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The official blog of WebMarketCentral.com, the web marketing portal, covering B2B lead generation and marketing, Web 2.0 social media, business blogging tools, micromarkets, interactive PR, and web marketing tools and resources.


Goodbye WebMarketCentral; Hello Webbiquity!January 12
Webbiquity logoAfter four and a half years and 440 posts, this will be the final entry on the WebMarketCentral blog. But fear not loyal fans of this blog (yes, all three of you)—I will continue to write about b2b marketing, social media, SEO, interactive PR and whatever else pops into my mind at the new Webbiquity blog.

To those who've enjoyed and/or been enlightened by this blog, thank you for your support, and I'll hope you'll continue reading my new blog. For those who have followed WebMarketCentral in an RSS reader, here is the new feed:

http://webbiquity.com/feed/

For those subscribed to this blog by email: in order to avoid any risk of spamming, I will not be moving subscribers over automatically. You'll need to resubscribe on the new blog (but it's easier than on this one).

If you link to this blog (bless you!), please update your link to:

The Webbiquity Blog
http://webbiquity.com

I'd be most grateful.

Why the change?

When I fi
















7 Reasons Every Business Needs to TwitterJanuary 11
This post has been moved to 7 Reasons Every Business Needs to be on Twitter on the Webbiquity blog.

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Six Ways to Produce Online Video on a BudgetJanuary 5
Online video is hot. (Yeah, and people gamble in casinos, I know; what a profound observation of the blatantly obvious.) According to Compete.com, YouTube had nearly 86 million unique visitors and more than half a billion site visits last month. Business-friendly video sites like Vimeo, Viddler and Blip.tv are also seeing impressive traffic growth.

But small businesses who want to take advantage of online video can be caught in a quandary. Shooting a basic home-video style piece with a Flip Mino or Samsung SMX-F34 (my personal favorite YouTube-friendly camcorder) may not project sufficient sophistication, while a professionally-produced video costing $8,000-$10,000 or more is simply not in the budget.

Here are six options for producing reasonably high-quality videos, or at least something beyond standard home video camera fare, a



Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 4December 31 2009
This content has been moved to Best of 2009: Social Media Marketing, Part 1 on the Webbiquity blog.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): SEO Guidance, Part 4December 29 2009
This content has been moved to Best of 2009: SEO Tips, Part 1 on the Webbiquity blog.

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