Fri.May 05, 2017

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Case Study: 40% of Sales from SEO

Duct Tape Marketing

Case Study: 40% of Sales from SEO written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Search engine optimization (SEO) is changing fast. It used to be that you could use keyword stuffing and other such techniques to boost your rankings. No longer. Google and other search engines are committed to rewarding quality content that clearly and precisely answers a browser’s question.

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You Want To Start A Travel Blog? 7 Tips To Set You Apart.

YoungUpstarts

Most people get travel blogging wrong. They imagine that if they have a steady base of followers, brands will fly them around the world. Their only job there will be to meet the locals, eat their foods, take some Instagram-worthy pictures, and post a few words about the experience on their blog. Well, that’s just part of the deal. If you want to make it in this overly competitive blogging niche without hiring an article writer , you need to treat your travel blog as a business.

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7 Strategies For A Low Entry-Cost Sustainable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If your dream has long been to start and manage your own business, there is no time like the present to get started. The cost of entry is at an all-time low, working from home through an Internet website seen globally, turning a hobby or an invention into an online business. But don’t be misled into thinking that long-term business success is assured and low risk.

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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

by Joe Carlen, author of “ A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World “ Going back to the dawn of civilization, many entrepreneurs have sought their fortunes through adventures of exploration. Mesopotamian entrepreneurs prospered by expanding their landlocked trade routes east to the Indus Valley (modern-day India) and west to Egypt and beyond.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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5 key strategies for differentiating yourself as a freelancer

The Next Web

You have a distinct skill set that’s in demand and you’d like to begin taking on work as a freelancer, but you’re not quite sure how to stand out from others in the marketplace. Whether you’re trying to find clients through your colleagues, on LinkedIn or a freelancer platform like Contently or Upwork, you should consider how to differentiate yourself from competing freelancers that offer similar services.

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How To Navigate Your Finances After Graduation: 4 Crucial Tips for Recent Grads

YoungUpstarts

According to a Fidelity Investments study, about 70% of the class of 2013 is graduating with an average debt of $35,200. Figuring out a way to pay for college expenses might be far easier when compared to dealing with finances post-graduation, when you enter your first job and receive your first disposable income. You’ll have to juggle plenty of expenses at one time, pay off debts on provincial Winnipeg loans for school and credit cards, insurance, retirement plans, stock options – not to

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Innovation MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

What’s Really Needed is an Innovation MoshPit. Reinventing Combinations, Concept Blends, and Mash-Ups. I’ve been touting concept blends in innovation for some time. My reason is simple, it’s a fast path to new and different ideas. From the Printing Press to the iPhone, big new market-creating innovation happens when concepts from two different domains are combined.

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What They Don’t Teach You In Business School

YFS Magazine

Starting a business means you will face perpetual surprises, challenges, financial issues and unforeseen risks. But there are ways to prepare for it.

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Three Ways To Turn Your Business Around By Learning From Facebook

YoungUpstarts

by Mike Hoefflinger, author of “ Becoming Facebook: The 10 Challenges That Defined the Company That’s Disrupting the World “ Do you or your company need a turn-around? Your business isn’t Facebook, but you certainly can learn from the social-media titan by examining how it operates — when things are going well, and not so well. The company’s ascension, chronicled in “ Becoming Facebook “ , is a business adventure of unprecedented growth, game-changing acquisitions,