Mohsin Khawaja

Mohsin Khawaja

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Mohsin Khawaja is an Internet Marketing Professional with experience in Internet Marketing Planning, Management & Conversion Analysis. Read his tips on Internet Marketing at: sem-seo-resources.com
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    Posted on 2010-05-12
    Recently I received an email from Microsoft Advertising Community, it was a usual promotional email sent to Hotmail users. However, luckily, I opened it to read it with almost no purpose in mind, as I was feeling a little tired from daily work. To my surprise, this email contained a very valuable “White Paper” containing the analysis and summary of Microsoft’s Social Media endeavors and it was not just usual marketing stuff, it was the actual actionable stuff that we, the marketers, love to have at our disposal so that we can draw conclusions and real world results to, not only pitch our clients, but to share with our peers to boast expertise.
    Below is the summary of two key lessons that I concluded after reading this “White Paper” and I strongly recommend it to bloggers and social media marketers, specially, because these lessons can truly give you insight into the mindset of social media audience.
    I will sparingly quote from the white paper as...

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    Posted on 2010-02-05

    How to write a Press Release?

      The use of a press release is common in the field of public relations, the aim of which is to attract favorable media attention to public relations professional's client and/or provide publicity for products or events marketed by those clients. A press release provides reporters with the basics they need to develop a news story. Press releases can announce a range of news items such as: scheduled events, personal promotions, awards, news products and services, sales and other financial data, accomplishments, etc. Source: Wikipedia

    While preparing the press releases and while researching for this article, I have found numerous examples of poorly written press releases that not only create headache but also serve as a barrier between you and your possible audience in your...

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    Posted on 2010-02-03
    In a recent video on "how PageRank flows from Twitter and Facebook" & the effect of these links on web search rankings,Matt Cutts published a video (embedded below). I have concluded following points from this video and I urge you to share your views too.
    1) It does not matter much whether the individual link is from Twitter or Facbook, Matt even added that it is same for .gov or .edu links. (A common SEO myth is that .gov and .edu links are treated in a special way)
    2)Matt Cutts made it clear that Page Rank is still valid and it has influence on the Page Reputation and OutBound links !
    3) The no-followed links from Twitter seems to be of less or no value, Facebook profile and fan pages are crawled and indexed the same way as other links probably.
    Check out the video below and share comments:



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    Posted on 2010-01-01

    Understanding customer value and experience is vital in online business strategy. Companies that focus on short term sales rather than long term customer relations tend to loose their market share quickly. Gone are days of short sales cycles and quick purchases on e-commerce sites, customers are more conscious than ever. Here are some quick facts about customer behaviour online:

    Facts 

    • 77% of online shoppers in the US actively seek out reviews before they buy* 

    • 92% of shoppers find customer reviews “extremely helpful” or “very helpful” in making their decisions** 

    • 97% said they trusted recommendations from peers* 

    Source: Forrester, ** eTailing Group and JC Williams Consultancy

    With this scenario in focus, we should try to influence the optimal customer behavior that will lead to win-win outcomes for...

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    Posted on 2010-01-01

    I just read a very good post by Leo Babauta on blogging basics. The post contains the content writing guidelines for bloggers, these are steps that should be taken care of while writing your posts.

    Oh, and feel free to break any of these “rules”, as nothing is ever set in stone.