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SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources » Blog Archive » Article Marketing: A Beginner’s Guide.

With Article Marketing you write articles on the topic of your niche and submit them to online publishers such as article directories, ezine editors, and article announcement lists. Along with each article you include a resource box, which is basically a short author bio that includes a link back to your website.

July 2009 Chatter Guard Industry Benchmark Report Is Published

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Throughout the month of July, summer vacation travellers maintained the enthusiasm for lodging they displayed in June. With the exception of a few mild declines, U.S. hotels showed no significant reversals of the previous month’s gains. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being “fantastic” and 1 being “poor,” the average hotel goer reported a slight 2.66% decline in Resultant Quality Score (3.76 to 3.66), a 5.01% decline in Housekeeping (from 3.59 to 3.41), and a 4.38% decline in Staff (3.88 to 3.71). The greatest decline was in the area of value, which dipped 5.88%. Dining and Facilities were more or less consistent, with Dining scores improving from 3.65 to 3.68 (0.82%) and Facilities improving from 4.07 to 4.10 (0.74%). The greatest gains in overall customer satisfaction occurred in Room quality, which increased 1.39% (3.59 to 3.64). Overall, Upscale and Mid-Scale Full Service hotels increased in customer satisfaction from the previous month, while other sections of the hotel industry posted declines.

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How social media is changing travel - Tips- msnbc.com

How social media is changing travel - Tips- msnbc.com.

It's undeniable that social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube can seem like nothing but a sea of banalities — vacation photos, mundane status updates, birthday wishes, comments on what you had for lunch — but every once in a while, a voice in the wilderness breaks through with a post or tweet heard around the world.

Twitter Takes a Step Toward Commercial Accounts - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Twitter Takes a Step Toward Commercial Accounts - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com.

Twitter has been talking about offering special paid services for businesses for quite a while. On Thursday night, the start-up took one step closer. Twitter unveiled Twitter 101, a series of Web pages and a downloadable slide show that explain what Twitter is and how businesses can use it, along with case studies of a few companies that use Twitter.