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To be successful, your online brand and website have to work hand in hand to convert prospects into return customers. Lead generation and ongoing web marketing are built on a foundation of a strong online presence. The question is how much will it cost to build a custom website and a brand that delivers?

The following blog reveals the costs involved:
http://www.imageworksstudio.com/blog/how-budget-custom-website-design-look-cost-professional-web-design/index.html

Why should you use both Pay Per Click (PPC) and organic search engine optimization (SEO)?

The following is an article from Clickz by Stephanie Miller

The advent of the socially connected digital lifestyle has changed forever subscribers' expectations of the inbox as well as how brands will communicate and serve them. How is your e-mail marketing keeping up?

Mashable recently talked with Forrester Research CEO George Colony about whether or not company CEO's should be versed in social media:

Why are there so few top executives on Twitter and social media in general? What are some of the major fears and issues that are preventing that kind of adoption?: There are really three factors there: one is age. Hate to be so obvious about it, but most of these people are of the typewriter and Wite-Out generation. If you’re born in 1980 and onward you’re in the AIM generation. The next generation is the Facebook generation. The next generation after that is the iPhone generation. So only those three generations born since 1980 have lived in a world with social technology.

The PDF below contains an excerpt of Marketing Sherpa's new B2B Marketing report. It includes 6 highlights from "the most comprehensive study available of B2B marketing at a crossroads".

What is a Landing Page? Why do you NEED one? Rebecca from SEOmoz has a great article: “Enter the custom landing page. It's a web site's stand-in for ambassador, concierge, and superstar salesperson rolled into one.

Here is a well done video that shows the power of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is probably the best social tool for small and medium businesses. Check out the video here: http://dotsub.com/view/1ac648cb-a41c-4d40-94a0-8ffe7207f9bb

Often clients come to us with the need for an online web presence – STAT!!

Google talks about a new search feature on their blog:

We've long believed that personalization makes search more relevant and fun. For nearly five years, we've been tailoring results with personalized search. Today we're announcing a new feature in search that makes it easier for you to mark and rediscover your favorite web content — stars.

With stars, you can simply click the star marker on any search result or map and the next time you perform a search, that item will appear in a special list right at the top of your results when relevant. That means if you star the official websites for your favorite football teams, you might see those results right at the top of your next search for [nfl].