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Survival of SEO’s Fittest – How to Outrun Lions
It’s not always necessary to be the best or the fastest or the strongest in the jungle – you don’t have to be able to outrun the lion – you just need to be a little better than your…

Google SEO Tips
Getting answers directly from the source was a great relief for many advanced SEO’s, who now have a baseline (for now) to use as a barometer regarding the way Google crawls, indexes and interprets …

5 Ways to Use Social Media for Things You Are Already Doing
One of the biggest road blocks facing small businesses when addressing social media is the question of return on investment. With so little time devote to what’s crying out to be done, adding something else…

How To Make The Real-Time Web More Trustworthy
Everyone’s been talking about the “real-time web” for quite some time, but it’s easy to focus on speed while forgetting real-time is dependent on trust. When things move faster, trust matters more….

How To Promote Your Small Business Online When Your Website Sucks
Ok, so you’ve decided to start using the Internet to promote your business more actively and most people you talk to who know about the web tell you the same thing … you need to redesign your website. The problem for many…

Social Media and ROI
The article eludes to how complicated it is to calculate ROI from Social Media and the author is absolutely correct at this point it is next to impossible …

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DSG Weekend Favs – March twenty 2010

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Indian summer is off to a great start and I hear-tell of snow in the foothills on Monday night. I’m so looking forward to the change of seasons.

This week’s Favs contains a huge myth about domain names with a delicious side plate of Squid.

And for a desert we can perhaps get a clearer view of what the future may hold.

Enjoy!

Myth: Get “Google SEO Love” by Registering Domains for 5+ Years
Do you know what else really bugs me? “SEO Tips” which are actually bad information. One of the biggest SEO myths that I have been debunking for years is the famous..

Top 10 Reasons To Build A Squidoo Lens
If you’re like me and have dabbled in a little search engine marketing to no avail – don’t lose hope. There is a fast, free tool out there that can help you drive targeted traffic to your online business or blog.

Your Future in 5 Easy Steps: Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning
If you have to make a big decision amid today’s turbulent times — career change, moving to a new city, paying for a child’s education — and you want to be geeky about it, try Wired’s guide to Personal Scenario Planning. Plot out probable futures for various choices.

Have a great weekend!

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DSG Weekend Favs – September nineteen

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Another week flies by. I can’t believe summer is almost over..snow is not too far off and according to the Farmers Almanac it might be a very, very white winter.

This week (just like every other) the web just keeps delivering great information and in some cases challenges the mind.

This week’s DSG Favs contains a great opportunity to get information (for free) that will be useful to anyone who considers themselves an entrepreneur.

Enjoy.

Free “Natural Leverage” Webinar
Andy Jenkins and Dan Thies have joined forces and are kicking off a new mastermind training program called GuruTherapy and to kick it off they are doing a free webinar next Tuesday at 6pm Eastern (US).

They promise to cover things like:

• How to do profitable lead generation
• The Moccasin Method and “Storytelling”
• When to move the free line
• and more..

They warned the webinar could run a couple of hours so plan ahead and have pen/paper at the ready.

Life Lessons From Burning Man
Just a little advice to help you navigate the dusty road.

What Does Labor Day Mean Today?
Online Workers and Elance Celebrate “New Way to Work” and it’s an opportunity for self-employed professionals and their clients to showcase working online.

Have a great weekend!

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DSG Weekend Favs – September five

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I’ve decided to add a weekend post routine highlighting 4 to 5 things that I found most interesting during the week. The topics may vary widely and I won’t be going into to much detail about what I think of the topics rather just sharing with you.

Hope you enjoy.

Social Media is a Unique Business Decision

My Venture Pad is a community providing small business and startup resources, marketing techniques, and growth strategies.

Hyper-Local Marketing: New Buzz Term for Local Search

Hyper-local marketing is the new buzz term that is drawing more attention to the local search marketing industry. With a poor economic forecast, national brands are searching for new ways to boost business. Rather than compete within …

The State of the Social Web: Facebook & FriendFeed

Opening up the whole of iGoogle to your Google Contacts and all the OpenSocial containers. Google Reader: More social than ever, in fact – it’s become very FriendFeed like! Here are some examples: Google Reader implements following, …

Google Wave MeetUp Tempe Arizona – Google Friend Connect Wave

In my first public appearance revealing the new Google OS, Google Friend Connect and Google Wave insider tactics we now use, Chris Lang, Margie Casados and Anthony Mink will give you the heads up on what will change how you use the …

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DSG Weekend Favs – August Twenty nine