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9 Tips and Resources for Brands using the new Facebook Timeline

by Nate Devore Marketing
9 Tips and Resources for Brands using the new Facebook Timeline

Facebook is giving brands until March 30th to completely transition to the new timeline for fan pages. It’s important for your business to understand the changes and learn how to make the most out of your fan page. Facebook has completely removed the “forced fan gate” option where you could require ...

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The Future of Content Curation and Aggregation

by Nate Devore Blogging
The Future of Content Curation and Aggregation

Content curation has become a nice buzzword in the last year or so. Two guys who know a lot about the future of media and where it might be heading discuss the future of content creation and how newspapers will become extinct in the coming decades around the world. Rob Dawson and Gerd ...

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Google Algorithm Updates, Panda 3.2 and Why Design Matters

by Nate Devore Marketing
Google Algorithm Updates, Panda 3.2 and Why Design Matters

You’re probably tired of hearing about the updates for Google’s Panda Algorithm. 2011 was the Year of Google Panda and there is no turning back (sorry!) This week Google rolled out another update to it’s panda machine learning algrotihm called Panda 3.2. This update was considered “minor.” A few days ago, Google also released a ...

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Traffic From Conversation

by Nate Devore Blogging
Traffic From Conversation

Imagine a steady stream of visitors to your web site, eager to read your content or buy your product. Wouldn’t that be nice? How do you accomplish this? You optimize your site with SEO, you create a Twitter account, and  have your cousin build a Facebook Page for you. Now what? ...

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Mobile Ready in 2011

by Nate Devore Marketing
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A recent Nielsen headline shows that 86% of those who watch TV also use their mobile phone! 37% of you actually browse web sites while watching TV. Talk about multi-tasking! Mobile Ready Lately, I have been doing a lot of work for clients that involve making web sites mobile ready and ...

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5 Quick Social Media Tips for Online Businesses

by Nate Devore Blogging
5 Quick Social Media Tips for Online Businesses

I am always looking for ways to improve my Social Media Strategy. More importantly, how can I gain more organic traffic and increase brand awareness? Your job as a business is to provide value to your customers. Social Media makes this really easy. Here are a few tips I have learned ...

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5 Tips to Help with Writers Block

by Nate Devore Blogging
5 Tips to Help with Writers Block

Writers can often struggle with writers block. Some days your writing is flowing while other days you are paralyzed. As a blogger, you know how important it is to produce quality content. When you don’t have the desire to write or can’t think of anything to write about, just remember these ...

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Always be doing

by Nate Devore Marketing
Always be doing

If it’s one thing I have learned about life and Internet Marketing is you must do something. It’s easy to over analyze and DO nothing. Testing, re-testing, failing and failing better is essential. In fact, a lot of people say to fail FASTER! It’s true! To be successful you need to quickly find ...

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Start with the end in mind

by Nate Devore Marketing
Start with the end in mind

Building an online business is not easy. Jumping head first is even worse. Before you begin building a website, blog, or any type of online presence, think about your end-goal. What do you want to accomplish with your business? You know, the main objective? Every project is unique Every project I start ...

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Life after the Google Panda Update

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The Google Panda Update was the first set of major changes to Google’s algorithms earlier this year. More changes are coming and I want to share some tips to help you prepare. I’ve spent the last four months researching and testing for our clients at nd5media as well as my own ...

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