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The Best Resources for Self Employed Businesses

Monday, 27 April 2009 by Paul O'Brien

It dawned on me the other night that an increasing majority of my readers are self employed: marketing consultants, small business owners, contractors, and startup entrepreneurs. While we focus, here, on marketing resources and tips, there are an ever increasing number of innovative resources to make your professional life easier; allowing you to focus on

Published in Insights / Research, Social Media, Startup Ecosystems

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Understanding Online Video

Saturday, 04 April 2009 by Paul O'Brien

Long one of the shortcomings in the transition from TV to online was the gap from online video to the rich analytics available through banners, search marketing, or email; each complements, in many ways, to similar traditional formats of their own. What made online advertising, search, or email so compelling was that one could easily

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Published in Advertising, Insights / Research

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On the Growth of an Internet Startup

Thursday, 02 April 2009 by Paul O'Brien

We’re in for a rough year. You heard it here first (*tongue in cheek*); there is some indication that the economy is chugging along more slowly than usual and with Obama in office, we’re in for “Change.” That can only mean one thing, well, three things: tightening belts, possible layoffs, maybe some mortgage foreclosures. Take

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Published in Analytics, Blogs & Blogging, Industry, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Social Media, Vendors / Agencies

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SEO Fundamentals: Think of Google as a Person

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 by Paul O'Brien

What a whirlwind of change to keep up with! And I’m not talking about the economy. Rumors of Google and Twitter…. speculation of Facebook becoming Twitter…. rapid innovation between blog comment engines Disqus and Intense Debate with one snagging support from Mashable while the other still ignores Connect…. How is one to keep up with

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Published in Search

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Get Paid to Search

Monday, 16 February 2009 by Paul O'Brien

This has been tried before hasn’t it? Services that pay you to surf, click, search, or share have been around since the dawn of the internet and one has to wonder from two perspectives; first, why don’t they catch on as significantly as you might expect and second, what’s the catch? I like Scour and

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Published in Fun, Search, Vertical Search

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Anyone try Tweeter Getter?

Friday, 13 February 2009 by Paul O'Brien

I haven’t stopped my work with Twitter from a couple days ago with the most recent discovery a viral app that seems to work a bit like a pyramid scheme to introduce new users to your profile. Check it out here Anyone use this? Any success?

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Published in Social Media

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Are you a graphic artist?

Thursday, 12 February 2009 by Paul O'Brien

I’m looking for a freelancer to design a very high res image for use online, in print, and embroidered. This is an artistic image rather than a logo or web graphic; I’ll share the details on the project when you contact me.

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Published in Fun

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