Friday, September 22, 2006

Small Business Blog by Janet Attard - Domain Name "Slamming" Attempt

An item worth noting -

Small Business Blog by Janet Attard - Domain Name "Slamming" Attempt: "Domain Name 'Slamming' Attempt

One of my staff just took a call from someone who wanted to 'verify' some information about our domain name.
My staffer put the call on hold and told me about it, so I took it myself. The caller, who spoke with an Indian accent, asked to 'verify information about your domain.'"

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Vertical Response Email Marketing Blog

Check out the September 12 posting on the Vertical Response Email Marketing Blog about Email Marketing Planning for retailers. If you haven't tried Vertical Response--you should! It's pretty simple and a quick way to establish an e-newsletter or mail postcards if your customers prefer snail mail. You can even send yourself a FREE postcard to see the quality. It's a high-quality, professional postcard that is sure to grab your customer's attention.

Sign-up for an account here: Vertical Response, Inc.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Discover Keyword Research Service for Website Promotion

Discover Nichebot Keyword Research Service for your Website Promotion(s).
This is a tool I've used regularly for promoting my site and my client's sites. There are other tools out there; WordTracker and Overture being the most popular.

Here's the trouble with using WordTracker or Overture.
The data from WordTracker comes from two meta search engines, Dogpile.com and MetaCrawler.com. The search volume is approximately 1% of the entire global search volume and translates to approximately 330 million keyword phrases. Oh, yeah--that data only goes back 100 days, so if you are searching for seasonal keywords you aren't going to find them!

The data from Overture comes from Yahoo! and can boast many results from which to search, but the database through their Keyword Suggestion Tool only goes back as far as the previous 30 days. Once again, seasonal relevance is out of the question.

The Keyword Discovery Tool at NicheBot goes back ONE WHOLE YEAR and uses data from 180 search engines resulting in an approximate 32 billion keyword database [yes that's Billion with a 'B']!

You can get top 10 results for free at NicheBot and upgrade to a paid service if your needs are greater. Check it out--it's really handy and a terrific resource.

Tags: keyword research, website promotion, keyword tools