Article Marketing VS Social Media Marketing For SEO

Back in the days before blogs and other social media sites I posted articles in article directories. And while I didn’t consider article marketing a part of my search engine optimization strategy because even then there was a lot of controversy about the usefulness of duplicate content and duplicate anchor text, I did consider it [...]

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Updated FTC Guidelines For Marketing On Social Media Sites

Image via Wikipedia There have been a lot of questions about the FTC Endorsement Guidelines that went into effect last December. Questions like: “Is there special language I have to use to make the disclosure?” “Do I have to hire a lawyer to help me write a disclosure?” “Would a button that says DISCLOSURE, LEGAL, [...]

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How to Use Online Social Networking to Market – Conclusion

Before I wrap up this series on using social networking to get traffic to your website I thought I should share some interesting statistics and an observation. From everything I’ve read about social media sites, primarily the popular ones like Facebook and Twitter, … Approximate Statistics: 90% of the affiliate commissions are paid to 10% [...]

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