Have You Taken seoMoz’s Industry Survey Yet?

by Christy Correll on May 4, 2010 in Marketing
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Do it for love, or do it for the chance to win a shiny new toy — just do it!
I just took SeoMoz’s biennial search marketing industry survey and think you should, too. As Rand promised, it only took about 10 minutes. That said, it was surprisingly comprehensive given the lack of pain involved in [...]

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How to Make Author Comment Links Do-Follow in Wordpress Without Using a Plugin

by Christy Correll on May 3, 2010 in Wordpress Thesis Hacks
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Because you don’t need a plugin to remove one word of code for you
By default, Wordpress nofollows author comment links. For those of us who would like to reward our commenters with a little link love, there are plenty of plugins available that will remove the nofollow attribute from these links. However, you probably already [...]

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How to Get Two “Do-Follow” Links from LinkedIn in Under Five Minutes

by Christy Correll on April 29, 2010 in SEO
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In just a few minutes, you can gain two high-quality links from one of the web’s most popular social networking sites, LinkedIn. Not only do they offer great page authority, but they also pass link juice from your public profile. Here’s what to do:
1. Login to your LinkedIn account and select “Edit My Profile” from [...]

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How to Promote Your Facebook Page with the New “Text to Like” Feature … Even if You Aren’t in the Beta Program

by Christy Correll on April 28, 2010 in Marketing
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Facebook is encouraging select local businesses to promote their Facebook pages with the new “text to like” feature. As an incentive, Facebook is gifting these businesses with Facebook-branded window decals customized with the URL of each business’s Facebook page and instructions on how to “like” that particular message by sending an SMS. Social [...]

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Getting Comfy with Social Media

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These social media icon pillows from Craftsquatch on Etsy are the perfect gift for that person in your organization that doesn’t “believe” in social media or thinks it’s a fad. For less than twenty bucks, you can help them get comfy with social media.

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