The Magic Pill for Twitter (Guaranteed)
We see it all the time. Late night infomercials of kitchen gadgets claiming to do it all, home improvement tools freeing you of from your worries of getting hurt, and (my personal favorite) weight loss pills claiming will give you a celebrity body in forty-eight hours. Jeff Blyskal, a Senior Editor at Consumer Reports, once said about infomercials, “ We tend to laugh at these commercials but t...
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More and more businesses have been getting hip to social blogging platform Tumblr lately — specifically those involved in the fashion industry — which may have you wondering, “Should I be on Tumblr, too? Will the denizens of Hunting Knives R Us dig this blogging platform? Or should I just stick to ads in the local paper and — dare to dream — a Facebook Page?” Well, if you’re a ...
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The other day here at The JAR Group we received an interesting package with a note expressing interest in an interview for employment. While we all enjoyed the exceptional fruit in the Edible Arrangement, we were also left wondering about the pros and cons of such a tactic (and the lack of resume that we assumed would accompany the basket). The thing was, this particular "applicant" did include a...
> Read MoreUsing Twitter for Link Building
There has been plenty of discussion about using Twitter for link building, but here is a quick strategy to build backlinks to your blog with the goal of giving your website both a boost in traffic from referring sites and overall search rankings. This won't work for everyone, but if you have a website with existing, returning visitors and customers this will likely work for you. Get targeted Tw...
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