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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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Recruiting: 12 Questions For Uncomfortably Hands-On SEO Interviews

searchengineland.com

Enterprise SEM. Overview: What Is SEM? SEM Columns. Our SEM Events. How To: SEM / Paid Search. May 30, 2012 at 1:06pm ET by Conrad Saam. Search Week Newsletter. Search Month Newsletter. News & Features. SearchCap Daily Newsletter. All Columns. All Things SEO. B2B Search Marketing. Enterprise SEO.

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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Side Hustles

Hearpreneur

I launched my first online bootcamp in 2012 and then launched my DIY SEO blog called Get Found With Fuse. Thanks to Feuza Reis, Next Level SEM ! #8- Due to the need of having to market myself, I learned social media and SEO. Pretty soon I started getting known as an SEO expert within the photography industry.

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Good to Great to Excellent: A Roadmap

www.launch.co

Wednesday Jul 25 2012. 2:48 PM PDT Wed, Jul 25, 2012. Ive gotten more sustained feedback on the " Age of Excellence " piece I wrote on April 25, 2012 than perhaps any other piece of written. SEM, PR, etc) is our weak link and in six months it will -- hopefully -- be our biggest strength. Want to add your company here?

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How Can We Really Measure The ROI of Optimization?

ConversionXL

How can you tell what caused that – optimization, SEM, seasonality, word-of-mouth, or something else? In 2012, MarketingSherpa posed the question , “Did optimization or testing demonstrate ROI in 2011?” Another scenario: you’ve been optimizing for 12 months and your revenue per customer has increased by 2%. Word-of-Mouth.

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Small Business Marketing: Best Times And Days To Send Email For Opens And Click-Throughts

crowdSPRING Blog

accounts in early 2012 and found some interesting data on email open rates, as seen in the following Infographic: Related posts: Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns. 10 Practical Small Business SEO and SEM Marketing Tips. How To Grow Your Business With Content Marketing.

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Four Responsive Email Layouts

marketingland.com

Jul 11, 2012 at 9:19am ET by Chris Studabaker. The number of responsive email layouts in my inbox has grown dramatically across 2012, and that’s not going to change any time soon. Report: Malicious Android Apps Have Quadrupled In 2012. 15-16, 2012. SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 10, 2012. Email Marketing |.

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