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	<title>Sell More &#187; Business Tactics</title>
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		<title>Dont Be Evil? Google Causing a Stir in Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday 13th &#8211; unlucky for some? I read a great article today, written on the Mocality blog about some possibly very underhand behaviour on behalf of Google in Kenya.
Mocality are a very successful online business directory site in Kenya &#8211; having built up an online database of over 170K businesses in just two years using [...]


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		<title>Attack of the Online Review Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand monitoring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched a fascinating documentary last week on Channel 4 which prompted some interesting conversation around the water cooler in the office the following day.
“Attack of the Trip Advisors” aired on Halloween night, and proved to be a real fright night shocker for hotel, B&#38;B and restaurant owners. The documentary followed a selection of small [...]


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		<title>Turn Website Visitors into Buyers &#8211; FREE Webinar</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/turn-website-visitors-into-buyers-free-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/turn-website-visitors-into-buyers-free-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conversion Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay Per Click]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you advertise on Google or Facebook etc, you know that driving traffic to your landing page is only half the battle.
The effectiveness of your website directly impacts the profitability of your business.

This free webinar explores the common website design pitfalls and techniques to avoid them. It will also show how leading companies have used [...]


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		<title>Choosing an SEO Provider &#8211; The Simple Version</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing an SEO compay to work with can be confusing.
Are they reliable, will they get your website penalised by doing dodgy stuff etc?
Our top tips are as follows:


Email 5 SEO companies with 10 keywords you think potential customers might use to find your business.
Tell them which country(s) you&#8217;re targeting
Tell them you want your own developer [...]


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		<title>Google Market Share is 96% in Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/google-market-share/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Ring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slightly (but not too much) less in UK
Yahoo  / Bing anyone?

Source = Google, July 2009


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		<title>&#8220;Twitter is not for Teens&#8221;, Morgan Stanley told by 15 year old</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/twitter-is-not-for-teens-morgan-stanley-told-by-15-year-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenage ads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr Investment Banker
This is how my school-going mates and I use Twitter &#8211; not. 

We sign up for a Twitter account
We &#8220;follow&#8221; (aka connect with) our real-life friends
But we don&#8217;t really have all that many friends  
So when we &#8220;Tweet&#8221; or update our Twitter profile, nobody reads what we&#8217;re saying
More importantly, it costs [...]


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		<title>MSN Having A Go at Google&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/msn-having-a-go-at-google/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/msn-having-a-go-at-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And we thought the browser wars were long over&#8230;
Logged into our Microsoft Adcenter today from a PC with the new Google Chrome browser installed.
Sorry bud, your &#8220;browser is not supported&#8221; &#8211; fantastic!
One has to wonder why MSN wouldn&#8217;t ensure that techies / webmasters would be able to access their Microsoft ads via any browser they [...]


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		<title>Google Advertiser &#8220;FORGOT&#8221; Scamming People is illegal</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/google-advertiser-forgot-scamming-people-is-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/google-advertiser-forgot-scamming-people-is-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Google Adwords advertiser recently got his ads account banned by Google because he was pushing a &#8220;great new business opportunity&#8221; via the ads. As it was a bit of a scam, the big &#8220;G&#8221; wasn&#8217;t too impressed and emailed him as follows 
&#8220;Subject: Your AdWords account: Account Suspension
&#8220;It&#8217;s come to our attention that you [...]


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		<title>Web Marketing in Economic Downturn</title>
		<link>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/web-marketing-in-economic-downturn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ringjohn.com/blog/web-marketing-in-economic-downturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the current economic crisis worldwide, more and more people are turning to web marketing as part of their back up plan. Everyday you see on the news how big companies shut down leaving thousands of workers jobless. What will happen to these people?
It seems like the web is the solution to personal and worldwide [...]


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		<title>Increasing Online Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>monica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increase Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most business owners believe that the only way to increase sales is to spend more on advertising and marketing strategies. It is true that when you invest more in marketing and advertising, you will be able to attract more customers and eventually make more sales. But there are also web strategies that will help boost [...]


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