1. Brick Marketing Blog Weekly Roundup – June 24, 2011<br />The following Brick Marketing Blog posts provide valuable SEO, search engine marketing, and social media marketing tips and advice for the week of June 20-24, 2011. <br />Social Media Lessons Learned From Anthony Weiner<br />The Anthony Weiner “sexting” scandal is certainly not the first “oops” moment of social media and won’t be the last, but it serves as another reminder of the power of social media and how it influences your reputation.<br />CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST<br />The Importance of the Longtail Keyword<br />Keywords can be separated into two types, broad and niche. Niche keywords are often longtail keywords, keywords that include two or more words. They are more targeted and are used differently than broad keywords.<br />CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST<br />The Return of the Google Panda Update<br />“Panda 2.2” will supposedly target poor content websites that somehow survived round one. The Google Panda update is a reminder to website owners, developers, and internet marketers that content on the web should be about quality rather than quantity.<br />CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST<br />Forum Marketing is About More Than SEO<br />In order to do forum marketing well it’s important to realize that it’s about much more than promotion and getting links. The point of forum commenting is to build credibility and establish a good reputation within a niche community.<br />CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST<br />What Does Your Web Presence Say About You?<br />Your web presence gives key insights into who you are. It tells Internet users your story. In a way your web presence is like your resume, and web users are making decisions based on what they see (or don’t see).<br />CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL POST<br />