Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during September. If you’re new to this blog, this is a monthly feature that began way back in 2007. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the Link Roundups category archive. I never include my own posts in these end-of-month recaps.
Local Search
- Andrew Shotland/SEL: 13 Questions To Ask Before You Hire A Local SEO Consultant
Small Business
- Miriam Ellis/SEO Igloo: When The Karate Kid Gets Mad – Teaching User Review Crane Technique To Small Business Owners
- Luther Lowe/Yelp: The Positive Side of Negative Reviews
SEO
- Jill Whalen/High Rankings: Dear Google…Stop Making Me Look Like a Fool!
- Jessica Bowman/SEM In-House: Google Instant: One Week Later, Thinking About Keyword Research
- Jonathan Allen/SEW: 7 Reasons Why Google Instant Makes SEO Dead-on Relevant
PPC
- Erin Sellnow/PPC Hero: Identifying & Improving Poor Landing Pages
Blogs & Blogging
- Adam Singer/Future Buzz: The Ongoing Myth That Web Content Must Always Be Short
- Carol Tice/Copyblogger: 50 Can’t-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics
- Stacey Harmon/Agent Applause: Forget Google – Realtor Uses Local Strategies to Win Blog Visibility
Social Media
- Amber Naslund/Brass Tack Thinking: 9 Ways To Build A Twitter Community With Substance
- Jeremy Blanton/Tech Savvy Agent: 7 Ways to Be Hated On Twitter
- Brian Massey/SEL: How To Coax Social Media Insights From Google Analytics
- Tim Ware/Social Media Examiner: How to Create Fan-only Facebook Content
- Suzanne Roy/Tech Savvy Agent: 5 Hot Real Estate Marketing Tips for Facebook
Copywriting
- Lisa Barone/Small Biz Trends: 12 Tips for Writing Better Content
Usability
- Kim Krause-Berg/SEP: Do It Today: 10 Minute Usability Touch-up
- Dr. Pete Meyers/SEOmoz: Priceless CRO Advice for $224
Online Marketing/General
- Andy Sernovitz/Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That: How to become an email marketing genius: The Simmer
- Linda Bustos/GetElastic: The Promo Code Tactic That Cut Coupon Poaching By 90%
- Linda Bustos/GetElastic: 6 Ways to Tackle the Promo Code Problem
October 1, 2010 - 11:15 am
Thank you, Matt! I’m honored to be part of September’s 10 best! Very nice. I always enjoy these round-ups of your and am sure to see something I hadn’t read.
October 12, 2010 - 8:54 pm
Jill Whalen’s post was great. I found your site through FOREM, and now I see why. Very great stuff, I’ll be subscribing.
October 12, 2010 - 9:54 pm
Thanks, Alex. May I ask where on FOREM my blog was mentioned?
October 13, 2010 - 1:47 am
Matt, check out Tuesday’s post on FOREM, your site was one of the links.