Marketers consistently pick up their best lessons in times of crisis. We think differently about ROI. We act more intuitively. We become more agile and flexible. We "sense and respond." We really don't have much of a choice but to act and not allow yesterday's rules to justify complacency. Here are 10 tips marketers can learn from the CDC in their response to the "swine flu" outbreak. More 
Grab Customers With Long Tail Keywords
from Entrepreneur and MSNBC
Keywords are actually whole phrases, and "long-tail" keywords are phrases with four or more words in them. Here's an example:
Short keyword: ski vacation
Long-tail keyword: honeymoon ski vacation aspen colorado december 2009
You can see that the long-tail keyword is far more specific and focused than the shorter keyword. But is it worth going after something that specific? There can't be that many people searching for it. Exactly. More
Another 5 Search Tools You May Not Know – But Should
from Search Engine Land
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use a search engine without needing to touch your mouse? You know, type your query and then scan and even click through to results without actually clicking the mouse button? Or maybe you’re looking for an alternate source of search advertising data, like how many advertisers are bidding on certain keywords. More
Twitter Tips: How to Write Better Tweets
from ComputerWorld
Twitter's growing popularity has yielded one unusual result: It has exposed the frailty of writing skills in the business world. You can fudge bad writing in a 20-slide presentation, but not in a 140-character tweet. From abbreviation-laden tweets with no discernible value, to tweets that fail to compel followers to click through on a link, examples abound. The process of constructing a good Twitter message takes careful thought, time and analysis. More 
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Behavioral Marketing and the Scientific Method
from ClickZ
Developing creative is a complex process, but you can apply the scientific method to its development. You investigate, hypothesize, test, and evaluate. Then, like dancing the Macarena, you start over again. More
Managing Your Reputation, Brand
from MediaPost Around the Net
Knowing and monitoring what's being said about you is the key to reputation management, according to Sean Egen. He gives us six ways to SEO your personal brand by offering tips from industry experts on how to exercise more control about what turns up online when someone does a search on your name. More
MySpace to Launch Local Business Site for Reviews
from The Foster’s Daily Democrat
MySpace, seeking to evolve beyond its roots as a social hub for music and celebrity fans, is working with Citysearch to let people review businesses like bars and restaurants. The new site, MySpace Local, merges Citysearch's huge database of local business listings with the online hangout's vast community of users. That will let MySpace users rate their neighborhood eateries and nightlife and share what they think with their friends. More
Online Video: Medium Grows, But Ad Growth Slows
from MediaDailyNews
Advertisers are projected to spend $699 million on online video ads this year -- an increase of 32 percent from the $531 million spent on online video advertising last year, according to the new forecast from Brian Wieser, global director of forecasting for Magna, a unit of Interpublic's Mediabrands division. More