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Just a reminder for those searching for niche-related content and inspiration for such content - Google has very deep tools available to help. Google Alerts and Blog Search are fantastic, as are the Books searches, just as examples to get you fired up!

Now let us again do a quick recap on what are the companies for which local SEO is a good idea? If you want to reach the local consumer base, the local SEO is the ideal solution for you. Since it focuses on a certain geographical area, you have better opportunities to concentrate on the specific needs of that community. This is why the local SEO is a must for a company that sells products to a specific geographical area.

Awesome Greasemonkey scripts to make you more productive with Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a fantastic tool as it is - and it's always improving, but there are a lot of people out there that have created tools to make it even better. In an effort to make everyone aware of these fantastic and easy-to-use tools, I've compiled a list of the ones we use everyday. If we missed one, or if you've got a great tool that we should add to the list, please let us know! We're always looking for ways to make Google Analytics easier to install and use. I hope you find them as useful as I do, and a big thank you goes out to each of the people responsible for these fantastic time-saving tools.

There are some great scripts on that page. I'll be checking out several of them for sure. Thanks for the link!

Great way to use animated gifs for video representation in your email campaign. Use this for 360 product views, slideshows, etc... Only problem is no sound - but works in all major email clients (including web based clients like GMail)

Recently, someone took the idea of video email a step further and created an email marketing campaign that used video in a way that I hadn't thought feasible - and it displayed properly in nearly all major email programs!

Search Marketing investment is a staple of an effective web strategy and the "build it and they will come" strategy does not work. No matter how good your product, content, or website is - they will not come unless you invest in your SEM web strategy.

It appears a large proportion of small business owners are still stuck in the "build it and they will come" mentality. The study highlights that most small businesses have developed websites, but have done little more to enhance their online business presence. According to the report, over 59% of small business owners who own websites don't use paid search marketing, and of those, a whopping 90% have never tried it.

What I liked about this was that they created a REAL, content-rich website to market each of their products.

Good article on using Twitter over-all for promotion... while NOT actually promoting your product! Engagement is the key.