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SOB Business Cafe 07-30-10

WuQV — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:17:20 CDT

Welcome to the SOB CafeWe offer the best in thinking — articles, books, podcasts, and videos about business online written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.The Specials this Week are Brian Solis A recent study conducted by Duke University and the American Marketing Association documented the rise of hiring,

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SEO Modifiers for Affiliate Marketing

SeoDesignSolutionsBlog — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:17:15 CDT

Below, we have identified an array of emotionally-charged, SEO tested search queries and modifiers (descriptive words used to clarify purchase intent) used by millions each month to find and purchase products.Consumers are Shopping Online, But Can They Find Your Offer?If you are an affiliate marketer looking for a direct line in to the psyche of the consumers you’re enticing to visit your l

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Race tech: Road Tubeless makes appearance at the Tour de France

CarPowerNews — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:15:25 CDT

Race tech: Road Tubeless makes appearance at the Tour de FranceRace tech: Road Tubeless makes appearance at the Tour de France is a post from: Tips, news and autopart reviews Tags: Appearance, tour de france Related posts Video: Pagani Zonda R official commercial MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition released Getting Your Man Back After a Breakup – Expert Advice to Make Him Love You Aga

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Totally Rockin Make Your Own Newspaper Thing

Dazzlindonna — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:12:08 CDT

Sure, that title isn’t the greatest, but it’s how I describe a site I just discovered because Gabriella (@seocopy) mentioned it on Twitter. Paper.li a site in which you simply give it a twitter name (yours is a good start) or a twitter list or a #tag, and it will create a newspaper page that’s updated every 24 hours based on whatever you entered. For example, I entered my own T

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Investment Attitude

Zacheos — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:08:12 CDT

We have all head the saying, “It takes money to make money.” In marking that could not be more accurate. If you refuse to spend on marketing, how do you expect your business to grow? I recommend that clients change their perception of marketing spending and think of it as investing rather than as spending. Investing in marketing is like putting money into a 401k for the company, it ma

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Facebook – Facebook Optimization – New SEO

Elmark — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:02:57 CDT

ShareFacebook changed the way people use the internet to post and share information. Today one in every 14 people on Earth use the social networking website. Today, there are 12 million users in India, 6 million users in Brazil and these numbers are going to grow much faster in the near future. Facebook gained about 100 million new users since February of this year and now made half a billion use

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Social Media Book List: Panel Discussion about Blogging & Social Media

WuQV — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:17:32 CDT

A Weekly Series by Teresa MorrowI'm Teresa Morrow, Founder of Key Business Partners, LLC and I work with authors to help manage their online book promotion. As part of my job I read a lot of books (and I love to read anyway!). I am here to offer a weekly post about one book author I am working with and one book I have put on my reading list. I am mixing things up for my weekly blog post at Succe

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Cool Tool Review: Zamzar

WuQV — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:17:24 CDT

Todd Hoskins chooses and uses tools and products that could belong in an entrepreneurial business toolkit. He’ll be checking out how useful they are to folks who would be their customers in a form that’s consistent and relevant.Cool Tool Review: ZamzarA Review by Todd Hoskins“When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a mon

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China National Bureau of Statistics and Sinotrust Jointly Release ‘2010 Q2 China Automotive Industry Climate Index’

CarPowerNews — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:15:35 CDT

Press Release Source: Sinotrust On Wednesday July 21, 2010, 8:00 am EDT BEIJING, July 21 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — China Economic Monitoring Center ofChina National Bureau of Statistics and Sinotrust International Information &Consulting (Beijing) jointly release the “2010 Q2 China Automotive IndustryClimate Index.” 1. The Comprehensive China Autom

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Great Example: Using An Interesting Story To Lead Into Your Point

Dazzlindonna — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:12:21 CDT

I occasionally like to point out the usefulness of telling a story to create interest, engage emotions, and make your point in a way that connects with your readers. I noticed a tweet today that led me to a blog post that does an excellent job of using a story to lead into the blogger’s message.Drupal 7, the cocoon and the butterfly by Dries Buytaert grabbed my attention immediately with t

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Publishing News: Press Releases vs. Blog Posts

AllAboutContent — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:08:41 CDT

Press releaseWith the rise of press release writer and paid submission to a variety of publishing sites. One conservative estimate listed a press release’s total publication cost to be in excess of $1,000. While this might seem like a high price to pay, press releases are also one of the most effective ways to get information to your readers.Using a Blog Post to Publish NewsWhile it may n

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Pay Per Call Advertising from Skype

Elmark — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:03:05 CDT

ShareSkype users are able to call, send text messages, or video chat with other Skype users for free. They are charged with a small rate if a user makes a call to land lines or mobile phone numbers from their computers. Skype is growing every day and has over half a billion registered users. Now, Skype introduces a new technique to add revenue with the new pay per call ad unit. This new type

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Search Engine Marketing Job Opening: Account Directors

BillHartzer — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:15:28 CDT

ICONSTAFF has openings for Account Directors. Account Directors are responsible for leading, managing, and leveraging a team of Account Managers and Supervisors to develop revenue and maximize profitability while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. In support of their clients and account teams, the Account Director develops key client relationships, develop and deliver marketing st

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The Newport Plain Talk – News Story

CarPowerNews — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:14:58 CDT

BULLS GAP-The largest crowd of the season packed the stands Saturday at Volunteer Speedway for Fan Appreciation Night sponsored by East Tennessee Masonry of Kingsport along with Putt-Putt Golf of Kingsport and Bristol, and with on-track activities allowing fans the opportunity to go d&

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A Quick Site Audit

Dazzlindonna — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:11:32 CDT

Two things converged today for me today. First, I found out that there is finally a pizza place that will deliver food to my area. Hooray! That’s a big deal, since no restaurants of any sort has done that in my small town before now. Second, I was looking at the websites of some of the sponsors of the FamousBloggers Comluv contest, and noticed that one was a Chinese takeout place that also

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A Syracuse Wiki?

ShankerBakshiDotCom — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:06:51 CDT

Some weeks ago, I was doing some research online and I happened upon the wiki page of a small town I’d never heard about in this state. It got me to thinking about my own home area and whether we had a wiki page or not. Turns out we did, but in my opinion it’s not very good. It looks nothing like a wiki page, based on what I saw on the other page and of course the big Wikipedia

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» 2011 Explorer is Ford’s New SUV InterpretationiVeho: I RIDE

CarPowerNews — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:15:42 CDT

In an effort to bring the SUV back toward center stage, Ford pulled the wraps off its fifth generation Explorer on Monday highlighting the reinvention of the product category. first introduced as a 1991 model, Explorer was a top-se

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Get paid for blogging with Smorty

MakeMoneyOnline — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:05:52 CDT

Are you willing to monetize your blog more and earn more money from it? Today I'm going to introduce blog advertising program Smorty, where you will be paid for whatever you have been doing so far i.e. blogging. With this kind of advertising program, advertisers will be able to get thousands of quality links from the blogs of their niche and thus will be able to bring lots of traffic as well as h

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Stop Being Overwhelmed, Directionless, Too Busy To Think

WuQV — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:17:38 CDT

Perceived Productivity Working with senior managers and social media practitioners I’m hearing on complaint all too frequently “I’m too busy to think.” It seems that just keeping up with what we need to do has become more than even deciding whether we should be doing it. Do you see the irony in that? It’s time to reset and start thinking again. We need time to deci

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Search Engine Optimization: Why Image Alt Tags are Important

BillHartzer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:16:02 CDT

This is only one SEO tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. All of my search engine optimization tips, like this one, are meant to be specific, they should not take too much time to implement, and are meant to be directly to the point. In fact, this search engine optimization tip is pretty simple, but may take a long time to complete: check the image

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BMW Headlights Make Your BMW Appear Unique

CarPowerNews — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:15:39 CDT

If you own a BMW and are sick of those dull-looking headlights attached to the front of your vehicle, then it is time you replace them with the newer ones for good. the chipped headlights &#

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Search Engine Marketing Job Opening: Advertising Inventory Analyst

BillHartzer — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:15:34 CDT

ICONSTAFF has an opening for a motivated, organized and energetic Advertising Inventory Analyst. The successful candidate must be smart, energetic, organized ad operations professional. S/he must possess excellent problem solving and analytical skills, be detail oriented, able to multitask in a fast paced and challenging work environment. S/He have to be good with numbers and calculations, have a

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Ford names key suppliers to Explorer SUV

CarPowerNews — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:15:13 CDT

DEARBORN, MICH. (July 22, 2:50 p.m. ET) — Ford Motor Co. is touting its upcoming Explorer sports utility vehicle not only for its performance on the road, but as a vehicle for economic recovery. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker invested $400 million and added 1,200 jobs at its Chicago assembly plant to make the SUV, which officially debuts on July 26. But in a July 22 news release, it n

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3 Secrets To Promote Your Blog Through Forums

MakeMoneyOnline — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:05:19 CDT

Forums are a great place where you can build a robust network of loyal community around you and your blog. If you are interested in what the forum is about, then you will surely find it fun. Recently, there has been an even bigger rage surrounding high page rank forums due to backlinks, which they can give bloggers – so here in this post I have given three forum secrets that will help you t

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Thanks to Week 248 SOBs

WuQV — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:17:42 CDT

Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Let me introduce the bloggerswho have earned this official badge of achievement, and the right to call themselves Successful Blog SOBs.I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs. They take the conversation to their readers,contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our bu

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Charles Barkley's Golf Swing | Peak Performance Golf Swing

CarPowerNews — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:15:36 CDT

The baseball swing vs golf swing article drew a lot of comments, agreeing with me that there are a lot of similarities between each. I was also happy to see so many references made to other sports also having swing motions similar to golf and references to players from those sports that excel in playing golf. Then there were a few comments and questions about Charles Barkley, one of basketball'

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My Adventures and Experiences So Far With Linux…

GarryConn — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:34 CDT

I have played around with Linux off and on over the last ten years. It sure has come a long way since then. About three years ago, I started fooling around a little bit with Ubuntu. But, nothing really came from that. Naturally, I defaulted back to Windows XP. But the problem I’m now having is that I purchased a MacBook Pro over a year ago and instantly feel in love with it. I forgot all ab

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Advice on Managing Your Google Reader RSS Feed Subscriptions

GarryConn — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:25 CDT

It’s been awhile since I last logged into Google Reader. Now, here’s the thing about Google Reader. I like it! I like it a lot. However, it can become very overwhelming if you have subscribed to a lot of feeds.RSS Feeds are like many things in life that you feel is important. Things that you say, “Oh, this is important to me, I need to save it for later.” Things like recei

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Top 20 WordPress Plugins to Supercharge Your Blog

seoptimise — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:05 CDT

Today I presented at the excellent BrightonSEO mini-conference. My talk looked at 20 WordPress plugins to supercharge your blog – here’s the slides, with links to each of the plugins below.Brighton SEO – 20 Top WordPress Plugins TweetmemeBlackbird PieBacktypeSu.prFlickrRSSAll In One SEOYet Another Related Posts PluginSEO Friendly ImagesRSS FooterRedirectionGoogle Sit

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The Local SEO Meetups List

LocalSeoGuide — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:17:01 CDT

David Vogelpohl has posted a great list of local seo meetups from all over the U.S on Marketing Pilgrim. If you are interested in getting together with other search engine geeks in your area, check it out.

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Search Engine Marketing Job Opening: Senior Account Manager

BillHartzer — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:15:00 CDT

ICONSTAFF has an opening for a hardworking professional to manage and successfully implement search engine marketing campaigns for their client's customer base. This person will lead a team to develop, implement, and analyze search engine marketing campaigns for these client's that drives business results.The specific duties include: * Understand the customer's product, markets, the competito

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Borla 140038 Borla Chevy Corvette Exhaust System

CarPowerNews — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:14:39 CDT

Why do I have to Click Add to Cart to see my Pricing?Borla Parts respects the wishes of Borla Performance Industries. Borla has Instituted a Minimum Advertised Price Policy (often called MAP) for all of their Borla Exhaust products. They have asked us to not advertise the DEEP discounts we offer on Borla. We’re not quite sure why either but hey, they asked – we listened.How can you se

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Oh Stop Being Such A FussyPants

Dazzlindonna — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:11:26 CDT

Stop Being Such a FussyPantsI don’t really know what a fussypants might be, but in my mind, you could substitute “stick in the mud”, “fuddy duddy”, or just “all work and no play” if that helps define what I mean. Sometimes, even on a serious blog, you can lighten up and have a little fun. Life, even our business lives, allows for some serious smiles and

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The Viral Redemption of Shirley Sherrod

Elmark — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:02:59 CDT

ShareFor those who follow political news online, this week has been a tornado of epic proportions for digital media. Shirley Sherrod, an official with the United States Department of Agriculture, was ignominiously dropped on Monday from her longstanding post after a controversial video circulated through popular social media channels. A snippet in Sherrod’s speech allegedly had her admitti

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Labour tries to 'flush out' Lib Dems over VAT

CarPowerNews — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:15:18 CDT

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More News related to Press Releases

CarPowerNews — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:15:16 CDT

July 14, 2010 3:05 PM EDTDatalogic Scanning is pleased to announce the world's first single plane scanner with imaging technology, the Magellan™ 3200VSi high performance omni-directional scanner.Eugene, OR USA (Vocus) July 14, 2010 — Datalogic Scanning is pleased to announce the world's first single plane scanner with imaging technology, the Magellan™ 3200VSi high performance omni-directio

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SMM Countdown – Audio And Visual Options

ShankerBakshiDotCom — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:06:46 CDT

Tomorrow I’ll be doing my workshop on social media marketing locally with my friend Renée Scherer of Presentations Plus. Once again, instead of talking about it, I’m going to link to yesterday’s post on LinkedIn, which will link to the previous day’s post, and I’m also going to link to my post from last week talking about the third phase of my social media marke

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Little Words Mean A Lot

Elmark — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:03:06 CDT

The developers at Smashing Magazine are versed in all programs and the transient dynamics of code. Nobody can keep up, and that’s just factual. We all know, however, that two sides exist to every coin, even the Canadian ones. As Niels Matthijs notes, developers can slip up and make errors. He feels that naming conventions and constructing better HTML templates will translate into better

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