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Well, I've decided to go full time from financial and tax consulting to Internet Marketing for local businesses, and I've done a tremendous amount of research on this. The truth is that no local business can survive with SEO. They have to be prese...
12 blog posts by Sherelle Salaver were featuredJune 29
Sherelle Salaver added 2 blog postJune 29
Erica Chen added 3 blog postJune 26
Lawrence D. Wright added 3 blog postJune 26
8 blog posts by Lawrence D. Wright were featuredJune 22
A blog post by Donna L. Hoffman was featuredJune 22
How will the launch of BlackBerry App World affect the price of RIM stock? Try your hand at judging the outcome at the eLab eXchange. With Blackberry market share on the rise, Research in Motion is set to launch the BlackBerry App Store, their ap...
 

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Sherelle Salaver

Content is King and Links are Currency

A while ago, the fad went around the internet that content is king! This meant that content was the most important aspect of your website. It attracts eyeballs and generates interest. If your content is consistently stellar, then people will consume it, spread it, and come back for more. Also, as seen in the link above, content is valuable to your… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on June 29, 2009 at 11:38pm

Sherelle Salaver

How Do You Create a Community?

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Posted by Sherelle Salaver on June 24, 2009 at 12:36am

Lawrence D. Wright

New eLab eXchange Idea Pageant - Will Twitter Rule the World?

Will Twitter Rule the World?

Rising along side of the social networking revolution, Twitter, the short message and microblogging service, has become nearly as popular as social network sites like Facebook. With China blocking Twitter on the anniversary of Tienanmen Square, and Time magazine publishing a "how-to," it's fair to say that Twitt… Continue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 18, 2009 at 4:00pm

Lawrence D. Wright

Making a Quiet Splash - Craigslist Projected to Make 100 Million in Revenue for 2009

According to a recent report from Advanced Interactive Media Group, Craigslist - the 'free internet classifieds site' - is poised to break the 100 million dollar mark for 2009. Yes, you read that right, they are projected to surpass 100 million dollars in revenue for 2009. Confused? How can a 'free classifieds' site make that much money with no obvio… Continue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 16, 2009 at 2:36pm

Lawrence D. Wright

App Stores for Everyone!

With the recent release of the Palm Pre, reviewers are buzzing. Most of the reviews have been very positive, claiming that the Pre may be the iPhone killer. Or just a preview of what Apple needs to add to the next iPhone. There has been one complaint though… a very limited app store. It is clear that AContinue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 9, 2009 at 9:15am — 1 Comment

Sherelle Salaver

Twittering for Concert Lovers

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Posted by Sherelle Salaver on June 8, 2009 at 1:48pm — 1 Comment

Sherelle Salaver

What are Hashtags?

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Posted by Sherelle Salaver on June 8, 2009 at 1:26pm — 1 Comment

Sherelle Salaver

Meeting Your Customers Online and Offline

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Posted by Sherelle Salaver on June 8, 2009 at 12:30pm

Lawrence D. Wright

The Future of Media

In working on our currently running eLab eXchange Newspapers Tournament, I became interested in the future of both online and offline media. It is clear that the internet has changed the way media outlets make money, and that many media outlets will have to adjust to survive. But how? Our focus with the tournament is making a profit with an online business model. But is it really time to abandon… Continue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 5, 2009 at 3:22pm

Lawrence D. Wright

eLab eXchange Spring Real Estate Web Traffic - Will Traffic to Popular Real Estate Websites Increase or Decrease this Spring?

With home loan interest rates at historic lows, and the government doing almost everything in its power to encourage lending, the real estate market appears to be moving in a slightly positive direction. The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that new housing starts for February 2009 were up 22% over January 2009 (though still significantly down compared to February 2008). Recent news stories report that February sales in the Inland Empire of California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Gulf Coast o… Continue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 3, 2009 at 3:51pm — 2 Comments

Lawrence D. Wright

eLab eXchange Streaming Videos - Will Hulu's Growth Continue to Outpace Their Rivals?

YouTube has become the 8000lb gorilla of online video streaming, leaving their competitors scrambling to catch up. In April, Hulu made a push to become a major player in the online video marketplace. With the previous buy-ins from News Corp and NBC, Hulu has become the 3rd most popular U.S. video streaming site on the internet, behind YouTube and FoxContinue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 3, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Lawrence D. Wright

eLab eXchange Online Newspapers - Can Newspapers Survive Online?

Will their growing pains be too much for the newspapers to survive? In the past year several major newspaper publishers have either filed for bankruptcy (e.g. L.A. Times) or closed down (e.g. the Rocky Mountain News). Some people have blamed the economy for poor print readership, others have blamed the Internet.

Traditionally, newspapers relied on revenue from print ads, classifie… Continue

Posted by Lawrence D. Wright on June 3, 2009 at 2:29pm

Sherelle Salaver

In a Down Economy, DeBeer's Gets it Wrong and Hyundai Races Ahead


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AdAge put a spot light on brands that are getting it right and brand that are getting it wrong… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on April 9, 2009 at 2:00pm

Sherelle Salaver

Seems Like Anyone Can Use Social Media!

Many social media people sometimes talk about the social media cloud or the "echo chamber" where we all parrot back and forth about how awesome social media is.

It's true that I think social media is so awesome, I filled my RSS up with 100+ sites that I tried to keep track of (and failed). However, in cleaning up my RSS I found amazing articles about how different businesses are or could be using social media to up the ante.… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on April 9, 2009 at 1:30pm

Sherelle Salaver

P&G's Tide: Social Media in 4 Hours


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Tide seems to have been creating a lot of goodwill lately. They were there in the midst of Hurricane Katrina with a washing mach… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on April 7, 2009 at 2:00pm

Sherelle Salaver

Be a Resource on the Internet, Tell Your Story

How could you be using technology to improve your business and better serve your customers?

Darren Rowse at TwiTip wrote about how Twitter could be used as a tool for health practitioners to keep tabs on the details of their client's lifestyle by advising their clients to tweet about their eating and living habits.

What do you wish people knew about your business? Do you have a passion around it?… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on April 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Donna L. Hoffman

eLab eXchange BlackBerry App World Prediction Market Now Open!

How will the launch of BlackBerry App World affect the price of RIM stock? Try your hand at judging the outcome at the eLab eXchange.

With Blackberry market share on the rise, Research in Motion is set to launch the BlackBerry App Store, their application store for BlackBerry handsets. One catch, they just won't say when.

Despite a 7.2% jump in market share fro… Continue

Posted by Donna L. Hoffman on March 31, 2009 at 6:00pm

Sherelle Salaver

Why is Social Media so Attractive?

Amber Naslund, a marketing and communications professional, wrote a piece here that describes exactly why I am enamored of social media.

I can't even be motivated enough to write a blog on myself. To link to my personal blog would be embarrassing since one of my friends just asked if I'd deleted it since I post so little on myself.

However, social media, oh, social media. The possibilities are endless and well..… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on March 31, 2009 at 1:00pm

Sherelle Salaver

Four Elements of Good Crowdsourcing


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In a great example of an educational institution using social media for crowdsourcing, University of California, San Diego is using… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on March 31, 2009 at 1:00pm

Sherelle Salaver

How NOT to Use Twitter


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Do NOT throw a tantrum and call your followers "… Continue

Posted by Sherelle Salaver on March 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

 
 

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