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Every once and a while you meet someone who inspires you to elevate your game to a whole new level and for me Doug Simon is that I first met Doug on a panel speaking about Web Video and he invited me to do a vlog with him. Candidly I have wanted to use more video

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The burgeoning online marketing industry has produced a veritable treasure trove of technologies and their associated tools to support your efforts. With this cache of options comes the need to be accurate in your selection, making sure the tool matches the objective.

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Marketing executives and entrepreneurs alike have rushed to China in the last decade. Yet, today, India offers an excellent, although somewhat misunderstood, alternative. Here are some myths (and realities) about tapping the potential of this country of 1.1 billion.

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Retailers have been aggressively planning their holiday marketing strategies for months. In these stressful economic times, it is more important than ever to build messages that resonate with your audience. Like retailers, nonprofits should be thinking about how they can tell their story and leverage the holiday season. In this article, we'll discuss some techniques that nonprofits can use to bolster revenue and solicit support from members through email and online tactics.

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In 2003, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM Act) became law. It was a big step toward cleaning up the "Wild West" of email marketing. Continuing that clean-up, earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) modified the act, allowing email marketers to use their "accurately registered post office box or private mailbox" instead of a "valid physical postal address" in their emails. The CAN-SPAM act, however, has not changed much over the years and should be followed not only because it is the law but also because it will make you a better email marketer.

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We were sitting at our favorite restaurant bar, Frescos, on a typical packed Friday night. It's always a great place to enjoy Happy Hour and conversation with the always-friendly patrons. Normally, I avoid asking typical networking questions, such as what do you or where do you because most of us are trying to wind down and

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Social Media, as we all know, has gotten a TON of hype in the last few years. But with the hype, has come a lot of misconceptions about the tools. In many cases, I think that companies are focused too much on the tools themselves, and not realizing that these are simply new channels that allow

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Some weeks ago I was contacted by Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer here at MarketingProfs, who said she needed a "handyman" to assist her with her blog. Of course, I was happy to The term "handyman" morphed into an even more descriptive one that subsequently led to Ann extending an invitation to blog here as the

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"Meshugana" is a Yiddish noun for a crazy person. Full of crap. That's how Gary Vaynerchuk described himself as the Digital Mixer lunch keynoter today. The highlight of day two of the MarketingProfs conference, Vaynerchuk told us that word-of-mouth is changing. Spend time in social media space and our friends and fans will build our "Position

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I'm at the MarketingProfs Digital Mixer in Phoenix, where Arianna Huffington just completed her lunch keynote entitled, "Changing the Brave New World of the 'New How Technology is Changing the Way We Think, Learn, Play, Work and Vote." Before I continue, let me say what a dynamic and brilliant woman she is. The Huffington Post has

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Here are some key takeaways from a session on keyword research at the MarketingProfs Digital Marketing Don't assume you know the correct keywords to optimize your You want customers, not visitors, to your site, so discover how your target market searches for your One way to do this is to ask front-line employees what words and

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Our session on what customers think about your email campaigns began with an interesting graph noting that 21 percent of people report permission-based email as spam. Here are the reasons they hit that dreaded 43 percent -- sender name or email 38 percent -- email 35 percent -- subject 20 percent -- I do not 13

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Rohit –one of my favorite bloggers–kicked off our Digital Marketing Mixer with his advice for getting the most ROI out of a Have a Tell your story in a few brief words–Bhargava's is that "personality matters." How do you describe yourself during a 30-second Meet your rockstars. Sometimes it's tough–they might disappear right after they finish

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Normally email and profit don't go in the same sentence at least in the minds of most B2B marketers .... but actually they Everything has a cost associated with it and email is no exception .... so this podcast focuses on how much lift in revenues and profits you can get out of your email program

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As one of the original employees, Guy Kawasaki is well-known as an entrepreneur in the technology and internet space. More recently, he's become a publisher, too, founding the rumor reporting site in 2007 (it was purchased in June by NowPublic) and most recently, , an aggregator of "all the top" sites on the web grouped by

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A in Advertising Age put forth an interesting re-branding proposition. The "Tampa Bay Rays Get a P&G-Style Makeover," caught my eye. After all, it focuses on pro sports as well as brand revitalization. What's not to Of course it helps that the Tampa Bay team has an in-house marketing guru, former Procter & Gamble brand manager,

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Paul Barsch, Marketing Director at Teradata, the business intelligence and data warehousing firm, is responsible for coordinating services engineering teams to define, build, and bring new offers to market. A self-described "information junkie" with over 15 years in marketing for information technology and consulting firms, Paul challenges all marketers to bring value to their organizations by taking the analytical path to understanding customers.

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While mobile marketing can be invasive on its own, integration with the larger marketing campaign mix and proper tracking of customer response can ensure that customers are drawn in, rather than turned off, by mobile messages. The mobile medium has achieved staying power as a gateway for marketers to reach customers in motion. For example, SMS can serve as the initial point of contact with customers, with the intention to drive the customer somewhere (to a store, kiosk, Web site, and so on).

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A customer-focused approach to marketing communications applies whether you're a property manager renting out high-end vacation homes in Maine to wealthy residents of NYC, or an international high-tech company providing support to clients who rely on an enterprisewide accounting software. No matter what you sell or to whom, by framing your marketing message from the customer's point of view first—not yours—you'll craft much more targeted copy: customer-centric copy.

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The good news: More of your customers can read your email messages on their smartphones now, instead of waiting until they get back to a computer. The bad news: The email that looks so great on your PC may look like a garbled mess on the phone. These HTML cross-platform optimization tips can make your message render better on both PC and mobile phone.