- Paid-Search PrescriptionSmall Business
Is your paid-search campaign on life support? "Perhaps your spending has spiraled out of control and your conversions haven't budged," says William Leake in an article at MarketingProfs. "Or, like ...
- Try Analytics the Natural WaySearch Engine Marketing
Let's face it. The Web analytics process can quickly turn complex and frustrating. But a recent post at Marketing Jive suggests it doesn't have to be that way—at least for ...
- Hey, Remember Me? Hey!Marketing Inspiration
Imagine that a typically obnoxious B2B-marketing email has come to life—and he wants to talk to you even though you can't remember where you met or why he has your ...
- I'm In With the In-CrowdEmail Marketing
"We all like the comfort of the crowd," says Mark Brownlow in a post at the Email Marketing Reports blog. "The knowledge that others went here before us tells us ...
- What's Your Hook?Marketing Inspiration
You've undoubtedly developed a great elevator pitch for your company, product or service—that informative-yet-concise summation designed for delivery in the time it takes to travel from the lobby to the ...
- They Gotta BelieveEmail Marketing
When writing copy for email messages, landing pages and a host of product descriptions, marketers need to be more than clear and concise; they must also persuade readers to click through and ...
- Lead That Search Party!Social Media
According to an iProspect and JupiterResearch study released last year, search users prefer "blended" search results—in which results are potpourried with videos and other media—over standard (slightly boring) text-only search ...
- What Exactly Do You Do, Again?B2B Marketing
We all know the cliché: you have 1.5 milliseconds to grab a prospect's attention at your home page and convince him to stay. So why, then, are so many B2B ...
- The Inside ScoopSmall Business
There are lots of good frozen-yogurt shops in Simon Glickman's Pasadena, California, neighborhood. But one—21 Choices—seems to enjoy bigger crowds than the rest, and he explains in his Editorial Emergency ...
- This Is No Time for RegretsCustomer Insight
"Oh, no! I thought that sale ran through today!" Your customer planned on grabbing a bargain, only to realize she got to your store a day after the sale ended. ...
- Hit Me Baby One More TimeEmail Marketing
While most of the email you send contains stand-alone content, it's worth considering an ongoing campaign that engages your customers with multiple messages. "A series of emails is a great ...
- Get 'em ChatteringMarketing Analytics
When it comes to the analyzing the data you collect at your Web site, you're doing a great job. You know which of your customers visit most often, where they ...
- Now That's Good FeedbackSmall Business
You're having a casual conversation with someone from your customer-service department when he makes an offhand statement: "Oh, you should hear how much customers love [fill in employee name/company product]." ...
- Seek and Ye Shall Find Our EventSearch Engine Marketing
When you plan an event, you pull out all the stops. So, too, should it be with your event promotions. Apogee Search's Brian Combs suggests in a recent MarketingProfs article ...
- I Was Merely Acting!Marketing Inspiration
Set the scene: An attractive blonde Australian sits on the edge of her bed in an all-white bedroom and awkwardly begins a homemade video produced for YouTube. After a few ...
- No! No! I Didn't Mean That!Email Marketing
There’s almost nothing worse than sending out an email offer, only to realize a foolish typo or error evaded your eagle eye. It happens to the best of us. And ...
- I Totally Made That UpMarketing Inspiration
If you hear some slang you don't recognize, you can always visit the Urban Dictionary, where users provide, and vote on, correct definitions. Now, Addictionary is putting a playful spin ...
- Watch Your Finger on That TriggerEmail Marketing
"Trigger-based email is when you email a message to a customer in response to certain [behavior] or preferences," Valerie Khoo reminds us in a post at the Sydney Morning Herald's ...
- You Too Can Tweet, Part IISocial Media
In last week's installment, we offered step-by-step tips to get you tweeting on Twitter. This week, we offer a few more advanced steps to take, based on Jim Sterne's advice ...
- Movin' On UpB2B Marketing
"I think one mistake many marketers make is to think of their lead management requirements too narrowly," says Jon Miller in a recent post at Marketo. He suggests it's time ...
- I'm the CEO, Dammit. Read My Blog!Small Business
If you're a hard-charging CEO with lots of vision and business acumen, you've undoubtedly wondered if you should blog. Before you take the plunge, though, Todd Defren has some advice: ...
- Frankly, You Just Scare MeCustomer Insight
Uh-oh. Just when you thought e-commerce might survive these dreary days, a new report comes along that says online merchants didn't do nearly as well last year as they could ...
- The New Paper-or-PlasticEmail Marketing
"OK, so 'digital-or-print' is the new 'paper-or-plastic,'" says Doug Stern in an article at MarketingProfs. "[So, when is it] more appropriate to stick a stamp on [a marketing message] … ...
- Know Where to Find Some Progressive Metrics?Marketing Analytics
In a post at the Marketing Interactions blog, Ardath Albee discusses an ongoing debate between "Hard" and "Soft" marketing proponents on the best way to measure ROI.
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- Keep It Simple, Smarty PantsSmall Business
"When it comes to website copywriting, design and development," says Rick Sloboda of Webcopyplus, "simple is always better." While an overly complex site will do nothing but confuse and frustrate ...