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I have been to many Search Engine Strategies conferences, and this was the first search engine optimization event I traveled to. Danny Sullivan no longer owns and runs this show, but it still has a lot of great speakers and information for SEO’s.

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Resources to submit press releases have been around since the age of the internet, but they are no less important. News sites and industry publications still rely on press releases to acquire new information and maintain corporate communications.

Some of these PR distributors are free, many require a payment.

Good PR distribution sites

PRweb.com –PR Web is not free but it is the largest and best press release distribution outlet available. PRweb coupon packages start at $40 and are definitely worth it. If you take the time to write an interesting and helpful press release, your 40 bucks will go a long way.

1888PressRelease.com – Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.

24-7PressRelease.com – Free release distribution with ad-support

ClickPress.com – Distributs to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.

EcommWire.com – Focuses on ecommerece and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.

Express-Press-Release.com – Free distribution company with offices in 12 states.

Free-Press-Release.com – Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.

Free-Press-Release-Center.info – Distributes your release, offers a web page with one keyword link to your site. Pro upgrade will give you three links, permanent archiving and more.

I-Newswire.com – Allows for free distribution to sites and search engines, premium membership differs only slightly in adding in graphics.

NewswireToday.com – All the usual free distribution tools, premium service includes logo, product picture and more.

PR.com – Not only will they distribute your press releases, but you can also set up a full company profile.

PR9.net – Ad supported press distribution site.

PR-Inside.com – European-based free press release distribution site.

PRBuzz.com – Completely free distribution to search engines, news sites, and blogs.

PRCompass.com – Distribute your press release with a free or paid version, others can vote it up ala Digg style.

PRUrgent.com – Not only distributes your release, but attempts to teach you how to write one, and even offers downloadbale samples for you to work with.

Press-Base.com – Submit your release for free and get on their front page and the category of your choice.

PressAbout.com – A free press release service formatted as a blog.

PressMethod.com – Free press release distribution no matter what, but extra services based on the size of your contribution.

PRLeap.com – Free distribution to search engines, newswires, and RSS feeds. Fee based bumps get you better placement.

Pressreleasepoint.com – free press release distribution and submission to topical news aggregators.

PRLog.org – Free pr distribution to Google News and other other search engines.

TheOpenPress.com – Free distribution for plain formatted releases, fees for HTML-coded releases.

Inspired by the Mashable list of Press Release Distribution Sites

Have a good PR site that is not on this list?

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Below is a fantastic infographic outlining methods e-commerce websites use to increase sales and improve buyer conversions. This graphic breaks down the sales process of a retail website into steps:

1. Design – using creatives and images to build trust
2. Buying Elements – make it easy to buy from you, remove purchasing obstacles
3. Social Proof – using 3rd party verification to improve trust: testimonials, ratings, buyers guides
4. Pricing – using a free trial to bring you in, free shipping, upsells
5. Scarcity – using timers to show ending deals, showing the remaining items in stock, remaining seats on an airplane, remaining tickets to a show
6. Follow Up – reminder emails with products you placed in your cart but did not purchase, ad retargeting showing products you looked at on other websites

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Every culture has general reasons that form the foundation of their success. Countries specialize at different things and have unique strengths.

Japanese happen to do 2 exceptionally well in the corporate business environment.

Japanese Business Strengths

>> #1. Kaizen – Strive towards continuous improvement and always be more productive
(testing, tweaking, doing better)

>> #2. Duplicate, don’t innovate. Duplicate the top selling products at a lower price and better quality. Steve Jobs of Apple Computer said that good artists copy, great artists steal.

Japanese companies typically dominate their competitors with cheaper products that are high quality, easy to use and readily available.

It seems like a paradox, doesn’t it? As web developers, we are constantly told that our link profiles need to look 100% natural, yet businesses tend to collapse in the year-long wait for Google’s robots to even begin giving us the recognition we deserve. So, we turn to link building. And why shouldn’t we? Offline businesses do everything in their power to bring their products to the consumers – is there anything wrong with web developers doing the same thing by building backlinks to their website content?

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This web based software program will allow you to reply a previously recorded webinar without having to create a new one, and maintain all the best parts of a live event. You can reuse old webinars as often as you like, and still maintain the uniqueness and time sensitive benefits of producing a webinar.

We have had many reviews of the Evergreen Business System and so far it is performing very well.
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Google has released a list of the top 20 keywords and grouped them into categories based on user searches.

Using data from an in-house keyword research database and Google’s Keyword Tool, the team compiled the top 10,000 most used keywords and organized them into main markets. These represent English language searches over the last three months.

Top 5 Keywords

1. Insurance
2. Loans
3. Mortgage
4. Attorney
5. Credit

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The Content Authority coupon code valid through 2011 is WARRIORS which will give you a nice discount on any new article order.

This coupon code for TCA is good through 2011 and is a good baseline for any SEO or blogger looking to get a jumpstart on content generation, and increase their speed in generating new posts.

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Being successful with social media sites is not difficult, if you plan ahead and fully commit to using them regularly.

Here are some resources to help you better understand the social networking sites and how they can be a huge boost in targeted traffic.
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