Why is it important to learn Social Media Marketing?

"Social media marketing"; "Social marketing"; "Continuous change"; "Rapid advancements"; "Complex solutions"; "New technology breakthroughs" 

These words create fear and uncertainty for many business people who are not up to speed with social media trends and the technology world. We all need to face the reality that "social media marketing is here to stay" and rapidly growing at an alarming rate. 

Its not difficult to learn the fundamentals of social media marketing strategies, however, it does require time.

Click HERE to read HubSpot's free online book about The Future of Social Marketing and how you can leverage revenue generating opportunities for your firm or business on Facebook, Twitter and other social sites. Social media marketing is the new platform for mass marketing so get on board the new ship before you get left behind. 

Google's Penguin Update Will Shake Things Up For Black Hat SEO Tricksters

The Next Penguin Update from Google Will Shake Things Up

August 10 2012. Read Google's latest article regarding their Penguin algorithm update. 
Click link to read more... http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-update-to-our-search-algorithms.html

Matt Cutts responds to questions regarding Penguin Update. Comments from the SEO Roundtable Conference.
Click link to read more...http://www.seroundtable.com/google-penguin-warning-15577.html#comment-621250469

How many algorithm updates did Google make in June and July?

Google's official blog post site states that they made 86 algorithm updates in June and July to help improve search quality results for their customers. For a complete list of algorithm changes visit their blogpost. Click here to read more... http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/search/label/search%20quality

Google Dominates Search Marketshare at 66.76% in July, 2012

What percent of market-share does Google have on searches? 

According Experian Hitwise's research, Google had 65.7% of all U.S. searches in July, 2012. For a detailed report on the top search engines, market share, and percetage of U.S.A. clicks by number of keywords click on the link to read more... http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/08/10/searchenginesjuly2012/

Information Source: Experian Information, Inc.