Let’s discover today: 1) a series of secrets and strategies to AdWords success by former Google employee, 2) how to use social media tool BuzzBundle to increase traffic and sales, 3) how to set up your own email-referral program without spending anything, and 4) the ultimate social-media marketing checklist designed to get results.

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Top Customer-Acquisition Articles From the Web

The Secret To AdWords Success, Told By A Former Googler – Former Google employee Frederick Vallaeys shares some strategies, along with a checklist, to help you achieve great results with your AdWords campaigns.

BuzzBundle Review – How I Drive Traffic To My Blog – BuzzBundle is a unique social media tool. As the name suggests, it was created for one purpose only: Create buzz. You can link all your social media profiles, create new ones, and start monitoring the Web via keywords. You can find relevant conversations, and simply step in from BuzzBundle itself. Click above and learn how Matt Woodward is using the tool to increase traffic and sales.

DIY Email Referrals – This interesting article will show you how to set up your own free email referral program by using MailChimp, Zapier, and Mailgum. Why would you want to do that? Referral programs are usually used to gain an incredible number of users and customers. The blog post also shares the results from this strategies.

FINALLY! A Checklist for Social Media Marketing that Actually Helps – This is probably the most thorough, clear, and well done social-media marketing checklist you can find now. The article suggests what you should be doing on each social network, but also provides an infographic to print off and use as an everyday reference.