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Dissecting the challenges and opportunities for content creation

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Prioritize your website, not your social media accounts

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How to manage SEO clients’ expectations

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Link building best practices: Advice from four experts

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Ultimate List of Online Public Relations Tools

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5 ways an SEO copywriter can screw your brand

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Dissecting the challenges and opportunities for content creation
By Raven Tools

February, 2011

Dissecting the challenges and opportunities for content creation

Sunday’s airing of the Grammy Awards highlighted a reality that content publishers have been struggling with for years. In typical fashion, West Coast viewers saw a tape-delayed version of the event. Yet West Coasters’ experience of the awards show was spoiled by real-time play-by-plays and reactions of East Coast viewers’ social media streams. CBS faltered […]


Prioritize your website, not your social media accounts
By Raven Tools

January, 2011

Prioritize your website, not your social media accounts

The popularity of Facebook, Twitter and other social media websites has marked the beginning of the march away from the conventional business website. Where does the primary user engagement and conversion need to be, a third-party social media website or the company website? Many businesses, especially in the SMB (Small and Medium Size Business) segment, […]


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By Raven Tools

January, 2011

How to manage SEO clients’ expectations

Managing your SEO clients’ expectations is as essential to their success as it is to your own. If your clients have unrealistic expectations, especially in regard to the timeframe for results, then they will most likely be unhappy with whatever you accomplish and may end up giving up early or, worse, on SEO altogether. If you want happy clients who sing your praises and you don’t want your client relationships to end prematurely, there are some key principles to establishing and managing expectations effectively.


Link building best practices: Advice from four experts
By Raven Tools

January, 2011

Link building best practices: Advice from four experts

As professional Internet marketers, we’re always seeking to improve our craft. We stay informed of news, we research tactics and strategies, and we share stories from the trenches with peers. One challenging aspect of marketing online is the practice of link building, so today we turn to four expert link marketers for their lessons from […]


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By Raven Tools

January, 2011

Ultimate List of Online Public Relations Tools

UPDATED JULY 31, 2014 Online public relations is becoming a go-to strategy for Internet marketing as a whole. The power of the press builds a brand, enhances a company’s reputation, drives traffic and accrues high-quality links. But to do it right, you need the right tools. PR Heavyweights These companies provide great overall service for press […]


5 ways an SEO copywriter can screw your brand
By Raven Tools

December, 2010

5 ways an SEO copywriter can screw your brand

By now you’ve heard — probably too many times — that content is king. But before you rush out to hire an SEO copywriter, remember an inept king can lead his kingdom to ruin. When the kingdom is your brand, you can’t afford a minor protest, much less a rebellion. It can take years to […]