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Ken Nadreau

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Internet Marketing Expert, Advanced Market Training

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June 24, 2011

Ken Nadreau is now following Rob Roots and 4 other people

May 29, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 62 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Smart or Lucky - What Differentiates Successful Technology Companies? [5/24 @ 1:30 pm]

What's the one piece of advice you would give to an entrepreneur who is looking to start a company?

If I had to give just one piece of advice, it would be:
Never take the easy way, there is no "push button" business. Know your competition, and do what they do better. Find your own angle and approach so you stand out. And always do ... more

Entrepreneurship

May 29, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 38 other people answered this question

How long does it take you to write a blog post?

I think writing time is 50% information and 50% inspiration. If a post is centered around a tidbit that I'm excited to relate to my readers, it seems the words come faster than the minutes.
But if I have to think about adding research points, ... more

Online Marketing

April 17, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 44 other people answered this question

What is more important: to resolve a complaint quickly or to acknowledge it quickly?

Of course, if you can resolve the issue immediately, it's better to fix it with one email or phone call. To me, there's nothing more annoying when I have a pressing problem than to get a message saying my email was received and will be ... more

Customer Service

Social Customer Care

April 16, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 6 other people answered this question

Is market research important to your SEO strategy?

It seems to me, the most logical way to do online market research before building SEO campaigns is through comprehensive keyword analysis. However, most keyword research stops when the number of competitors is determined.
Yet I've seen 25 million+ sites all competing for less than ... more

Information Technology

Market Research

March 19, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 6 other people answered this question

I am interested in hearing others explain why you don't target for keywords that are too general.

Hi Jennifer,
Well the very basics in your case would be, people searching for things to buy are usually rather specific. To use your example, someone looking for a "gun" might be more inclined to search for the type of gun they want like, "hand gun," ... more

Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing Services

March 12, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 2 other people answered this question

Do you think search engines are harsh against duplicate/plagiarized contents?

Hi Anna,
Sorry to hear this happened to you. This could be the result of auto-blogging. Google is very adamant about their stand on this, and if there's evidence that your content was scraped, they will remove the listings from the search results.
Unfortunately, Google isn't ... more

Content Writing

Duplicate Content

Search Engine Marketing

March 10, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 3 other people answered this question

Would it make more sense to create a blog that is part of your site's domain or a separate blog?

@Zaki, you said "Especially for an organization thats old-school, too sales-driven or too introvert." which is true for many companies. But if they want to compete in this age of social media and information driven traffic, then they need to adapt to some "new-school" methods, ... more

March 5, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 2 other people answered this question

What is Link Baiting?

Actually the term "link baiting" isn't the best description of what it is. Basically, it's creating content on your site that initiates commenting from your visitors. When people comment, or send a track back, you get a link. So I guess you could say you're ... more

Information Technology

Feb. 18, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 8 other people answered this question

Is it proper Twitter etiquette to follow someone if they are already following you?

Hi Rachel,
It would seem proper, and if that person is someone who fits your circle, then it would be advisable. But you also have to realize some will follow people just to rack up their follower numbers and then unfollow you once you follow them. ... more

Feb. 15, 2011

Ken Nadreau recommends this answer by Chris Selland

Should answers be automatically voted down for self promotion?

No, there shouldn't be an automatic voting (up or down) - that discretion is and always should be in the eye of the reader.
Generally speaking, the idea of these forums is to provide both the question and answer(s) right here. So your answer should be ... more

Human Resources

Feb. 7, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 5 other people answered this question

What is your opinion of asking people to retweet on your behalf?

Hi Craig,
Adding "Please RT?" is basically a waste of 10 characters out of 140 because I think a lot of Tweeters look for things to retweet anyway, so the main thing is to tweet interesting stuff and you'll get retweets automatically.
And I agree with everyone, ... more

General Management

Jan. 29, 2011

Ken Nadreau and 36 other people answered this question

Do you add everyone that wants to connect on LinkedIn?

I primarily use LinkedIn to connect to professional groups in my field. This gives me a daily digest of all who are active participants, and allows me to get familiar with many of the names. When anyone from my groups, who participate sends a connect ... more

Social Netowrking

Dec. 28, 2010

Ken Nadreau and 12 other people answered this question

How do you generate Twitter followers?

I agree with J.D., organic Twitter growth is the best way. It may seem like a big deal to have tens of thousands of followers, but most of those will be people who aren't the least bit interested in what you have to say.
However, ... more

Twitter Followers

Twitter Marketing

Sept. 14, 2010

Ken Nadreau answered this question

What do you use to collect and analyze behavioral targeting patterns?

Hi Donna,
The best tool I can recommend is Market Samurai @ http://noblesamurai.com
I'm pretty sure it'll cover what you need.
Ken more

Behavioral Targeting Paterns

Click Through Rates

Email Marketing Campaign Software

Sept. 14, 2010

Ken Nadreau and 2 other people answered this question

Hi Mike,
The SEO Quake plugin from Mozilla/Fire Fox is a pretty good tool for measuring keyword density in real time. It shows you if your keywords are listed in your title, description and meta keywords which are crucial for good ranking.
If you're planning on ... more

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Strategic Content and Traffic Development

Search Engine Optimzation

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