- Seed That Video and Reap Its HarvestSocial Media
Good news for all you budding Spielbergs out there: YouTube this month made it possible to automatically seed freshly uploaded videos across popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and even ...
- Stay Away from Plug-and-PlayB2B Marketing
Diana Huff offers an interesting warning to small businesses in a recent post at her B2B Marcom Writer blog: When creating a website, keep away from companies that offer "plug-and-play" ...
- When Problems Arise, Go to the SpotMarketing in a Downturn
In an article at the New York Times website, Michelle Maynard tells the story of Akio Toyoda's secret visit to an Ann Arbor, Michigan, car dealership. The grandson of Toyota's ...
- Nobody Likes a Wild-Goose ChaseEmail Marketing
Chad White of the Retail Email blog was impressed when he recently received an email from Lands' End with this subject line: Free Shipping + 20-50% off summer! Swim, shorts, ...
- Serving Up a Perfect SEO SandwichSearch Engine Marketing
To make an in-house SEO effort successful, you must first gain buy-in from the three main "layers" in most large organizations: executives, management, and everyone else. So says Duane Forrester ...
- Mixology 101Email Marketing
In a post at the Daily Fix blog, Stephanie Miller says you don't have to choose between the social and email channels. "No need to take sides, my friends," she ...
- Yes You Can: Bridge That Sales & Marketing DivideHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
Squabbling or lack of coordination between sales and marketing teams can lead to longer sales cycles and increased costs—or it can scuttle deals. With so much at risk, why can't ...
- Do It Now: Get WhitelistedEmail Marketing
Mailer Alert: A new Yahoo Mail feature—the "contacts button"—should make whitelisting even more important for email marketers.
"You get a lot of emails, some good (from friends, family, even favorite ...
- Be a Pocket MillionaireSocial Media
Right in time for the much-anticipated iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update debut on June 17, AdMob has introduced a slew of ad units that will help enterprising advertisers make the most ...
- Look to Your Own DNAMarketing in a Downturn
Different people have had different reactions to our hobbled economy. Some are heartsick over tough choices made to keep a company solvent; others might thrill to the thought of newly ...
- Think of It as Scaling DownCustomer Insight
"It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy," Deb Riechmann says in a recent AP article. "Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves."
Folks ...
- Latest List-Growing StrategiesEmail Marketing
In cooperation with Ball State University and the Email Marketers Club, ExactTarget studied 18 methods used by marketers to build an email list. Among the results published in its 2009 ...
- Sign Me Up!Small Business
If you want to improve your online-conversion rate, says Amy Gesenhues in an article at MarketingProfs, you should probably take a look at your registration page. There are several reasons ...
- Short, Sweet and Clicked-ThroughEmail Marketing
In a post at the DIRECT website, Ken Magill discusses the results of a survey conducted by MailerMailer. Among its more interesting findings: Subject lines containing up to 35 characters ...
- Give Them the B2B Content They WantHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
"B2B readers love web content," writes Cris L. Rominger in a post on the Red On Marketing blog. "Anyone who has created or consumed content in the B2B marketplace knows ...
- You Talkin' to Me?Social Media
Once in a while, a digital ad grabs you just like that. And one thing that really boosts its impact is if the person featured in it is—you. Read on:
Last year, to sell tickets ...
- The Sweet Sound of the B2B TweetB2B Marketing
Unsure of the worth of a B2B tweet? That's not surprising. After all, the Twitter rage is much more of a B2C social media thing, right? Well, not according to ...
- The Three Rs of Recession MarketingMarketing in a Downturn
"There are three 'R' words—retention, repurchase and referral—that can help your company survive and thrive during the 'R' word that's plaguing our economy, the recession," says Deborah Eastman in a ...
- Meet the SEO Royal FamilySearch Engine Marketing
We all know that content is king in search engine optimization, but in a recent Search Engine Land post, Daniel Waisberg reminds us that "usability is queen." According to Waisberg, ...
- The Case for Persuading the LawyersMarketing Inspiration
"Many marketers like to blame their lack of innovation on their lawyers," says Rohit Bhargava in a post at the Influential Marketing Blog. They're an easy target, he notes, because ...
- Lights! Camera! Take Action!Email Marketing
It's a simple fact: We love watching online videos. In a post at the Digital Marketing blog, Eydie Cubarrubia cites Nielsen Online research that found 119 billion unique viewers watched 7 ...
- Tell Your Own StoryMarketing Inspiration
Gary Vaynerchuk calls 'em like he sees 'em. And the irrepressible advocate for social media took to his website to ask why so many companies prepare for anticipated criticism with ...
- So This is What You Look Like!Social Media
A cool thing is happening through sites like blogging service Xanga, review site Yelp, and Twitter. Some of their faithful users have started attending meet-ups, where folks who interact online and ...
- Have We Got the Answer for You!Small Business
If you've never visited the MarketingProfs Know-How Exchange—or if it's been a while—why not stop in to see how the community responds to a host of topics, both in real ...
- Summer's Coming: Make LemonadeMarketing in a Downturn
"The economic downturn spells bad news to most marketers," says Jack Trout in a post at the Branding blog, "but a slump also presents an opportunity to build brands." He ...