Create an Online Store in a Snap Using Google Docs and Checkout (Search Engine Journal)
Google has just rolled out the new Checkout Store Gadget currently running under Google Labs. This gadget lets users create their own online stores using Google Spreadsheet, Google Docs, and Google Checkout. The Official Google Docs Blog gave a rundown of the necessary steps that users need to take to create their online stores. First users need to sign up for Check out the SEO Tools guide.

ClickZ Poll: 63 Percent Won't Increase Spend with Microsoft/Yahoo (ClickZ)
Informal enquiry suggests Yahoo move brings no guaranteed cha-ching for Bing. That could mean a sting as microsoft tries to wing a better foothold in search, an area that may prove to be it's undoing as it pours more and more money into marketing and buying companies that provide what it can't master on it's own. Ooops! Did I say that out loud?

The Little Secret of Web Startups (TechCrunch)

The guest post was written by Marcelo Calbucci , the founder and CTO of Sampa, a personal homepage creator that will be shutting down next month. He's writing a series of posts about the lessons learned from the failed venture at http://blog.calbucci.com . He's also the publisher of Seattle 2.0, a web resource for tech entrepreneurs and startups in Seattle that may or may not laster very long. Consumer startups are tough. You have two more chances and if they fail you should get out of this business and try selling shoes.

Drive ROI in Your Online Community With Social Context Triggers From Awareness (Marketwire)
Social Context Triggers From Awareness Builds ROI by Automating Community Activities Around Key Words and Phrases

Blizzard Internet Marketing New Product Release: Search Engine Optimization Focus Plan (PRWeb)
Blizzard Internet Marketing announces a new, powerfully packaged, and affordable SEO package that is available for purchase immediately. (PRWeb Jul 28, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2684004.htm

Punch Communications Celebrates 600th Page on Website
Punch Communications, a boutique Public Relations Agency (http://www.punchcomms.com/public-relations-agency.html) based in the heart of the Midlands, has celebrated the creation of the 600th page on its website. (PRWeb Jul 26, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2676224.htm

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Nice going, but at the moment, Google only sees about 450 of the 600 pages:
Results 1 - 10 of about 450 from www.punchcomms.com

But Yahoo is doing better and has found 640 of the pages.

Sorry Punch, but from the few pages I saw, your site is really not what I would considered to be optimized. Really bad title tags and missing description tags are keeping your site from it's full potential, in my opinion.

Link Up with LinkedIn: Designer Websites (Kitchen and Bath Business)

This is a question a K+BB Designers Network member recently posed on our LinkedIn group. The network member, a cabinet dealer, wants and needs more sales (who doesn't?) and she'd like to find out how to go about getting them by involving the Internet.

Just a month ago we talked about real-time search engines, verified accounts, trending Twitter giveaways, sponsored tweets, and Twitter chat as the five trends that you should be watching right now. While each of those trends is still something to keep on your radar, the rate of evolution and change on Twitter is practically real-time. As such, we thought we'd update our list and chronicle five ...

I have previously over-viewed best free web-based software allowing to easily create online surveys and today I decided to focus on a new player - the one that has been launched only recently but already got some really positive publicity from really powerful blogs like Profy and WebWorkerDaily. ProProfs Polls is a new feature-rich polls maker you should try out. It checks out the SEO Tools guide and then avoids them all.

Yuliya Demyanyk, a senior research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, has just written an article called "Ten myths about subprime mortgages." I don't buy everything she says. For one thing, I think the piece leaves the impression that subprime mortgages weren't a big problem. Clearly they were. Still, the piece makes for interesting reading.

Smart Sales Thinking, Smart Sales Tools (Manage Smarter)
How to help generate leads wisely and efficiently.

One of the three major pillars of Search Engine Optimization is a website's content, and onsite content optimization. All of the major search engine ranking algorithms have components that relate to the content that is contained on the website.

How to Keep From Falling off the Face of the Internet: New Handbook Provides Guide, Access to the Social Web

A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization: Strategies, Tactics, and Tools for Succeeding in the Social Web, a new book by open-source guru Deltina Hay, arms you with the technical skills to navigate the world of social media and create a successful Web presence.

It's a brand new week, which effectuation it's time for Mashable's guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable's Events section . Is your event not on this list? Contact us and let's establish a media partnership. Mashable's Weekly Social Media and Marketing Event Guide is proudly supported by Eventbrite , the Web's Event

Sometimes, even HTML is just too hard . In this postmodern world, we're all professionally fragmented jacks of all trades, and few of us have the patience (read: OCD) for learning enough CSS and Flash to allow us to keep up with the Jonses in terms of functional, sexy web design. Here are some cheat sheets, the Cliff Notes of site creation, if you will. Read on to discover four awesome, ...

A few days ago a French Hacker calling himself Croll began releasing documents containing private financial data and personal information on employees he had stolen from Twitter's servers. To give an idea of how sensitive some of that data was, Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Why All the Fuss about TechCrunch? (Search Engine Journal)

Flimp Media, ExactTarget Partnership to Provide Metrics-Driven Video Email Marketing Solution

Partnership tracks detailed video email viewer engagement in single reporting dashboard

Hopkinton, MA, June 24, 2009 -- Flimp Media, a developer of online video marketing and viewer analytics solutions, announced today that it is partnering with on-demand email provider ExactTarget to offer email marketers a metrics-driven video email messaging solution.

The partnership marries the power of the Flimp® Web-based solution to create and track video landing pages without any programming with ExactTarget's one-to-one email marketing platform, giving email marketers the ability to build, distribute and track video based email marketing campaigns.

"Flimp makes it possible to take the deep connection and engagement of online video and convert it, directly into viewer responses and sales using email marketing," said Wayne Wall, Flimp Media's chief executive officer. "The combination of ExactTarget and Flimp provides marketers and communicators with a seamless solution for video based messaging with actionable viewer analytics."

The Flimp platform allows email marketers to create audiovisual landing pages and video emails that automatically track and report detailed viewer engagement and response data by individual email address in a single reporting dashboard.

"The partnership between ExactTarget and Flimp Media provides our clients with a new solution to deliver engaging, relevant and interactive content to subscribers," said Peter McCormick, ExactTarget co-founder and vice president of partnerships. "The power of the two platforms provides marketers unmatched video analytics for lead generation and lead nurturing programs that drive higher engagement rates and increase ROI."

Flimp Media is partnering with ExactTarget through the ExactTarget Extensions Network. The network features applications ranging from social media and survey solutions to CRM and analytics integrations that leverage open, two-way information flow with ExactTarget. The information exchange allows for seamless sharing of data across applications, enabling marketers to track the effectiveness of multiple platforms through a single application.

About Flimp Media
Flimp Media is a pioneer in the development of rich media analytics technology and video based marketing and messaging solutions for online direct marketing, communications and sales. FLIMP, which stands for Flash Interactive Marketing Platform, enables non-technical users to quickly create, edit, distribute, track and report video based marketing and messaging campaigns without any programming or IT resources required. The Flimp platform offers users a simple and low cost solution for video email marketing with viewer analytics. For more information, visit www.flimp.net.

FLIMP® is a registered trademark of Flimp Media Inc.

About ExactTarget
ExactTarget, Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software solutions. The company's on-demand one-to-one marketing applications enable clients to send business-critical and event triggered communications to increase sales, optimize marketing investments and strengthen customer relationships. For more information, please visit www.exacttarget.com or call 1-866-EMAILET.

Media Contacts:
Jenn O'Meara (Flimp Media) - 508.435.5220 or jomeara@flimp.net
Mitch Frazier (ExactTarget) - 317.275.5034 or mfrazier@ExactTarget.com
Lauren Sanders (Dittoe PR for ExactTarget) - 317.202.2280 X 10 or lauren@dittoepr.com

Contact Information
Flimp Media, Inc.
Jenn O'Meara
(508) 435-5220
jomeara@flimp.net
www.flimp.net