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Online Marketing Success: 5 Things to Know

Online Marketing Success: 5 Things to Know

Online marketing – The Big Picture

This post is an introduction to the big picture of online marketing. It is written for the non-technical reader. Like Dylan said, “You can say it fancy or you can say it plain”, and though I speak fluent geek, I hope you don’t mind that I say it plain. Read more


How to Get a Custom Facebook Vanity URL

How to Get a Custom Facebook Vanity URL

If you’ve set up a “Facebook Page” for your business or organization, this post is about how to get a free custom URL. Facebook calls these custom URLs usernames.

To demonstrate, the link to our Facebook page is facebook.com/pages/HandPickedTomatoes/230129186836 and our vanity link is facebook.com/HandpickedTomatoes. I think you’ll agree that the latter is much cleaner and does a better job of branding.

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Google AdWords $100 Give Away

Google AdWords $100 Give Away

Wondering if advertising with the search engines will bring in quality traffic? You’re not alone. In my experience, search engine marketing results vary widely – and the variance typically has a direct correlation to the skill with which the search terms and ad copy are developed, the quality of the destination (website) searchers are taken to when they click an ad, and the timeliness and quality of any follow up call. Read more


Search Engine Marketing 101

Search Engine Marketing 101

The first question many website owners have is How do I get found on the web?.   A quality place to start for answers is at Pandia Search.

Pandia was established in late 1998 by Per and Susanne Koch in Oslo, Norway, and their site has continued from that time to provide expert, easy to understand, intelligently written tutorials about all things Search Engine related.

This is just one — though a venerable  one — of the gazillion resources you’ll find on the net to help educate you about Search Engine Marketing. Another trusted resource is Google.  If you have another personal favorite, let us know.