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How to Choose a Niche Market

Perhaps the most common question that I get asked by people in regard to online marketing really, is ‘how do I choose a great niche market?‘. So assuming a lot of my subscribers would like to know this, I decided to write this post on the topic.

Finding a great niche involves uncovering a need that people are looking online to have fulfilled. However it doesn’t mean that you have to find niches that no one has ever found before, which is often where people get confused. I’m sure there are niches

Article source: http://mattsmarketingblog.com/niche-research/how-to-choose-a-niche-market/

One-on-One Interview with 2012 Affiliate Manager of the Year Kim Salvino

Kim Salvino, the Head of Publishers at buy.at U.S., has been a standout within the affiliate industry for many years. Both her ethics and her positive fire have won her fans throughout the industry. I count myself among them. After several nominations, Kim won her first Pinnacle Award for Affiliate Manager of the Year in January. I caught up with her this week to get her unique perspective on affiliate marketing. Enjoy!

This is your first win in four nominations, how does it feel?

In one word? Amazing! This is my third nomination for Affiliate Manager of the Year, and the company

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Official Top 10 CPA Networks Announced

Performance Marketing Insider is proud to announce the results of our Top 10 CPA Networks Survey for the Winter 2012. This survey is a continuation of the survey that has been done for almost 10 years, first with ADBUMb then ADOTAS.com. The industry has obviously

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Microsoft Goes Full Ape On Google Apps

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New Facebook Broad Targeting Rocks

Affiliates rejoice, Facebook has a bunch of new targeting options that rock. If you’ve ever tried to create targeting segments, you know how difficult it is, especially in starting new campaigns. Well, the new targeting options are really, really cool including some really amazing new features.

The broad category options are

Article source: http://performinsider.com/2012/02/facebook_broad_targeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook_broad_targeting

An Advanced Guide to an Effective SEO Commenting Strategy

Leaving comments on blogs is an old-school search engine optimization technique…but is it still effective in this social media world where most of the conversation has moved off blogs and onto Facebook or Twitter?

The answer is yes!

More than ever leaving comments on blogs is a good strategy for building up your social web influence, improving your SEO efforts and driving more business your way.

That’s why I wanted to share with you some of things that I’ve learned about commenting, SEO and the social web over the last year and how you can leverage them.

How commenting

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Think Facebook Drives Sales? Think Again.

In my previous post, I referenced the fact that Facebook qualifies as one of the “Big Four” in ecommerce, according to a report by research firm Forrester. Despite this designation, an interesting reality has emerged for some major ecommerce players: Facebook leaves much to be desired when it comes to driving ecommerce sales.

A Bloomberg story that appeared February 17 indicates retailers including GameStop, Gap, J.C. Penney, and Nordstrom opened storefronts on Facebook only to shutter them not long afterwards. GameStop opened its Facebook store last April and closed it six months later. Gap opened and closed

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Cashing Out: Week of February 12th – 18th 2012 in Online Marketing News

Googorola deal gets green light in Europe and the US

The proposed merger between Google and Motorola is moving full steam ahead, following the announcement this week that the deal has been approved by both the European Commission and the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

The news that the deal had been approved in Europe came February 13, though European regulators, who had initially shown hesitance regarding the merger, say they will still be keeping a watch on things. The Commission’s VP Joaquín Almunia said as much himself in a statement on the matter:

“[It] does not mean that the

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Facebook Stores Failing

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Get $100 In Free Twitter Ads Now

In probably the greatest news for marketers in the last year, Twitter will soon be releasing their self-serving advertising system. This will allow anyone to go onto twitter and buy advertising for almost any product and promote it via twitter.

Article source: http://performinsider.com/2012/02/get-100-in-free-twitter-ads-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-100-in-free-twitter-ads-now