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We hope Santa was good to you this year and that you?ve had your fill of turkey and all the trimmings. Now, you?re likely settling in to finish off all your last minute business for the year and preparing to start another. Hopefully, it starts out with a bang for you. Our last round up of the year is short, but we filled with links and information to help get 2013 started off right.

Let?s get started shall we?

Beginner SEO and Marketing

Starting a Small Business: 7 Deadly Sins ? For many of you, a new year means a new business (or restarting an existing one). That?s what makes this post from Small Business Trends such a good fit for our last round up. Have you stumbled across some deadly sins to add to the list?

War of Words: Myth-Busting Search Engine Optimization ? SEO is intimidating and overwhelming for a lot of new marketers. If you?ve been putting off your SEO strategy, Lee Odden?s last myth-busting piece of the year is just the kick in the pants you?ll need to put an end to your procrastination.

Is Customer Service the New Marketing ? 2012 seemed to be a big year for customer service and reputation management, but can quality customer service serve another role? V3 seems to think so. They?ve got some great profit-boosting ideas for your customer service strategy.

Intermediate SEO, Marketing & Business Tips

3 Video Marketing Gifts: Content Repurposing Tools & Inspiration for 2013 ? We talked a lot this year about stretching your content budget with repurposing. We also talked a lot about the increasing importance of video marketing. This post from TopRank brings the two topics together. It also gives you the tools and inspiration you need to get started with video marketing in 2013.

3 Creative Ways to Grow Your Email List ? Studies and reports published throughout the past twelve months have shown email marketing is still highly effective and profitable. To help you get more from your email lists in the coming year, Duct Tape Marketing published a post with three interesting ideas to increase your numbers and get 2013 off to a rocking start.

5 Ways to Get More Facebook Likes ? And in line with the previous link, Vertical Response came up with 5 interesting ways to build your business? following on Facebook.

Advanced SEO, Marketing & Business Links

Why Local Blogging Works ? Local material has becoming increasing popular in the blogosphere this year, but do you know why? Matt McGee has a few ideas. If you?re already publishing local content, the concepts discussed in this post might just give you ideas that will strengthen your current following.

Social Signals Important or Just so Much Smoke? ? Changes made by Google, Bing, and other search engines this year have brought the topic of social signals to the front and center of many SEO-related discussions this year. But is there a reason for all this chatter? Or, is everyone overreacting? Small Biz Bee looks at this debate.

Great Posts Published This Week Everyone Should Check Out

WordPress Introduces Unlimited Scalable Business Blogging Platform ? Thriving blogging and content marketing strategies always bring up one common problem: cost. That?s why WordPress has announced a new solution. Do you think this was a good move on their part? Do you think this will be enough to convince companies to make the switch?

Adobe Acquires Behance: Adds Community Features to Creative Cloud ? If you make use of Adobe Creative Cloud, you?ll be rejoicing at this latest news. Do you think this was a smart move for the software giant?

Nielsen and Twitter Team Up to Launch Social TV Rating ? Those of you who love user behaviour and statistics will also have a little something extra to rejoice about in 2013. A new announcement from Nielsen and Twitter will make social TV ratings a hot topic and provide a wealth of information on TV and entertainment. Will you be making use of this new information?