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Recapping February's top blog posts:

Colin Alsheimer

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• 25 Google Chrome Extensions for the Internet Marketing Professional
• Warning: Six Ways to Spot an Internet Marketing Charlatan

In many Internet marketing projects, a common goal can be to reach out to digital influencers in the client's target industry. Reaching out to influencers can provide many benefits like backlinks, positive PR, word-of-mouth, and product sales.

Despite being a major marketing tactic for well over a decade, it's amazing what some people try to pass off as Internet marketing skills. The next time you're out hiring an Internet marketing agency, be sure to watch for these six warning signs.

1. They only report on keyword rankings

Check out our interview with Social Media Club of Dallas President, Mike Merrill. For this interview, we leveraged the collaborative features found in Google Wave. You can follow the interview on the Wave embed, or see the transcript below.

Note: You will need to be logged into Wave to see the embed. Need a wave invite? Leave a comment with your e-mail address and I'll get one to you soon.

Over the last year, LevelTen has had the distinct pleasure of working with Dallas' North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee (NTSB). For those who aren't die hard football fans, Dallas will be home to the Super Bowl in 2011. As part of their promotional efforts, NTSB will be broadcasting live and on location from Super Bowl 44 in South Florida.

Recapping the top blog posts for November 2009, grouped by author and total page views:

Colin Alsheimer

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• 9 Ways Drupal is Like a Fine Wine
• 3 Google Wave Invites, Who Wants Them?
• Spam Be Gone! 10 Spam Blocking Drupal Modules
• Five Benefits of Social Media Marketing

Chris Sloan

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Last night, I enjoyed a few glasses of fine red wine from Washington State. And since the bottle just so happened to be named "CMS", it got me thinking that a fine wine and the Drupal content management system are really not all that different. Sure, one is a drink meant to be enjoyed with friends, and the other is a piece of web software, but they're more alike than you may think.

Much like a fine wine, Drupal:

Gets better with age

We've now all had three full weeks in which to grow our moustaches. I'd say, at this point that Jon Webb and Brent Bice are now solidly in the lead, with Dustin Currie and Brandon Manbeck close on their heels.

Dustin Currie

Brent Bice

Jon Webb

Brandon Manbeck

Tom McCracken

Have you found a good use for Google Wave yet? Until more people join (and there's some other way to be notified of a new wave without having to log in), I have a feeling I won't be using it too often.

But, I've got 3 Google Wave invites to hand out. If you want to see what the much hyped service is about yourself, now's your chance.

First three to comment get the wave invites!