Business Networking and Breakfast Network!
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 17, 2008
Networking Breakfast and Client Events
SalemGlobal Wants You To Grow Your Business!
SalemGlobal would like to welcome three new clients:
- The Jewish Week is the premiere source for Jewish News and Israel News.
The Jewish Week is an independent community newspaper recognized as the largest and most respected in America. - Arthur Murray Dance Studios is one of America’s best places for dance lessons and will help you to learn to dance.
Arthur Murray has three great locations in New Jersey you can visit today! - Entrepreneur Growth Capital is an Asset based lending firm that provides factoring services for their clients. Turn accounts receivable into cash by calling the working capital specialists.
SalemGlobal would also like to thank our March Networking Breakfast sponsor, Marji Wollin of Avery New York Real Estate, who provides exceptional personalized attention for selling your home and apartment in New York City. Email her today mcwollin@aol.com if you are looking to sell your home.
We look forward
to seeing everyone this Thursday March 20th for our next breakfast (www.breakfastnetworking.com), in order to attend, you MUST RSVP on our website via the Registration form. Sign-up now and join the nearly 50+ RSVP’s we have received in the last week! Please note, there is a NEW format to breakfast, as the size of breakfast has dictated a change. To attend breakfast you must RSVP online (www.breakfastnetworking.com) – our location has very strict security measures. If you would like to be a breakfast sponsor for April, sign-up today to get nearly $1000 in promotional value for only $300! The SalemGlobal Breakfast Sponsorships packages include:
- Two minute promotional video distributed to dozens of video sharing websites, there is more to the world than just YouTube!
- Spotlight and a short speaking slot at our monthly breakfast.
- Promotion within our newsletters and blogs.
- Dozens of in-bound links to your website, which is a key internet marketing component and strategy.
Lastly, if you would like to learn about the Search Engine Industry, come to the Search Engine Strategies show this week in New York, SalemGlobal will be there on the floor, shaking hands and conducting interviews!
SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing is trying to build up our:
Websites with Hamantaschen recipes.
We would love to see your favorites! Scan, steal and beg from your mothers and grandmothers. We want your recipes for Hamantaschen. Email us or post at our Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8616999397
Thanks and Chag Sameach.
New York Dentist To Open New Office in Fashion District
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 14, 2008
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Welcome to the the NY Dentist, Dental Aesthetics and Facial GroupOur New York Dental Office is located in New York City’s Garment district, long–recognized as the center for Fashion Design and manufacturing in the United States. We not only cater to professionals and working people in the area, but patients from all over New York City.
We provide General Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry, Bleaching/Whitening, Orthodontics, Implants, and Reconstructive Dentistry with Cosmetic Dentists and Specialists all in our spacious and new mid-town Manhattan office. A Complete Dental and Aesthetic Center of the Highest Quality Professional Service, a Pleasing Environment that Caters to You and Puts You at Ease. We offer:
Life can change dramatically when you change your appearance. The Dental and Aesthetics Facial Group can help you look in the mirror and see the person you want to be. We invite you to look through our Web site and learn more about our boutique services. Then, feel free to contact us and make an appointment to see us, today. |
Hopes for thumbs-up from gamers
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 13, 2008
‘FPS Freek’ hopes for thumbs-up from gamers
March 13, 2008
As any CrackBerry addict will tell you, it’s all in the thumbs. And that basic rule of dexterity applies to game controllers too, which is why the creation of something like the “FPS Freek” was probably inevitable.
KontrolFreek’s latest accessory snaps onto the thumbsticks of a controller to improve accuracy and provide a crucial competitive edge. This nuance is particularly important in muscle control while taking aim at targets, according to Gizmodo, which sites research indicating that “the first 20 percent of the range of motion is the hardest because of spring resistance.” (The things you learn reading gadget blogs.)
The manufacturer says the device, which it hopes to release in June, will even be allowed in official competition. And if it proves as popular as hoped, there’s another company that will likely benefit from the release: The maker of the “Xtensor.”
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Westchester Real Estate Expo With Raphi Salem
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 13, 2008
http://www.salemglobal.com/real-estate-trade-shows.php
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6700068070352789804The Westchester Real Estate Trade Show displayed more than twenty Independently Owned and Operated Offices serving Westchester County, Putnam County and Dutchess County, New York; Fairfield County, Connecticut; and New York City (Manhattan and Brooklyn). Real Estate Brokers licensed in New York and Connecticut. Mixing up your offline marketing with your online marketing and letting each of them leverage each other. While at trade shows, try to take as much video as possible interviewing people in the booth, staff, prospects, clients. Get testimonials form people using your product and/or service.
Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in Social Networking
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 12, 2008
March 13, 2008 — 01:36 PM PDT — 
This morning, AOL’s Chariman and CEO Randy Falco said of his company’s acquisition, “Bebo is the perfect complement to AOL’s personal communications network and puts us in a leading position in social media.” “Leading position” might be a bit of an overstatement, at least in the US, according to some statistics sent our way by Nielsen Online.
In February, Bebo received 2.25 million unique visitors in the US, placing it between Buzznet and Imeem in the rankings, and representing less than 5% of the traffic that MySpace received during the same period. While it did represent 86% year-over-year growth, users spent significantly less time on the site – 81% less than they did in February of last year.
As for the rest of the trends in the space, I’ve highlighted some of the hot and the cold (in orange and blue, respectively) in the chart below. Last month’s reports of Facebook’s demise seem to be greatly exaggerated, as the site is sporting 102% year-over-year unique audience growth. Meanwhile, MySpace growth has gone flat, though users are spending 10% more time on the site – not inconsequential when you consider how huge their audience is. That number should continue to rise with today’s consumer launch of their application platform.
One of the other most notable statistics – Last.fm users spent 180% more time on the site last month than they did in the same period last year. That can easily be attributed to Last.fm rolling out free streaming of full tracks on their Web site back in January, an initiative that parent company CBS has also been praising for its success in recent weeks.
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Business Networking and News From SalemGlobal
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 11, 2008
Networking Breakfast and Client Events
SalemGlobal Wants You To Grow Your Business!
SalemGlobal would like to thank our March Networking Breakfast sponsor, Marji Wollin of Avery Real Estate, who provides exceptional personalized attention for finding the right home and apartment in New York City. Email her today, mcwollin@aol.com.
We look forward to seeing everyone on March 20th for our next breakfast (www.breakfastnetworking.com), in order to attend, you MUST RSVP on our website via the Registration form. Sign-up now and join the nearly 50+ RSVP’s we have received in the last week! Please note, there is a NEW format to breakfast, as the size of breakfast has dictated a change. To attend breakfast you must RSVP online (www.breakfastnetworking.com) – our location has very strict security measures. If you would like to be a breakfast sponsor for April, sign-up today to get nearly $1000 in promotional value for only $300! The SalemGlobal Breakfast Sponsorships packages include:
- Two minute promotional video distributed to dozens of video sharing websites, there is more to the world than just YouTube!
- Spotlight and a short speaking slot at our monthly breakfast.
- Promotion within our newsletters and blogs.
- Dozens of in-bound links to your website, which is a key internet marketing component and strategy.
SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing is trying to build up our:
Websites with Hamantaschen recipes.
We would love to see your favorites! Scan, steal and beg from your mothers and grandmothers. We want your recipes for Hamantaschen. Email us or post at our Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8616999397
Great Golf Gadgets For A Better Swing
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 11, 2008
The online source for golf news and reviews
Gadgets –Reviews-
March 10, 2008
The Xtensor
Extending the life of your hands
- I am always on the lookout for new and exciting golf gadgets. A month ago, at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, I found one of the best gadgets ever.
Over the past year or so, I have been begun to notice a little arthritis in my fingers. Working on a computer all day certainly takes a toll on the fingers, hands and wrists, along with my elbows.
The XTensor (www.thextensor.com) is a device that you put on your hand to work and flex your fingers in a direction opposite to what you do during the normal course of your day. It is also the 2007 winner of the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award.
Think of the XTensor as a Bow Flex for your hands. Using the Xtensor strengthens muscles virtually off limits to all other devices. Exercising the muscles that open the hands helps improve finger joint range of motion for people suffering with arthritis pain.
The Xtensor is the first product able to precisely target and strengthen the Finger Extensor Muscles while also providing a full, natural path of motion necessary for stimulating the muscles in the elbow; which can help reduce elbow pain from Tennis Elbow. It is also an essential tool for people recovering from tendinitis in the wrist, overcoming the effects of a stroke or suffering from hand stiffness.
For me, I noticed improvement within the first few days of using my Xtensor. I try to use mine every day. Five short minutes on each hand gets my muscles, tendons and joints working and ready for a day of work or play. I no longer need to pop an Aleve or some Tylenol Arthritis before leaving the house to play golf or go to work. For me, the soreness and stiffness I have been suffering with the past year or so has nearly gone away.
My golf game has also benefited from my use of the Xtensor. I have found a little more distance from my clubs and my touch and feel around the greens has improved, meaning fewer strokes on the scorecard. I’m certain it has to do with having more strength and flexibility in my fingers, hands and wrists thanks to the Xtensor.
You don’t have to be a golfer to benefit from the Xtensor. Anyone suffering with joint and muscle pain in the elbow, wrist, hand or fingers could enjoy positive results. I thought it was worthy of a try, all I had to lose was some pain and stiffness. Fortunately I did!
http://www.igolf.com/review/details/277/gadgets.html#
Companies Can Combine SEO and Interactive Public Relations
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 10, 2008
Thank you to Lee Odden from TopRankBlog.com
Many companies narrowly define PR activities online solely as blogger relations when in reality, online public relations is so much more. Internet based public and media relations encompasses gaining editorial exposure on the web with sites like blogs of course, but it also leverages web based technologies, networks and platforms for developing and maintaining more efficient communication with the media. And by “media” I mean traditional media with an online presence as well as other influencers – be they bloggers, power social news users or social networkers.
Communication efforts might happen online, but the media exposure outcomes may be in print or the web. The question arises, if the connections are made and maintained online using online PR and social media tools, but the exposure is offline, is it still online PR?
Earning editorial visibility on the web as a function of public and online media relations efforts is entirely congruent with the idea of optimizing content for better web visibility. For the most part, you can’t “manufacture” editorial based visibility and the commensurate traffic. You earn it.
An example of the disconnect is when companies demand specific traffic increases within defined time frames. Those situations aren’t typically good candidates for online PR and especially SEO. Certainly, there are some short time frame traffic possibilities with social media and viral content promotion, but specific traffic forecasting for a short time frame SEO project is unrealistic. Advertising is the most viable option for those that need traffic “yesterday”.
Anyone demanding traffic has a few other issues to deal with first anyway. Traffic is a proxy to other important metrics like leads and sales. The same goes for search engine rankings. The reason improvements in rankings and traffic are desired is to achieve another business outcome. Unfortunately, some businesses continue to get hung up on the” means to an end as the end”.
One of the big issues some bloggers and most journalists have is finding great story sources. In many cases, deadlines approach pretty fast and it can be difficult to find sources that fit the story angle. Optimizing news content knowing journalists are searching can be a very effective tactic as part of an Online PR strategy.
The key is to make it easy for consumers and journalists alike to find your message on the channels and in the format they prefer. This is true for content whether it’s text, images, video, audio or interactive. If it can be searched on it can be optimized. Read more about DAO or digital asset optimization for more info on that topic.
Rankings on search engines can carry just as much weight (or more) with online PR efforts as getting covered in a prominent blog or online publication. As a result, increasing numbers of public relations firms are making efforts to incorporate SEO into their offerings. I’m happy to say M&O-TopRank has been at this since 2001.
There are many ways in which SEO tactics can be used for PR outcomes and vice versa. According to a study by Bulldog Reporter/TEKgroup International, 64% of journalists report that they use either Google or Yahoo! news services and nearly half of all journalists reported visiting a corporate website or online newsroom at least once a week. Search is a significant channel for finding these news sources.
The fundamental benefits of optimizing news content include:
- Makes it easier for journalists researching stories to find you
- Expands company branding footprint on the web
- Contributes to proactive search results reputation management
- Helps fuel the sales pipeline
How is optimizing PR and news content different from optimizing content for lead generation or making sales? It has to do with the target audience. The needs of a journalist are different than a consumer. A journalist writing a story needs verifiable information, easy to find contact information, examples and any other information that will help them write the story. Consumers are typically focused (depending on their stage of the buying cycle) on finding information, solutions or purchasing.
Here are some of the different types of news content that can be optimized as part of an Pull PR program:
- Press releases / news releases
- Online op-eds / letters to the editor
- Online news rooms and media kits
- Corporate site PR content
- Blogs
- Reports / white papers
- Webinars / demos
- Email newsletters
- Interviews (coach interviewee on keywords)
- Podcasts / Internet radio shows
While the optimization of news content in conjunction with blogger and online media relations can be the one-two punch for an online PR program, it is the addition of social networking that serves as the knockout.
Social networks like LinkedIn / Facebook and increasingly, microblogging platforms like Twitter can be leveraged by journalists to find subject matter experts in a very short period of time. Here are articles by a TV reporter and a newspaper reporter on this topic.
That means companies need to invest in not only monitoring social media, but also developing profiles and participating on social communities. If you don’t give, you’re not going to get, so it’s important that any efforts at social networking with the media are transparent and give value.
Giving to get, transparency, conversation and participation are key concepts when it comes to an online PR program that involves not only blogger relations but also the search engine optimization of news content and engaging with social media/networking communities.
New York Dentist Comes To Garment District
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 7, 2008
http://www.midtowndentalgroup.com
212-730-4440
Welcome to the Web site of the Dental and Aesthetics Facial Group
Our top–of–the–line office is located in New York City’s garment district, long–recognized as the center for fashion design and manufacturing in the United States. While we cater to professionals and working people in this area, our commitment to excellence has earned clients from all over the City.
Lost In The World of Social Media? Take A Map
Posted by Salem Global on Mar 7, 2008
Ever feel overwhelemed by the number of websites that are asking, yet begging for your social media information? Wanting to share, connect and invite? Maybe the below can help classify those ideas:
Click the below to look at the guide of connections.
