How to Market Your Website in a Social Media Age

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I read tons and tons and TONS of stuff on low tech marketing, high tech marketing, social media marketing, ALL kids of marketing. I study it like crazy. But I've never see a better article than this about how to market your website in the social media age. (Gist: Search engines are still king.) Enjoy.

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