You Ready?</h2> This past weekend Cutts responded directly on Twitter to timetable questions about the pending Penguin Algorithm Update. And while his answer was "Nope", that doesn't mean he is being completely honest. He has previously discussed the process of Google Algorithm Updates on his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWebmasterHelp">YouTube video blog</a>. There he spoke about the testing process surrounding a Google Algorithm Update. He described the algorithm change introduction as moving from an internal ecosystem on the local Google Campus, to a broader test of limited search queries and finally to a formal release of the Update across the entire search engine. These initial reports of volatility, might in fact mean that the testing phase of the new <em>Penguin Algorithm Update</em> has moved beyond the Google campus and is nearing a formal release. In fact, this could be assumed based on Cutts' second reply "sometime in the next few weeks." &nbsp; <h3>Penguin Algorithm Update: Importance of Testing</h3> The effects of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Penguin Algorithm Update</span> will certainly reshape the results displayed on the first page for many major Google keyword queries. This will have 'make or break' consequences for many companies doing business online. With the stakes this high, it should be reassuring that Google is taking their time with the change, which will hopefully result in avoiding punishment for honest, white hat websites. &nbsp; · http://bit.ly/10EcgE8
    In March, Google's Webspam gladiator Matt Cutts' announced a new <strong>Penguin Algorithm Update</strong> was on the horizon. This spurred a wave of speculation about when the next <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/seo/google-update/">Penguin Algorithm Update</a> would actually occur. Speculation hit a fever pitch last week with MozCast reporting two days of extreme volatility in the search rankings, and Barry Schwartz' report detailing the ongoing debate taking place on the webmaster world forums. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Penguin-Algorithm-Update.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3268" alt="Penguin Algorithm Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Penguin-Algorithm-Update.jpg" width="525" height="417" /></a>Penguin Algorithm Update: Are You Ready?</h2> This past weekend Cutts responded directly on Twitter to timetable questions about the pending Penguin Algorithm Update. And while his answer was "Nope", that doesn't mean he is being completely honest. He has previously discussed the process of Google Algorithm Updates on his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWebmasterHelp">YouTube video blog</a>. There he spoke about the testing process surrounding a Google Algorithm Update. He described the algorithm change introduction as moving from an internal ecosystem on the local Google Campus, to a broader test of limited search queries and finally to a formal release of the Update across the entire search engine. These initial reports of volatility, might in fact mean that the testing phase of the new <em>Penguin Algorithm Update</em> has moved beyond the Google campus and is nearing a formal release. In fact, this could be assumed based on Cutts' second reply "sometime in the next few weeks." &nbsp; <h3>Penguin Algorithm Update: Importance of Testing</h3> The effects of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Penguin Algorithm Update</span> will certainly reshape the results displayed on the first page for many major Google keyword queries. This will have 'make or break' consequences for many companies doing business online. With the stakes this high, it should be reassuring that Google is taking their time with the change, which will hopefully result in avoiding punishment for honest, white hat websites. &nbsp; · http://bit.ly/10EcgE8
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    More details have emerged related to Microsoft's <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/social-media/microsoft-buys-enterprise-social-network-yammer/">$1.2 Billion purchase of Enterprise Social Network Yammer</a>. Since the purchase last summer, Yammer has demonstrated the ability to grow. Sales have increased 259% year-over-year, marked by 312 new customers and their best user engagement statistics ever for the month of March 2013. <h2>Office 365 and Yammer</h2> Microsoft commented on the progress of the Yammer acquisition yesterday on their blog: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"While we are pleased with the growth, the opportunity for enterprise social is even larger. Yammer and Microsoft have come together with a single vision - to bring enterprise social to all businesses by weaving these capabilities into the apps people use every day. Realizing this vision requires close alignment in product development, sales and marketing.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">On the engineering side, we've made great strides in a short timeframe, bringing together Office 365 and Yammer teams to deliver regular updates against our roadmap. Right now our teams are actively focused on foundational work around identity, content and messaging that will drive seamless connected experiences across Office 365 and other applications. We look forward to sharing more exciting developments soon.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The next area of focus is aligning the Yammer and Office 365 go-to-market efforts. On March 1, we began offering <strong>Office 365 and </strong><strong>Yammer </strong>together as part of Enterprise Agreements. We will further simplify the customer buying experience and increase global scale by fully integrating our sales teams this summer. We're going from about a hundred sellers at Yammer to several thousand Microsoft sellers around the world bringing customers the benefits of enterprise social.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The reaction from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. They are excited about the transformational potential of enterprise social and recognize the combined value of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Office 365 and Yammer</span>. Just one example we recently announced is ABB, a power and automation technology leader using <em>Office 365 and <em>Yammer</em></em> to provide a single platform for productivity, communication, collaboration and enterprise social in the cloud for 145,000 employees across 100 countries."</p> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Yammer-and-Office365-Infographic.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3257" alt="Yammer and Office365" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Yammer-and-Office365-Infographic-1024x700.jpg" width="1024" height="700" /></a> <h3>Office 365 and Yammer: Identity Emerges as Core Focus</h3> Alex Williams of Techcruch.com wrote about what the alignment of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/microsoft-to-fold-yammer-sales-team-into-office-365-identity-surfaces-as-a-core-focus/" target="_blank">Office 365 and Yammer</a> means to the industry: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The news follows the road map that Microsoft set at its SharePoint Conference last November. In March, Microsoft detailed the transition and how Yammer will co-exist with Office 365 and Sharepoint.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">It makes sense that identity is one of the core focus areas for Microsoft. It’s going to be critical to have universal identity in order for these systems to talk to each other and for IT to control access and permissions.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Identity is emerging as a core theme coming from Microsoft. Last month, the company announced the support of Active Directory in Windows Azure. Customers may also use their Microsoft account to log in to Windows Azure.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">In the meantime, companies like Box are firing shots across Microsoft’s bow. Today the company bought Crocodoc, an HTML5 service for embedding docs. It’s a clear sign of the aggressive moves that are sure to come as the enterprise social networking space becomes increasingly competitive."</p> &nbsp; · http://bit.ly/1987YsD
    More details have emerged related to Microsoft's <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/social-media/microsoft-buys-enterprise-social-network-yammer/">$1.2 Billion purchase of Enterprise Social Network Yammer</a>. Since the purchase last summer, Yammer has demonstrated the ability to grow. Sales have increased 259% year-over-year, marked by 312 new customers and their best user engagement statistics ever for the month of March 2013. <h2>Office 365 and Yammer</h2> Microsoft commented on the progress of the Yammer acquisition yesterday on their blog: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"While we are pleased with the growth, the opportunity for enterprise social is even larger. Yammer and Microsoft have come together with a single vision - to bring enterprise social to all businesses by weaving these capabilities into the apps people use every day. Realizing this vision requires close alignment in product development, sales and marketing.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">On the engineering side, we've made great strides in a short timeframe, bringing together Office 365 and Yammer teams to deliver regular updates against our roadmap. Right now our teams are actively focused on foundational work around identity, content and messaging that will drive seamless connected experiences across Office 365 and other applications. We look forward to sharing more exciting developments soon.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The next area of focus is aligning the Yammer and Office 365 go-to-market efforts. On March 1, we began offering <strong>Office 365 and </strong><strong>Yammer </strong>together as part of Enterprise Agreements. We will further simplify the customer buying experience and increase global scale by fully integrating our sales teams this summer. We're going from about a hundred sellers at Yammer to several thousand Microsoft sellers around the world bringing customers the benefits of enterprise social.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The reaction from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. They are excited about the transformational potential of enterprise social and recognize the combined value of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Office 365 and Yammer</span>. Just one example we recently announced is ABB, a power and automation technology leader using <em>Office 365 and <em>Yammer</em></em> to provide a single platform for productivity, communication, collaboration and enterprise social in the cloud for 145,000 employees across 100 countries."</p> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Yammer-and-Office365-Infographic.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3257" alt="Yammer and Office365" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Yammer-and-Office365-Infographic-1024x700.jpg" width="1024" height="700" /></a> <h3>Office 365 and Yammer: Identity Emerges as Core Focus</h3> Alex Williams of Techcruch.com wrote about what the alignment of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/microsoft-to-fold-yammer-sales-team-into-office-365-identity-surfaces-as-a-core-focus/" target="_blank">Office 365 and Yammer</a> means to the industry: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The news follows the road map that Microsoft set at its SharePoint Conference last November. In March, Microsoft detailed the transition and how Yammer will co-exist with Office 365 and Sharepoint.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">It makes sense that identity is one of the core focus areas for Microsoft. It’s going to be critical to have universal identity in order for these systems to talk to each other and for IT to control access and permissions.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Identity is emerging as a core theme coming from Microsoft. Last month, the company announced the support of Active Directory in Windows Azure. Customers may also use their Microsoft account to log in to Windows Azure.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">In the meantime, companies like Box are firing shots across Microsoft’s bow. Today the company bought Crocodoc, an HTML5 service for embedding docs. It’s a clear sign of the aggressive moves that are sure to come as the enterprise social networking space becomes increasingly competitive."</p> &nbsp; · http://bit.ly/1987YsD
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    As mobile search statistics soar, it's no secret that smartphones are changing the landscape of retail. Shoppers use their smartphone to purchase products online, but also to research and compare brick and mortar stores. A new <a href="http://googlemobileads.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/understanding-smartphone-use-in-stores.html" target="_blank">mobile in-store research</a> study by the Google Shopper Marketing Agency Council and M/A/R/C Research examines the role of mobile as part of the shopping experience and the opportunities this presents. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Mobile-In-Store-Research.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3251" alt="Mobile In-Store Research" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Mobile-In-Store-Research-300x209.jpg" width="300" height="209" /></a>Mobile In-Store Research: Key Findings</h2> The study classifies 79% of smartphone owners as "<em>Smartphone Shoppers</em>". These people are characterized by using their device a least once a month to assist with shopping. The mobile search can be conducted prior to shopping activities, or as the study reveals, 84% of smartphone shoppers use their device while in a physical store. These trends are not category specific and extend across all industries. Reasons given for utilizing the smartphone include ability to research products saving time and money as well as making shopping tasks easier. Smartphone shoppers conduct mobile search to find directions to store locations, hours of operation and promotional offers. These shoppers help themselves instead of relying on a salesperson for information. Search engines are incredibly important to mobile research. While a percentage of smartphone shoppers will go directly to a brand website, the overwhelming majority use search engines to find the information they need.  This is especially true for users that what to find the location where a specific product is sold and make price comparisons between those locations. Finally, the study finds that frequent smartphone shoppers spend more money when shopping. This can be as much as 50% more than those that occasionally or never use mobile search when shopping. <h3>Mobile In-Store Research: Implications for Businesses</h3> The <strong>Mobile In-Store Research Study</strong> finds four major implications for businesses. Google provides the following suggestions to make sure you businesses can capitalize on these findings: <h4>1. Mobile marketing isn't an option, it's an imperative</h4> In-store shoppers are looking for product information and they’re turning to their mobile device to find it. The mobile device, always on and always with shoppers, is one of the biggest influencers in the store today; it presents tremendous opportunities for marketers across industries to connect with potential customers--wherever they are, whenever they’re searching for your products. <h4>2. Mobile can be used to get customers to the store and help keep them there.</h4> <ul> <li>Allow customers to find your business on mobile. In addition to having a mobile website, businesses should use it to prominently display retail locations and phone numbers.</li> <li>Own the digital shelf - Make it easy for shoppers to find product information, promotional offers, or other information about your business on their smartphones when in-store.</li> <li>Adapt your marketing message to the consumer’s context. Taking into account things like location, time of day and device allow you to reach people with more relevant messages.</li> </ul> <h4>3. Meet the showrooming challenge head-on.</h4> Embrace mobile use in-store. It’s going to happen, so find a way to take advantage of it. Having a wide inventory of e-commerce products, store maps, and product information QR codes are just some of the ways to connect with mobile users. Improve the in-store experience. Offering expert service from salespeople or interactive product demos can help distinguish your in-store experience from online shopping. Have a strategy to address price comparisons. Using price match guarantees, stocking unique product bundles, and creating store specific brands and products are just some of the steps that businesses can take. <h4>4. Recognize the pivotal role of mobile to your overall marketing strategy.</h4> Embrace mobile use in-store. It’s going to happen, so find a way to take advantage of it. Having a wide inventory of e-commerce products, store maps, and product information QR codes are just some of the ways to connect with mobile users. Improve the in-store experience. Offering expert service from salespeople or interactive product demos can help distinguish your in-store experience from online shopping. Have a strategy to address price comparisons. Using price match guarantees, stocking unique product bundles, and creating store specific brands and products are just some of the steps that businesses can take. · http://bit.ly/12h0IcX
    As mobile search statistics soar, it's no secret that smartphones are changing the landscape of retail. Shoppers use their smartphone to purchase products online, but also to research and compare brick and mortar stores. A new <a href="http://googlemobileads.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/understanding-smartphone-use-in-stores.html" target="_blank">mobile in-store research</a> study by the Google Shopper Marketing Agency Council and M/A/R/C Research examines the role of mobile as part of the shopping experience and the opportunities this presents. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Mobile-In-Store-Research.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3251" alt="Mobile In-Store Research" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Mobile-In-Store-Research-300x209.jpg" width="300" height="209" /></a>Mobile In-Store Research: Key Findings</h2> The study classifies 79% of smartphone owners as "<em>Smartphone Shoppers</em>". These people are characterized by using their device a least once a month to assist with shopping. The mobile search can be conducted prior to shopping activities, or as the study reveals, 84% of smartphone shoppers use their device while in a physical store. These trends are not category specific and extend across all industries. Reasons given for utilizing the smartphone include ability to research products saving time and money as well as making shopping tasks easier. Smartphone shoppers conduct mobile search to find directions to store locations, hours of operation and promotional offers. These shoppers help themselves instead of relying on a salesperson for information. Search engines are incredibly important to mobile research. While a percentage of smartphone shoppers will go directly to a brand website, the overwhelming majority use search engines to find the information they need.  This is especially true for users that what to find the location where a specific product is sold and make price comparisons between those locations. Finally, the study finds that frequent smartphone shoppers spend more money when shopping. This can be as much as 50% more than those that occasionally or never use mobile search when shopping. <h3>Mobile In-Store Research: Implications for Businesses</h3> The <strong>Mobile In-Store Research Study</strong> finds four major implications for businesses. Google provides the following suggestions to make sure you businesses can capitalize on these findings: <h4>1. Mobile marketing isn't an option, it's an imperative</h4> In-store shoppers are looking for product information and they’re turning to their mobile device to find it. The mobile device, always on and always with shoppers, is one of the biggest influencers in the store today; it presents tremendous opportunities for marketers across industries to connect with potential customers--wherever they are, whenever they’re searching for your products. <h4>2. Mobile can be used to get customers to the store and help keep them there.</h4> <ul> <li>Allow customers to find your business on mobile. In addition to having a mobile website, businesses should use it to prominently display retail locations and phone numbers.</li> <li>Own the digital shelf - Make it easy for shoppers to find product information, promotional offers, or other information about your business on their smartphones when in-store.</li> <li>Adapt your marketing message to the consumer’s context. Taking into account things like location, time of day and device allow you to reach people with more relevant messages.</li> </ul> <h4>3. Meet the showrooming challenge head-on.</h4> Embrace mobile use in-store. It’s going to happen, so find a way to take advantage of it. Having a wide inventory of e-commerce products, store maps, and product information QR codes are just some of the ways to connect with mobile users. Improve the in-store experience. Offering expert service from salespeople or interactive product demos can help distinguish your in-store experience from online shopping. Have a strategy to address price comparisons. Using price match guarantees, stocking unique product bundles, and creating store specific brands and products are just some of the steps that businesses can take. <h4>4. Recognize the pivotal role of mobile to your overall marketing strategy.</h4> Embrace mobile use in-store. It’s going to happen, so find a way to take advantage of it. Having a wide inventory of e-commerce products, store maps, and product information QR codes are just some of the ways to connect with mobile users. Improve the in-store experience. Offering expert service from salespeople or interactive product demos can help distinguish your in-store experience from online shopping. Have a strategy to address price comparisons. Using price match guarantees, stocking unique product bundles, and creating store specific brands and products are just some of the steps that businesses can take. · http://bit.ly/12h0IcX
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    Google I/O 13 takes place this month in San Francisco, and all indications are that <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/general/google-maps-api-prices-adjusted/" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> will receive a substantial makeover. Many suspect this <strong>Google Maps update</strong> is aimed to make the service much more targeted toward mobile users. This promo for I/O session "Google Maps: Into the Future" definitely hints in that direction: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Google Maps and the Maps API enjoy huge popularity around the world. The Google Maps API is the most used API on the web. maps.google.com is the most used mapping site. Android and iOS SDKs are branching Maps out into new platforms. In this session, the Product Management Director of Google Maps (Ken Hoetmer) teams with the Product Manager for the Google Maps API and the lead Developer Advocate (Mano Marks) to walk you into the future of Google Maps."</p> <h2>Google Maps Update: The New Look of Google Maps Interface</h2> The complete list of changes that will occur in this <em>Google Maps update</em> is still a mystery, but a few industry analysts seem to have an inside track. Alex Chitu posted images as well as his thoughts about the <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-maps-interface.html" target="_blank">Google Maps Update</a> "The update will remove the sidebar and will display everything on top of the full-screen map. One of the new features lets you restrict local search results to places recommended by top reviews or your Google+ circles." Brittany Hillen has expanded on the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-maps-update-previewed-ahead-of-launch-07280956/" target="_blank">Google Maps update</a>, stating: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The updated user interface will eschew the traditional sidebar for a series of boxes above the map, which will fill the entire screen after the update if the screenshots are to be believed. The interface is called “more immersive,” and suggests that those on mobile devices will find that it works better than the interface that is currently in place. The moved sidebar won’t be the only change users see, however.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">According to the preview, the current interface is one that is focused on the navigational components of Maps, such as the sidebars and buttons and sliders. That design theory will change with the update, with the new redesigned interface instead featuring a focus on the map itself with the various elements building on top of it rather than taking up its valuable space.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Along with the design’s change in focus will be some visual changes, which includes updates to the service’s icons, text styles, and the colors of the map itself. When can users expect to see these changes in place? A date isn’t provided, but it is worth mentioning the I/O event is coming up, and we may very well see it rolling out then."</p> <h3>Google Maps Update: The New Look of Maps</h3> There is excitement and anticipation from mobile users as to the specifics of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Google Maps update</span>. Chitu's screenshots give users a preview, but there is no substitute for the actual interface experience. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3244" alt="Google Maps Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update.jpg" width="580" height="388" /></a> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3245" alt="Google Maps Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update-2.jpg" width="580" height="435" /></a> · http://bit.ly/12V9B9D
    Google I/O 13 takes place this month in San Francisco, and all indications are that <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/general/google-maps-api-prices-adjusted/" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> will receive a substantial makeover. Many suspect this <strong>Google Maps update</strong> is aimed to make the service much more targeted toward mobile users. This promo for I/O session "Google Maps: Into the Future" definitely hints in that direction: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Google Maps and the Maps API enjoy huge popularity around the world. The Google Maps API is the most used API on the web. maps.google.com is the most used mapping site. Android and iOS SDKs are branching Maps out into new platforms. In this session, the Product Management Director of Google Maps (Ken Hoetmer) teams with the Product Manager for the Google Maps API and the lead Developer Advocate (Mano Marks) to walk you into the future of Google Maps."</p> <h2>Google Maps Update: The New Look of Google Maps Interface</h2> The complete list of changes that will occur in this <em>Google Maps update</em> is still a mystery, but a few industry analysts seem to have an inside track. Alex Chitu posted images as well as his thoughts about the <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-maps-interface.html" target="_blank">Google Maps Update</a> "The update will remove the sidebar and will display everything on top of the full-screen map. One of the new features lets you restrict local search results to places recommended by top reviews or your Google+ circles." Brittany Hillen has expanded on the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/google-maps-update-previewed-ahead-of-launch-07280956/" target="_blank">Google Maps update</a>, stating: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The updated user interface will eschew the traditional sidebar for a series of boxes above the map, which will fill the entire screen after the update if the screenshots are to be believed. The interface is called “more immersive,” and suggests that those on mobile devices will find that it works better than the interface that is currently in place. The moved sidebar won’t be the only change users see, however.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">According to the preview, the current interface is one that is focused on the navigational components of Maps, such as the sidebars and buttons and sliders. That design theory will change with the update, with the new redesigned interface instead featuring a focus on the map itself with the various elements building on top of it rather than taking up its valuable space.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Along with the design’s change in focus will be some visual changes, which includes updates to the service’s icons, text styles, and the colors of the map itself. When can users expect to see these changes in place? A date isn’t provided, but it is worth mentioning the I/O event is coming up, and we may very well see it rolling out then."</p> <h3>Google Maps Update: The New Look of Maps</h3> There is excitement and anticipation from mobile users as to the specifics of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Google Maps update</span>. Chitu's screenshots give users a preview, but there is no substitute for the actual interface experience. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3244" alt="Google Maps Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update.jpg" width="580" height="388" /></a> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3245" alt="Google Maps Update" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/google-maps-update-2.jpg" width="580" height="435" /></a> · http://bit.ly/12V9B9D
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    Online customer reviews posses a strong influence on potential brand customers. The internet is a hub of opinions. Embracing sources that share individual's thoughts about products and services can increase the perception of trustworthiness in a business. For many brands, there is no sales tool stronger than <a href="http://www.reviewleap.com/" target="_blank">positive online customer reviews</a>. This is specifically true of the hospitality industry. In their study "<a href="http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/pubs/reports/abstract-16421.html" target="_blank">The Impact of Social Media on Lodging Performance</a>", researchers at Cornell University recognized "one of the more intriguing aspects of social media is their potential to move markets by driving consumers’ purchasing patterns and influencing lodging performance." The online review study produced some interesting conclusions: <ol> <li>The percentage of consumers consulting reviews at TripAdvisor prior to booking a hotel room has steadily increased over time, as has the number of reviews they are reading prior to making their hotel choice.</li> <li>Transactional data from Travelocity illustrate that if a hotel increases its review scores by 1 point on a 5-point scale (e.g., from 3.3 to 4.3), the hotel can increase its price by 11.2% and still maintain the same occupancy or market share.</li> <li>Regression analysis finds that a 1% increase in a hotel’s online reputation score leads up to a 0.89% increase in price as measured by the hotel’s average daily rate (ADR).</li> <li>This 1% increase in reputation also leads to an occupancy increase of up to 0.54%.</li> <li>This 1% reputation improvement leads up to a 1.42% increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR).</li> </ol> <h2>TripAdvisor Review Express to Get More Traveler Reviews</h2> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/TripAdvisor-Review-Express.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3239" alt="TripAdvisor Review Express" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/TripAdvisor-Review-Express-300x140.jpg" width="300" height="140" /></a>In order to enable their partners success in collecting customer reviews,<strong> TripAdvisor Review Express</strong> service was launched today. According to their website "<a href=" http://www.mojocreator.com/marketing/tripadvisor-review-express/">TripAdvisor Review Express</a> is a free marketing tool that makes it easy to invite recent visitors to write a review on TripAdvisor. In just minutes, you can create and send a customized, professional-looking email to up to 1,000 recent guests." Features include customizable email templates, bulk uploads, and message translation in 21 different languages. TripAdvisor receives over 200 Million visitors each month, searching to find information about potential travel destinations. But the introduction of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/07/tripadvisor-review-express/" target="_blank">TripAdvisor Review Express</a> will just keep them ahead of the competition, according to Cathrine Shu at Techcrunch.com: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"TripAdvisor already has more than 100 million reviews on its sites, but it needs even more in order to continue competing against rivals like Yelp and Foursquare. Review Express, a service the travel Web site launched today, is meant to help TripAdvisor grow its roster of reviews by making it easy for venues to request them from customers."</p> <em>TripAdvisor Review Express</em> is not the only customer review tool is the company is implementing. According to Shu "Other features TripAdvisor has recently launched to bulk up its reviews include EasyToBook.com, which allows users to share travel reviews with friends, and the Rave Review widget, which allows site owners to display photos with positive reviews." <h3>TripAdvisor Review Express Video</h3> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6SMmH3eJ9EQ" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe> <h4>The Rewards of Online Customer Reviews</h4> The rewards of consumer feedback are significantly positive to all aspects of businesses. Online customer reviews will improve your company's reputation and increase sales. Addtionally, applied online feedback helps to improve operations, rectify shortcomings, and provide insight for delivering outstanding products and customer service. Today more than ever before, it’s essential to enable your customers to share opinions online. · http://bit.ly/12PSvKi
    Online customer reviews posses a strong influence on potential brand customers. The internet is a hub of opinions. Embracing sources that share individual's thoughts about products and services can increase the perception of trustworthiness in a business. For many brands, there is no sales tool stronger than <a href="http://www.reviewleap.com/" target="_blank">positive online customer reviews</a>. This is specifically true of the hospitality industry. In their study "<a href="http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/research/chr/pubs/reports/abstract-16421.html" target="_blank">The Impact of Social Media on Lodging Performance</a>", researchers at Cornell University recognized "one of the more intriguing aspects of social media is their potential to move markets by driving consumers’ purchasing patterns and influencing lodging performance." The online review study produced some interesting conclusions: <ol> <li>The percentage of consumers consulting reviews at TripAdvisor prior to booking a hotel room has steadily increased over time, as has the number of reviews they are reading prior to making their hotel choice.</li> <li>Transactional data from Travelocity illustrate that if a hotel increases its review scores by 1 point on a 5-point scale (e.g., from 3.3 to 4.3), the hotel can increase its price by 11.2% and still maintain the same occupancy or market share.</li> <li>Regression analysis finds that a 1% increase in a hotel’s online reputation score leads up to a 0.89% increase in price as measured by the hotel’s average daily rate (ADR).</li> <li>This 1% increase in reputation also leads to an occupancy increase of up to 0.54%.</li> <li>This 1% reputation improvement leads up to a 1.42% increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR).</li> </ol> <h2>TripAdvisor Review Express to Get More Traveler Reviews</h2> <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/TripAdvisor-Review-Express.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3239" alt="TripAdvisor Review Express" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/TripAdvisor-Review-Express-300x140.jpg" width="300" height="140" /></a>In order to enable their partners success in collecting customer reviews,<strong> TripAdvisor Review Express</strong> service was launched today. According to their website "<a href=" http://www.mojocreator.com/marketing/tripadvisor-review-express/">TripAdvisor Review Express</a> is a free marketing tool that makes it easy to invite recent visitors to write a review on TripAdvisor. In just minutes, you can create and send a customized, professional-looking email to up to 1,000 recent guests." Features include customizable email templates, bulk uploads, and message translation in 21 different languages. TripAdvisor receives over 200 Million visitors each month, searching to find information about potential travel destinations. But the introduction of <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/07/tripadvisor-review-express/" target="_blank">TripAdvisor Review Express</a> will just keep them ahead of the competition, according to Cathrine Shu at Techcrunch.com: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"TripAdvisor already has more than 100 million reviews on its sites, but it needs even more in order to continue competing against rivals like Yelp and Foursquare. Review Express, a service the travel Web site launched today, is meant to help TripAdvisor grow its roster of reviews by making it easy for venues to request them from customers."</p> <em>TripAdvisor Review Express</em> is not the only customer review tool is the company is implementing. According to Shu "Other features TripAdvisor has recently launched to bulk up its reviews include EasyToBook.com, which allows users to share travel reviews with friends, and the Rave Review widget, which allows site owners to display photos with positive reviews." <h3>TripAdvisor Review Express Video</h3> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6SMmH3eJ9EQ" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe> <h4>The Rewards of Online Customer Reviews</h4> The rewards of consumer feedback are significantly positive to all aspects of businesses. Online customer reviews will improve your company's reputation and increase sales. Addtionally, applied online feedback helps to improve operations, rectify shortcomings, and provide insight for delivering outstanding products and customer service. Today more than ever before, it’s essential to enable your customers to share opinions online. · http://bit.ly/12PSvKi
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    The importance of social media as well as recent Google algorithm updates have placed <strong>content marketing</strong> at the center of many brand campaigns. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/">Content marketing</a> is known by many names including branded content, custom media, and corporate journalism. It is simply a communication with customers and prospects without a sales pitch. The brand marketer provides information that makes the buyer more educated. As brands offer consistent valuable information to their target market, the ultimate reward is new customers with brand loyalty. A good piece of brand content intrigues and engages its audience. A great piece of content can go viral and be exposed much more widely than ever imagined. Lots of work goes into a content marketing for brands; hours of brainstorming, research and production are all required. Even after all this labor, content marketing success is unpredictable and difficult to achieve. <h2>Content Marketing: Mining Ideas From Social Networks</h2> With so much riding on each piece of content, marketers should seek any possible advantage to help content gain acceptance. With this in mind, Sujan Patel proposes an interesting idea: Why not survey your target market on social media for what information they feel would be most valuable to them? His <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/mining-your-social-networks-for-content-marketing-ideas/" target="_blank">content marketing</a> article in Search Engine Journal explores several strategies to cut back on total research time and increase the likelihood of success: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Here are a few different ways to do it…</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/content-marketing-cycle.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3232" alt="content marketing" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/content-marketing-cycle.jpg" width="300" height="303" /></a>Strategy #1 – Check your followers’ retweets</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Ideally, when creating content marketing pieces, your goal is to create materials that your followers will share with each other. This type of viral-style sharing increases the reach of your brand without requiring your direct involvement – giving you more bang for your marketing buck.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">So if you want to build the types of content that your social followers are most likely to share, the easiest place to start is to see what they’re already sharing!</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">To use this strategy, log in to your business’s Twitter account and navigate to the feed that displays the activity of the people who are currently following you. Scroll down the list and open the links of any blog articles or infographics that your followers have shared directly or retweeted.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Once you’ve opened up a handful of windows, make a note of the subject matter and type of content found at each link. Pay special attention to any trends that can be gleaned from this information. For example, if you see several articles on a single topic or find that your audience prefers sharing videos to text-based articles, use this information when it comes time to create your own content marketing campaign pieces.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Of course, depending on how diverse your follower base is, it’s possible that you won’t see any definitive trends in this information. If this winds up being the case for you, move on to the next social network mining strategy…</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;">Strategy #2 – Check with your industry’s authority figures</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Another way to use your social network’s activity to inform your content creation process is to pay attention to the posts from your industry’s authority figures that are gaining the most traction.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">To do this, you’ll need to start – obviously – by identifying your industry’s authority figures. Ideally, this won’t be the first time you do this, as forming relationships with these people can be a valuable way to grow and promote your website beyond simple data mining.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">However, if you don’t yet have a list of industry influencers, you can find them via Google searchers for keyword phrases like, “Top [industry] blog” or “Best [industry] bloggers.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Once you’ve found these people, take a look at their social media profiles, paying special attention to the relative amount of engagement each of their updates has received. For example, if you see that one tweet in particular from an industry authority figure has more replies, retweets and favorites than any other, it could be that the update struck a chord with his or her readers.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Carry out this same process on all of the major social networks, as the strength of an influencer’s following may vary by platform. Whether you find this information on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or Pinterest, the key is to look out for posts that stand out in terms of engagement. Identifying a few of these popular updates can give you insight into the topics that appeal most to your audience – paving the way for the creation of your own content pieces targeting these same ideas.</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;">Strategy #3 – Just ask</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">But while the idea of monitoring influencers’ activity has the potential to turn up some interesting content creation ideas, keep in mind that this strategy has one major weakness – it’s not tailored to your particular audience!</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sure, the odds are good that readers who were interested in a content piece on one particular topic will wind up engaged with future posts on this same subject. But at the same time, posting repeatedly about the same topic can lead to audience burnout and risks making you look like a copycat who’s ripping off better-known professionals.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">So what’s a content marketer to do? Well – for starters – why not ask your audience directly what they want to read about?</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">One of the easiest ways to drum up ideas for new content pieces is to simply ask your social followers what questions they have and what topics interest them. This can be done in a number of different ways, including:</p> <ul> <li>Posting broad queries to your social profiles, like “What’s your biggest [industry] question right now? Shoot me a message and I’ll cover it on my blog.”</li> <li>Sending direct messages to your most devoted social media followers asking if they have any future post requests.</li> <li>Creating polls featuring possible topic ideas and posting them to your social profiles.</li> <li>Offering an incentive or creating a giveaway contest for the social follower who gives you the best new blog post idea.</li> <li>Directing social media followers to a SurveyMonkey survey that asks them about their current needs and interests.</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Now, there are a few caveats you’ll want to keep in mind here…</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">First of all, while this strategy can be effective, it should be used in moderation. Asking your followers what they’d like you to cover on your website once a week runs the risk of making you look uneducated and uninformed about your audience. Really, if you can’t handle coming up with your own blog post topics on a regular basis, why should these readers trust the information you give out on your site?</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">In addition, it’s important to keep in mind that what people say they want and what they actually want are often two different things. It’s entirely possible that you’ll wind up soliciting ideas on your favorite social network, getting excited about a possible topic that arises and then find yourself facing crickets chirping when the actual piece goes live.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">For these reasons, it’s a good idea to use this strategy sparingly – no more than once per month. In the meantime, if you’re stumped for content marketing ideas, use the other strategies described above or more time-tested approaches (like researching industry trends or mining your website’s analytics account for information on your past top content pieces).</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Your social media accounts can be great sources of information on the types of content and the topics that are performing best with your audience members. Use this market research data to your advantage by making it a regular priority to engage with these followers and explore the content pieces they’re sharing – your own <span style="text-decoration: underline;">content marketing</span> efforts will thank you!"</p> <h3>Content Marketing Importance</h3> Consumers are becoming more adept at avoiding traditional marketing channels. DVRs allow for skipping TV commercials, radio markets are segmented by music services and iPods, and Internet PPC and banner ads are increasingly viewed as spam. The consumer is incredibly educated to the efforts to "sell' them. Successful <em>c · http://bit.ly/18Ngm0q
    The importance of social media as well as recent Google algorithm updates have placed <strong>content marketing</strong> at the center of many brand campaigns. <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/">Content marketing</a> is known by many names including branded content, custom media, and corporate journalism. It is simply a communication with customers and prospects without a sales pitch. The brand marketer provides information that makes the buyer more educated. As brands offer consistent valuable information to their target market, the ultimate reward is new customers with brand loyalty. A good piece of brand content intrigues and engages its audience. A great piece of content can go viral and be exposed much more widely than ever imagined. Lots of work goes into a content marketing for brands; hours of brainstorming, research and production are all required. Even after all this labor, content marketing success is unpredictable and difficult to achieve. <h2>Content Marketing: Mining Ideas From Social Networks</h2> With so much riding on each piece of content, marketers should seek any possible advantage to help content gain acceptance. With this in mind, Sujan Patel proposes an interesting idea: Why not survey your target market on social media for what information they feel would be most valuable to them? His <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/mining-your-social-networks-for-content-marketing-ideas/" target="_blank">content marketing</a> article in Search Engine Journal explores several strategies to cut back on total research time and increase the likelihood of success: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Here are a few different ways to do it…</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/content-marketing-cycle.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3232" alt="content marketing" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/content-marketing-cycle.jpg" width="300" height="303" /></a>Strategy #1 – Check your followers’ retweets</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Ideally, when creating content marketing pieces, your goal is to create materials that your followers will share with each other. This type of viral-style sharing increases the reach of your brand without requiring your direct involvement – giving you more bang for your marketing buck.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">So if you want to build the types of content that your social followers are most likely to share, the easiest place to start is to see what they’re already sharing!</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">To use this strategy, log in to your business’s Twitter account and navigate to the feed that displays the activity of the people who are currently following you. Scroll down the list and open the links of any blog articles or infographics that your followers have shared directly or retweeted.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Once you’ve opened up a handful of windows, make a note of the subject matter and type of content found at each link. Pay special attention to any trends that can be gleaned from this information. For example, if you see several articles on a single topic or find that your audience prefers sharing videos to text-based articles, use this information when it comes time to create your own content marketing campaign pieces.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Of course, depending on how diverse your follower base is, it’s possible that you won’t see any definitive trends in this information. If this winds up being the case for you, move on to the next social network mining strategy…</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;">Strategy #2 – Check with your industry’s authority figures</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Another way to use your social network’s activity to inform your content creation process is to pay attention to the posts from your industry’s authority figures that are gaining the most traction.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">To do this, you’ll need to start – obviously – by identifying your industry’s authority figures. Ideally, this won’t be the first time you do this, as forming relationships with these people can be a valuable way to grow and promote your website beyond simple data mining.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">However, if you don’t yet have a list of industry influencers, you can find them via Google searchers for keyword phrases like, “Top [industry] blog” or “Best [industry] bloggers.”</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Once you’ve found these people, take a look at their social media profiles, paying special attention to the relative amount of engagement each of their updates has received. For example, if you see that one tweet in particular from an industry authority figure has more replies, retweets and favorites than any other, it could be that the update struck a chord with his or her readers.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Carry out this same process on all of the major social networks, as the strength of an influencer’s following may vary by platform. Whether you find this information on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or Pinterest, the key is to look out for posts that stand out in terms of engagement. Identifying a few of these popular updates can give you insight into the topics that appeal most to your audience – paving the way for the creation of your own content pieces targeting these same ideas.</p> <h6 style="padding-left: 30px;">Strategy #3 – Just ask</h6> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">But while the idea of monitoring influencers’ activity has the potential to turn up some interesting content creation ideas, keep in mind that this strategy has one major weakness – it’s not tailored to your particular audience!</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Sure, the odds are good that readers who were interested in a content piece on one particular topic will wind up engaged with future posts on this same subject. But at the same time, posting repeatedly about the same topic can lead to audience burnout and risks making you look like a copycat who’s ripping off better-known professionals.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">So what’s a content marketer to do? Well – for starters – why not ask your audience directly what they want to read about?</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">One of the easiest ways to drum up ideas for new content pieces is to simply ask your social followers what questions they have and what topics interest them. This can be done in a number of different ways, including:</p> <ul> <li>Posting broad queries to your social profiles, like “What’s your biggest [industry] question right now? Shoot me a message and I’ll cover it on my blog.”</li> <li>Sending direct messages to your most devoted social media followers asking if they have any future post requests.</li> <li>Creating polls featuring possible topic ideas and posting them to your social profiles.</li> <li>Offering an incentive or creating a giveaway contest for the social follower who gives you the best new blog post idea.</li> <li>Directing social media followers to a SurveyMonkey survey that asks them about their current needs and interests.</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Now, there are a few caveats you’ll want to keep in mind here…</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">First of all, while this strategy can be effective, it should be used in moderation. Asking your followers what they’d like you to cover on your website once a week runs the risk of making you look uneducated and uninformed about your audience. Really, if you can’t handle coming up with your own blog post topics on a regular basis, why should these readers trust the information you give out on your site?</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">In addition, it’s important to keep in mind that what people say they want and what they actually want are often two different things. It’s entirely possible that you’ll wind up soliciting ideas on your favorite social network, getting excited about a possible topic that arises and then find yourself facing crickets chirping when the actual piece goes live.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">For these reasons, it’s a good idea to use this strategy sparingly – no more than once per month. In the meantime, if you’re stumped for content marketing ideas, use the other strategies described above or more time-tested approaches (like researching industry trends or mining your website’s analytics account for information on your past top content pieces).</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Your social media accounts can be great sources of information on the types of content and the topics that are performing best with your audience members. Use this market research data to your advantage by making it a regular priority to engage with these followers and explore the content pieces they’re sharing – your own <span style="text-decoration: underline;">content marketing</span> efforts will thank you!"</p> <h3>Content Marketing Importance</h3> Consumers are becoming more adept at avoiding traditional marketing channels. DVRs allow for skipping TV commercials, radio markets are segmented by music services and iPods, and Internet PPC and banner ads are increasingly viewed as spam. 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    <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/social-media-marketing/">Twitter</a> is an important tool every brand should use to build and engage their customer base. Due to the 140 character limit and specific <em>Twitter</em> terminology, many users create their own style of Twitter messages. This can lead to Tweets that lack grammar, and are confusing to the reader. As the platform grows, the need for rules of good <strong>Twitter grammar and usage</strong> increases as well. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Twitter-grammar-and-usage.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3222" alt="Twitter grammar and usage" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Twitter-grammar-and-usage-300x205.png" width="300" height="205" /></a>Twitter Grammar and Usage:13 Tips for Twitter Success</h2> Tim Chilcote at Ignite Social Media has produced a great article on <a href="http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/twitter-marketing/style-grammar-tips-tricks-best-practices-twitter/" target="_blank">Twitter grammar and usage</a>. His rules lay out a clear blueprint for brand marketers to follow when attempting to engage customers: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Whether you’re a major brand or an individual tweeting from a professional account—even if you just use Twitter in your personal life—the better your style, the more clearly your message will be received. Here are 13 tips to clean up your message and engage your audience:</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Compose Tweets with Care</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">My high school English teacher used to say, “If you’re counting the words you write, you’re not writing the words that count.” He never met Twitter. Now, not only do we count our words, we have to count our characters. Proofread your tweets, read them aloud when possible, and leave enough characters for an old-school “RT” retweet. Allow followers to amplify your message with minimal effort (see tip #3).</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Tweets Start with Words, not Periods</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Somewhere about halfway through Twitter’s young life, users wised up to the fact that not all their followers were seeing @ replies. As a workaround, people began adding periods to open a Tweet, so all their followers would see the message. Here’s the problem: more often than not, a period to open a tweet is a signal that the message is either going to be a snarky complaint or brag, neither of which is ideal. Instead of tacking a period to the beginning of your tweet, rearrange your message.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">3. The Real Limit is Less than 140 Characters</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The real limit is 140 minus “RT @YourName:” Give followers enough leftover characters (~20) for an old-school retweet. Heck, leave even more characters so people can add a comment. The more retweets, the more conversation, the more engagement. Again, make it easy for your followers to spread your message.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">4. Avoid Shorthand</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Social media is not a private instant messaging service. That means no LOL, RU, BRB, NP, etc. Shorthand or insider slang is acceptable in a one-on-one online conversation with a friend. But in a public forum, it can be off-putting. And if your tweet gets picked up and shared by a news organization, industry leader, or celebrity, you’d be better served to clearly spell out your meaning. I even prefer “HaHa” over “LOL” to “laugh” online. There’s nothing funny about ROFL.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">5. The Difference Between RT, MT, and a Native Retweet</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Call me old fashioned, but I prefer the old-school “RT” retweet.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Old-school retweets are still the most reliable method for notifying users since Twitter perceives them as @ tags. They are also good for adding comments. I only use the native retweet when character limits don’t leave enough space for an old-school retweet. The more recent adoption of “MT” (modified tweet) throws an additional wrench in the mix. I’m not a huge fan of the MT, which is now used to alert followers that the content of a retweet has been edited. Looking back to my teaching days, I’d suggest that the MT is only necessary if the meaning of the tweet has been fundamentally altered.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">6. Shorten URLs</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Shorten the links in your tweets using Bit.ly or Google Url Shortener. These shortening services will buy you characters (depending on the platform from which you’re tweeting) and help you track clicks. And even if you’re not tracking your links, at least you’ll look like you are. Think of each tweet as a mini job interview. Dress your tweets for the success they’re seeking.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">7. Tag Relevant Twitter Handles</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Whenever possible, tag people in your tweets, even if it’s a celebrity who is unlikely to engage. Tags help add context for your followers, tags show that you’ve composed your tweet with care, and tags are more likely to keep the conversation growing, right @JustinVerlander?</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">8. Avoid Connecting Third-Party Apps when Possible</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Third-party apps don’t play well across platforms. Of the red flags on Twitter, nothing is more glaring than a shortened link coming from Facebook. You might as well add a prefix to your link: DON’T CLICK ME. EVER.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">9. The @ Symbol is Silent</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The @ symbol is for replying and tagging only; it does not serve the dual purpose of replacing the word “at.”</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">10. Set off Links with the Appropriate Punctuation</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">There’s no perfect solution. A colon is probably the most grammatically correct, a simple period is probably the most visually appealing, and occasionally an em dash adds context. However you choose to set off your links, be consistent.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">11. Use Vertical Breaks and Brackets to Clarify and Include Notes for Readers</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Clarity is essential for engagement with a tweet. When you’re linking to a YouTube clip, make it clear to your followers that they’ll see a video when they click the link. This increases clicks and builds trust for future tweets. The best way to notify followers of your intention is to note the content source with a vertical break or brackets.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">12. Single Quotation Marks are Acceptable Replacements for Italics</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Since it’s not possible to add text formatting to<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Twitter</span>, single quotes are an acceptable substitution if you need to grammatically use italics to make your point.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">13. Oh, the Hashtag</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Research your hashtags to make sure they’re being used (unless you’re starting a tag or adding one for comedic effect), don’t overdo it, and use hashtags in-text when possible for smooth composition. If you need to add them to the end of a tweet, separate hashtags from your tweet with a vertical break to alert your followers that they can stop reading for meaning. And if you’re starting a new tag or adding one for comedic effect, be as original and memorable as possible without spending too many characters. #ThereWillBeATest"</p> <h3>Twitter Grammar and Usage in 140 Characters</h3> Additionally, Grammar Girl's Mignon Fogarty used 140 characters or less to provide her style guide to simple rules for <a href="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/twitter-style-guide.aspx" target="_blank">Twitter grammar and usage</a>: <ul> <li>Don't start posts with “I am.” You're answering the question, “What are you doing?” It's OK to answer with fragments in a conversation.</li> <li>Use proper capitalization. Typing in lowercase doesn't save characters; it's just lazy.</li> <li>Use proper basic punctuation. It helps people understand what you mean.</li> <li>Don't use abbreviations such as 4U and L8. They make you sound like a 12-year-old (which is bad, unless you actually are a 12-year-old).</li> <li>Use contractions whenever possible.</li> <li>Shorthand symbols such as &gt;, =, &amp;, and @ are allowed.</li> <li>Shortened word forms such as nite and thru are allowed.</li> <li>Use numerals, not words, for all numbers.</li> <li>Provide links and context whenever possible. Remember that many of your followers can't see what you are responding to.</li> <li>If you can't say it in 140 characters, reevaluate whether you should be posting it at Twitter.</li> </ul> · http://bit.ly/100cPLd
    <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/capabilities/marketing-technology/social-media-marketing/">Twitter</a> is an important tool every brand should use to build and engage their customer base. Due to the 140 character limit and specific <em>Twitter</em> terminology, many users create their own style of Twitter messages. This can lead to Tweets that lack grammar, and are confusing to the reader. As the platform grows, the need for rules of good <strong>Twitter grammar and usage</strong> increases as well. <h2><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Twitter-grammar-and-usage.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3222" alt="Twitter grammar and usage" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Twitter-grammar-and-usage-300x205.png" width="300" height="205" /></a>Twitter Grammar and Usage:13 Tips for Twitter Success</h2> Tim Chilcote at Ignite Social Media has produced a great article on <a href="http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/twitter-marketing/style-grammar-tips-tricks-best-practices-twitter/" target="_blank">Twitter grammar and usage</a>. His rules lay out a clear blueprint for brand marketers to follow when attempting to engage customers: <p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Whether you’re a major brand or an individual tweeting from a professional account—even if you just use Twitter in your personal life—the better your style, the more clearly your message will be received. Here are 13 tips to clean up your message and engage your audience:</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Compose Tweets with Care</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">My high school English teacher used to say, “If you’re counting the words you write, you’re not writing the words that count.” He never met Twitter. Now, not only do we count our words, we have to count our characters. Proofread your tweets, read them aloud when possible, and leave enough characters for an old-school “RT” retweet. Allow followers to amplify your message with minimal effort (see tip #3).</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">2. Tweets Start with Words, not Periods</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Somewhere about halfway through Twitter’s young life, users wised up to the fact that not all their followers were seeing @ replies. As a workaround, people began adding periods to open a Tweet, so all their followers would see the message. Here’s the problem: more often than not, a period to open a tweet is a signal that the message is either going to be a snarky complaint or brag, neither of which is ideal. Instead of tacking a period to the beginning of your tweet, rearrange your message.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">3. The Real Limit is Less than 140 Characters</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The real limit is 140 minus “RT @YourName:” Give followers enough leftover characters (~20) for an old-school retweet. Heck, leave even more characters so people can add a comment. The more retweets, the more conversation, the more engagement. Again, make it easy for your followers to spread your message.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">4. Avoid Shorthand</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Social media is not a private instant messaging service. That means no LOL, RU, BRB, NP, etc. Shorthand or insider slang is acceptable in a one-on-one online conversation with a friend. But in a public forum, it can be off-putting. And if your tweet gets picked up and shared by a news organization, industry leader, or celebrity, you’d be better served to clearly spell out your meaning. I even prefer “HaHa” over “LOL” to “laugh” online. There’s nothing funny about ROFL.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">5. The Difference Between RT, MT, and a Native Retweet</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Call me old fashioned, but I prefer the old-school “RT” retweet.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Old-school retweets are still the most reliable method for notifying users since Twitter perceives them as @ tags. They are also good for adding comments. I only use the native retweet when character limits don’t leave enough space for an old-school retweet. The more recent adoption of “MT” (modified tweet) throws an additional wrench in the mix. I’m not a huge fan of the MT, which is now used to alert followers that the content of a retweet has been edited. Looking back to my teaching days, I’d suggest that the MT is only necessary if the meaning of the tweet has been fundamentally altered.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">6. Shorten URLs</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Shorten the links in your tweets using Bit.ly or Google Url Shortener. These shortening services will buy you characters (depending on the platform from which you’re tweeting) and help you track clicks. And even if you’re not tracking your links, at least you’ll look like you are. Think of each tweet as a mini job interview. Dress your tweets for the success they’re seeking.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">7. Tag Relevant Twitter Handles</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Whenever possible, tag people in your tweets, even if it’s a celebrity who is unlikely to engage. Tags help add context for your followers, tags show that you’ve composed your tweet with care, and tags are more likely to keep the conversation growing, right @JustinVerlander?</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">8. Avoid Connecting Third-Party Apps when Possible</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Third-party apps don’t play well across platforms. Of the red flags on Twitter, nothing is more glaring than a shortened link coming from Facebook. You might as well add a prefix to your link: DON’T CLICK ME. EVER.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">9. The @ Symbol is Silent</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">The @ symbol is for replying and tagging only; it does not serve the dual purpose of replacing the word “at.”</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">10. Set off Links with the Appropriate Punctuation</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">There’s no perfect solution. A colon is probably the most grammatically correct, a simple period is probably the most visually appealing, and occasionally an em dash adds context. However you choose to set off your links, be consistent.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">11. Use Vertical Breaks and Brackets to Clarify and Include Notes for Readers</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Clarity is essential for engagement with a tweet. When you’re linking to a YouTube clip, make it clear to your followers that they’ll see a video when they click the link. This increases clicks and builds trust for future tweets. The best way to notify followers of your intention is to note the content source with a vertical break or brackets.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">12. Single Quotation Marks are Acceptable Replacements for Italics</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Since it’s not possible to add text formatting to<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Twitter</span>, single quotes are an acceptable substitution if you need to grammatically use italics to make your point.</p> <h4 style="padding-left: 30px;">13. Oh, the Hashtag</h4> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">Research your hashtags to make sure they’re being used (unless you’re starting a tag or adding one for comedic effect), don’t overdo it, and use hashtags in-text when possible for smooth composition. If you need to add them to the end of a tweet, separate hashtags from your tweet with a vertical break to alert your followers that they can stop reading for meaning. And if you’re starting a new tag or adding one for comedic effect, be as original and memorable as possible without spending too many characters. #ThereWillBeATest"</p> <h3>Twitter Grammar and Usage in 140 Characters</h3> Additionally, Grammar Girl's Mignon Fogarty used 140 characters or less to provide her style guide to simple rules for <a href="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/twitter-style-guide.aspx" target="_blank">Twitter grammar and usage</a>: <ul> <li>Don't start posts with “I am.” You're answering the question, “What are you doing?” It's OK to answer with fragments in a conversation.</li> <li>Use proper capitalization. Typing in lowercase doesn't save characters; it's just lazy.</li> <li>Use proper basic punctuation. It helps people understand what you mean.</li> <li>Don't use abbreviations such as 4U and L8. They make you sound like a 12-year-old (which is bad, unless you actually are a 12-year-old).</li> <li>Use contractions whenever possible.</li> <li>Shorthand symbols such as &gt;, =, &amp;, and @ are allowed.</li> <li>Shortened word forms such as nite and thru are allowed.</li> <li>Use numerals, not words, for all numbers.</li> <li>Provide links and context whenever possible. Remember that many of your followers can't see what you are responding to.</li> <li>If you can't say it in 140 characters, reevaluate whether you should be posting it at Twitter.</li> </ul> · http://bit.ly/100cPLd
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    In the battle for the most customers, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Fb</span> is king. Whilst each Twitter and Google Furthermore have been competing for second location, they nonetheless have however to arrive close to difficult Fb. The objective of these social platforms is not only gaining new customers, but attempts to maintain them engaged and active as nicely. The formerly recognized pattern of <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/smm/facebook-teen-demographics-dropping/">Fb Fatigue</a> appears to have disappeared as current research display that <strong>Fb active usage</strong> is booming. <h2>Fb Active Usage: International Internet Index</h2> International Internet Index launched their newest Stream Social report forВ Q1 2013 final 7 days. This report discusses some of essential developments in <a href="http://www.globalwebindex.net/Stream-Social" target="_blank">Fb active usage</a>: <p style="padding-left: 30px">"The most substantial developments are:</p> <ul style="padding-left: 60px"> <li>A increase in active engagement throughout all social platforms with Twitter the quickest expanding</li> <li>Nearby social platforms carry on their decline about the globe with the exception of China and Russia</li> <li>Mobile is taking part in a huge function in driving genuine-time active usage of social platforms in all marketplaces</li> <li>More mature web customers are also driving social platforms development globally</li> <li>Google+ remains the quantity two social system in the globe with 359 million month-to-month active customers</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px"><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Facebook-Active-Usage-Social-Platforms.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-3213" alt="Facebook Active Usage" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Facebook-Active-Usage-Social-Platforms.jpg" width="330" height="283"></a>Beginning with Fb, the world’s biggest social community has noticed its complete quantity of active customers (defined by these who have utilized or contributed to the services in the past thirty day period) improve by 35% in between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013. Twitter has noticed even quicker active user development, and at forty four% development in the exact same time period, is presently the quickest-expanding social system in the globe by active customers. Google+ continues to register powerful development as nicely with its active customers foundation expanding by 33% in between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">The driving forces powering these extraordinary performances – particularly fascinating offered the proof of “Facebook Fatigue” we discovered couple many years ago – are two important elements: mobile and more mature customers.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Mobile is by much the primary aspect, and because Q1 2011, the quantity of individuals accessibility the web by way of a mobile telephone has elevated by sixty.three% to 818.four million throughout the 31 GWI marketplaces.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Additional proof to assistance the reality that mobile is driving social can be discovered when we evaluate the active social system usage of iOS and Android customers to the typical. iOS and Android customers are considerably much more most likely to use Fb, Twitter and Google+ in contrast to the typical web user about the globe. For instance, iOS customers in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the US,and the Uk are almost twice as most likely to use Twitter in contrast to the typical and in Poland, they are 4 occasions much more most likely to use the micro-running a blog services.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">The influence of more mature user teams is much more restricted but nonetheless substantial. In between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013 Twitter’s quickest expanding age demographic was fifty five to sixty four yr olds, registering an improve in active customers of seventy nine%. Each Facebook’s and Google+’s quickest expanding age demographic was forty five to fifty four yr olds, expanding by forty six% and fifty six% respectively.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Importantly, these developments have elevated Facebook’s active user to accounts ratio to eighty two% whilst Twitter and Google+ see their active user ratios at sixty two% and sixty% respectively."</p> <h3>Fb Active Usage: Are Customers Truly Engaged?</h3> In accordance to Sharon Maclis, there may be some skewing of the <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/19856/facebooks_daily_users_may_not_all_be_engaging_daily" target="_blank">Fb active usage</a> figures: <p style="padding-left: 30px">"It turns out all these "every day" customers might not really be utilizing Fb each working day following all. In an amended submitting with the Safety and Trade Fee Wednesday, Fb admits that their information are skewed by mobile applications that frequently "verify in" -- whether or not or not the user has really engaged with Fb at all. Much more particularly:</p> <p style="padding-left: 60px">"Our metrics are also impacted by programs on particular mobile gadgets that immediately get in touch with our servers for normal updates with no user motion concerned, and this activity can trigger our method to count the user related with this kind of a gadget as an active user on the working day this kind of get in touch with occurs. We estimate that much less than five% of our estimated globally DAUs as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 resulted from this kind of automatic mobile activity, and that this kind of activity experienced a substantially smaller sized impact on our estimate of globally MAUs and mobile MAUs."</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">So essentially, you are a every day Fb user if you have a smartphone and established up a Fb application but didn't disable automatic track record activity, as lengthy as your telephone is on. Fb states that's only five% of their every day customers, but they do not say how they arrive up with that "much less than five%" determine."</p> · http://bit.ly/ZpIpPt
    In the battle for the most customers, <span style="text-decoration: underline">Fb</span> is king. Whilst each Twitter and Google Furthermore have been competing for second location, they nonetheless have however to arrive close to difficult Fb. The objective of these social platforms is not only gaining new customers, but attempts to maintain them engaged and active as nicely. The formerly recognized pattern of <a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/smm/facebook-teen-demographics-dropping/">Fb Fatigue</a> appears to have disappeared as current research display that <strong>Fb active usage</strong> is booming. <h2>Fb Active Usage: International Internet Index</h2> International Internet Index launched their newest Stream Social report forВ Q1 2013 final 7 days. This report discusses some of essential developments in <a href="http://www.globalwebindex.net/Stream-Social" target="_blank">Fb active usage</a>: <p style="padding-left: 30px">"The most substantial developments are:</p> <ul style="padding-left: 60px"> <li>A increase in active engagement throughout all social platforms with Twitter the quickest expanding</li> <li>Nearby social platforms carry on their decline about the globe with the exception of China and Russia</li> <li>Mobile is taking part in a huge function in driving genuine-time active usage of social platforms in all marketplaces</li> <li>More mature web customers are also driving social platforms development globally</li> <li>Google+ remains the quantity two social system in the globe with 359 million month-to-month active customers</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 30px"><a href="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Facebook-Active-Usage-Social-Platforms.jpg"><img class="alignright wp-image-3213" alt="Facebook Active Usage" src="http://www.mojocreator.com/wp-content/uploads/Facebook-Active-Usage-Social-Platforms.jpg" width="330" height="283"></a>Beginning with Fb, the world’s biggest social community has noticed its complete quantity of active customers (defined by these who have utilized or contributed to the services in the past thirty day period) improve by 35% in between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013. Twitter has noticed even quicker active user development, and at forty four% development in the exact same time period, is presently the quickest-expanding social system in the globe by active customers. Google+ continues to register powerful development as nicely with its active customers foundation expanding by 33% in between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">The driving forces powering these extraordinary performances – particularly fascinating offered the proof of “Facebook Fatigue” we discovered couple many years ago – are two important elements: mobile and more mature customers.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Mobile is by much the primary aspect, and because Q1 2011, the quantity of individuals accessibility the web by way of a mobile telephone has elevated by sixty.three% to 818.four million throughout the 31 GWI marketplaces.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Additional proof to assistance the reality that mobile is driving social can be discovered when we evaluate the active social system usage of iOS and Android customers to the typical. iOS and Android customers are considerably much more most likely to use Fb, Twitter and Google+ in contrast to the typical web user about the globe. For instance, iOS customers in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the US,and the Uk are almost twice as most likely to use Twitter in contrast to the typical and in Poland, they are 4 occasions much more most likely to use the micro-running a blog services.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">The influence of more mature user teams is much more restricted but nonetheless substantial. In between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013 Twitter’s quickest expanding age demographic was fifty five to sixty four yr olds, registering an improve in active customers of seventy nine%. Each Facebook’s and Google+’s quickest expanding age demographic was forty five to fifty four yr olds, expanding by forty six% and fifty six% respectively.</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">Importantly, these developments have elevated Facebook’s active user to accounts ratio to eighty two% whilst Twitter and Google+ see their active user ratios at sixty two% and sixty% respectively."</p> <h3>Fb Active Usage: Are Customers Truly Engaged?</h3> In accordance to Sharon Maclis, there may be some skewing of the <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/19856/facebooks_daily_users_may_not_all_be_engaging_daily" target="_blank">Fb active usage</a> figures: <p style="padding-left: 30px">"It turns out all these "every day" customers might not really be utilizing Fb each working day following all. In an amended submitting with the Safety and Trade Fee Wednesday, Fb admits that their information are skewed by mobile applications that frequently "verify in" -- whether or not or not the user has really engaged with Fb at all. Much more particularly:</p> <p style="padding-left: 60px">"Our metrics are also impacted by programs on particular mobile gadgets that immediately get in touch with our servers for normal updates with no user motion concerned, and this activity can trigger our method to count the user related with this kind of a gadget as an active user on the working day this kind of get in touch with occurs. We estimate that much less than five% of our estimated globally DAUs as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 resulted from this kind of automatic mobile activity, and that this kind of activity experienced a substantially smaller sized impact on our estimate of globally MAUs and mobile MAUs."</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px">So essentially, you are a every day Fb user if you have a smartphone and established up a Fb application but didn't disable automatic track record activity, as lengthy as your telephone is on. Fb states that's only five% of their every day customers, but they do not say how they arrive up with that "much less than five%" determine."</p> · http://bit.ly/ZpIpPt
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