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Dennis Yu: local online marketing, facebook advertising, internet guru Archives: March 2010

30 March 2010

Facebook Fans– concept being changed to “like”

Internal documents propose that users can become a fan by just clicking “like”, as opposed to “become a fan”.  Their documents, read them here, note that saying “like” is a light-weight method of…

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23 March 2010

Google Analytics in Korean– and a scary thought

Whoa, I just logged into my Google Analytics and see it in Korean.  I hadn’t changed my browser’s language settings, logged in as another user, or had dinner at my favorite Korean restaurant.

I have seen this kind of…

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20 March 2010

Ranking in Google News is easy– even for competitive terms

What’s the secret?  Just submit to about 20 free press release sites.  If you want to pay for PR Wire or PR Web, that’s fine.  Might save you some time. While it’s great to be able to rank for…

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16 March 2010

Why We Don’t Sell SEO Anymore

Last week, I was on a panel discussing SEO with Seth of Conductor, Chris of Bruce Clay, and Kevin Lee of DidIt. The audience was startups, and here were are, 4 of the top agencies in SEO, telling them about…

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15 March 2010

Giving Your Business A Reality Check

This is a guest post from David Kenward, the Mental Coach.  I’ve chatted with him a few times and see how his services can add amazing value to help folks perform under pressure, whether sports…

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14 March 2010

10 Commandments of Running an Ad Network

If you run an ad network, see how many of these 10 Commandments you actually deliver upon versus just say you do:

1.  Thou shalt deliver publishers better eCPM’s: Not the highest payouts, but just better than the competition. That…

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10 March 2010

Five Magic Words to Grow Your Online Marketing Agency

You don’t want or need to have every potential deal that’s out there. Be choosy. Would you rather have 40 clients that each pay you $1k a month in fees or 4 clients that each pay you $10k a month?

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7 March 2010

Amazon shuts down Colorado Affiliates

I got this note below, which shut down the BlitzLocal affiliate account on Amazon as of March 8th because of the new Colorado Affiliate Tax (HB 10-1193).  Read it below:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We…

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3 March 2010

Facebook and Omniture ink analytics and ad serving deal– problems lie ahead

Read the MediaPost article, hot off the presses.  Omniture (now owned by Adobe) will have the ability to buy ads via SearchCenter, their PPC management tool, by the end of 2010.  That’s over 3 years behind BlitzLocal– an eternity…

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