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Every Day Social Media 2008-07-21 13:09:57 Traditional media’s days as the main source of information are numbered. Giants like newspapers, television and radio are taking a back seat to the onset of social media as the most popular way we interact and discuss the subjects that are important to us. Web 2.0 and the read/write web has made it easy for everyone to share [...] Read more:Every Day
, Social
, Social Media
Google Ranking Insights 2008-07-15 12:27:35 Internet marketing wouldn’t be what it is today without Google
. Higher visibility in such a popular tool has long been sought after by every online business as a vital component to success. With that desire to rank higher, the ins and outs of how ranking is determined proves to be an interesting debate. There are [...] Read more:Insights
, Ranking
iePlexus Competes in Charity Golf Tournament 2008-07-08 11:45:56 iePlexus.com; Social Media Marketing Company Competes in Charity
Golf Tournament
www.iePlexus.com attended the Selkirk Association of Realtors® Charity Golf Tournament, held at the Stoneridge Golf Course in Blanchard, Idaho, on June 20th, taking 4th place and contributing as a Platinum Sponsor.
Lynnwood, WA (PRESS RELEASE) July 8, 2008 — Members of the iePlexus Online Media team took [...]
Business Blogs and Beyond 2008-06-30 14:00:44 In 2005, Business
Week premiered one of the defining articles for business owners and their place online. “Blogs
Will Change Your Business” was the title, and the article made many waves in the industry as one of the first from mainstream media to truly acknowledge the power and impact of blogging on business. Since then, [...]
Creating External Links for Exposure and Credibility 2008-06-26 13:46:31 When it comes to gaining search engine exposure, the amount and value of the incoming links to your website is a determining factor when you’re measured against your competitors. We all know that search engines use this statistic as part of their ranking algorithm, most notably so with Google and its infamous PageRank Technology, which measures the importance of [...] Read more:Creating
, Credibility
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“Before iePlexus my website was dragging along…” 2008-06-23 17:05:39 Before joining iePlexus my website
was just dragging along
, not making any money. Because of their coaching and blog creation, the website is now turning a profit. I had revenue in the 1st 3 months with them, greater then all of last year….and it continues to grow. I am close to opening a second site [...]
Recommended: Google Advertising Services 2008-06-16 13:29:33 Website owners have a variety of programs that they can take advantage of to increase their online revenue and drive additional traffic to their site. The most popular of these is through Google
, utilizing their two basic advertising services Google AdSense and Google AdWords. Both of these provide excellent opportunities to take advantage of Google’s huge [...] Read more:Advertising
, Services
“Thank you iePlexus for the excellent training videos.” 2008-06-10 17:12:20 Just wanted to say thank you iePlexus for the excellent
training videos
. I just found out about them and have watched two tonight and feel more confident in what I am to do. My only regret - I was not informed about these when I first began with your company! Keep up the good work. [...] Read more:Thank
Marketing Basics: The Online Press Release 2008-06-04 17:58:14 Think a press release is an outdated, “old media” approach to marketing? Think again.
There’s countless studies and articles highlighting the benefits of a press release for online businesses. From generating traffic, inbound links and business or product buzz, to getting positive press and top billing on search results, the new online marketing standards certainly include [...] Read more:Basics
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Social Media in Plain English 2008-05-30 13:32:35 The folks over at Common Craft have put together a new video that explains social media titled “Social
Media in PlainEnglish
”. This one features a town that has a serious love of ice cream and the how the residents embrace the fundamentals of social media to everyone’s benefit. You might remember Common Craft from their video [...] Read more:Plain English
, Social Media
“Thank you iePlexus for all your help.” 2008-08-01 15:06:04 Hi iePlexus,
Just wanted to let you know how excited I am, not only in the amount of traffic to my site, but also the sales this past month. I never thought I would be getting customers at this point in time. What a great beginning.
Thank
you iePlexus for all your help.
Carol
www.mygogreenclothing.com
www.mygogreenclothingblog.com
Hi iePlexus, how’s it going? [...]
Google’s New Browser - Google Chrome 2008-09-01 16:56:49 It wasn’t a quiet Labor Day over at Microsoft, that’s for sure. Online sources began reporting early today that Google
would be releasing a new browser, dubbed Google Chrome
to directly compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The download will be available tomorrow in as many as 100 countries worldwide. The Google Blog officially announced the [...]
iePlexus.com Premiers New Online Shopping Network buyPlexus.com 2008-08-22 13:19:34 www.iePlexus.com announces launch of buyPlexus.com, a Web 2.0 online shopping network designed for users to easily connect and explore businesses, products and services.
Lynnwood, WA (PRESS RELEASE) August 18, 2008 — Social media marketing company iePlexus.com today announced the official launch of buyPlexus.com, a new Web 2.0 shopping network and online directory developed specifically to Read more:Premiers
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Customer Praises iePlexus to the Better Business Bureau 2008-09-17 12:49:24 Here at iePlexus, customer satisfaction is paramount to our success as a company. We take great pride in providing a service that benefits our clients and empowers them to grow their businesses without limitations. When iePlexus began, our commitment to the customer was the foundation that drove our continuing business model, setting the standard for everything from our client base to [...] Read more:Business
, Customer
Viral Marketing 2008-09-12 18:04:00 One of the fundamental components in advertising is utilizing effective word of mouth. People telling other people about your products or services is an excellent way to build a base and introduce new customers to your business. Many industries rely on word of mouth to support their business model, like real estate, where your success can sometimes depend [...] Read more:Marketing
, Viral
“iePlexus, I wanted to share my good news…” 2008-10-06 15:45:06 iePlexus,
I wanted
to share my good news with you! I made my first sale this last Thursday and I’ve received an order a day since then! I think things are finally happening for me! Just wanted to thank you for all the help you’ve given me! (Now that things are picking up, I may need [...]
Political Relevance Depends on Internet 2008-10-03 12:04:19 During election years, we all know people who magically become “political experts.” And with the constant inundation of debates, scandal, and mud slinging, it’s no wonder politics has become the constant fodder fueling our water coolers. But is politics the topic de jour only because it’s an election year? Or is there more to it? [...] Read more:Depends
, Internet
Design Matters 2008-10-01 15:53:11 Being what I consider an industry veteran (I’ve been building and marketing websites since 1998), there’s always been one constant that separates the successful sites from those that fail: good design. It’s not the only rule to abide by, but it has very few exceptions. With the plethora of content management systems and website templates out [...]
When Blogging Kills 2008-09-24 15:51:41 There is no limit to just how much the internet has revolutionized our world. Not only has information become an immediately accessible commodity, but it has also changed the way people all around the world are working. Especially in the world of blogging, people are able to transform their homes into offices and effectively become [...] Read more:Blogging
, Kills
Web 2.0 Halloween 2008-10-31 10:28:32 From around the web this Halloween
:
Google apparently has a sense of humor that even appeals to code geeks, by adding this to their robots.txt file:
User-agent: zombies
Disallow: /brains
SearchEngineLand put together a great collection of Halloween search logos spotted around the web.
Lastly, in a blast from the past, CommonCraft gives us the low down on zombies:
iePlexus Blog Contributors 2008-10-28 15:56:56 We’ve had pretty consistent growth here at iePlexus, and with that growth we’ve been contributing to our blog more often, expanding our coverage and discussing a wider range of topics. Our goal is to create a valuable, objective industry resource with our blog, examining news on blogging, social media, Web 2.0, and everything in between. With so much material, [...]
Blogging Killed the Newspaper Star 2008-10-24 13:12:56 In 1979, the Buggles informed the world that video killed the radio star. Now, the question facing our generation is whether blogging will kill the newspaper star. As the catchy pop song taught us, the golden age of technology past is inevitably swept away for the glitz and glamour of the new.
In terms of print [...] Read more:Blogging
, Killed
, Newspaper
Blog Marketing for Business 2008-10-22 18:39:46 I’ve talked before about the incredible adaption and utilization of blogs in the business world. From Fortune 500 companies and corporations to small businesses just starting out, blogs have made the business world stand up and take notice. In June of this year, I wrote about the Business
Week article that followed up on the original groundbreaking story [...] Read more:Blog Marketing
, Marketing
iePlexus Featured on KillerStartups.com 2008-10-20 09:40:38 We’re proud to annouce that recently iePlexus.com was featured on KillerStartups.com, a “user-driven internet startups community.” KillerStartups reviews over 15 internet startups every working day and has featured the likes of Skype, StumbleUpon, and NetVibes, just to name a few. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using Read more:Featured
Why Do We Blog? 2008-10-17 16:20:59 Blogging seems like such an established part of the web experience that it’s easy to forget it’s only been in our lives for eleven years. If fact, if you’re on the hunt for the beginnings of the web log, you will eventually find yourself in April of 1997 at Dave Winer’s blog, Scripting News. By [...]