New Directories

We’ve revived and added new directories to the ever-expanding Naper Design Business Network. While the number of Business Directories is currently limited, there will be many more to come.  We are using the DirectoryPress produced by Mark Fail, and will be asking for everyone to list a business that they know of.  Our hope is to add 200 businesses a month for each directory.  Here is a list of the first batch….  more will be added in days to come. Naoerville Business Directory Raleigh Business Directory (serving the entire...

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5 Simple Steps to Viral Video Results

Let’s start off funny. The following are NOT the 5 steps to viral video results: Sit around drinking and talking about funny video ideas. List a bunch of successful viral videos and come up with knock-off ideas to copy them. Call every funny video idea “viral” before it’s even created and before someone has ever seen it and before anyone has ever passed it to anyone. Let your clients disapprove all your good ideas and then run with the lame ones. Create videos without thinking about distribution because OF COURSE...

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Using Authority Labs for “Local Pack” Rank Checking; My Review

AuthorityLabs is simple yet extensive seo software that’s been around for about a year now. The software provides daily ranking data, as well as link data for any page or domain from multiple sources. Lately they’ve been integrating new data sources so that you can get exact match search volume numbers for every keywords in your account, for example: Recently, they just launched the ability to track and report on domains or pages ranking within local packs. If a keyword your tracking throws a local pack, and your domain...

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BlueGlass LA : Last Day for Early Bird Tickets

Today is the last day to register for BlueGlass LA at our special Early Bird rate of $495.00. Ticket sales for the early bird special stop tonight at 11:55 EST, so as of right now you have 14 hours and 30 minutes left to register for this discounted price. Want an even better deal? Sign up with the discount code sejreader for an additional 10% off the Early Bird price! What’s BlueGlass LA? The anticipated follow-up conference to the Search & Social Spring Summit, BlueGlass LA is a special collaboration between us & 10e20 to...

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Local Business Listing: A Marketing Opportunity and a Security Challenge

Local business listings began with a basic business directory more than a decade ago. Chances are, your business has a local listing wherever you have a physical address location. Check it out — go to Google, type in your company name. You’ll probably see a map locating your business and an address. Of course all you may find other information too.   Local business listings are treated passively by many businesses.  But that could be a mistake. You’ve probably read that prospects have something specific in mind when they...

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Quickly Embed Tweets to a Web Page with Blackbird Pie

Do you often use the screenshots of your (or maybe someone else’s) Tweet? I see the Twitter screenshots throughout the web. People use the screenshots of Tweets as quotes or to visualize the idea or just for fun. This is why the new non-official tool by Twitter employee Robin Sloan got my attention. Blackbird Pie is a Twitter-based tool that allows to embed a Tweet to your web page to save time immensely: No time spent on making the screenshot; No time spent on editing the image; No time spent on uploading the image. Besides saving...

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