To view this issue on the Web, use this link: http://www.marketingprofs.com/webnews/8/news2-26-08_0.asp ============================================================== MARKETINGPROFS - TODAY ============================================================== February 26, 2008 Volume 7, No. 8 ============================================================== sponsored by: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/9203-53019-18200-3 =============================================================== THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES: 1 - How to Create a Strategy Road Map for Marketing Operations http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/strategy-road-map-marketing-operations-patterson.asp 2 - Six Sneaky SEO Techniques That Will Get Web Sites Banned http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/sneaky-seo-tactics-get-web-sites-banned-shah.asp 3 - Racing Through Recession: Brand Lessons From the Daytona 500 http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/racing-through-recession-brand-lessons-daytona-500-whitehill.asp 4 - What Social Media Marketing Is Not http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/what-social-media-marketing-is-not-ochman.asp 5 - The Six Cs of Permission Email Marketing, Part 2 http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/six-cs-permission-email-marketing-part-2-talavera.asp PREMIUM CASE STUDY: How a Technology Firm Upped Webinar Attendance, Improved Lead Nurturing http://www.marketingprofs.com/casestudy/77 A NOTE TO READERS: Five Reasons to Attend the B2B 2.0 EXPO It's happening next Wednesday: The FREE MarketingProfs' B2B-2.0 EXPO is on track to broadcast March 5. 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Download the document today. http://gw.vtrenz.net/?KTSD22F77H=clicksrc:FY08DeliverWPFeb-MarkProfs ================================================================ 1 - HOW TO CREATE A STRATEGY ROAD MAP FOR MARKETING OPERATIONS There are three essential functions of a marketing operations plan. http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/strategy-road-map-marketing-operations-patterson.asp **************************************************************** 2 - SIX SNEAKY SEO TECHNIQUES THAT WILL GET WEB SITES BANNED There are many efficient SEO techniques to optimize your business's Web site, and then there are nefarious methods. http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/sneaky-seo-tactics-get-web-sites-banned-shah.asp **************************************************************** 3 - RACING THROUGH RECESSION: BRAND LESSONS FROM THE DAYTONA 500 The same strategies that help NASCAR drivers win on the track can help your company survive the rough recessionary road ahead. http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/racing-through-recession-brand-lessons-daytona-500-whitehill.asp ============================================================== sponsored by: CONFERENCE IN-HOUSE hhttp://events1.unisfair.com/mktprofs/microsite/Register.asp ================================================================ 4 - WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING IS NOT There's quite a bit of ambivalence, fear, and (sometimes) outright hostility directed toward social media. http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/what-social-media-marketing-is-not-ochman.asp **************************************************************** 5 - THE SIX CS OF PERMISSION EMAIL MARKETING, PART 2 The second of this three-part series continues to define the permission fundamentals. http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/six-cs-permission-email-marketing-part-2-talavera.asp **************************************************************** ============================================================== ================================================================ TOP ARTICLES FROM OUR LAST NEWSLETTER THE SIX CS OF PERMISSION EMAIL MARKETING, PART 1 http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/six-cs-permission-email-marketing-part-1-talavera.asp 12 GLOBAL SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2008 http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/global-small-business-trends-in-2008-delaney.asp FOUR STEPS TO DRIVING VALUE VIA CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY (OR: PUTTING THE RELATIONSHIP BACK IN RELATIONSHIP MARKETING) http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/driving-value-via-customer-engagement-advocacy-hasselwander-rawsthorne.asp FIVE TIPS FOR MARKETING IN A RECESSION http://www.marketingprofs.com/8/five-tips-marketing-in-a-recession-gow.asp **************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FUTURE NEWSLETTERS Not a subscriber? 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