Well I’m finally going to do it!  In the next two weeks I’m buying the new Apple Ipad 2.  I’m seeing more and more small business owners carry these things to meetings rather than carry a bulky laptop.  Do you have one?  Do you own something similar?

Below is Amazon’s top gadgets as of this week.  Notice no Ipad 2…that is because they own (and agressively market ) the new Amazon Kindle Fire.

1.

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

Price: $199.00

2.

Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

Price: $99.00

3.

Kindle, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

Price: $79.00

4.

Kindle Touch 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

Price: $149.00

5.

Apple iPod touch 8GB (4th Generation) – Black – Current Version

List Price: $199.00

Price: $184.99

You Save: $14.01 (7%)

 

6.

Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

Price: $139.00

 

7.

Apple iPod touch 8 GB 4th Generation (White)

List Price: $199.00

Price: $189.99

You Save: $9.01 (5%)

 

8.

Garmin nüvi 1450LMT 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates

List Price: $319.99

Price: $139.99

You Save: $180.00 (56%)

9.

Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display

Price: $139.00

No matter what holiday you celebrate, have a very happy one and I’ll talk to you in 2012.

All the best,

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
http://www.SilverWebSolutions.com

Discover How to Grow Your Small Business Revenue at Small Biz Success Summit 2012 (Fully Online Conference)
See LINK

REGISTER TODAY and SAVE 50% (sale ends Nov. 18th)!

Small Biz Success Summit 2012 is a live online conference that will empower your small business to grow faster in 2012 with social media. Twenty-five of the world’s leading small business social media pros will show you how. Instructors include John Jantsch (author, Duct Tape Marketing), Anita Campbell (founder, Small Business Trends), Michael Stelzner (founder, Social Media Examiner and author, Launch), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Jesse Stay (author, Google+ for Dummies), Hollis Thomases (author, Twitter Marketing), David Siteman Garland (founder, “The Rise to the Top” and author, Smarter, Faster, Cheaper), Joe Pulizzi (founder, Content Marketing Institute and co-author, Get Content, Get Customers), Brian Clark (founder, Copyblogger Media), Lee Odden (founder, TopRank Online Marketing), Ramon Ray (founder, Small Biz Technology and author, Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses) and Lewis Howes (co-author, LinkedWorking)–just to mention a few. Fully online. Click here for sample class (see upper yellow box).

I am asked frequently what tools and resources I advise clients to use.  I have put together a list of many of these tools. Be sure to visit the new page: The Ultimate Internet Marketing Toolbox…and don’t forget to bookmark it.

All the best,

Mike L. Silverman

Have you heard the buzz about Facebook Success Summit 2011—the web’s largest online Facebook marketing conference?

Before I tell you how this virtual summit will help your business attract great customers and prospects, gain a unique competitive advantage, and measure your Facebook marketing results, let me share a story with you.

PROOF FACEBOOK MARKETING WORKS…

About a year a half ago Michael Stelzner (founder of Social Media Examiner) started a Facebook page for his blog that targeted marketers and small business owners. He also integrated core Facebook functionality into his website. Almost overnight, a large and loyal community emerged on his Facebook page.

He was skeptical at first. But now he has more than 50,000 active Facebook fans. And Facebook is the number two source of traffic to his website. Facebook was instrumental in generating 1.7 million dollars in sales for his business last year.

Michael’s story is not unique. More than 10,000 websites are integrating Facebook functionality every day! With 750 million active users, Facebook offers an incredible opportunity for marketers.

Your customers (and prospects) are using Facebook every day. It’s a new marketing frontier because Facebook bypasses all the costly middlemen and allows you to engage directly with your customers and prospects! AND this presents an enormous opportunity for you.

SO WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?

Michael (and his team) have been working for months to bring the best minds in social media together in a fully online event called Facebook Success Summit 2011 .

A significant 2,900 marketers and business owners from around the world attended his last Success Summit. Businesses were transformed. In fact, 96% of attendees said they’d attend again.

This summit’s focus is to empower you to implement successful Facebook marketing tactics, track and measure your Facebook ROI, and see how successful Facebook campaigns were executed. Nineteen of the world’s leading Facebook superstars will be summit instructors.

Presenters include Guy Kawasaki (author, Enchantment), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Dave Kerpen (author, Likeable Social Media), Paul Dunay (co-author, Facebook Marketing for Dummies), Jesse Stay (author, Facebook Application Development for Dummies), Robert Scoble (co-author, Naked Conversations), Michael Stelzner (founder, Social Media Examiner), and experts from Intuit, PETCO, Applebees and Intel.

Plus join Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Chris Treadaway (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies), and Andrea Vahl (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies)–just to name a few.

Attendees at our last summit included well-known organizations such as General Mills, American Express, Intel, San Francisco Giants, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Intuit, Harvard Business School, 3M, Kellogg, Staples, General Electric, MetLife, HP, Fox TV, LexisNexis, and the U.S. Army. But you don’t need to be a big business to benefit!

This is the world’s largest online Facebook event designed to empower marketers and business owners to master Facebook marketing. And the great news is it’s a live online conference you can attend from your home or office.

Go here now to learn more.

Here’s to your success!
Mike L. Silverman

P.S. Nineteen of the most successful Facebook marketing pros will show you how to use Facebook to market and grow your business. Remember, the experts teach the sessions live (and it’s all online). So you don’t need to leave your home or office! Go here to see how this works.

P.P.S. As a way of saying “thanks” for checking out the summit, there’s a gift just for marketers called “Facebook News Feed Optimization: How to Dramatically Increase Your Visibility and Engagement” by Mari Smith (valued at $59) waiting for you. Go get it here.

Last day to save 50% on Blogging Success Summit…

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick reminder.  This Thursday (January 20th) is the last day to save 50% on tickets to Blogging Success Summit 2011 –the online conference for businesses that want to master blogging, brought to you by BlogWorld!

This online conference is all about using blogs to attract and engage quality customers and quickly grow your business.

This event does not require any travel.

Already 600 of your peers have signed up, including Tupperware, Home Depot, SAP, World Bank, General Mills, Sheraton, Aetna, Albertson’s Market, The Daily Telegraph, Arbitron, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Simple Green, Merck, Vanguard, Chiquita, Christianity Today, Virginia State Parks and hundreds of small businesses.  Click here to save 50% (expires Thursday), and get a free sample class.
The summit includes 23 well-known presenters, including Technorati’s CEO Richard Jalichandra, Scott Monty (head of social media, Ford), Darren Rowse (co-author, ProBlogger), Brian Clark (Copyblogger), Michael Stelzner (Social Media Examiner), Debbie Weil (author, The Corporate Blogging Book), Douglas Karr (co-author, Corporate Blogging for Dummies), Joe Pulizzi (co-author, Get Content Get Customers), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Chris Garrett (co-author, ProBlogger) and experts from McDonald’s, Cisco, Southwest Airlines, Sony and Procter & Gamble.

Don’t let this awesome deal pass you by.  Register now for Blogging Success Summit 2011.

Click here to save 50% (expires Thursday), and get a free sample class.
Thanks for your support!

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
678-714-0034

P.S. This event does not require any travel. You simply attend sessions, meet the experts and network with peers from the comfort of your home or office. How cool is that?

I wanted to pass along this information about an ONLINE event (you attend it from your computer!!!) that will help businesses with their blogging marketing efforts.  Please keep reading if:

• You want to find the best way to generate leads for your business
• You are thinking about starting a business blog
• You want to improve your existing blog

I wish you the best in 2011.

Kindest Regards,

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
678-714-0034

______________________________

Have you heard the buzz about Blogging Success Summit 2011—the web’s largest online blogging conference?

Before I tell you how this virtual summit will help your business gain more exposure, more qualified leads, better customer engagement and more sales, let me share a story with you.

PROOF BLOGGING WORKS…

In October 2009, Michael Stelzner started Social Media Examiner, a blog for marketers and small business owners. Almost overnight, his site became one of the top business blogs in the world.

He didn’t advertise, didn’t rely on the press and almost none of his traffic came from search engines.

Slightly more than a year later, he has nearly 50,000 email subscribers, a half-million page views a month, and has generated nearly $2 million in sales from the site.

Everything he does focuses around delivering high-quality content along with intelligent marketing.

Michael’s story is not unique. A significant 43% of U.S. companies will be marketing via their own blog by 2012, according to eMarketer.

Now the connection… Blogging represents a new marketing frontier because it bypasses all the costly middlemen and allows you to own your own platform, quickly engaging with your customers and prospects! AND this presents an enormous opportunity for you.

SO WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?

Michael (and his team) have been working for months to bring the best minds in blogging together in a fully online event called Blogging Success Summit 2011 .

More than 4,400 marketers and business owners from around the world attended his last two summits. Businesses were transformed. In fact, 95% of attendees said they’d attend again.

This summit’s focus is to empower you to implement successful blogging strategies, grow a loyal following, generate quality leads and sell with your blog.

Twenty-three of the world’s leading social media superstars will be summit instructors.

Presenters include Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra, Scott Monty (head of social media, Ford), Darren Rowse (co-author, ProBlogger), Brian Clark (Copyblogger), Michael Stelzner (Social Media Examiner), Debbie Weil (author, The Corporate Blogging Book), Douglas Karr (co-author, Corporate Blogging for Dummies) and experts from McDonald’s, Cisco, Southwest Airlines, Sony and Procter & Gamble.

Plus join Joe Pulizzi (co-author, Get Content Get Customers), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Chris Garrett (co-author, ProBlogger), Dave Garland (author, Smarter, Faster, Cheaper), Mike Volpe (VP of marketing, HubSpot), and Rick Calvert (CEO, BlogWorld)—just to mention a few.

Attendees at our two last summits included well-known organizations such as General Electric, American Express, Staples, General Mills, Intel, Harvard, San Francisco Giants, Kraft Foods, Hyatt Hotels, Stanford, IDG and Disney. But you don’t need to be a big business to benefit!

This is the world’s largest online blogging event designed to empower marketers and business owners to master blogging. And the great news is it’s a live online conference you can attend from your home or office.

Go here now to learn more.

Here’s to your success!

P.S. You can get 50% off if you act now. Twenty-three successful blogging pros will show you how to use blogging to market and grow your business.

Remember, the experts teach the sessions live (and it’s all online). So you don’t need to leave your home or office! Go here to see how this works.

P.P.S. As a way of saying “thanks” for checking out the summit, there’s a gift just for marketers called “Building Community with Facebook and Blogs” (valued at $59) waiting for you. Go get it here.

Outdoor Billboard Advertising…worked on me!!! As a provider of professional web design services and affordable search engine optimization, I often consult with clients on ways to help with their internet marketing. As I am sure you already know, numerous research has concluded that outdoor billboard advertising offers relatively low ROI.

While recently traveling from Atlanta to Jacksonville Beach, hundreds of billboards paved the highways from Georgia to Florida. Our family normally stops off for lunch in Valdosta, GA. This time, however, I wanted a change. Outdoor billboard advertising worked on me! Stomachs were rumbling and this billboard was positioned in the right place at the right time…Enter Smok’n Pig BBQ. Their advertising worked and they received $29.00 for our patronage.

Not all businesses should invest in outdoor advertising. However, those in the restaurant and travel industries should definitely consider this in conjunction with their online marketing efforts.

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
SEO Company in Atlanta, Georgia

For the past few years I have had intermittent issues with my internet/phone going out every time the the sun came out and the temperature hit 60 degrees. It was the strangest thing. I would anticipate my “lifeline” to go out (usually around 1:00PM every day) and I would have to squeeze in as much work as possible before the outage occurred. My cable company, Charter Communications, would do “something” to temporarily fix the issue but it never “stuck.”

Fast forward two years: I was reading about a customer’s success story in a magazine. This person was complaining about their cable company via a Twitter post. Within five minutes a cable employee sent a direct message to the customer asking for more information and apologizing for the issue. Within 24 hours, his problem was fixed.

I decided to do the same thing. I had just about had it with my internet and phone service (both provided by Charter). If you read my tweets (Twitter ID: AtlantaSEOWeb) you will see my initial post about how I was ready to cancel the whole service. Well it wasn’t five minutes, but 50 minutes later that I heard back from @Umatter2Charter. This gentleman was on the ball and immediately passed my concerns and information to an upper tech level employee at Charter. Within 48 hours, I had the head supervisor for my region at my home checking levels at the tap and in my home. WOW!! All this from a 140 character tweet just two days earlier.

More and more companies are employing these Twitter voyeurs to scour Twitterers’ posts. Companies realize that messages like these could eventually be indexed and spread throughout the web and possibly hurt the reputation of the company If you have any issues with any big-name companies then I strongly suggest you send an initial “tweet of complaint” and see if you get a response.

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
Twitter Setup Services

Silver Web Solutions is proud to announce the launch of its latest web design: Atlanta Center For Athletes. No bells and whistles. Just a simple, elegant design. Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing was applied as well.

Mike L. Silverman
Managing Director
Silver Web Solutions
Website Design in Atlanta, the United States and Canada

I posted this question on some LinkedIn Groups and received some pitiful responses. I would love to hear some feedback.

What has been your experience with search engine rankings when you have an article you want to showcase? Do you find your rankings to be better for keywords/keyword phrases when you post the article to your WordPress Blog or when you distribute the article through article distribution websites? And most importantly, would you do both or only one?

Mike L. Silverman
Affordable Search Engine Optimization