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September 4th, 2009

What SEO is Not

There are many descriptions of search engine optimization (SEO), the benefits of SEO and why it is so important for a comprehensive online marketing strategy.  SEO is indeed very important, yet embellished descriptions may sometimes lead to unrealistic expectations of SEO.  To help give a more realistic understanding of SEO, we are providing a list [...]

August 28th

Where are the Moms?

This week’s blog is contributed by Stacy Smith, our Media Supervisor and self-proclaimed “Power Mom!”
According to eMarketer, there are an estimated 103.2 million women online this year:

This is a busy time of year indeed for moms.  (Not that any season isn’t busy when you’re a mom, but this is probably the busiest!)  We are gearing [...]

August 21st

“Not in my house!” Sports Ban Social Media

Football is in the air as NFL training camps are underway and the first college games are only a week or so away.  As a fan, receiving timely information about how a team and players are doing is kind of a big deal in anticipation of the new season.  Social media channels provide a means [...]

Take Professionals Help For effective Link Building

Search engines on the web rank various sites on the basis of its link popularity. It is important to have inbound links for increasing the popularity of the website. Therefore a website owner is required to pay a lot of attention on various aspects of link building.
There are several ways of link building techniques, though buy backlinks is quite lucrative. Buy Backlinks help your site climb up the ranking ladder on a search engine. It is the fastest and easiest manner to attain an effective link building. Here you buy the link for yourself on others website. And in return you either offer money or the link space on your website. One point that needs to be kept in mind though is that quality is always a better choice than quantity and therefore one must always prefer to link up with quality sites.

Link building is not an easy task, it is tedious, time consuming and difficult. For the purpose of buying quality backlinks, one may have people specially tasked to the work of looking for high quality websites. For this purpose it is advisable to go in for professional help. There are many link building service firms which are employed in this field of link building. They look at the specific aspects of a particular site and then provide services in order to help increase its linkage. In turn it’s PR lead to a higher search engine ranking and resultant increase in inbound traffic as well.

August 19th

Using Promotional Products To Market Your Business

Promotional products have long been used as a wise strategy to promote business and advertise ideas. But where do you go to buy these promotional items? You need a reputable company that offers a virtual limitless supply of items from which you can select and a quick turn around on those items. Specials, giveaways, and products that are environmentally friendly are a plus. Advertising customer testimonials is one way to ensure you are dealing with the right company.

Paragon Promotions offer all this and more. They offer over 20 product categories with nearly 250,000 products to chose from including everything from athletic apparel to yard accessories. They also offer 1 day rush service to meet your event date. In addition, they offer specials on nearly all of their products, and specialize in golfing products. They are members of the Promotional Products Association Industry (PPAI) which is the governing body of the industry. Total sales of this industry in 2007 was 19 Billion offline and nearly 3 Billion online.

They offer testimonials from some of the largest and most successful business' in the US including such prestigious firms as Allstate and CorpTax to name but two. Their promo resources include various branding tools for advertising products and offer the business owner a unique opportunity to reach a broader base of customers as well as targeting specific clientele. Their unique approach to custom apparel creates brand awareness and higher visibility. Promotional items have long been considered one of the best marketing tools designed to enhance business growth. So if you want to grow your business you should seriously consider using promotional products to do the work for you.

August 7th

A Round Up of Great Twitter Resources for Nonprofits

Twitter has become a great tool for businesses. More and more we hear of companies hiring Social Media Managers to implement and control their social media efforts, especially Twitter efforts. But what about Nonprofits? Nonprofits are typically not in a position to create new jobs for online efforts. How can a nonprofit utilize Twitter efficiently?

August 4th

What’s your preferred way to handle shortened links when Retweeting?

With the 140-character limit on Twitter, it's almost a requirement to use a link shortening service when sharing a link. Many of the sites offer users the ability to tracka link and view statistics on clicks and posts once it's shortened. How do you typically handle a shortened link when retweeting?

July 31st

Yahoo: Bing in a Purple Wrapper?

This week brought us a big news story in the online search world: Microsoft and Yahoo agreed to a 10-year search deal (pending approval). In case you missed it, here are some key takeaways from the announcement:

July 24th

Two Ways to Get More Out of Your Search Marketing Back to School Campaign

Back to School time has turned into a marketing bonanza for multiple industries now including retail, grocery, fast food, private education, and child care, just to name a few. Here at Web Ad.vantage, it may only be July but we are in the midst of ramping up our annual back-to-school marketing efforts for a few of our clients…which means ever-attentive focus on students, families, and moms, particularly busy working mothers.

July 21st

Marketing An Ecommerce Store

There are several ways to market an ecommerce store. One way, of course, is to use you own ideas to come up with marketing strategies and ploys for developing new customers. Very few of these home grown plans are ever successful. Another more innovative way to improve your customer base is to employ the services of a professional services company who knows all the ins and outs of a successful marketing plan.

When researching a company to employ an effective ecommerce strategy, one should be attuned to the company's years of hands on experience in business strategy, tactics , and execution and utilize the best practices to selecting ecommerce vendors , uses FCC proven tools and expertise to save you time and money. The company you select to develop your ecommerce software should have a large selection of events, articles, and research conferences scheduled and published. You can determine a lot by simply looking at what these conferences are about and where they are held.

One of the more successful software programs to promote more visits to your website is known as "Pay Per Click" (PPC). This program is one in which the business owner pays a site like Google for click-throughs to their site. The owner selects the most used keywords when someone is looking for a product or service. These keywords are then coded so that when they are clicked on the user is taken to the owners site. These campaigns are results-based so the owner is only charged for its' successes. The two most important aspects about a PPC campaign is the use of the correct keywords and the location (or page) where the user is taken when he/she clicks on a keyword. Although a PPC effort can prove very beneficial to any ecommerce owner, most owners do not have the time to keep up with all the marketing concerns and it is usually benificial to hire a professional to help.