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[Infographic] Is SEO Or SEM Better For Online Marketing?

YoungUpstarts

Search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) are fundamental to online marketing, and though both are shown to benefit business immensely, they’re not the same. SEM is geared more toward paid search, and SEO is used to drive website traffic through keywords and linking. SEM for Beginners.

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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

Rob Sobers said about the marketing growth strategy, “It’s not about tactics—it’s about people and process.”. When it comes to process, growth marketers must learn to fail. A marketing growth strategy is about small and incremental wins that build up over time. Growth marketing is about process over tactics.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

I actually really enjoyed many of the points Muhammad made about marketing in general and I found myself nodding through the entirety of the article except for it’s core premise. It’s about looking out for and catching the next major marketing wave before others have grokked it. I laughed as I did at much of his rant.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

And we wanted a head of global marketing. I wanted them to have a market lead before others could try and build what Ethan was working on. Ethan recruited a great team of people to help build this proposition including Lisa Robinson running marketing and Rahul Thathoo as CTO who have been working tirelessly for the past year.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Advertisements, search engines, and social media all give businesses the chance to increase brand awareness and market influence. Thanks to Masha Mahdavi, SEM Dynamics ! #10- With this rapid evolution of technology, we are also seeing the highest overall global potential for entrepreneurs ever. Photo Credit: Masha Mahdavi.

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28 Surprising Facts to Guide Your Small Business Marketing Strategy

crowdSPRING Blog

Marketing is the bridge between your business and your customers. Marketing covers a wide range of activities. From traditional advertising to social media, online review management to blogging, search engine optimization to direct mail – it’s all marketing. There are many ways to market with a small budget.

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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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