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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell said on Thursday it has raked in more than $3 million from Twitter followers who clicked through its posts to its Web sites to make purchases. The company, which has posted to Twitter about two years and tracks the sales with proprietary software, made more than $1 million in the past 6 months.

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I often have conversations with clients about keywords. I usually start my conversations off with “what keywords do you want to be found for on search engines?”. Nearly 100% of customers will list keywords which, though they do accurately describe the business, are so common that competition on them is very tough.

The tip I always preach is you need to think about how your customer potentially would come to search for you. Because most who search the web start off searching for one term and then continually refine their search. If you can figure out what people start off searching for, you increase your chances of reaching them.

Here is a sample for you to help illustrate my point.

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Why should I use Adsense Ready Templates?

The simple reason is… convenience. Most if not all of the leg work is done for you as far as positioning of Ad areas on your site.

With most templates you will find online that are Adsense Optimized, all you need is to insert your Adsense publisher ID and you’re done. This will only take a few minutes of your time, which can be a huge time and effort save whether you run one or multiple blogs.

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This week I have added a directory to the DropTheMike.com blog. If you have not noticed, you can find it here. As the directory continues to evolve and grow, I will continue to find new ways to promote it.

I am not asking for anything in return for listing yourself in the directory, however a link back to my site in some form would be appreciated.

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I know you have likely thought to yourself “what keywords are XYZ targeting for their internet marketing campaigns” and just how much money are they  dishing out for a keyword on something like Google Adwords? Heck, I bet you wonder all the time how much they are spending each day on paid search.

Well maybe something like KeywordSpy is the tool for you. Enter a domain and it will give you the domain’s approximate search budget along with targeted key phrases.

It’s invaluable information when scoping out competitors.

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