Have you ever been "burned" by an eBook? Are you jaded by FREE reports that provide little more than statistics and a call to action from another firm that promises "top placement in Google FAST!" The market for eBooks is so cluttered with lead gen tools that when a thought provoking piece enters the market, I think it deserves a pat on the back. "Sticky SEO" by David Leonhart - President of The Happy Guy Marketing - introduces everyone to the ...
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Today. Is. Election Day. Because no one has told you yet... get out there and VOTE! Now that I have encouraged you to stand in line at the polls, I guess I too need to step away from my desk and do my civic duty. Before I logout for the day and go stand in line with countless others getting their vote on, I thought it'd be nice to recap how the candidates used internet marketing in their campaigns. I wasn't THE ...
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So, I will easily admit I am a MySpace, Facebook, and "About" page stalker. I use the first 2 to keep up with friends and former acquaintances and acquaintances of acquaintances that I don't actually talk to on a regular basis. Yes, I want to know if you broke up with your girlfriend or boyfriend. And yes, I want to see if the girl I knew in high school is now fat. I know, I know, it's such ...
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SEOmoz used the stage set by day one of SMX East to announce two huge developments for internet marketers. Both developments will make assembling quality data easier for internet marketers. How you use the information you are given is 100% up to you. SEOmoz Indexes The Web Sorry, Mr. Gore... you could only hold them off for so long. SEOmoz discovered tons of cool information while indexing the web. Here are some of my favorites: 42% of all links are external (pointing off ...
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I am pleased to be here writing my first 'official' ProspectMX blog post on a subject that I truly love - Twitter! If you're not quite sure what I'm talking about, maybe we should start with a brief explanation. Twitter is a 'Micro-Blogging' / Social Media, kinda thing. You can follow people that interest you... and "Tweeple" can follow you. I know that's a pretty basic explanation... but I have lots to cover so moving along.  I've been using Twitter since March ...
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Whether or not everyone understands how it works, internet marketing produces results for its adopters. Its hard to argue against fully utilizing a medium when 80% of your target market uses it for initial research, right? To help share our knowledge with everyone interested in doing Lancaster internet marketing, Dave Conklin of ProspectMX is taking his wealth of internet marketing know-how on the road and passing along "secrets of success" to local business owners. In a combined effort with the Lancaster Chamber ...
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Quite frankly, I am getting more and more irritated with the fact that there are web design companies that claim they do Lancaster internet marketing, or "SEO". In reality, when you look at many of their websites, you'll find that what they do is nothing more than link exchanges, and they are typically outsourcing those services, which means that their customers are getting charged more than they need to be. Don't Get Ripped Off! So, here's my recommendation. A few months ...
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