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Why Blogging Is Important to Businesses

I was talking to a colleague the other day and she said she had a web developer tell her client that blogging wasn’t important for a business.  Shocking.  Blogging is one of the easiest ways to have constantly updated content on your website.  It’s a way to show off your expertise, have an opinion, and [...]

Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – July 2, 2009

Venture-Backed Liquidity Going Down, Down, Down (TechCrunch) Big Websites Start Running Bigger Display Ads. Big Mistake. (TechCrunch) The Abstraction Of Facebook Pages As An Embeddable Product And The Community Platform API (All Facebook) HOW TO: Use Wikis for Business Projects (Mashable) The benefits (and challenges) of user-generated news (Putting People First) Facebook Connect Is A Huge Success — By The [...]

What Your Website Visitors Initially See – The 5 Second Glimpse Test

The first time visitors come to a site they usually spend less than 5 seconds figuring out if they’re in the right place.  Right place being, of course, where they can get whatever information it is that they’re looking for.  During those 5 seconds you need to communicate what your site is about, what information [...]

Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology Links – July 1, 2009

Yahoo Shutters Its $160 Million Video Ad Network (Silicon Alley Insider) 6 Gorgeous Twitter Visualizations (Mashable) Facebook Launches Keyword Suggestions For Ads (All Facebook) Enterprise 2.0 Wrapup (Conversation Hub) Adobe Shuts Down For A Week To Survive The Recession (Silicon Alley Insider) Firefox 3.5 Arrives Today, But Are You Dazzled? (ReadWriteWeb) Would You Withhold Information If It Meant Saving a Life? [...]