Monthly Archives: September 2009

Success Starts with the Relationship

Over the last few days I was speaking with several colleagues how one would go about building a successful enterprise or achieve success in a project.  There were of course, many varying views of what constituted success and what impacted that success. The basic principles were thrown about in the mix, including things such as hard work, dedication and passion.  It was what one lady … Continue reading

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Does Twitter Have Marketing Value for Businesses?

With the abandonment rate for Twitter, a popular micro-blogging site being between 40 and 60 percent, depending on the source that you reference, it’s obvious that most users don’t get Twitter.  Does this mean that Twitter has no value for the internet marketer? Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is a blogger, novice SEO, geek and passionate Newfoundlander. Operating several successful websites and online communities, Barry has started exploring … Continue reading

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Corner Brook Classifieds Beta Testing

Corner Brook Classifieds, a new website that I’ve been working on for a few weekends is now in beta testing.  It’s a free classifieds ad site for the area in which I live and hopefully it will become a major part of the community. Yes, I do realize that the online classified ad niche is pretty saturated and dominated by a few larger players (i.e. Kijiji, Craig’s … Continue reading

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Relevant Anchor Tags and Link Building

In response to a reader asking for more information on relevant anchor tags, I’ve developed this small blog post on one of the basic components of search engine optimization (SEO).  Relevant anchor tags are an important aspect of SEO and when used effectively as part of a systematic link building campaign, they can boost the traffic for a website by bringing organic search traffic from … Continue reading

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