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		<title>Are your Google Analytics Search Engine Optimization Queries clean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Pickle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d be surprised that you have been looking at your search queries in Google Webmaster Tools and not been aware that many of the queries were for image search instead of the web. In the past, I&#8217;ve gone to Webmaster Tools to check out the recent search queries. Often, I wondered where Google Webmaster Tools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takeaways From The 2012 Bronto Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Showstead</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to attend the 2012 Bronto Summit in Chapel Hill with Rick Boccard, one of Beacon&#8217;s Account Executives. Bronto is an innovative email service provider that I have worked with since 2008. Although I am familiar with the company, there are so many amazing new features and capabilities added each year that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Best Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Baubie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best practice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we have been practicing for some time, we are aware of good (and, bad) ways to employ social media. Opinions will vary about the &#8220;best of the best&#8221;. That is the beauty of the web, it always changes. From a book summary I read on social media, here are some of the best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 YouTube Maxims to Get, and Stay Viral</title>
		<link>http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/5-youtube-maxims-to-get-and-stay-viral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Baubie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/?p=7067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A short time ago, YouTube urged us to &#8220;Broadcast Yourself&#8221;. Well, they don&#8217;t have to tell us anymore. Consider that 4 Billion videos are viewed every day.* With all that content being uploaded and viewed, our video habits on YouTube provide interesting ways to get visible. More importantly, it also defines how to stay visible. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word from the Sales Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Boccard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beacon News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not Really Computer Related]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/?p=7015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April was a busy month here at Beacon.  We came into the month off of a real strong first quarter with lots of exciting new projects kicking off with existing and new clients.  The momentum continued into April with over a dozen project kickoffs and the addition of seven new clients, including: eCommerce Development  Tufenkian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices for Companies New to the Wide World of Email Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Tolbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Beacon Technology Web Marketing Consultants always recommend engaging in email marketing for both our online retailers and  our online content providers because it works to generate higher relevant traffic, sales and or conversions on their websites.  Email Marketing allows specific targeting, helps to push direct sales, builds relationships, supports sales through other channels, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips about Image optimization for Search Engines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Agee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/?p=6942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the time, when you are optimizing a site for SEO you are think about title tags, descriptions, keyword content and internal/external linking. Your mind is focused on how to improve the site so it shows up higher in search rankings and can sometimes forget about also optimizing you images for search. Considering that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uptick in Web Development; New projects with Harvard, Boston College</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Dirks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beacon News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/?p=6952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business continues to be hopping and exciting here at Beacon.  We now have 6 clients in the Boston, MA area after winning contracts with high profile clients like Harvard (Center for Education) and Boston College (School of Management).  We also re-signed the Massachusetts Library Information Network to a long-term hosting agreement (MLIN has been with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Attend Internet Retailer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Agee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beacon Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/?p=6932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve looked at our events page then you know we&#8217;re attending the Internet Retailer Conference in June. Wahoo! This conference is HUGE and is jam packed with tons of great sessions and information. There will be 175 speakers, 570 exhibiting companies, 8,000 attendees, and multiple workshops! I&#8217;m excited, are you excited? Since we don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Tweet, But No One Buys</title>
		<link>http://blog.beacontechnologies.com/twitter-tips-for-small-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gus Kroustalis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever felt like that? You’d be hard pressed to find a small business that hasn’t experienced that at some point. This is especially true during a social media campaign’s early days. Think about it like this… You start a new workout program at the gym, but don’t see early results. Pretty soon the program is [...]]]></description>
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