Profiles, which is your favorite?

April 27, 2009 by Tim Gill  
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It’s interesting that Google doesn’t allow you to make a custom URL for your profile the way that Linkedin does.  Instead it forces you to be more unique by automatically inserting your middle initial.  while this dramatically reduces the quantity of duplicates, I wonder how Google will deal with additional TimJGill’s will the rest feature [...]

True Religion and site architecture

As I am becoming a burgeoning fashionista and learning about fashion and search I was shocked to see that TrueReligionjeans.com is one of the hotter trends in denim fashion completely fails at so many basic elements of SEO.  While they are a public company (TRLG) and should have the resources to improve their website they [...]

Making the jump into social media

I profile a number of companies efforts in social media and point out their strengths and weaknesses in my Multichannel Merchant article on Social Disclosure that I co-authored with Stephan Spencer. While SEO is itself a form of marketing, these tenets fall into the more general category of online marketing. It is along these lines [...]

7 ways to improve email campaigns

November 15, 2008 by Tim Gill  
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Get your free LinkedIn Link

LinkedIn allows you three valuable links out to your world and while no HTML formatting allowed the links out are live and include your choice of anchor text and do not contain a nofollow, if marked as “Other” upon creation.  Be sure to add links back to your own Web site and blog if you have [...]

Offline Social Media Traffic

Creating relationships with bloggers can take some time to cultivate but landing press coverage can be easier if you know that they want to right about you.  Using HARO (helpareporterout.com) puts you in contact with journalists who post what they want to write about and you see if you fit the bill for the story [...]

Viral Marketing

October 22, 2008 by Tim Gill  
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Seth Godin has several simple points about making an idea viral. No one “sends” an idea unless: a. they understand it b. they want it to spread c. they believe that spreading it will enhance their power (reputation, income, friendships) or their peace of mind d. the effort necessary to send the idea is less than the benefits No one “gets” [...]

PDF Creation

October 22, 2008 by Tim Gill  
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A PDF can work as an extremely effective online brochure, and if you compare the production price to a print brochure you are guaranteed to make huge savings. This is another way to give your company a professional look and is fast becoming the standard way of distributing documents online. Make powerful macro tools with JavaScript. Simplify [...]

Logo Design

October 22, 2008 by Tim Gill  
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Your brand is much more than a logo, but it’s definitely a good start if you have a logo that fits the personality of your company. A good logo works well at all sizes, in black and white, and should be instantly memorable. When designing your logo I will normally create a sheet of examples that [...]

Comment commencer un blog

October 13, 2008 by Tim Gill  
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• Il e généralement préférable de configurer un blog sur votre site Web, plutôt que sur un nouveau domaine ou l’une des services de blogs. Comma ca votre site entiere va bénéficier de tous les liens sur le blog. • Votre objectif de blog posting doit être au moins deux postes par semaine, bien que [...]

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