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July 24, 2015

22 steps to double your website traffic and lead generation.

Today I discovered my website traffic has quadrupled since December 2014 — and soared to the top 1.5 million US websites according to Alexa. (The prior rank was in the top 3 million). The number of leads coming in per day are overwhelming me now — and are from business in the US as… Continue reading

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December 13, 2014

What’s in a name? Everything! 10 reasons why naming strategy is crucial for your brand.

I was talking to a client the other day who wanted more visibility. They had a hideously long URL for their company website. I rolled my eyes. I immediately knew they were doomed to failure unless they changed their name. I asked: “Is there any way you can find a shorter url?” My prospective client… Continue reading

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finding a great name, product naming, url
December 3, 2014

Pinterest is the marketing bargain of the century — free.

Pinterest is uber viral — because each and every one of those “seeds” it sends out, in the form of a pin, will link back to your website — forever — no matter where it lands. Continue reading

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branding, content, internet marketing, online commerce, Pinterest, seo, social media, social media marketing, viral marketing, web traffic, website search rank
June 26, 2014

Is Facebook fan page advertising useless?

This week, a controversial Gallup poll declared that social media was all but useless, and that nobody was influenced by social media ads and it was all a bunch of hooey. I was immediately suspicious that results from the Gallup survey were skewed by the print and TV media. Mainstream media are late to the… Continue reading

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April 10, 2014

8 steps to spring clean your LinkedIn profile

It’s that time again — Spring Cleaning time. Have you updated your LinkedIn profile lately? Continue reading

LinkedIn, personal branding, shameless self promotion, social media

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December 31, 2013

How to drive more traffic from Google to your website.

How did your website do in 2013? I am stunned to discover that even though I mostly ignored mine, my Alexa rank soared by 15,966,175%! – this personal blog,Visibility Shift, is now in the top 3 million sites in the world! How did this happen? In this post, I dissect and analyze everything I did — there are… Continue reading

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Alexa Internet, Facebook, Google, iPad, LinkedIn, personal marketing strategy, social media, Twitter, wordpress
March 22, 2013

Is your LinkedIn profile embarrassing?

Here are some ridiculous profiles and titles of people who did not make the cut and get to be one of my 2,200 connections on LinkedIn: Anyone who still hasn’t paid me yet. Your title and every word in your profile is written in lower case. Passport photo or driver’s license photo used as your… Continue reading

LinkedIn, networking events, personal branding, schmoozing, shameless self promotion, social media

Business, LinkedIn, marketing, personal branding, social media, social networking
October 30, 2012

8 Sneaky Tricks to Work Around the New Restrictions in Facebook

It was fabulous back in the good old days before Facebook went public. But bit by bit, Facebook is becoming an increasingly less effective organizing tool. And this is very bad news for people like me who rely on it to promote… Continue reading

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A writer, content marketer, publicist and event promoter, I have been helping visionary entrepreneurs and event producers get the attention they deserve for over 30 years.

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Giselle Bisson Visibility Shift

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