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Here are today's web marketing Tips for Business. There are 3 major points of visibility in search engine marketing today. Organic listings, Pay-Per-Click Advertising, and Local Map results or Google Places. If you have local business the 1st focus in search engine promotion is getting listed in Google, Bing, and Yahoo! local biz directories. The first focus in search engine promotion is

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Build a strong friends list or following on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn & always entice people to join your email list. Remember you don't own your friend's list on any of the social networks.  They could go out of business, start charging you for usage, or market to your list directly.  This is why it is important to create and market to your own email lists. (c)SEObytes

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I'm a Search Engine promotion specialist and It may sound ironic coming from me but - don't put all your online marketing efforts on Google. Diversify your online traffic. ©SEObytes Try not to take everything someone challenges you on a social media platform as a personal attack. We can learn from dissimilar views. ©Kamau's Qu!ps V3

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Sign up your Local Business for Google Places (Maps) because Android Phones (catching up to iPhones in Smart Phone usage) Have a 1-Click App to help local consumers find local businesses in nanoseconds.Google owns Android Phones and makes this a seamless process. If you sleep on this you're going to be Toast in Business Folks. ©SEObytes

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Many of us have heard the insights of Robert Kiyosaki on the value of assets and real estate. I've heard Mr. Kiyosaki talk about real estate and assets on TV. Plus I've read some of his books.I like Robert's take on assets and real estate. Kiyosaki contrasts a job and an asset.A job he claims is a place you go to - to work to make money. While on the flip side an asset is something that works

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Understanding how a web page is designed can help you greatly in developing "on the page" search engine optimization (SEO).Taking advantage of search engine promotion is smart and effective because 90% of your competition will be too lazy or skeptical to try it. SEObytes by KAThere are basically 2 strategies to Search Engine marketing: (1) Getting a high ranking on the map or organic listings; (2

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The ability for Google to compile data on Internet users from their searches, IP addresses, emails, blogs, and websites is both brilliant and scary at the same time. They gather a digital profile of Internet users via services like iGoogle, ISPs, gmail, Blogger, and Google Analytics respectively as we explained.The aggregate of all this information gives them a personal snap shot of your

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The reason web marketers have to seriously consider a synergistic relationship between search engine and social media promotion is because of web 3.0 evolution. There are 3 major developments that I can think of off the top of my head that make this move paramount.The 3 primary reasons search engines and social media are becoming concurrent concerns are:The development of personal searchThe

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There's an avoidable synergy between search & social media promotion. The search engines are including social media results in their listings in excellent positions on top of the SERPs.But the problem is blogs, tweets, postings and videos on the major social media sites aren't always quality content. All you have to do is read some of the posts and tweets on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn by

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1. Search Engine - Is a database of web sites that is ranked according to the computerized criteria called an algorithm. Search engine programmers (engineers) decide in advance what is the configuration of the algorithm.Various search engines determine ranking on their own different factors of importance or relevancy. For number of years the Google search engine has

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Facebook the Internet's most popular site in terms of both usage and stickiness is worth 11 Billion dollars. It is still privately owned but may be doing an IPO in the future. Very interesting story. Check in out in Facebook worth 11 BillionHere is an interesting article on status updates on FacebookNice article on writing press release headlinesHere's another on how to get free publicityIf you

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Last week many regular users of Twitter saw their Follower numbers plummet as the social networking site purged its services of people it considered spammers. This has been reported as a big clean up of accounts which are considered to be spammy by the popular web 2.0 service.I personally lost about 100 followers yesterday and was looking around at my tweets trying to figure out if I had written

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On Christmas and New Year's Eve Facebook beat Google in overall web traffic. Since Google is the most popular online destination because of the centrality of search in finding information on the Internet, this is an amazing development. In contrast Facebook has to be one of the most stickiest sites on the web. When I state sticky I mean the time a person spends on a site.When using search people

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Recently on Facebook many of my friends have been complaining about FB's new privacy rules. They are concerned because their posts to friends, associates, and family will be made available for the world to see.Of course there are ways a person can avoid this with privacy settings on Facebook. However, many people aren't aware of how much of the information they posted on Facebook and Twitter to

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Facebook is quickly becoming the most sticky social networking site. Stickiness is the ability for a website to keep visitors engaged on the site for an extended amount of time.In marketing you have to go where the customers are. Now a lot of people are spending time on the social media sites. Of course the two most popular are Facebook and Twitter. Social media can help a company brand itself

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Google's President Eric Schmidt, set off a fire storm of controversy when he referred to much of the Internet as being a "cesspool." He seemed to feel that much of the Internet was filled with unverified information.A big corporate brand endorsing other corporate brands. Sounds like more of the status quo to me. The following is one of his statements..."Brands are the solution, not the problem,"

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Key: FYI (For Your Info); KTS (Kick the Science)FYI - Google is on Target to do 20 Billion dollars in Sales this year. This is equal to the ad sales of NBC, ABC, CBS, & Fox combined.It's Official - Future Trends 4 Web Marketing 2010 will be Dec. 16th 2009, 9PM EST. RSVP @: The Search Engine and Social Media Webinar.Kick the Science ~ KTS . There are 6.7 Billion people in the world. Only 25% are

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We talked about strategy in our past posts. The strategy I suggested was developing a digital profile online.As we stated having a digital profile was having a presence on digital media like:(1) Your Website(2) Blogs & RSS feeds(3) eNewsletters(4) Autoresponders(5) Social Media Pages: FB, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.(6) YouTube Videos(7) Podcasts(8) Search Engines(9) Article Distribution Sites(10)

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In the past you had to be a techie or hire one to have a presence online. Geeks and techies tend to be less social.However, the tide has turned and very social persons can now survive and thrive online. All it takes is some know how and the willingness to develop your diversified and dynamic digital profile.Your digital profile comprises bits and bytes of digital media online which represents

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A lot of people talk about search engines, social media, blogging, online PR, and other forms of marketing like they are a strategy or goal unto themselves. But these are just means to achieve your business goals and strategies.What would happen if you built up a strong presence across the major social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, with thousands of contacts each. You then built

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Are You Ready to Jump Start Your Business Out of this Crappy Economy? The answer may not be in working harder.You instead want to work smarter with Web 3.0 marketing technologies. Don't let the tough economy crash your dreams of being financially independent.Given geo-targeting and worldwide social media technology capabilities small business has better opportunities now than ever before to reach

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This is a great article. It's nice to know people are building lucrative businesses with FB advertising which leverages their geo-targeting potential.I've used other free methods to tap into their geo-targeting technology and increase both my info-product sales and web marketing services.I do agree that FB is strong as a customer service application in that a lot of my clients like to reach out

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Many business persons are still not quite sure about how search engines can help their business. However, according to com.Score, a leading Internet statistic source -- there are over 113 Billion searches done a month online.For example there are only 6 Billion people on earth. There are over 14 Billion searches done in the US alone.Search engine usage has grown over 50% in the last year. But

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Every month there are over 113 Billion searches done online! We all use search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo!: to find Internet information. Did you ever wonder how they actually work?Discover the inner workings of search engines and Internet directories with this free video.Learn how search engines work. Discover the inner workings of search engines and Internet directories. If you are

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Social Media Sucks! According to leading Internet Marketing Guru John Reese. John Reese is known for being the first person in IM to sell 1 million dollars in 1 day from information products.John feels despite all the social marketing (SM) gurus selling us hype that: Social Media Is the most OVER Rated Marketing concept in the history of the planet! I feel social media marketing is S&M marketing.

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More and more people prefer to see their information with video online. Therefore we are changing with the times and creating more video content. The video below expands upon our concept of developing a digital profile.Check out this and other videos we have in our video channel.

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Kamau Austin Learn How a FREE listing in Google Local can increase Your Business or Life Coaching Practice 50% - 65%. This new video explains why you may be losing marketing your business to thousands of potential customers a month on Google. Best seen in HD on YouTube. Check this out...

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Despite constant analogies to the Great Depression, this stagnate economy does have some bright spots. Today's entrepreneur has tools at their fingers tips our ancestors never had like the Internet with Google Local and Social Media.We don't do our progenitors justice when we compare our times to the Great Depression. The Internet gives us both access to international markets and local consumers

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Is there Opportunity for Your Business Despite the Depression/Recession?Is there Opportunity for Your Business...Despite the Deep-Recession? I feel too many parallels are being drawn between our period and the Great Recession. I don't think we do our ancestors justice to compare our time periods.We have a lot of advantages our forebears didn't have. For instance the Internet gives us cheap

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Thank you my Facebook friends for Supporting the Search & Social Media 3.0 Seminar. Workshop or Webinar anyone? Let me know if anyone is interested in attending a fullblown workshop on the event.I will also be doing a webinar as well. Can anybody share any ideas on the best webinar software to use?Please let me know.

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Many businesses are beginning to tap the benefits of social media on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Some are networking successfully with local groups on these sophisticated website communication platforms. However, many overlook using the powerful promotional opportunities made available with the local map functions on both Google and Yahoo!Google is calling their local map

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Are you looking to increase your local business in this tough economy? You may be overlooking the latest and most effective GEO-Targeting marketing trends online.Learn to Get On Top of major search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo! Also Master Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other high traffic social media sites.Discover how to promote your business, church and nonprofit organization with new

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So what exactly is a digital profile? A digital profile, from a marketing stand point, is the overall online presence of your business or personal brand. As Google, the search engines, and marketing interests can track your personal preferences online, digital profiling will be something else which is a discussion for another day.It includes various and numerous places that your business or

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These days building your business online is more than just having a website. Your website might be thought of as more of a central focal point or epicenter of your online promotion.This may be more of the reality because you control your website. Therefore, you decide the focus and the purpose on your own website.But your website will only be successful in relation to other major websites,

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Check Out this Free Event On..."How to" Profit with Your Business Online from New Geo-Targeting Technologies from Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo!, and FaceBook.This is really timely information for local businesses. Me and my staff have used the insights in this seminar to drive thousands of local prospective customers for startup businesses in New York and New Jersey within a week of launch.Date:

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Hi SEP Blog visitors, this is the last in a series on dealing with business related stress with prayer and meditation. You may ask what is the difference between prayer and meditation? While I don't consider myself an expert or guru on either one of these subjects I will give you my 2 cents on the difference. Prayer could be described as communicating or talking with God. When we pray we tell God

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Hello search engine experts, I realize in an earlier blogI strayed from my usual business finance and onlinemarketing focus. Why did I write from an inspirationaland spiritual focus instead?The truth be told I did it for no other reason thanI was moved spiritually to do so. The spirit toldme someone needed to see what I was moved to write.Since I received a lot of thanks and positive feed backI

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I recently read in a business magazine 50% of allpurchases are first researched online. Did you alsoknow that 90% of website traffic is first driven tonew sites by the search engines.This means if you don't have a search engine plan foryour business you could be losing 50% of your business.Don't sit on the fence when it comes to using the powerof search engine promotion for your business.What

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In this series we have talked about the best places to get web traffic. We mentioned the number one way to get web traffic is on the search engines. We mentioned different forms of Search Engine Traffic and how you can choose between SEO, PPC, and learning it yourself.Today I want to share a little more about SEO.SEO stands for search engine optimization. It is a way of getting good rankings

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In a blog last week I talked about 7 effectiveways to increase your website traffic. I wantedto talk about the first type today: search enginetraffic.Search engines could be understood as the gatewayto the Internet. In technologically developedcountries the Internet has reached marketpenetration of about 50%.So right away if you have a business that is onthe Internet but not getting search

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All of us as entrepreneurs will have disappointments. We by definition run a business at a personal risk.In business we realize the 80/20 rule in many aspects of what we do. And we understand 20 percent of our effortswill yield 80% of our sales results.Just take it to heart that when you try something new to expand your business or get financing there is an 80% chance that you may fail.

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Why do business online if you aren't seen? Does yourproduct or service deserve to make a statement, builda brand, and make some sales?Of course they do, if not why would you invest yourtime into the hard work of developing a company? Ifyou have a valued product or service that deserves tomake a splash in the online marketplace you have to focuson promoting your company.Some of the best ways to

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I design search engine friendly websites as my mainbusiness. I had my picture on my site and received noquote inquires from non-blacks unless they were targetingthe African American market.I take my picture off my site and I get quotes from allpeople. People may buy ebooks from Willie Crawford andStephen Pierce but they have transcended race because whitegurus have given them the stamp of

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A recent person in a forum asked if one could really make money with Affiliate Programs. They seemed really demoralized with the whole process. The following is some of my experience with Affiliate programs.I can feel this writer's pain. I have been there done that.I consider myself a fairly intelligent person who for yearstried everything to get some affiliate sales. I began tofeel the

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Someone asked the following question:Question Do You Need a Website to Make 6 Figures Online?My Answer Below:These days you lose creditability if youdon't have a website. People don't thinkyou are current.There are online marketers who make 6 figureswithout their websites being the main marketingchannel. But they have websites if for nothingmore than informational purposes.A website is

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Many people are complaining about their decrease in Adsense Revenue.My rankings have also gone up in the search engines. My traffic has gone up but my earnings have gone down 50%. I have hundreds of pages of well written and edited content. Google is probably keeping more profit to themselves now. But the real problem is we don't know. Every thing is cloaked in secrecy with Google. Its one

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Recently someone asked about how I deal with theisolation of running an Internet business.These are just some of the things that you can do to havethe human connection.Here are some things to do to change this situation.(1) Join the Chamber of Commerce, Business groups, and goto the events of these groups.(2) Build a team. As you business grows you will have ateam to partner with.a. Outsource

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Article Marketing can be an excellent way to position your business as an industry news source or leader.We have mentioned in the past the importance ofArticle marketing in search engine promotion.Articles provides more content for the search enginesto spider. Further provides more places on the SEswhere your content can appear by leveraging viralwebsite visibility, blog and RSS syndication,

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This may sound like a confusing question becausemost people confuse the web with the Internet andvise versa. You may be thinking ecommerce ispowered by the web. This is not necessarilytrue.On the web you could be competing againstmillions or tens of millions of other sites.Unless you are real good at search enginepromotion, content marketing, co-reg leads, Blogsand RSS, and Web 2.0 social

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My background is in ad sales. And most traditionaladvertisers buy on a cost per thousand basis or CPM (M isRoman numeral for a thousand).Most corporate advertisers try to pay in the range of 5$ to$15 for general market advertising. But corporateadvertisers want you to have a lot of traffic, readers,listeners, and viewers depending on the media. Plus theymay ask for you to be an audited

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There is a lot of truth to the fact that a lot of money canbe made offline. When I first started off in Internetmarketing I tried all the regular things taught.I have made money doing Adsense, Affiliate programs, andnow my own products. I even have an Amazon best sellingbook for search engine optimization books.However, I got a business coach who built a multimilliondollar business to work with

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Many people use online articles as a way to drive website traffic. Articles not only help establish you as an expert but can help you with SEO as well. Lets take a look at some quick tips.1. It is not that you just write good articles but the distribution of the articles are just as important. Do (a) www.ezinearticles.com; (b) www.goarticles.com; and (c) www.ideamarketers. There are at least 4

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One of my favorite net traffic gurus John Reese has come out with what I think is -- a great idea. He has come out with a traffic exchange program for bloggers.Bloggers can use as much traffic as possible these days with so much competition. Reese's new program is called Blog Rush.Blog Rush seems to be very promising. It has the setup similar to banner exchanges but since Blogs and RSS are more

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We have come a long way in just a couple of years in search engine promotion. Search engines were once the best from of qualified high traffic online.However depending upon your industry there are numerous ways to generate plenty of site visitors to your website today. Search engine promotion is not just about Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask.com, and AOL anymore.Just as important are search engines

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Review by Stephanie McIntyre for Search Biz Buzz I eagerly anticipated the arrival of the Butterfly Marketing Manuscript by Mike Filsaime, since I had decided almost half a year earlier to pass on getting a copy of the complete Butterfly Marketing System. The complete system was a bit too pricey for me at a cost of $1,497.00. At a price of $97.00 the manuscript was more in line with my

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One of my sites was suffering from real low rankings. It seemed to have fallen out of the Google database all together. The only way to get to the site was to put in the domain name into the Google Toolbar or search box. What was ironic, because this site was always one of my best performing sites in Google.I couldn't figure out what went wrong. I scanned the site constantly looking for problems

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Today I got a pleasant surprise. One of Google's CPA (Cost Per Action) ads or Referral ads finally got a click and sign up! Is this the sign of things to come? I hope so!

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Google's Recent Referral Advertising AKA CPA (Cost Per Action) ads are hoping to raise the bar for both advertisers and publishers. It pays publishers a commission when people take an action like -- filling out a form or buying something. The commissions are usually much higher than what a publisher would make with hosting just pay-per-click ads. In theory it also hopes to help some

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This post is long overdue. However I am fighting cancer and after 2 major surgeries, 1 exploratory surgery and 9 weeks of chemotherapy I am just beginning to get back enough strength and time to continue this blog. I am fortuneate enough to still be alive and kicking.So let me jump back into the SEO/SEM field...It seems there is a lot new in online marketing going on. Especially in the fields of

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2006CONTACT:Kamau Austin973-655-8866Kamau@SearchEnginePlan.comBlack Parents and Autistic Daughter Make Fortune OnlineMontclair NJ - Just 5 years ago Kamau Austin was too poor to afford a computer. Today Austin is being featured in the September issue of Fortune Magazine Small Business as one of the few Black American experts on marketing on Google and other

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By Kamau Austin, Stay-at-Home Dad and Searchpreneur©In my last series of articles on "Prosper with Virtual Real Estate and Digital Assets - Parts 1, 2, and 3 I defined virtual real estate and digital assets. We explored virtual real estate (VRE) sites as sites primarily embedded with Google Adsense™ or Yahoo Publisher's Network (YPN) ads. The purpose of these sites is to be monetized with PPC

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Prosper with Virtual Real Estate and Digital Assets – Part 3.By Kamau Austin, Stay-at-Home Dad and Searchpreneur©In the first two articles in this series I explored the rise of the virtual real estate (VRE) industry. I also wrote about how promising this industry is and the major players like Google and the Yahoo Publisher’s Network (YPN). Then I showed that Google is trying to stem the tide of

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By Kamau Austin, Stay-at-Home Dad and Searchpreneur©In the first article part of this article we described the burgeoning virtual real estate market (VRE). We explained that this industry was spring-boarded by Google’s business strategy to allow website owners (resellers) to get a cut of the commissions from pay-per-click (PPC) ads displayed on their sites. This program is known as Google Adsense

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Virtual real estate or a VRE site is a term coined by the online sales success John Reese. John Reese is also known for his legendary 1 million dollar sales day selling his traffic secrets course. He also covers industries with promising virtual real estate potential in his monthly membership site The Reese Report. You can check out my review of the Reese Report.VRE sites according to Reese are a

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By Kamau Austin, Stay-at-Home Dad and SearchpreneurA growing but underground movement is quickly gaining steam online. Others outside the Internet world may be taken off guard by this expanding industry.Since the dot.com boom and later bust many people outside the Internet marketing world haven't taken the net as a realistic path to riches. Almost a billion people around the world use the net

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Every one is talking about making money with Google Adsense. People seem crazy with the prospects of making passive income in virtual real estate. However to make any money in Adsense, affiliate programs, ecommerce or any business online you need traffic.Search engines are one of the best ways to get traffic. And there are two ways to market on the search engines: (1) Peak results and (2) Deep

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Please forgive me for not blogging since April. However I have been working on one of the most in-depth free eCourses on search engines, blogs, RSS and Online PR.The course should be ready in about a week. I will be notifying all my email subscribers and posting more about it here soon.

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By S. HousleyAnti-Google sentiment is on the rise. Web pundits havetossed around monopoly theories and privacy advocates havewarned of a day of reckoning. While Google has made friendson Wallstreet, it has disappointed the technical evangelistswho were once its fiercest followers. Google has grown intoa big scary company and web watchers are expressing theirconcerns about the information Google

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In our earlier posts we talked about the great promotional relationship between search engines and real estate. We suggested that savvy marketers or creative sellers of real estate could use search engine marketing to bypass the middle man real estate broker.We suggested that some home owners could acquire the services of search engine marketers or search engine optimizers to sell their real

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In the last 5 posts we suggested that savvy Internet marketers might get involved in the lucrative online real estate market to build viable local search engine driven businesses. We explained the growth of the FSBO market and the web empowering home owners to sell their real estate without real estate brokers.Today we delve further into the amazing opportunities available in the online real

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In our 3 previous posts we discussed the good marriage between search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing real estate online using for sale by owner (FSBO) listings. In this posting we quickly explore how effective marketing real estate can be on the search engines.Here are some tips on selling your property.Putting your property on the market is important, but it is even more important to

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The Internet has made the real estate boom possible. You can book and buy property from anywhere in the world in any corner of the world. If you are sitting in New York, the Internet makes it possible for you to view, price, bid, and buy property in Florida.With the Internet, you can access hundreds of sites featuring homes of all shapes and sizes, budgets, locations, and custom features.

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In our last post we suggested that savvy search engine marketers look past selling inexpensive eBooks in view of selling more expensive items like real estate online. Obviously real estate is a high ticket item that lends itself to online promotion. This is because of some of the following issues. Have you ever felt your ideal home purchase was hassled or made more difficult by real estate

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By Kamau Austin, Searchpreneur Does the mention of real estate immediately conjure images of fast-talking, slick, and not-entirely-reliable real estate brokers in you mind? Do some realtors even seem to actually show off their gift of gab at the expense of selling your property.While some real estate brokers are very professional and helpful their fees alone can discourage you from wanting to

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The Internet has emerged as one of the fastest growing marketplaces today. Thus, it has become imperative for even brick and mortar enterprises to have a presence on the Web.Optimizing search engines is the key to success on the Web because most people use search engines like Google and Yahoo! to find online goods and services. For example Google which accounts for about 47% of search engine

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In our 5 prior posts we explored the diversification of various forms of information online. People searching for information may not want to be deluged with shopping information and vice versa.Therefore search engines are diversifying into different search functions specializing in finding different types of information. Froogle is a shopping search engine and so is Amazon's A9. Google and

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Last post we explored diversification in search engine marketing and its potential to impact your business. We also mentioned how auction sites, a cornerstone of ecommerce, are developing sophisticated search functionality.In short, eBay auction site search functionality is an important tool to do online marketing research. We will delve deeper into this factor today in this post. Anything

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In our previous posts we explained how search engines are diversifying. Therefore, we strongly suggested that you diversify your SEO efforts accordingly. In this post we will briefly reveal the advantages to specialized shopping search engines. Even auctions sites are developing advanced search engine functionality that is invaluable as both a research and promotional tool.Another advantage is

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In our first post we wrote about why search engines are diversifying. In our 2nd post we begin to share why diversifying your search engine strategy is the right move.Webmasters need to realize the potential of shopping search engines to optimize online sales. For one, the interface of this kind of search engine is very different from the traditional ones; they sort goods by categories. For

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Search engines have become a fact of life on the internet. Most internet users continually turn to big search engine sites like Yahoo!, Google, MSN, and Ask Jeeves not only to search general topics, but to fulfill their shopping needs. It seems like a natural place for marketing but competing for space on these big search engines can be tough. Many Webmasters have jumped on the search engine

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I have found it surprising that only about 11% of search engine marketing dollars are spent on search engine optimization (SEO). About 83% is spent on pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns. The balance is spent on things like Pay-Per-Inclusion programs.This information is very revealing and is explored and opined about by SEO writer Stoney deGeyter of www.SearchEngineGuide.com . He discusses why more

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By Kamau AustinIn our first part of this article, we raised the question of whether blogging and its distribution tool, RSS feeds, are really useful for Internet and Search Engine Promotion. Are RSS feeds and blogs really the next big thing in web marketing, distribution, and content creation—or are they just hype?There is a lot of hype around RSS, blogs, and derivative technologies like

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It is the story of urban legends. Internet postage for email. There have been stories like this for a long time on the Internet without any merit. However, a new report by the New York Times claims that Yahoo!, AOL, and perhaps MSN will soon charge postage to businesses that send email.The rationale for such behavior is to stamp out spam. The real motive is to create a new income source in my

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I read and excellent article on receiving extra services from your Search Engine professional. As a search engine professional that has many years in advertising, sales, PR, marketing, writing, and technology I think this is probably the future of search marketing.In an Information economy search engines are more and more becoming the way to navigate the great store houses of data and

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A very informative article has surfaced from web analytic ASP Web Side Story. It shows traffic driven from search engines is almost double the sales conversion rate than other forms of Internet promotion.In other words, people driven to sites from search engines are twice as likely to buy on a website. The only traffic the produced more conversions was bookmarks or direct domain requests from

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This is a great article by one of my favorite SEO writer Jennifer Laycock on: Building Links with Relationships

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How your pages ranking in the search engines impacts your sales conversion rates. This point is made very lucidly in this DM News article. Click here to read the article: How Your Search Engine Ranking Effects Your Sales Conversions

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Did you know commericals in the superbowl causes keyword spikes for brands on the search engines? An eye opening article I suggest your read makes this abundantly clear.This shows how TV, and other forms of traditional media can have a benefical synergistic relationship with the Internet. Read the article at: The Superbowl and Search Engine Traffic

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It was announced today that a brand-new publication -- “Search Marketing Standard” -- has been launched to cover the search industry. This magazine will be the first and only periodical completely devoted to the world of search marketing.New York City, New York, January 26, 2006 -- It was announced today that a brand-new publication -- “Search Marketing Standard” -- has been launched to cover the

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The company I love to hate Google is receiving much negative press about the release of its video product. I guess a lot of people are getting a jump start into video. People seem to be complaining that too many novices to video production are stinking up the new Google Video search engine's results.A recent article by a writer in the New York Times stating that both "trash and treasure" were

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This is the opinion of well respected Internet usability expert Dr. Jakob Nielsen. I find it amusing that someone who is an insider of the web digerati is making a critical comment about some main fixtures on the Internet -- the search engines.While I disagree with at least 50% or what I read from Mr. Nielsen in the past, He is usually worth reading. This is such a maverick position in contrast

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I have been directed to a good resource to check your efforts for search engine optimization. This uses many of the tactics of successful SEOs. This page is an excellent resource and It can be found at: Google Checklist

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Matt Cutts, Google's quality control enginner gives an inside take on how retrieves and ranks pages. You can read the articles at these links: Matt Cutts Article and Google's Explanation of PigeonRank

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Teens hate email, love instant message; favor Google and the majority feel they have a direct influence over the family's buying cycle for travel and consumer goods...a recent focus group uncovers what this means to advertisers."A Couple of Chicks" invited 125 High School Hospitality Tourism Students to be part of a focus group on Search Engines, Communication trends and Travel. Watching my own

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One of my favorite copywriters Karen Thackston writes an article on SEO copywriting. If you are unsure on how to edit you web site in a way that both provides valuable content to you site visitor, gets them to take action, and also gets good ranking in Google this Article will steer you in the right direction

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Search engine marketing is constantly evolving. The algorithms, techniques, tactics, and strategies of search engine marketing are constantly changing.Through into the mix things like blogs, RSS, shopping search engines, book search engines and you get a search marketing industry and skill far more comprehensive than two or three years ago. A great article I just read that covers the future of

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Marketing Rampage with Blogs and RSS written by Brandon HongReview by Kamau AustinAre blogs and RSS indispensable for your web publishing going forward? If blogs and RSS feeds live up to the marketing hype Brandon Hong has created a must have multimedia publication.After extensive observation and testing (with information gleaned from Brandon’s multimedia ebook) I am now finally convinced blogs

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Independent search engine & directory network gains international representation with member signups from more than 16 countries.Winnipeg, MB , November 15, 2005 -- The Independent Search Engine & Directory Network(ISEDN.org) founded by ExactSeek.com in late June, 2005 continues to sign up new members at the impressive rate of 5 to 6 members per week, surpassing the 100 member mark just several

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As reported last week Blogs and RSS Feeds aren't just tools that let you express yourself or position yourself as an opinionated personality in your market niche. Blogs and RSS help you position yourself as an aide and guide to search engine traffic.Blogs and RSS help you build wider and deeper content to win the search engine lottery. They give you the ability to have more tickets in the

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