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Eight Ways To Integrate Email With Facebook And Twitter

March 19, 2012
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Experts agree: the future of online marketing lies within channel integration. To unify your email and social campaigns for the benefit of both, begin with the 8 proven, actionable strategies outlined here. Read More »

Last week, prediction number two of Tim Ferriss’ 4 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2011 was “The Full Resurrection of Email.” Groupon’s $6 billion valuation has shined its light on the value of permission marketing. Now permission marketing is capturing...

11 Google Analytics Tricks to Use for Your Website

March 19, 2012
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Easily the de facto choice of most organizations across the globe, Google Analytics has consistently delivered results at a price you simply can't beat - it's free. But are you really getting the most out of the platform? Here, you'll find 11... Read More »

Posted by Eugen Oprea Do you know what is the most common question that I get every day on social media, forums or email? “How to get insights about my Google Analytics data?” People approach me saying that they have a Google Analytics account for years, but they look...

The New SEO Process (Quit Being Kanye)

February 23, 2012
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As the SEO industry matures, it's becoming increasingly clear that initiatives to drive organic visibility have disrupted, not complemented, existing marketing plans. In other words, SEOs are acting like Kanye West. In this extremely comprehensive... Read More »

Posted by iPullRank The responsibilities of SEO practitioners have changed to include far more of the digital ecosystem, yet for so many, much of the SEO process remains the same. Currently there are several segments of SEO strategy seen as optional that are actually absolutely...

Getting Human in Social – Read: The Social Objects and CPG Marketing

January 16, 2012
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Interesting to see us look at How many customers we can get to "like" or "RT" us but rarely do we look at what it is that individual wants... it's like we are looking at an army of ants to see how many we can get to come to our sugar comb rather... Read More »

Place the interests of your customers and stakeholders at the center of the conversation.

17 Resolutions for Email Marketers

July 21, 2011
This is a guest post by Sundeep Kapur, Evangelist at NCR Corp. and popular blogger. To find out more about Sundeep, visit his blog at www.emailyogi.com. Here are 17 resolutions for every digital marketer. Try to include these as part of your strategy and keep integrating email,...

Process: A Pragmatic Approach to Social Business

January 20, 2011
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If you are among the few remaining outliers who still haven't made the leap into social media but know you must, reading this post and the sage advice within is an excellent first step. Read More »

Companies Who Start With Implementation Are At Risk. In a frantic hurry to catch up with customers, companies often jump into social media without having a plan, which is a classic “leap before you look” approach.  Soon, they find they are unable to scale as more customer adopt...

18 Blogging Tips to Create and Maintain a Successful Blog

January 11, 2011
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Quick and easily digested, these 18 blogging best practices will enable you to write and manage a successful blog that captures the brand of your company, attracts and retains an involved readership, and becomes an SEO asset all its own. Read More »

I’m at the Nation Retail Federation event in New York until the 12th of January and so far it’s been a great event.  I’ve joined in many discussions with senior level executives on collaboration and supply chain management in the retail space.  However, I’ve also...

10 Blogging Myths You Must Ignore

December 20, 2010
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For new bloggers, nothing is more important than finding and following the right advice. With all the misinformation available - whether well-intended or not - it's time for a post that espouses the same best practices top-ranked bloggers perform... Read More »

This guest post is by Onibalusi Bamidele. I’ve been blogging for almost a year now, and like every other new blogger, I spend a large percentage of my time reading other blogs. While there are some great blogs out there, I have also read blogs that are otherwise. Most of these...

Marketing Webinar Optimization: Five questions to ask yourself about webinars

October 7, 2010
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Webinars remain amongst the tried and true tools for marketers when it comes to generating leads. This post poses 5 best practices to follow when curating a webinar of your own. Read More »

Why should someone invest one hour of their time in your webinar? What value are you really providing them? Take a good, hard look in the mirror, and then answer these five questions about your marketing webinars…

How Can I Make it Better? Part 5: Improving Ad Text

September 30, 2010
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No matter how much you master each aspect of your PPC campaign from landing page to quality score it all comes down to how compelling the actual ad is and if it will drive a user to click. Here 6 ad writing best practices to aid you in future... Read More »

Today is the final installment of our “how can I make it Better?” series. If you haven’t been keeping up, our topics thus far have been on improving account structure, quality score, landing pages, click-through rate, and now today I’m finishing up with ad writing. I’m...