An issue that stirred up the Wakonda Marketing headquarters this morning is the significance of using URL shorteners on Twitter, and the impact of shorteners in general. Does Google recognize bit.ly (or equivalent) as a link? Are tweeted shortened URLs good for backlinking? What difference does it make when we tweet raw links instead of …
Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is a major milestone in K-pop history. After four months of dominating the airwaves, it passed the 800 million view mark and trumped Justin Bieber’s “Baby” video as most viewed on YouTube last Saturday. This is a huge phenomenon. Congrats, Internet. Bieber’s “Baby” was released in 2010, while “Gangnam Style” came out …
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Facebook may be responsible for this level of social networking we have today. Just about everyone has a Facebook, even grandmas. During the Myspace era, social networking wasn’t this pervasive. A billion people are reportedly using Facebook. No one really knows how many of those are fake accounts. Even so, a billion is a lot! …
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Do you get peeved by those Facebook updates, tweets and posts about how hard it is to build links today? Or do you incessantly complain yourself? With all the recent Google algorithm updates, the strategies we’ve come to get used to don’t have the same effect anymore. However, what grumblers may not realize is that …
2 Biggest Reasons Content Marketing Fails Let me begin this article by saying the two most important mistakes content marketers make: Actively or aggressively selling their services and products without priorly building a strong customer relationship. While some vendors or marketers are successful at creating rapport, they fail to use that good connection to …
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Video: PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) Parody – Inbound Style This is just one of the many parodies of the latest viral sensation everyone is talking about, Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” The humorous, eargasmic music success, which describes the luxurious lifestyle of the affluent district of Gangnam in South Korea, […]
If you’ve ever done email marketing, you know how hard it is to get recipients to actually read your email. Did you know that the first thing most people do when logging in to their email accounts is delete junk mail? Not opening their messages and deleting them after scanning, but clicking the trash button …
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Have you ever been tempted to buy a fast food item only because it looked so mouthwateringly, sinfully delicious in the commercial that you just had to satiate your craving? Has this purchase ever resulted in disappointment upon learning that the item looked less appetizing than what’s advertised? The Truth about McDonald’s Burger Advertising Fast food marketing can be very …
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This is a continuation of our PSY- GANGNAM STYLE Parody – Inbound Style article. Read on for tips on how to successfully promote your offerings through viral marketing. Every invention humankind has ever made stems from our laziness. Too tired to get up and change the TV channel? Create a device to remotely control your television settings. …
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Link building remains an essential element to search engine rankings. For any Montreal SEO company, link building will create a huge impact to your site’s authority. Even the most successful websites can’t do without a solid linking structure. A plethora of SEO tips tell you to distribute articles, comment on blogs, list your site in directories and whatnot to get …
