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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

Founded in 2005, the company has since delivered more than $1 billion from employers to freelancers. The hot skill you definitely see higher demand from is mobile development, both the hours worked and rates in mobile have been increasing over time,” Cooper emphasized. million jobs.

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My Notes From The Ed Dale Internet Marketing Seminar

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Going into this event I wasn’t exactly sure what the topic was, since Ed and his team dabble in all kinds of subjects, from niche sites, to SEO and website flipping. We’re still talking about title tags and incoming links as the most important SEO variables to focus on.

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Transcript of The Key to Success? Taking Care of Your Community

Duct Tape Marketing

We saw people, they were just running into roadblocks whether it be content development, design, any myriad of subset of that SEO, which of course you’re having a nice focus on custom development. Everything from strategy design, SEO, and whatnot. Some of you have definitely been asking. Brian Clark: Right.

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10 Reasons Podcast Guesting is the #1 Killer Content Marketing Tactic of All Time

Duct Tape Marketing

Ever since Google started dropping algorithmic bombs around 2011 (think Panda, Penguin, and so on), SEO industry behavior has changed. Most SEO services have moved back onshore and “real” SEO is now an integrated part of holistic marketing. Dwell time has been a hot SEO topic for the last year or so. Increased dwell time.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Except I disagree with that definition of “success.” And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. Hey, actually that is a pretty good reason! How much more proof do you need that even his crazy ideas are worth backing? However he begins, he’ll pivot until he strikes gold.

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Transcript of Crafting Growth-Focused Content for Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

So really, it’s like old-school SEO, although we never use those letters ever. Old-school SEO with really genuine, high quality content that’s created with subject matter expert interviews, but everything is around growth. I’ve been podcasting since 2005, how’s that a trend? That sounds sort of absurd.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Binxy Baby kind of just ended up being the name that checked all my boxes and had an available URL— a definite must-have for an online business. Company names are uber important for two main reasons: determines how easy prospects will remember your brand name AND improves the SEO of your site if you use keywords that relate to that industry.

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