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By Tyler King    |     December 22nd, 2010
Note to companies: Christmas is not an excuse to spam your customers
I don't think any company should send out spam emails, but if you're going to, at least send them to people that aren't already customers. The reason spam works is because there's no cost, but when you're risking your relationship with your customers, there's a very real cost.
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Tags: Marketing, Spam
By Tyler King    |     November 29th, 2010
Google Affiliate Network connects you with online advertisers
You can sign up for hundreds of different affiliate programs from major retailers through the Google Affiliate Network. It's a great, easy way to make money as an affiliate all with one account.
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By Tyler King    |     September 17th, 2010
Use Q&A sites to get your name out there
Over the past year or two, Q&A (Question and Answer) sites have been getting a lot of hype, and they're starting to make their way into the mainstream. You can use this popularity to help grow your brand.
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By Tyler King    |     September 13th, 2010
How will Google Instant impact online marketing?
In this post, I discuss how Google's new search product may impact online advertising and long-tail search engine optimization tactics.
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By Tyler King    |     August 16th, 2010
Amazon's affiliate program pays you for referring business
If you have your own website or blog, then you know how hard it can be to monetize your traffic. Last month I wrote a post about different ways to make money with a blog, and I want to dive deeper into one of those methods: the Amazon affiliate account.
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By Tyler King    |     June 23rd, 2010
The differences between inbound and outbound marketing
With the growing popularity of the internet, there's a (somewhat) new type of marketing that helps businesses easily reach targeted customers. I'll explain what exactly inbound marketing is, how it works, and why it's different from old types of marketing.
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By Tyler King    |     May 26th, 2010 View Comments
The basics of a good landing page
Bringing visitors to your site through advertising and inbound marketing is great, but that's only half the battle. Learn how you can make an awesome landing page that will help engage your visitors and improve conversions. We'll also look at three real websites and discuss what they're doing right, and what they're doing wrong.
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By Bracken King    |     May 25th, 2010 View Comments
7 tools to help small businesses find online success
Google and the Small Business Administration have put together some resources discussing how small businesses can use the internet to grow their companies. Read some highlights from these video vignettes of small businesses that are marketing themselves online.
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By Tyler King    |     May 21st, 2010 View Comments
3 steps to help improve your search engine click-through rate

Most SEO advice focuses on making your site look good to Google, but you also need to make sure it looks good to your potential visitors. This post explains the three steps you can take to increase the chances that someone will click through to your site from search engine results pages.
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By Tyler King    |     May 10th, 2010 View Comments
Book Review: The Referral Engine
The Referral Engine is a new marketing book for small businesses. Referrals can be the most important source of leads for small businesses, but most businesses don't have an effective system for generating and handling referrals. This book puts an end to that problem.
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