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Barry makes two great points in this post you should look at if you are looking to develop a web strategy for your business.. He makes two great points that are very important for businesses to realize when crafting a social media or community building strategy. If you can engage an audience around your brand by providing them content where and how they want it - you will succeed online and see real conversions - whether it is leads or sales.

With more and more people flocking to social media sites, it is important that your audience can engage with your brand through as many channels as possible.

We are always talking about building a community. It's the first thing we recommend for many reasons... This is a good overview on how to find, build, and grow your online community

In social media, who you know - or who knows you - can certainly make all the difference. That's why figuring out who to connect with and taking the time to build relationships with these people is key to leveraging the power of social media.

Jeremeiah once again gives us indispensible tips on web strategy. He is spot on with his sentiment that many corporate blogs are untrusted.. This is because many of these blogs are just tossed up there to have one online. Most are filled with stuffy corporate marketing copy with no human voice and no outbound linking... Read this for tips

Today, I'm going to play doctor, in fact, I'm a specialist: A corporate blog doctor. Most corporate blogs aren't trusted, and here's a very simple heuristic health check to gauge whether your corporate blog is going to be trusted by your readers.

Great free tool for creating PDF eBooks out of Word docs and much more.

Stay in touch with your readership with open-ended questions to find out what they REALLY want!

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If you pay close attention to the source and the type of traffic you get in your blog, you should be able to find if the majority is from direct referral or organic traffics from search engines. Organic traffics from search engines convert good to CPC, but visitors who visit your site on regular bas

Search for a brand and see it's online popularity

Great tips on budgeting time for your online reputation management

Monitoring your business' social media presence is incredibly important. You need to respond to people talking about your brand and understand how people view your company. However, a common concern is that it takes up too much time.

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