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Link Building – The First 90 Days

November 30th, 2011 • By:  • Link Building

Link Building The First 90 Days

Periodically we take on a client who has a brand new website. We also are asked by others about the best way to build backlinks for their brand new website. So in today’s post I will attempt to answer that question. Below are several link building methods that can be utilized for every new website in the first 90 days.

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Are You Paying For Internet Marketing Services You Don’t Really Need?

Are You Paying For Internet Marketing Services You Don’t Really Need?

Fixing your web presence is a lot like getting your car tuned up. You really have to make a diagnosis prior to getting your problems fixed.

I recently listened to a radio show where the host was talking about how consumers often self-diagnose their car problems. The announcer related a story where a customer brought his car into the shop and told them to “Give me a tune-up and align the front end because I keep hearing noises when I drive.”  Based on these instructions, the service shop did the tune-up and front end alignment.

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What Are VM-ers #Thankful for This Year?

November 23rd, 2011 • By:  • VM News

What Are VM-ers #Thankful for This Year

What internet marketing, social media, link building, SEO industry items are you #thankful for this Thanksgiving season? I asked this very question of the staff here at Vertical Measures and their answers were just as varied as their personalities. Check out their answers below and feel free to add your own in the comments below. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Flow Visualization: Visitor and Conversion Reports in Google Analytics

November 22nd, 2011 • By:  • Measurement & Reporting

Flow Visualization - Visitor and Conversion Reports in Google Analytics

Beginning with version 5 earlier this year, Google has been rolling out some major changes to Analytics. Features like multiple dashboards, event goal tracking, in-page analytics and more have made data analysis more robust and easier to track.

One of the newest features in the process of being rolled out is Flow Visualization. This new flowchart view provides a cleaner and much more intuitive way of depicting how visitors are moving through your site. Currently there are two Flow views: Visitors Flow and Goal Flow. Let’s take a look at how they’re used.

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Getting to Know Vertical Measures with Arnie and Andi Kuenn

November 18th, 2011 • By:  • Employee Profiles

Getting to Know You

In this special edition of the Vertical Measures employee interview series, owners Arnie and Andi Kuenn discuss the beginning years of VM, how the company got its name and what they find most satisfying about the business.

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