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Re: Is It Important For Startups To Have Blogs? [Poll Results]

Khalid Saleh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:52:14 -0000

Mohamed,

What is most interesting about the finding is the fact that the survey was conducted in Saudi Arabia. I had no idea that blogs are popular there as well. I am also glad to have cross your blog :)

Stumbled for great content!

Re: The Big Bang Theory of Launching a Product

Khalid Saleh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:37 -0000

Ben,

The iterative process is usually driven by a software methodology that does always align well with marketing and business goals. You outlined an excellent strategy to get both software and marketing teams on the same page.

Re: http://www.instigatorblog.com/startups-need-more-practical-guidance-not-fluff/2008/11/21/

Khalid Saleh — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:44:10 -0000

Ben, excellent content as usual without any fluff.

We tried to raise capital two years ago and in all honesty got overwhelmed with the process and the time investment it required. It seemed we either grow our practice or spend the time to raise money to grow our business. The more VS I spoke with, i discovered that raising capital for a consulting firm is more difficult than raising capital for a software company.

I am not sure if the timing is right now but I am thinking of taking a 2nd look at raising capital.

Re: What Becomes a Small Business Brand?

Khalid Saleh — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:46:39 -0000

Hi John,

Excellent post. I think many small business owners are so focused on their day to day business that many times they lose sight of the big picture. I have to make a call in couple of hours to a customer who was not happy with some of the results he received from us. Although we invested so much time and effort into his work. After reading this post, I am even more motivated to go out of my way to make sure that he is satisfied with. Every action is a step towards building a brand.

Khalid

Re: The Subtle Art of Linkbaiting

Khalid Saleh — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:10:02 -0000

Nice write up Chris. But really at this point don't you think that everyone can smell the slightest hint of link bait? Each of the points above is a great way to create good link bait. Add brilliant content to the formula and you will have a ton of links.

Re: Define a Social Media System for Yourself

Khalid Saleh — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:04:38 -0000

wow, 700 blog subscriptions? And I am struggling to keep up with 150 of them. It will be interesting to see the blogs on your list.

Re: Recommend a blog

Khalid Saleh — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:47:53 -0000

Hi Tac,

Here are few blogs I enjoy:
- The van blog http://www.yellowhousehosting.com/resources is one of the best seo and marketing blogs out there. Steven(Vangogh) is very active on many of the online forums.

- Vandelay design http://www.vandelaydesign.com/blog/

- Create Business Growth http://createbusinessgrowth.com offers an excellent collection on marketing

- Ms danielle http://www.msdanielle.com/( is another excellent blog.

- our own blog www.invesp.com/blog focuses on conversion optimization

Re: White Paper Landing Page Study Results

Khalid Saleh — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:45:13 -0000

Michael,

A 17% conversion rate is excellent for that landing page. I wonder if you could have tweaked the page a little more to drive conversion to a higher percentage. What was the main method of driving traffic to the page (organic, pcc, etc)?

Re: Timothy Ferriss’ “The Four Hour Workweek” - Review

Khalid Saleh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:17:28 -0000

Hi Michelle,

Interesting read. I am currently on a 92 hours/week schedule. My dreams are limited to 40hours/week at this point.

Khalid

Re: Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007

Khalid Saleh — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:33:11 -0000

wow Tamar, this is the most comprehensive , quality list I have seen. I guess I have plenty of reading to do.

Re: Rank High in Blog Search Engines

Khalid Saleh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:02:34 -0000

Excellent post. To be honest I am not satisfied with blog search functionality until now. Neither Google nor technorati do a good job at it. I understand that Technorati uses the time stamp to return results. But Google's relevance algorithm is not working for blog search if you ask me.

Re: FeedBurner Pro Goes Free for All

Khalid Saleh — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:49:27 -0000

It is sort of funny to look back at all the people who were very worried when Google acquired feedburner. I just upgraded our account yesterday.

Re: SEO Through Blogs & Feeds at SES

Khalid Saleh — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:52:08 -0000

Thomas.

these are excellent tips. I will be implementing some of them on our site. I am not a big fan of category feeds but I like the rest of the suggestions.

Khalid

Re: The Shadow Knows: Watching Superbad with My Son

Khalid Saleh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:43:46 -0000

Ann,

You made laugh!

You take this from a completely different perspective. is it the nosey parent or is it the protective parent? At what point do you let your children make their own decisions and trust that you have instilled good values in them?

Re: What Not To Do With Your Business Blog

Khalid Saleh — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:12:31 -0000

My biggest complaint is sites that do not allow me to leave comments unless I register. I mean, I am willing to invest 3-5 minutes to write a comment on your site, but register, I think they are asking for way too much.

Sorry Matt, every time I try to leave comments on your blog the registration stops me....it is too much to ask!

Re: BIGLIST Search Marketing Blogs Update 081007

Khalid Saleh — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:15:11 -0000

Lee,

I am glad to see that the invesp blog made it to the list. It is a privilege to be included with some of the best online marketing blogs.

Re: Update: Top SEO Blogs by RSS Subscribers

Khalid Saleh — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:48:42 -0000

Hi Lee,

I would consider adding blog storm (http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/). Patrick is in the UK but he has close to 2200 subscribers.

Re: Site Re-Design? Call Your SEO Expert First!

Khalid Saleh — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:13:08 -0000

Lee, great post idea. We are dealing with the same issue right now with one of our clients. After the the client completed a new design and its implementation, they are asking us to evaluate the site from conversion optimization perspective. Any suggestions we give them at this point translate into rework and lost time.

Many companies miss the need to involve SEO and Conversion optimization firms in the initial stages of any redesign work. These are areas of practice can no longer be an after thought. I do think part of the reason we are not invited to the initial stages of redesign is due to ignorance on the part of some clients. But another important part is the resistance of technical teams to involve someone else in redesign work.

Ps- isn't twitter great? I was notified that you just published this post and jumped here right away. I think it is replacing my Google reader!