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5 Simple Tips To Drive Your Business Into The Ground

MJ — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:34:54 +0000

So, you let someone talk you into building an Internet website, huh? It is quite the trendy fad. You’d better be careful, though, your life could change. One of the disadvantages to having a website is that people who like it will want to buy things from you or use your services and keep you from your leisurely life of playing computer games and eating nachos. Being a care-free pauper is much easier. If building your business is cramping your style, you could just let...

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What Does Your Website Say About You?

MJ — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:29:25 +0000

Do you have a fair amount of traffic that comes to your website but leaves without buying anything? There is probably a reason. When there is an investment of time or money involved, potential customers are looking at your website for information. You might have the services or products they are looking for, but that’s probably not enough. That’s just one piece of the puzzle. People want to know more about your company before they do business with you for the first time. What makes...

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2011: Ringing in the New Year

MJ — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:54:03 +0000

In the past year, we at Customer Magnetism have had a lot of fun exploring the ins and outs of search engine optimization, social media and other Internet news on our weekly blog. As the new year rolls in, we have many things to look forward to at CM. There are sure to be new twists and turns in search marketing, mobile media marketing and social media. On behalf of the CM family, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers,...

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Customer Magnetism Review: A Year in Review (Part 2)

MJ — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:06:55 +0000

Customer Magnetism Review is a monthly blog feature. We review various events, websites and products that you might want to check out – or not. It’s our way of keeping you up to date on the Internet’s latest. There were a lot of changes in Internet marketing, search engines and websites in the past year. In the second part of our 3-part series, here are some of the more noteworthy changes by Google in 2010. Google has made so many changes this year, we have...

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Customer Magnetism Review: A Year in Review (Part 1)

MJ — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:06:27 +0000

Customer Magnetism Review is a monthly blog feature. We review various events, websites and products that you might want to check out – or not. It’s our way of keeping you up to date on the Internet’s latest. 2010 brought forth a lot of changes. Some of them were forgettable, but there were a handful that caused substantial changes to life as we know it on the Internet. In fact, there were so many, we’re bringing it to you in three parts! Today, let’s take...

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Customer Magnetism Review: Foursquare.com

MJ — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:19:30 +0000

Customer Magnetism Review is a monthly blog feature. We review various events, websites and products that you might want to check out – or not. It’s our way of keeping you up to date on the Internet’s latest. Who is your mayor? It might not be the person you thought. According to social media website Foursquare.com, it might be someone you work with or the guy that always seems to be at the front of the line at your favorite coffee stop. Foursquare is the...

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Google Instant – A Second Look

MJ — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:54:57 +0000

Change is good, right? Last week’s rollout of Google Instant was a big one. For those who might have missed it, Google Instant shows suggestions and a list of results as you type letter by letter on the Google search engine. You don’t even have to hit enter. As with most new features in the world of SEO, less than a week into it we have already seen some more changes and some unexpected impacts after the fact. Here are 5 that have caught our...

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Check Out Customer Magnetism at the Local Marketing Expo

MJ — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:56:12 +0000

Local Marketing Expo (LMX) is fast approaching. The one-day conference for business owners and marketing professionals will be held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2010. It will focus on different strategies to help businesses increase their effective marketing efforts. LMX will have 15 panel discussions on topics such as search engine marketing, outdoor advertising, integrating radio and TV with multi-media, direct mail and email marketing, among others. Customer Magnetism is partnering with several other local...

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Does Your Blog Need A Jumpstart?

MJ — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:51:51 +0000

One of the most common questions new clients ask us about website content is how to improve or increase it. One answer is to create a blog. It adds fresh content to a website for the search engines to crawl and generates both inbound and outbound links. A blog also gives people genuinely interested in the industry in general or company in particular a chance to keep up with what is happening. It can serve as an interactive funnel of news and information. Unfortunately, a...

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7 Ways To Get Rid Of That Pesky Website Readership

MJ — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:28:33 +0000

Are you tired of people reading what you write for your company’s website? Maybe your successful readership boosts site traffic so much it leaves you longing for the nice, boring life of a slow business and little or no work to do. If there are too many pesky subscribers following your blog or your e-newsletter, here are some surefire ways to make them stop. Follow these tips and they will most likely go away and not come back. This will leave you more time for...

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