http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com More Resources Brought to You by ContemporaryVA Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:13:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the New Year basically here, it's important that we stay on top of what the trends are in the New Year. The trends listed at Level Ten Designs include: Social fatigue Social shakedown Emphasis on ROI and metrics Mobile Boom Hyperlocal  … and more. The trends listed at Entrpereneur.com include: Potential new standards in SEO Lower priced pay per click ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/2010-internet-marketing-trends/ Some blogs (like this one) are primarily text and that's okay. But other bloggers may want to combine other media into their blogs and pictures are one way to do that. Unfortunately, copyright doesn't always allow bloggers to include pictures legally. (They do anyway, but that's a rant for another ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/want-to-make-your-blogs-more-interesting/   A friend of mine confessed to me lately that he has a love/hate relationship with Squidoo. He likes the idea of Squidoo – it's easy to build lots of lenses – but hates that the line is blurry between what he should post on his blog and what his lenses ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/squidoo-lens-ideas/   When I was in college, my dorm was somewhat notorious for the people who had lived there before. And each year, the group of freshmen (and freshwomen) who lived there were ushered into a hallowed closet and invited to write their names on the wall, joining the hundreds who had ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/leave-your-mark/   A business' customer base isn't static. Over time, that customer base will slowly decline. It doesn't matter if your business gives the world's greatest customer service, you will need to find new customers. Maybe some of your current customer base stops needing your product or they move to an area ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/a-study-in-getting-more-customers/   The other day a friend of mine called me up in a panic. His website had been advancing dramatically in PageRank and he was working hard to build it up. Then he checked at the beginning of December and noticed that his PageRank had dropped to zero. The phone call ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/4-myths-of-internet-marketing/   Google has a very innovative tool called the Wonder Wheel that you should take a look at if you haven't already.  Google Wonder Wheel is basically a simple mindmap that connects one keyword to related keywords that people are searching for. Here's how to find it:  Step 1. Search for something in ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/dont-wonder-wonder-wheel/ I was recently doing some search engine optimization for a client which included some articles with keywords included in them. I think keyword rich (NOT keyword stuffed) articles are a good marketing tool. Most of the articles went okay. Then I got to one article in which the keyphrase was ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/attack-of-the-long-tailed-monster/   You want a sticky website. The longer people are on your site, the better, and you can do things to help make it sticky. In the last blog I talked about minimizing (or at least being aware of) links that pointed people away from your website, and I also recommended ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/on-stickiness-part-ii/ If you run Google Analytics, one of the metrics you should pay attention to is "Average time on site". This metric indicates just how sticky your site is. The longer people are on your site, the stickier it is. The term "sticky" is a great term. Think of a sticky fly ... http://www.online-marketing-wizards.com/2009/12/on-stickiness-part-1/