HubPages is one of the “newer” social media content sites – and in my opinion, one of the most exciting. The most fascinating aspect of HubPages is the algorithm that determines an author’s and an article’s “HubScore.” The HubScore is a number between 45 and 100 that “grades” an author’s social media...

If you’re managing link building for a client or your own website, here’s a quick primer on link building strategies to find only quality sites related to your niche. To start, let’s say the website you’re building link prospects for focuses on “Mexico travel.” In this case some of your initial Google search commands...

Elgg Social Networking Websites Here are a few advanced search operators that can be used to find Elgg-powered websites. Most Elgg social networking websites offer an “About Me” type section that allows contextual links within the paragraph(s). This first method helps finding Elgg-powered sites in Google using the “inurl:”...

If you are running a business website to attract new clients or customers almost any activity on your site could lead to that vital first contact. For simple websites without shopping carts or forms one of the most important activities may be the humble “click here to contact us by email”… known in HTML as the mailto: function. Many simple...

9 Great Ideas For Better Email Promotions Make sure you have a sign up option for your email list on every page. Because of organic search’s dominant role in web traffic trends your visitors don’t enter your site only from the home page. Visitors can arrive at almost any page on your site! So, don’t miss the opportunity...

I am sure you have a new year’s resolution. Perhaps it is that you’ll maximize the value you get out of your web analytics implementation (or should I say from your implemented web analytics tool since for many tools just implementing the tool is a multi year project!). For all Analysis Ninjas this special post outlines how to get maximum value...

Nine Questions to Ask When Developing a Social Media Marketing Strategy Small and medium-sized businesses tend to be so focused on keeping their businesses going that it can be difficult to brainstorm on ways to leverage the dynamic social media environment. Here are nine questions to help you think about your business in ways that enable you to...