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	<title>BusinessBlogging.net</title>
	
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	<description>Search Engine Optimization for the Home-Based and Small Business</description>
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		<title>Truth 2: Learn to do the Google dance</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization/truth-2-learn-to-do-the-google-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until just a few years ago, Google changed its rankings algorithm every month or so.  The ranking algorithm is what many SEOs live and die by&#8211;it&#8217;s the complex, top-secret formula that determines how high (or low) a site or web page ranks in organic search results.  Is yours the top result on the first page [...]


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		<title>Blogs tell you what customers like and don’t like – first-hand market research</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/web-development/blogs-tell-you-what-customers-like-and-don%e2%80%99t-like-%e2%80%93-first-hand-market-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big companies can afford expensive market research.  Small business, to stay competitive, can turn to business blogging as a way to measure consumer acceptance of new products and/or services.
How?
Armed with a target market profile and Google analytics; create two articles based on a desired action.  That action may be visiting a contact page, clicking on [...]


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		<title>The Truth About Search Engine Optimization</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization/the-truth-about-search-engine-optimization/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization/the-truth-about-search-engine-optimization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Rebecca Lieb
“Rebecca’s book is chapter-by-chapter gold for anyone who needs to understand how we find information on the Web.”
Kevin M. Ryan, Motivity Marketing, Inc., and Chairman of Search Engine Strategies Advisory Board
In this book, leading search optimization expert Rebecca Lieb brings together more than 50 absolutely crucial facts and insights decision-makers must know to [...]


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		<title>Truth 1: getting noticed by spiders, robots, and crawlers</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization/truth-1-getting-noticed-by-spiders-robots-and-crawlers/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization/truth-1-getting-noticed-by-spiders-robots-and-crawlers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spiders, robots, and crawlers are your friends.  In the name of search engine optimization, you&#8217;ll not only learn to love them, but also you&#8217;ll actually go out of your way to attract them to your site.
Sitemaps are particularly useful for websites containing content that cannot be accessed through a browseable interface.
When a spider hits your [...]


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		<title>Business Blogging Strategies</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/business-blogging-strategies/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/business-blogging-strategies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before diving into business blogging, we need to compare and contrast Personality Based Marketing with Traditional Social Networking. While not an exact science, we can use basic math to weight each marketing model to determine which has more potential.
Traditional Social Networking Model
Traditional Social Marketing Connection Diagram
Traditional Social Marketing Connection Diagram
The strategy behind business blogging is [...]


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		<title>Internet Marketing Food for Thought</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/internet-marketing-food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/internet-marketing-food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Client Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target Customers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Search engines drive website traffic; social networks promote brand awareness and blogs encourage community engagement.  But what about eMail?&#8221;  Wrote Peter Prestipino, Editor-in-Chief and Mike Phillips, Senior Editor for Website Magazine.com.
The article goes on to explain the importance of including eMail marketing in your company internet marketing strategy.  My take from the article is the [...]


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		<title>Blogging and Web Development is Closer Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/web-development/blogging-and-web-development-is-closer-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/web-development/blogging-and-web-development-is-closer-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last month I have been focused on learning how to develop websites using the WordPress Framework technology.  By using CSS inheritance, we are able to create new websites faster with more built in features that closely integrate the blog content with the website content.
Why is that important?  Because a website that is closely [...]


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		<title>You can’t win the game focusing on the scoreboard</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/you-can%e2%80%99t-win-the-game-focusing-on-the-scoreboard/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/you-can%e2%80%99t-win-the-game-focusing-on-the-scoreboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can’t win the game focusing on the scoreboard.  Focus on the game of engagement and the traffic will come.
Social networking, by definition, is designed to get you involved AND keep you involved.  Building a large following, in a sense, becomes a game.  In business, it is not about who has the most followers, but [...]


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		<title>Creating a Business Blogging Plan</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/creating-a-business-blogging-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/business-blogging/creating-a-business-blogging-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A business blogging plan is a written strategy guide for your social marketing effort.  Like all business documents, your business blogging plan is a living document!  Expect and plan for frequent changes.  It is reasonable to expect your plan to change at least seasonally (based on business seasons).
Goal
What do you want to achieve? While you [...]


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		<title>Why TweetAdder? Did I sell out to Twitter automation?</title>
		<link>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/social-marketing/why-tweetadder-did-i-sell-out-to-twitter-automation/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogging.net/internet-marketing/social-marketing/why-tweetadder-did-i-sell-out-to-twitter-automation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bejarana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogging.net/?p=1005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Short answer&#8230;sort of.  My twitter SEO marketing campaigns have been so successful that I hardly have time to maintain my follow / unfollow duties.  An important daily maintenance activity is removing those who don&#8217;t follow you back AND finding new &#8220;targeted&#8221; twitter users to follow.
I&#8217;ve watched this application grow and mature into a professional marketing [...]


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