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The Pole Position Marketing crew facilitated a blogging seminar yesterday for IABC in Cleveland. I picked up a few important things from the crew.
- Even though Deb has an affinity for Coach purses, she has just as much of an affinity for Klingons.
- Stoney has been known to spend hours looking at Star Trek pages on Wikipedia.
- The rest of the staff didn’t have any sci-fi references. What did they think people were coming to the seminar for? Shame on them.
Oh, and if you’re wondering, I did see Star Trek Into Darkness last weekend. Wondering what my reaction was? It’s a spoiler, highlight the following text to see: Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!! 
But I digress, here’s what the Pole Position Marketing crew has been reading this week.
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Here in Ohio, we’ve had a nice week of sunny weather in the mid-70′s, and it’s amazing how a week of sunshine makes you feel! It’s made us feel so good, that part of the crew has made a resolution to start working off that winter weight with an afternoon plank break. I’m realizing just how out-of-shape I am! After the planks, it’s back to the desk to catch our breath and catch up on the latest happenings in the web marketing world. Here’s a sampling of what the crew has been reading this week.
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There’s a debate over the significance of page load speed in Google’s search algorithms. However, there’s no debate over the significant impact it can have on conversions. With each passing second the visitor has to wait for the page to load, sales are being lost.
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There’s always music playing in our office, and you never know what you’re going to hear. It could be a hair band from the ’80s, or you might hear Cher reminding you to “believe in life after love.” If you’re someone who likes to share what you’re listening to, you’re going to love this announcement about Twitter’s foray into the music sharing biz. According to this post on Wired, Twitter is set to launch a stand-alone music app that will allow users to find new music based on what their friends are listening to. Tweet away those playlists! Even when we’re not listening to music, we still like to share—great articles on SEO, link building and content creation.
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Decisions, decisions. Whether someone makes a purchase from your site isn’t just about product pages and shopping carts. If they have a question about a product, they need to be able to find a way to contact you easily. If they can’t, they just might decide to take their business elsewhere. And online, that’s quite simple to do with just a few clicks.
In my latest blog post on Search Engine Land, I detail why an optimized “Contact Us” page is critical to not only providing visitors with much-needed information, but can also help generate leads and ultimately sales. And in the end, isn’t that your goal? I hope you’ll find these tips useful for your site.
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From good SEO practices to determining ROI for link building, we’ve scoured the Internet to bring you some great articles to help you with your online marketing efforts. We like to read and we like to share—we’re just nice that way.
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As a web marketer, we often start working on websites after the initial development stage. It stands to reason, right? You don’t need web marketing until after the website has been built. Until then, there is nothing to market! While this may sound logical, when it comes to building a website that can be properly marketed, that process must start far earlier than website rollout. In fact, web marketing starts before you even settle on your new business name!
Without setting the proper architectural structure, and specifically, choosing a domain name and making your URLs search engine friendly, you’re setting yourself up for a whole mess of problems later on. Getting out ahead of these can save you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars of development, not to mention the headache of fighting the search engines while making necessary changes.
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We’re dying to see Daryl take down more walkers—and perhaps his long-lost brother Merle—on this Sunday’s mid-season opener of The Walking Dead. Oh how we’ve missed you and the gang, Rick! Even if you are a little off your rocker. But who wouldn’t be in a zombie apocalypse? Since we’ve waited this long for the showdown between Rick and the Governor, we decided to do some reading on SEO, link building and web analytics, and share what we’ve found with you. Oh, and if you have no idea who Daryl, Rick or what a “walker” is, or even if you do, check out this cable company ad spot.
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Lots of talk about the Super Bowl on the web this week, and whether you have a favorite team or you just watch it for the commercials, you might need a breather. Check out what we’ve been reading this week in the world of SEO, analytics and link building. Go team!
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Last week, our mojo-gushing link builder wrote ‘Always Be Reading’: the Link Builder’s Mantra. Funny thing is, we all have this mantra at the office. So, what have we been doing this week (and every week)? Reading, of course. (Oh, and we did some work, too.) Here’s what we gave five stars this week…
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