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As 2009 winds to a close, we look to 2010 with antici…….pation and enthusiasm.  It’s a whole new year with a clean slate.  And with the new year comes a reflection on where we’ve been and where we’re going.  The web has changed drastically and that changes the way we, as internet marketers, do business.
2009 [...]

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All About You

by Michelle MacPhearson

This entry is part 7 of 23 in the series 31 Day Internet Marketing MakeoverWelcome to Day 7 of the Internet Marketing Makeover (#31DIMM for short)!
There are certain elements of a site that can inspire confidence in your site visitors.
Confidence that makes those visitors more likely to click you ads, buy your products or trust [...]

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As if to put a little exclamation point on Saturday’s post, “Twitter’s DOS Attack (And Why Social Media Sucks)” the URL shortening service Tr.im announced Sunday that they’re closing their doors.
We marketers use different methods to shorten URL’s, and for different reasons.
While on Twitter, we may shorten a long URL just so it doesn’t take [...]

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This week, Twitter was hammered by a DOS (denial of service) attack.  I have no idea what that means, other than it’s some kind of server attack that’ll make your site go down.
So as part of this attack, Twitter was down for some time.  If you could get on Twitter, tweets that seemed to go [...]

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Training on Internet Marketing Tools

by Michelle MacPhearson

As internet marketers we’re exposed to a lot of recommended internet marketing tools – some free, some paid, but all come with the promise that they’ll make up more productive. One can get overwhelmed just learning the tools without even getting into the actual business of internet marketing!
The tools below are indespensible to my [...]

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“OMG if I use social media I can go to all these awesome sites and tell people about my product/service/website? And then they’ll buy my stuff? That’s so neat!”
That’s the initial thought process when someone considers social media marketing.
And it’s dead wrong.
People aren’t on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube to BUY YOUR STUFF.  They might, [...]

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To celebrate the successful launch of Crowd Mountain, I’m announcing a new Twitter contest with some great prizes anyone can use and enjoy!  It’s super easy to enter:
HOW TO ENTER
1. Follow @MichelleM (that’s me) on Twitter
2. Tweet this to your friends: I just entered to win an Acer netbook – follow @MichelleM & retweet to [...]

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Something Went Tweep!

by Michelle MacPhearson

It pays to Tweet!
I released the link to a secret project on Twitter tonight.
Folks are downloading like mad already.
I hope you’re on Twitter (follow me @michellem) and you got the link!
   

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2009 Internet Marketing Predictions

by Michelle MacPhearson

While I can hardly believe it’s nearly 2009, I’m prepping for a fabulous year – and I hope you are too!
My plans have much to do with a few trends that I see as becoming even more prevalent in the coming year, and I wanted to share them with you.  So, with no further delay [...]

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