crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. is the first company to devise s system to effectively crowdsource SEO (search engine optimization) services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Most VCs are book smart. Smart is simply not a differentiator. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Think of web vs. mobile.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

photos credit: Business strategy with seo concept © Ximagination | Dreamstime.com. Small businesses today, more than ever, rely on agencies to help with organic search and local results to drive business in their local markets. 2) Don’t write content for the search engines. 2) Don’t write content for the search engines.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Why Chicago is the Best Place to Start a Digital Startup - [link]. Investing in SEO: Marketers are Doing More SEO Than They Think – [link]. Product searches on Amazon have grown 73 percent over the last year while searches on Google Shopping have been flat” – [link]. Convertible Debt - [link].

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Search Engine Watch. SEO Paid Search Search Marketing. SES Chicago. Paid Search Strategies. Paid Search. Search Marketing. Paid Search. Search Marketing. ); //. Marketing News & Expert Advice. ClickZ Awards. ClickZ.asia. ClickZ Academy. SES Events. Subscribe to Newsletters.

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Eric Friedman

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I recently interviewed Motoko Hunt of AJPR for Search Engine Strategies Chicago where she will be speaking in the Search Around the World: Europe, Asia/Pacific & Latin America panel. International SEM and SEO have become more important in the last few years – what areas should people focus on? Motoko Hunt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

30% of Excelerate Labs CEO’s have been women – Chicago more diverse that most and growing! - [link]. SEO For Facebook Graph Search? Facebook Has Some Tips | Search Engine Land - [link]. The BEST Things Come to Those Who Ask – [link]. 5 Predictions For Online Advertising | Fast Company – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Oh, in my truest Bob Dylan voice, the times they are a changing for local marketing and SEO. Local search is one of the last places left for Google to wring a little more ad spend out of small businesses. Chicago, IL. You’ll also see a drop-down menu of relevant services next to a zip code search box. Riverside, CA.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – [link]. New, improved Google Social Search squeezes out SEO – [link]. – [link]. How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – [link]. 45+ Awesome Job Recruitment Ads – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Whether you’re hoping to get a promotion at your current job or you’re searching for employment, maintaining your hireability is key to getting ahead in your career. Akin Tosyali is Director of Digital Marketing for Tiege Hanley , a Chicago startup that is revolutionizing skin care for men.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

You grew up with a guy who went into law and has some Chicago money connections. They don't know you because your team/family barely has a website--and even if it does, it's not SEO optimized. Angellist, Gust, etc all made searching for and comparing deals much easier. remember Woody Harrelson on Cheers?

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Specifically, more and more people are searching YouTube for videos when thinking about making a purchase. Rather, people are finding it by searching Google, searching YouTube, social sharing, etc. Business Plan Development Chicago IL). Here's the link: [link] Once again, I haven't shared this video 58,000 times.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Specifically, more and more people are searching YouTube for videos when thinking about making a purchase. Rather, people are finding it by searching Google, searching YouTube, social sharing, etc. Business Plan Development Chicago IL). v=gLAZpFKRgUg Once again, I haven't shared this video 27,000 times.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

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. I kept up my search, even going through the thesaurus for anything related to communication. Defeated, we all went back to our offices.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

I did a search on some of their products and they did not have page one search listings (on Google or Bing) for what should be their head terms. There are 98 links on a travel site I am looking at right now, on the page for a hotel in Chicago. There should be one link: Search for Hotel or Make Reservation!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

Although company names like Best Plumbers and Chicago Pizza might do well in the marketplace, they are not eligible for trademark protection since they are too generic or geographical in nature. Next, I looked at naming conventions in my industry (which is SEO) and discovered a lot of similar businesses had names ending with ‘digital'.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 7, 2020

She is a graduate from Princeton University in Politics and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I kept searching and trying different keywords, and I just couldn’t find what I was looking for. . When a new brand name is an intentionally misspelled word, it is hard for people to find on a search.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

The next step was to then search the New York State business database to see if anyone else was using these names. We also did a quick online search to see if any of those names might be associated with trademarks. So, I turned to a naming agency in search of a new name. This allowed us to knock a few more names off the list.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2021

By always searching for new creative avenues, as well as the desire to outdo my competitors, I find the fire to keep going. We operate in a high-volume and high-value search market. Thanks to Nick Antonopoulos, SEO Digital Chicago ! #26- The only way to accomplish this is by moving beyond last year’s ideas.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Tons of great insight from @ randfish about inbound marketing and SEO in this AMA – [link]. Tons of great insight from @ randfish about inbound marketing and SEO in this AMA – [link]. Up Close With Facebook Graph Search | Search Engine Land – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

3- A name with competitive advantage in search. We knew we’d be relying heavily on organic search when we launched ReputationManagement. Therefore, we chose a brand name that would give us a competitive advantage in search, but also one that made sense for our business. 6- Using the idea of Chicago sports team colors.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2015

Improve Your Search Engine Results. SEO can be free, and there is a lot that you can do yourself such as listing your business on Google My Business and publishing high-quality content on a regular basis. However, you may want to hire professional assistance like that provided by Chicago SEO to get more from it.

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37signals.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Established 1999 in Chicago. Search is the way most people wind up finding us anyhow. I think you’re giving generally good advice but there are other factors like SEO value of your name/domain, memorability, simplicity, etc. Search is the way most people wind up finding us anyhow.” Apr 27 2010. Brian Burridge.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Megan: Yeah so we started out in the local search space. I think a lot of times it will be at the beginning especially it’s people that are in the [SEO 00:11:13] space that are coming to us that are like you can help us really get recognition in the local area for our search traffic. Where do people kind of put this?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

They’ll just Google it, and they’ll find apartmentratings.com, for example, which is really good at SEO, and is basically a way to find apartments, with ratings even, and it’s very popular. Your SEO is going to improve. Like, “We know that this will increase your SEO and you’ll get more traffic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 5, 2019

We tell the whole story of how she’s searching for a school to take some online classes and how she starts to go through part of her journey in the beginning but the school she’s doing research around hasn’t quite finished all of their content to map to all of the phases of her journey. Does it need to be optimized?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Her work has appeared in Entrepreneur, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Chicago Public Radio, and the Financial Times. Her work has appeared in Entrepreneur, the Wall Street Journal, npr, Chicago Public Radio, and The Financial Times. That's Chicago Public Radio, isn't it? John Jantsch (01:22): Intro.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

Empower Your Small Business – NEW edition: marketing, lean business, paid search, #1 mistake – [link]. Tech Startup City: G2 Crowd in Chicago | Forbes – [link]. UX Myths That Hurt SEO – Whiteboard Friday | SEOmoz – [link]. Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends!

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners. She now photographs thirty newborns a month! 2- Raise and support our family on our own terms.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. I was doing freelance SEO consulting for e-commerce businesses and on my first trip to Thailand fell in love with the country and the culture. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2016

It’s no secret – the marketing industry (and SEO in particular) is full of snake oil salesmen, dishonesty and at times downright lies. It all started working for my father, who runs a clothing wholesaling business, Almacenes Maria’s in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. Thanks to Steven G. Bazil, Esq.,

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2013

More than ever, PR firms, social media marketers, and search optimizers are rushing to push out more web content for clients. A search-friendly page aligned with a good keyphrase may be read hundreds of times more than a page written without search in mind. On-page SEO Best Practices. Internal links.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

I knew I wanted the word miniatures in the business name–it lets people know exactly what we sell and is good for SEO. At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. #3- Symbolise some fun and what we do.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

My two go-to Twitter analytics and search tools? Twitter’s own analytics and search. He has 12 years of experience helping agencies & businesses improve their online marketing efforts through SEO, SEM, and social media services. Adam Busch is a Content Marketer and SEO Specialist for RentLingo. image credit.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

And just to prove that it wasn’t all fun, this is me in Chicago basically doing some work. I discovered blogging because I was told it was great for search engine rankings. For example, you’ve probably done searches in Google to find what websites rank well for the search terms you want to bring leads to your business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

From Chicago’s 1871: Howard Tullman’s heavily caffeinated life crowdspring.co/1EAvVe5. Will Google’s Mobile-Friendly Website Search Ranking Kill Your SEO? Richard Branson to Entrepreneurs: Shoot for the Moon (But Be Prepared to Crash) bit.ly/1CiN5NR. FAIL ACADEMY: Top Reasons Startups Fail bit.ly/1HuK3t2. 1HuBa2y.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

They recognize the average lifespan of a client is 3-6 months, so they implement a strong sales team to consistently search for new clients. I started out working for various agencies and eventually I was recruited to work in-house for a Fortune 500 company doing SEO and PPC work. Thanks to Bret Bonnet, Quality Logo Products !

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