224IndexRSS (really simplesyndication):and blogs, 45–46enabling, 13–14feeds, 40, 47, 100, 125–126,156, 214–215LinkedIn feed, 214–215SSacred cow, 25, 166–167Screencast, 214Search engine optimization(SEO):building authority of, 36function of, 58–59and getting banned, 76–79and Google ranking, 57keywords for, 62–65off-page, 73–76on-page, 65–73, 82–83pay per click advertising vs.,80–81and titles, 39–40tracking progress of, 81–82use of, by DIY Shutters,82–83Search engine optimizationauthority, 61, 66Search engine optimizationcredit, 75Search engine results page(SERP), 35–36, 56Search <strong>marketing</strong>, 8SEO, see Search engineoptimizationSERP, see Search engine resultspageShah, Dharmesh, 38, 95Shift Communications, 186Signal vs. Noise (blog), 18Social advertising, 91–92Social bookmarking, 32–33,42–43Social media sites, 85–126. Seealso specific sites, e.g.:Facebookadvantages of, 89bio/summary for, 87–88building a following on, 106collaborating on, 98–103creating an online profileon, 86–88creating videos for, 117–119getting banned on, 112–113getting discovered with,113–116linking to other sites on, 88monitoring industry on,107professional socialnetworking, 93–103publishing on, 108–113remarkable content on, 29RSS feeds for, 156steps for using, 124–126tracking progress on, 120Solis, Brian, 185Solis, Weber, Defren, &Roetzer, 185–186Spam filters, 3Sponsored links, 56–58Strakosch, Greg, 192–194StumbleUpon:about, 114–115Digg vs., 114–115getting discovered with,113–116icons for, 42setting up account on,212–213
Index225TTechCrunch (blog), 30TechTarget, 192–194Text:anchor, 40, 124hidden, 7937Signals, 119T Kestrel, 82–83Toys R Us, 200Tracking progress:of blogs, 48–49of competition, 190–192of content, 24, 32–33on Google, 81–82of leads, 156–157of <strong>marketing</strong> decisions, 167of prospects, 146on social media sites, 120of web sites, 17with web site visitors, 135Tracking prospects, 145–146Trade shows, 5Traditional marketers, 175Traditional <strong>marketing</strong>:and customers, 6–7history of, 3–6<strong>inbound</strong> <strong>marketing</strong> vs.,22and Obama 2008presidential campaign,7–9Twain, Mark, 1TweetDeck, 212Twitter:building a following on, 106finding relevant users on,212forming relationships on,121–122function of, 103–104icons for, 42monitoring your industryon, 107setting up account on,105–106, 210uses of, 104–105Twitter Bots, 107–108TwitterGrade, 190Twitter Grader, 106, 120UURLs, 36, 69–70, 91, 211Usernames, 86–87, 125VVariety, of content, 30–31Venator Partners, 154VEPA, 130–131, 134–135Videos:about your industry, 31diversifying blog posts with,37embedding, 118–119on YouTube, 118–119Virtuous cycle, 97Visitors, web site, 129–136and calls to action, 129–132conversion of, at Google,135–136experimenting with,134–135mistakes in converting,134tracking progress with,135types of offers for, 132–134WW2 Group, 185Web analytics software, 213
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