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

The Next Web

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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Recruiting: 12 Questions For Uncomfortably Hands-On SEO Interviews

searchengineland.com

Enterprise SEM. Mobile Search. Overview: What Is SEM? SEM Columns. Our SEM Events. How To: SEM / Paid Search. May 30, 2012 at 1:06pm ET by Conrad Saam. News & Features. SearchCap Daily Newsletter. All Columns. All Things SEO. B2B Search Marketing. Enterprise SEO. In House Search Marketing.

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Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail

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Thanks >> 2012/03/01 RT @newsycombinator : How Not To Sell Software in 2012 [link] >> 2012/03/01 New Blog Post: MapR, HDFS and Forking Code #strataConf : I was in the exhibition hall of StrataConf talking with. link] >> 2012/02/29 Man, I could watch @avinash all day -- very entertaining (and informative) speaker.

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Why Metrics Get Worse With Scale

Seeing Both Sides

Search engine marketing (SEM) and app store optimization (ASO) exploit arbitrage opportunities in keywords and placement, but those arbitrage opportunities are effective only for a moment in time and for a certain level of spend. in 2009 to $11.80 During that period of time, their monthly uniques grew over 2.5x, from 25m to 65m.

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Four Responsive Email Layouts

marketingland.com

Jul 11, 2012 at 9:19am ET by Chris Studabaker. Further, with a media query we’re likely focusing on a single breakpoint around 480-500px, which results in two layout states — large/desktop screen (1024+px wide) and small/mobile screen (480-px wide). Social Media |. Search Marketing |. Display Advertising |. Analytics |.

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