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3 Reasons Why a Blog is the Best Social Media Tool for Small Businesses

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: May 20, 2010

It is no longer a question of whether or not businesses should be participating in social media – it’s just a question of how they can use the new online communities to help them get the word out. This is where the confusion comes in. Social media is where the customers are – and you [...]

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7 Internet Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: May 6, 2010

Every decision small business owner makes impacts the overall success or failure of the company, from hiring through marketing. Often small business owners are operating in the dark when it comes to building and growing an online presence for their company. A successful online presence starts with a good understanding of the internet industry, today’s [...]

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5 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: March 17, 2010

I’ve long proclaimed that every small business should utilize the power of social media in their overall marketing portfolio as a low cost, reputation building & marketing tool. In order to reach out to your potential customers you have to be where they are, and these days they are on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, aside [...]

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Top 6 SEO Strategies for 2010

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: January 6, 2010

There is one certainty about search engine optimization (SEO) – the game is always changing. 2010 is the year of real-time, personalized results, growing importance of social, community and collaborative platforms and web mobility. We need to adapt our SEO strategies to stay ahead of the curve. If we cling to “normal” SEO, we stand [...]

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My 2010 Blog Challenges and Goals

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: December 30, 2009

The new year seems like the perfect time to reflect on where this blog is currently and where I’d like it to go. I’ve had this urge to reevaluate the past and plan for the future, especially since this blog will be officially a year old in a few months. A relevant question on ProBlogger [...]

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Microblogging Power – 5 Reasons Why You Should Continue to Blog

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: July 22, 2009

How many times have you thought about quitting your blog and joining the millions who thought it would be easy but soon realized blogging is hard work? I know, I’ve been there myself. Blogging not only takes time but it takes a lot of effort. You have to figure out an interesting topic, come up [...]

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7 Link Building Tips for New Websites

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 19, 2009

Inbound links have a huge impact on website rankings. They remain the single most important tool in your website marketing toolbox. Inbound links are like votes. The more, the better. And more importantly, the higher quality the link, the more authority that link passes on. That’s one of the reasons why older websites will typically [...]

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Why Use an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog

By Joanna Ciolek | Published: June 10, 2009

Many of us have been (or still are) bad bloggers. You think you’re the exception? Well, does this sound familiar? You wake up in the morning thinking what you are going to write about today. Just like the day before, you’re worrying that you’ll loose audience if you don’t come up with something good. The [...]

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