Online Marketing Changes on the New Storefront: Why Can’t I Purchase Products on Storefront?

October 12, 2009 :: Travis Petersen

Our online marketing solutions can now be found under nsMarketing™, which includes everything you need to get your website found in the search engines and by your potential customers—organic search, paid search marketing, online press releases, and email marketing.


137 Great Twitter Tips for Your and Your Business

September 3, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Everyone these days is “on the Twitter”. The last year has shown such a swell of Twitter usage and the innovative ways this real time data engine is picking up steam with no signs of slowing down any time soon. With the recent news that Twitter is going to provide authenticated business accounts with analytics [...]


55% of Small Businesses that Blog have increased traffic

August 31, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

I was perusing my blog feed and Hubspot’s Inbound Marketing feed always has interesting submittals. One in this list of articles really caught my attention:
55% of small businesses that blog have increased traffic
For many in the social media world, this is a “no duh”, but for small business owner thinking about blogging, this is some [...]


Networking for Law Firms 102

August 31, 2009 :: Shashi Bellamkonda

Guest post from Gayle Weiswasser, VP TMG Strategies with a event recap of the Networking for Law Firms 102
Last month,Dallas LawrenceVice President of Digital Media at Levick Strategic Communications and I (Gayle Weiswasser, Vice President, TMG Strategies ) spoke on a panel for lawyers sponsored by Grow Smart Business.
Our planned topic that morning: [...]


10 Killer SEO Tricks with Wordpress

July 9, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

If you are new to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) one of the things you learn is that search engines love new content and blogs are the main vein to search engine love. There are many sites out on the web dedicated to ninja-like SEO tips for using blogs to increase your site mojo, most are [...]


A Convergence of Talent & Startups is Set to Go Down at Twiistup

July 7, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

A truly unique experience is about to happen in the land of Hollywood and Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. At the end of this month, the City of Angels will play host to one of the biggest and most extravagant events on the West Coast: Twiistup.
But what is Twiistup? According to the event’s website, it’s [...]


10 Great Rules for Inbound Marketing

July 6, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Anyone who is promoting their business is familiar with the concept of “Outbound Marketing”. They might not even know that this is the formal term but Outbound Marketing is the traditional way of marketing your business. “The techniques used are print adverting, ads on TV and radio, telemarketing, direct mail and email and many more. [...]


Understanding Word of Mouth Marketing

July 2, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Ever heard of WOM? It stands for “Word of Mouth”.
You might be rolling your eyes and saying “great, another acronym to remember and another marketing concept to understand and incorporate into my business”. But not so fast, this one is on of the most important concepts to come along to marketing in years.
Let me explain [...]


10 Simple Rules to Effective Personal Branding

June 24, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Last month, Jay Berkowitz came by the Network Solutions office for a visit to speak about the Web in 2010. It was a great presentation and we did a great write up on it too. However, there was one point in the presentation which deserves its own post and that is Area #9 – Personal [...]


Exploring It All With The Conversation Prism

June 23, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Back in August 2008, public relations professional, author of the book Putting Public Back In Public Relations and creator of the term “PR 2.0″, Brian Solis released what is called the Conversation Prism. But what exactly is this Conversation Prism? According to Solis, it’s to help “provide a visual representation of the true expansiveness of [...]