The Lonely Marketer

Happy Labor Day! I can’t believe how long it has been since I’ve done one of my posts highlighting great blog content I’ve come across. At any rate, below are a few of those I’ve seen and bookmarked that I think deserve some mentioning:

• Top 5 Settings to Check When Starting a Yahoo! Search Marketing Account: I’ve recently kicked off a few Yahoo PPC campaigns, but have yet to do a write-up on my experience. While searching for info when I started, I came across this post by John at PPC Hero - an excellent website for paid search information.

• 7 Facts About On-Site Behavioral Targeting: If you recall, behavioral targeting and retargeting was a hot topic at SES San Jose. Jonathan Mendez’s post talks about important aspects of behavioral targeting.

• 5 Tips For A Better Website Using Photos: My fellow Minnesota blogger, Aaron, comes up with 5 very practical tips for small businesses on the use of website photography.

• Google, Yahoo, Microsoft: Year-To-Date PPC Report Card: Wonder why I talk about Google on this site so much? Check out Search Engine Land’s post.

• One Year Anniversary: Maintaining one year of consistent, high-quality blogging is a true accomplishment. Way to go, Valeria!

• Social Media Marketing: The Secret Weapon of Small Business: A very nice recap by Small Fuel Marketing on how small businesses can take advantage of social media marketing.

• 1,538 Visitors In My First 15 Days and Why I Use the WordPress Default Permalinks: I wanted to highlight a couple posts by Pat B. Doyle - a blog I’ve recently started reading. She has a very straightforward, engaging writing style that is packed with content. I even signed up for her newsletter! She’s producing alot of great content related to driving traffic to your blog.

• Are Paid Links Evil?: I can’t believe I didn’t highlight Tamar Weinberg (of Search Engine Roundtable and Techipedia) in my recap of bloggers I met at SES San Jose. I did it too fast and left a couple people off! I’ve been reading Tamar’s posts for some time now and always take away some great SEO information. Her recap of the big “Are Paid Links Evil?” debate at SES was fantastic. If you’re a small business owner looking at buying or publishing paid links for your website - tune in to this discussion.

• The M20: September 2007: Peter Kim is continuing his great work on his top client-side marketing bloggers list. He’s moved the list to its own domain and has added additional descriptors such as company and nationality. Currently, the Lonely Marketer holds the 8th spot!

Well, that should keep you reading this Labor Day. But, I certainly hope you’re enjoying a day off from work! Enjoy the holiday!