Evaluate whether your site preserves the scent trails your customers want to follow

Every time customers initiate a search, they’re sniffing for scent. People hunting for data on the web behave remarkably like animals sniffing out prey. It’s the most effective means of finding a teeny-weeny squirrel in awfully biggish forest.

Preserving and creating intentional scent trails on your site translates to improved ROI for your paid and organic search terms. How well does your site preserve the scent trails your visitors…

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Learn how to harness the power of old-fashioned word-of-mouth marketing in cyberspace

Time to start gathering around those virtual fences, o dearly beloved reader – that’s where a lot of marketing action is taking place. Word of mouth, the oldest form of marketing, is shaping up to be the most talked-about trend of 2006. Forward-thinking brands are already racing to encourage and harness consumer-generated media to drive greater business impact.

The proof that word of mouth has hit the mainstream? As Pamela…

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