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Basic RGBGlenn Beck says that we’ve all been marketed to death by the GOP with think-tanks, polls, focus groups, and listening tours.  I completely disagree with Glenn, although I understand the sentiment.

The problem with the Republicans is that they need a better marketing strategy.

Here’s my three step plan for getting the GOP back on it’s feet through a solid marketing plan.

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Affiliate links on TwitterA lot of internet marketers and businesses spend a lot of time on Twitter… everyone knows that.  It kind of seems like common sense to me that they wouldn’t do that if they weren’t promoting their businesses in some way… Right?

I came across an article written by Steve Hodson over at The Inquisitr called Is Twitter the next affiliate link hunting ground? In the article Steve talks about someone who placed an Amazon affiliate link in one of his Twitter posts using one of the “tiny link” services.

Apparently, it kind of ticked him off. Read the rest of this entry

Link building is one of the most important aspects of search engine optimization that you can undertake for your website.  The number and quality of inbound links to your website (your link profile) accounts for 7 out of 10 of the most important factors in determining your search engine rankings according to a report published by SEOmoz.

Here are the top 10 factors with the ones related to links highlighted:

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As I got up this morning and realized how long it’s been since I posted anything on my blogs, I realized that I really don’t like blogging. In fact, in some ways I absolutely hate it. So I’m started asking myself if blogging is really doing anything for my business, if there’s better activities I can employ, and if I should continue blogging.

I’ve spent the better part of the last week analyzing my business.

I’ve delved deeply into my stats, tracked where the revenue is coming from, and analyzed my websites and traffic. Here’s what I actually came up with. Read the rest of this entry

Harry Potter and the Half Blood PrinceI have to admit, I was really looking forward to Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince – due out in November 2008… That was until I heard the astounding news that the Warner Brothers Studio was pushing it back until July 2009.

I call this astounding news because the only reason that I’ve heard sited for bumping it back was so that the studio could make more money.

In other words, they made a killing on The Dark Knight and so they didn’t need a big blockbuster this fall to end out the year… so why not push it back so that they can seed their profits for next year? In addition, the kids are out of school and movies are more accessible to them, and they’ve also got the DVD/Christmas season release to consider.

HUGE mistake.

Let me tell you why I think the studio has really messed up on this one…
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