Last Tuesday set some sales records on the internet -

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091221-022502

There are some neat graphs comparing certain days between this year and last year. One thing interesting would be to compare regions, like this past weekend during the snowstorm in the east and if / how much internet sales went up.

Are you writing your site for skimmers - if not this article will give you some tips.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/usborne-skimmers-scanners.htm

Enjoy your day.

Some good info on building links.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635894

As we move into the holidays we'll be posting a bit more sporadically as we spend time with our friends and family (hopefully you will too).

Some thoughts on Social Media privacy.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635871

Have a wonderful day.

Image via Wikipedia

Happy Weds... just think this time next week you'll be dreaming of reindeer and eggnog.

Some great information on moving your website (from an SEO) point of view.

http://www.clickz.com/3635887

We've talked quite a bit about what to measure / how to measure things, here is some additional info on that.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635889

Have a wonderful day.

Good Tuesday. Hope things are going well for you.

An excellent tutorial on using images for your website.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/niehaus-choosing-images2.htm

Includes some hands on tips for creating the images that you want.

Some internet marketing sites that you will want to visit.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/internet-marketing-sites-2009.php

My favorites are - Mashable - the most up to date resource for all things social.

Find what information people are looking for now with Aardvark - http://vark.com/

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Good Monday morning to you - hopefully you had a wonderful weekend.

Here is some good advice on rethinking your link campaigns.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635855

Here is a ten point checklist for optimizing your pay per click campaigns.

http://www.clickz.com/3635865

Have a wonderful Monday.

Good Weds. to you - it has been wild and windy here. But just rain so at least we don't have to worry about a blizzard.

I've spoken before about the new FTC regulations - here is an excellent interview with an official who goes over some things you need to know. You can find that interview here.

http://www.igottatellyou.com/blog/ftc-change-interview/

Some good free reading about press releases, free to download in a variety of formats (or you can read it online).

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5921

Good advice on making your pay per click ads 'fresh'.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/churchill-ad-refinement.htm

We also continuing our Cheap Stocking Stuffers series (enjoy).

Been pretty busy so this is late :o)....

Some social media faqs.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635775

Four new signals in search (although not really new).

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635752

Some thoughts if you're considering redesigning your site.

http://www.clickz.com/3635782

Tweaks for your pay per click campaign landing pages.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/ash-silver-bullets.htm

Enjoy your day.

Here are some good details on the 2009 shopping season so far.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-viewpoints/2009-holiday-trends.php

Some good ideas on measuring your success

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635763

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Black Friday and CyberMonday so far.

We had a great time, my shopping is 95% finished (done at home in a warm robe, with a cup of coffee at about 3 am on Friday), had turkey and are still eating caseroles for it, and an awesome time goofing off with my daughter. We did work some but that in itself is a blessing and we're thankful for that.

Our email box is jammed with receipts :o) , but I did manage to find this article for you and hopefully we'll be able to clean it out a bit.

Some tips for indexing your site fast (er).

http://www.clickz.com/3635739

Have a wonderful day.

We would like to wish you and your family a wonderful thanksgiving full of family and fun.

Don't forget to check out our other site for Black Friday Deals (and beyond).

Good Tuesday - How your bounce rate can Pinpoint site problems.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/analytics/steif-bounce-rate.htm

Enjoy your day.

Hopefully you had a wonderful weekend.

If you're looking for some helping shopping for Black Friday deals - that link will take you to our savings site. We'll be posting there quite a bit thru Christmas so make sure to bookmark it.

Useful SEO tools - http://searchenginewatch.com/3635712

Sometimes you can overdo the tweaking - http://searchenginewatch.com/3635670

Have a wonderful Monday.

Good Social thursday to you.

Using Flickr for local sites.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/seo/doerr-flickr.htm

Some social media success stories -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635665

An excellent article - 21 ways to post to your blog

http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/868/1/How-To-Post-In-21-Different-Ways-on-Your-Blog/

SEO and twitter

http://www.clickz.com/3635565

Steps to social media success -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635372

Enjoy your Thursday.

Good Monday morning to you - hopefully you had a wonderful weekend.

Link building with a small budget.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635630

Working on your landing pages.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635621

Enjoy your Monday.

Improving your pay per click conversions.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/churchill-ppc-landing-pages.htm

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Sitepoint had an excellent newsletter this week.

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=2&issue=470&format=html

Have a wonderful weekend.

If you aren't using You Tube - you should be.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/091031-110343

Using Photos and images on your website.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/niehaus-choosing-images1.htm

Driving repeat traffic to your site.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/driving-repeat-traffic.php

Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Some PPC pitfalls you can avoid.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635508

Have a wonderful weekend - and don't forget to turn your clocks back and hour on Sat night / Sun morning.

Five Facebook Tips

http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/watlington-facebook-5-tips.htm

Earning 'respect' with your social media.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635449

Four Steps to Social Success.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635372

Have a wonderful day.

Are alternatives to Adwords worth your time. This article has some good advice.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635459

Enjoy your Weds.

Some I phone apps for Internet Marketers.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/iphone_apps/index.htm

Good Monday - some last minute SEO tips for the holidays.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635439

Have a wonderful day.

Some tips on link building using Delicious.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/linking/delicious-link-building.htm

Some good links on researching your competition.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-tips/competitive-intelligence-gathering.php

Organizing your landing page -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635299

Always interesting - the latest issue of trendwatching.

http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/

Saturating your message.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635282

Enjoy your weekend.

Good Thursday to you.

Combining Social Media and Local Search
http://www.clickz.com/3635057

A Twitter promotion experiment
http://searchenginewatch.com/3635087

Optimizing You Tube
http://www.clickz.com/3635044

Figuring out your ROI.
http://searchenginewatch.com/3635113

A good review on people to follow on Twitter.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/twitter_picks/index.htm

Some good information on shopping carts for your business.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/3_payment_gateways.htm

Good Monday.

Some information about linking / paid links.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635229

Good Thursday to you.

A couple of articles on how you can use social media for your local business.

Twitter for Local Search
http://www.clickz.com/3635232

How Linked in can help you locally.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/local/thomas-linkedin.htm

Social Media and Local Search

http://www.clickz.com/3635057

Enjoy your day.

The FTC made some new 'rules' lately especially related to blogs (advertising and testimonials especially). You can find some good information related to it can be found here.

http://masscontrolsite.com/blog/?p=59

A holiday playbook for you and your business.

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-website-conversion/holiday-ecommerce-opt.html

Have a wonderful day!

Some tips on designing your site.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/niehaus-button-balance.htm

Some tools to help your SEM.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635125

Some excellent info on improving your conversion rate.

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-website-conversion/beyond-landing-pages.html

Enjoy your Monday.

Some Good tidbits on Social media and a web without walls.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635029

Getting your website ready for the holidays.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3635040

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend.

why paid search matters.

http://www.clickz.com/3634983

If you're redesigning your site - don't neglect the SEO.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634964

Site analysis facts.

http://www.clickz.com/3634967

Have a wonderful Monday!

Here is a good article on Twitter and SEO.

http://www.clickz.com/3634089

Some good info on shopping for a merchant account.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-merchant-account.htm

Some good info on profitable niches.

http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/847/1/New-insights-into-profitable-niches/

Enjoy your weekend.

Some good ideas for Facebook marketing campaigns.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/facebook/index.htm

Enjoy your Thursday.

Some good notes about building a FAQ page -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/follansbee-faq.htm

We hope you have a wonderful week and had a great holiday weekend.

Hope your week has been going well.

Some more help for Google Webmaster Tools.

http://www.clickz.com/3634856

Collecting Data is important when optimizing your landing page.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634866

A couple of good articles and guidance for testimonials.

http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/839/1/How-To-Get-Testimonials-That-Sell/

http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/838/1/Are-Your-Testimonials-Costing-You-Sales/

PPC and SEO and how they can work together.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634874

Have a wonderful holiday weekend and we'll see you on Tuesday (or Weds).

Can Social be measured - here is a discussion.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634843

Hope you have a wonderful day and holiday weekend. We'll resume posting next week on Tuesday.

Some tips on integrating your marketing elements.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634854

Some more thoughts on Shopping Carts

http://www.wilsonweb.com/transactions/wilson-shopping-carts2.htm

Have a great Weds.

Good Monday to you.

Some common SEO mistakes with your ecommerce site.
http://searchenginewatch.com/3634829

Some reasons you may be paying more for your pay per clicks soon.
http://www.clickz.com/3634821

Enjoy your Monday.

Good Friday to You!!

Ten things not to do with SEO.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634797

Some notes on increasing your adsense revenue... one note I don't like the language used in the post, but they do make some good points.

http://www.createmarketprofit.com/how-i-increased-adsense-revenue-from-1000-to-10000-per-month/

Losing control in your marketing.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634820

Enjoy your weekend.

Good Thursday to you.

Social, Search and Branding.
http://searchenginewatch.com/3634798

What if you need multiple listings for Google Maps.

http://www.clickz.com/3634678

Some good ideas for improving your customer service using social marketing.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634290

Have a wonderful day!

Using site search to find out what people are looking for.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/analytics/churchill-site-search.htm

Have a great Wed.

Does using Google (only) make your lazy? Check out this url to find out.
http://searchenginewatch.com/3634758

Have a wonderful day!

Some good ideas you can use to increase your conversion rates.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634726

A good introduction to shopping carts.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-shopping-carts1.htm

Part 3 of a guide for google webmaster tools.

http://www.clickz.com/3634728

Have a wonderful weekend.

Some good notes on adding value in your social media endeavors. I really like the ideas for promotions.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634710

Investing time in Twitter for the long - term rewards.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634536

International Social Media Strategies

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634522

Have a wonderful Thursday.

A good interview about mobile marketing.

http://www.wdfm.com/marketing-viewpoints/noah-elkin-interview.php

Details on the Microsoft / Yahoo agreement -

http://www.clickz.com/3634654

Enjoy your Tuesday.

Some notes from the SES conference in San Jose -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634703

How will Google's Caffeine affect your PPC?

http://www.clickz.com/3634694

Enjoy your day!

Google has unveiled an upgrade to their search engine - caffeine - so is caffeine faster? Here are some notes.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634684

Enjoy your day!

Good Thursday everyone. Hopefully your week is going well.

Is blogging missing from some social media? You decide.

http://www.clickz.com/3634662

Is social media a fad?

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634651

Some good social media blogs.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/social_media_marketing_blogs/index.htm

Understanding Communities

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634590

Some good notes on Google Webmaster Tools

http://www.clickz.com/3634605

A good 60 minute SEO check up -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634671

Some good comments on having PayPal as your sole source for accepting credit cards.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-paypal3.htm

Some good ideas for researching PPC keywords

http://www.associateprograms.com/articles/831/1/15-Keyword-research-tips-for-PPC-Marketing/

Thoughts on testing things.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634593

Enjoy your weekend.

Apparently twitter had a major outage this morning.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10304633-36.html?tag=mncol;txt

It started around 6am or so. Facebook seemed to have been hit as well, but I had no problems logging on.

Here is some good general advice on keeping your computer safe.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10304823-238.html

Enjoy your Thursday.

Good info on increasing your conversions.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/ash-writing-for-conversion2.htm

Some notes on Yahoo / Microsoft striking a deal -

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090729-074504

Enjoy your day!

Some good comments on combining PPC and SEO -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634537

If you've heard about the government cash for clunkers program, we detail it in our cash for clunkers guide. Make sure to check it out.

Some good tips on using Paypal for your business.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-paypal2.htm

Enjoy your day!

An excellent presentation on how to test things on your site.

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/improving-website-conversion/overcoming-barriers-to-better-tests-and-gains.html

Enjoy your Monday.

Hope you are enjoying your week.

Here is an excellent guide to get you started using Google Webmaster Tools.

http://www.clickz.com/3634476

Enjoy your day!

Some URLS you can use to actually promote your business -

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/favorite_urls_gurus/index.htm

Getting rid of keywords that don't work -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/paid-search/churchill-poor-performance.htm

Enjoy your day!

Tips on Helping with Local Search Results -

http://www.clickz.com/3634413

Enjoy your day.

Some good notes on boosting your response rates.

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/direct_marketing/index.htm

Enjoy your weekend.

Some twitter tips today on finding a good Avatar -

http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/twitter-avatars-choosing/

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-extremely-creative-twitter-avatars/

Enjoy your Thursday.

Should you use nofollow links.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634387

Enjoy your weds.

Good info if you're building a network of sites -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634330

Preparing your paid search for Google OS

http://www.clickz.com/3634345

The E-Commerce starter kit

http://www.wilsonweb.com/ecommerce/wilson-paypal1.htm

Enjoy your day.

Good Monday morning.

Some good info on Bing.

http://www.clickz.com/3634202

Notes on navigation -

http://www.wilsonweb.com/design/follansbee-nav-other.htm

A good checklist of things to have on your site.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634307

Enjoy your Monday.

Just a quick update - my daughter had her wisdom teeth out on Tuesday so I've been taking care of her. We'll resume our 'normal' posting schedule next week. Have a great weekend.

Happy almost 4th of July -

If you run several different twitter accounts - you want to check out this - http://splitweet.com/

A good introduction to twitter - http://searchenginewatch.com/3633223

Ideas for using twitter in your business - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-business/

Have a wonderful weekend.

Today is Social Thursday - Enjoy the info.

Links between SEO and Social -

http://www.clickz.com/3633920

Some social media tools and resources -

http://www.wdfm.com/publish/social_media/index.htm

Good info on tracking your tweets -

http://www.clickz.com/3633391

Is anyone listening to your twittering.

http://www.clickz.com/3633391

We have an inbox full of social stuff so we'll post more on Friday.

Some good info on improving conversions.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/conversion/ash-writing-for-conversion1.htm

Some strategies for writing PPC Ad copy.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3634162

Enjoy your Weds.

We've just posted an article on our saving money site on Using Your Reward Points to Save Money. Make sure you check that out if you get a chance.

You can find some interesting ways to monetize your site here.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/tools/usborne-monetize-website.htm

Enjoy your Tuesday.

We've been on vacation / business trip for the past couple of weeks so more normal posting should resume this week.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend.

Content is key but only if you promote it.
http://searchenginewatch.com/3633859

Working on the decision making funnel.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633876

Thoughts on Bing microsofts "new" search engine.

http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090528-214637

Enjoy your day.

Some excellent information on using themes to build your site.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/seo/content-themes.htm

Enjoy your day!

Things to think about before you start your next link campaign.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633811

Help with your local search -

http://www.clickz.com/3633804

A case study -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633816

Enjoy your holiday.

An excellent article ... does your business need FaceBook?

http://www.wilsonweb.com/newmedia/watlington-facebook1.htm

Enjoy your holiday weekend.

Hope everyone's Monday is going well.

Below are some good articles that have been sitting in my inbox for a bit.

Sitemaps - everyone has them, when was the last time that you checked yours? Follow these tips.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633562

Part 3 of using "site news" to promote your site.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633739

Good tips on analytics.

http://www.clickz.com/3633707

A list of good directories to make sure you're in.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633713

Enjoy your Monday!

Twitter Tip # 9

Need some additional information and tips for tweeter? Here is a good information resource.

http://www.twitip.com/

Enjoy your day!

Some excellent ideas on measuring your Social Marketing.

http://www.clickz.com/3633618

Enjoy your Thursday!

Twitter Tip #8

Find your twitter grade with this useful tool - http://twitter.grader.com/

Enter your username and click Grade.

First you'll see your rank and grade. You'll want your rank to go down and your grade of course to go up.

A nice link allows you to find fellow tweeters in your state and country (hint -- a good place to look for followers).

Your tweet cloud highlights keywords you use a lot in your tweets - use more of your keywords to change this.

Enjoy your Weds.

Twitter tips #7

Just a reminder that you want to make a schedule for when you unfollow folks. I usually try to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait a week or so.

By now hopefully you have a few followers and are getting the hang of things. Now it is decision time. Do you want to use a laser approach or the shotgun approach.

Using the shotgun approach you get as many followers as possible, with no regard if they fit in your target market. The laser approach is when you only want to have followers that are potential customers for you. The big difference is that when doing the laser approach you only want to target prospective buyers. The 'best' way to do this is find get sources that target your market and then review who is following them. Right now it is much easier to use the shot gun approach. Because there are so many people that follow everyone and not just who interests them. But if you work hard the laser approach can work.

Enjoy your Tuesday. Tomorrow we'll talk about finding your twitter grade.

Twitter Tips - 6

Here is an easy way to get a couple of hundred 'leads' for you to follow if you choose.

http://mrtweet.net

After you join they will send you a list of 200 or so potential followers. Visit their profiles and join those that you like.

Also by now you should be following some people that you enjoy reading (that focus on your business). Visit their tweet home page - click on their followers - and start following people that again you would enjoy.

Have a great weekend!

Twitter Tips - 5

This tip will help especially if you want to target your tweets locally.

1. Add your tweeter account to this directory - http://localtweeps.com/
2. Use it to find followers in your zip code. Want to expand a bit then get people with zip codes close to you. You can find a zip code map here - http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm - make sure to click on the map.

Enjoy your Weds.

Twitter Tips - 4

This week we're going to talk about finding followers.

First add yourself to this twitter directory -

http://wefollow.com/

Then look at people that are in your portions of the directory ... after all their followers would hopefully find you relevant as well. Try adding 25 to 50 people.

We'll be continuing our series on Twitter later this week.

Here's a good article on Finding Link Targets.

http://www.clickz.com/3633460

Have a wonderful Monday.

Twitter Tips - 3 - How and What to Post

1. Figure out a goal for how many times you want to post in a month. Say that number is 100, then you're going to have to post about 3 times a day. So what do you post?

- A Retweet - this is tweeting another persons tweet that you like. Setup for that is RT @whoeversentit their message. When you retweet the message they may even say thanks.

- A News message - sending a link for something cool that you've seen online.

- A informative message - information you find useful - someone that follows you is bound to find it useful too.

- Answering a question - people have questions all the time, if you know the answer then add your comment.

- A What I'm Doing now message - just what it says.

- A sales pitch

When tweeting you want to use a variety of these types of messages - use the sales pitch very sparingly. If you're following people that you like, how do they post, what types of post are they making during the day.

More next week, till then have a wonderful weekend.

Twitter Tips - #2 - The Art of the Unfollow.

Now that you've figured out a good way to keep up with posts, now I want to show you an easy way to unfollow.

1. If you find someone in your conversations that you don't like (which you will), click on their image. That will take you to their page. You will then want to click on the Following button (below their picture). A box will pop up - just click remove.

2. As you start to grow your lists (which we'll talk about in a few days), you'll want to unfollow people that don't follow you (unless of course you're enjoying their conversation). An easy way to do that is to go to Your Twitter Karma. Put in your log in information and click Whack.

You'll then have a list of people you follow and will let you know those who aren't following back. Just click on the little box next to their image. You can filter your results. At the bottom click "Bulk Unfollow"

Enjoy your Weds.

Twitter Tips - #1 Useful software tools for following tweets.

The first thing you've probably noticed about twittering is that it is really hard to use the default interface. There are several different tools you can use to post from your desktop. I've used two and the jury is still out on which one I like the best.

Tweetdeck - http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/ - you can download it from there.

A good video on how you can use it can be found here.

http://www.corporatedollar.org/2008/11/video-post-how-to-use-tweetdeck/


Seemic - you can find it here.

http://desktop.seesmic.com/

Enjoy your Tuesday.

A good article on Blogs vs. Email Newsletter.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/email/wilson-ezines-vs-blogs.htm

Enjoy your day.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend.

An excellent tool for finding links is included in this article.

http://www.clickz.com/3633283

Enjoy your Monday!

Some social media predictions -

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632328

How to start a viral marketing campaign.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3632468

I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Some good keys to a successful web presence.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633239

Anatomy of a crawler friendly page.

http://www.clickz.com/3633271

Have a great Monday!!

An excellent overview of the "top" social media sites.

http://searchenginewatch.com/3633168

Some facebook apps you may find useful.

http://mashable.com/2009/01/22/business-facebook-apps/

Enjoy your Thursday.