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| Page 1 of 3 | Previous | Next | BLOG MY CALLS APRIL 15, 2013 150 Blog Posts in 50 Days: Staggering Traffic Results After 10 Weeks 'In early January I came across a blog post by a guy named Todd Giannattasio. Todd is the owner of Tresnic Media, a marketing company based in New Jersey. Todd wrote a blog detailing what happened when he wrote 50 blog posts in 25 days. His traffic went up, his organic traffic went up, his referral traffic went up, his search queries went up. Everything went up. So, after reading this article, I thought to myself, "Self, we should do something like this at LogMyCalls. But perhaps, we should do it bigger and more CRAZY! Let''s do 150 posts in 50 days.". This is blog number 151. It worked! | BLOG MY CALLS MAY 9, 2013 Q&A with Content Marketing Expert Jeff Molander: Selling with Content 'Since our 150 blogs in 50 days content marketing experiment we''ve made some great connections with really great content and inbound marketing experts. One of the foremost in the field is Jeff Molander. Jeff is the founder of Molander & Associates Inc. and publisher of MakeSocialMediaSell.com. We were a guest on his webinar series a couple of weeks ago. Awesome. Read on. are missing. | | | | | | | BLOG MY CALLS APRIL 19, 2013 Research from Yext Webinar: 43% of Local Businesses Have Missing or Incomplete Addresses 'On Wednesday we hosted a webinar with NYC-based Yext. Yext allows local businesses to list their business on hundreds of websites, apps and platforms quickly and easily. These local listings are critical for local search. Over 100,000 businesses use Yext They are truly the local search and local listing experts. During the webinar on Wednesday they unleashed incredibly interesting local search information. Among the most interesting tidbits was this: 43% of local businesses have a missing or incorrect physical address on their listings. That''s a staggering statistic. Why is this a big deal? | BLOG MY CALLS JUNE 7, 2013 The #1 Biggest Failure in a Marketing and Sales Pitch 'Would you keep reading this call tracking and marketing skills blog if I started off with the following phrase? Let me talk about me…". That''s a terrible way to start a blog. Why would you keep reading? You don’t care about me. You care about you. could talk about me forever, I could talk about you for…well, it depends on how well I know you.your interests, preferences, needs, and wishes. | BLOG MY CALLS JUNE 7, 2013 The Holy Grail of Free Tools for Startups and Optimization Checklist 'So, like most small businesses, at one point, we found ourselves with a very small marketing budget. Yet expectations from our executives were an uninterrupted flow of leads to our sales team via strategic marketing by optimizing our site and campaigns. We thought, hmmmmmmm. No money? Incredible expectations? Challenge Accepted! First we had to decide what to do. We needed information! Have you? | BLOG MY CALLS MAY 23, 2013 The Dos and Don'ts of LinkedIn Marketing develop a personal profile and build it out. In other words, make sure that your personal profile has all the necessary elements. LinkedIn will tell you how complete your profile is. It should be 90% complete or more. post content from your LinkedIn profile. You can add daily updates. You can even post to your LinkedIn profile from Hootsuite or other tools. join groups. start discussions in groups. | | | | | | | | | -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013 How to improve email open rates: our marketing analytics experiment 'LogMyCalls is an advanced call tracking platform. That’s the surface. Underneath, we are an analytics company. Customer intelligence. Conversation Analytics. Marketing Analytics. Big data. We track calls so that agencies and advertisers can prove marketing ROI, know which campaigns work best, adjust and improve their advertising, generate more calls, and make more money. The tracked calls provide analytics. As the marketing team for a marketing analytics company, we practice what we preach. Marketing analytics is part of our DNA. We test, adjust, optimize, repeat. Email Marketing. with name. MORE >> -
BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013 Sales Training Data: Asking for the Business Makes a Sale 4.4x More Likely 'Sales trainers often ask the question: what actually matters on a sales call? Now we have the answer. What things can an employee say that make a difference? And for sales trainers, which elements of your training are most important? LogMyCalls discovered the answers to these questions. The Methods of the Study. year ago we partnered with some statisticians at a local university to analyze over 4400 recorded and scored phone calls. We wanted to, once and for all, answer the question: what matters on the phone? Are there certain things that, if said on the call, can make a sale more likely. MORE >> -
BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 9 Reasons Your Website Might Be Failing I was talking to a client the other day and he said something that startled me. He said that only about 15% of SMBs are actively marketing their website. In some sectors might even be worse. Estimates by the Automotive Services Association—the official association of auto repair shops and collision shops—show that less than 50% of companies in the automotive sector even have websites. If that’s true it is very startling. It shows the industry has a lot of room for improvement. Case Study in Success. Before I get into the ways your website might be failing, let’s talk about success. Believe me). MORE >> -
BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012 Why Your Social Media Strategy is Failing Last week we had a great webinar with Thomas Varghese, CEO of eBizUniverse. He's helped thousands of companies generate revenue through social media marketing. He said perhaps the biggest problem he sees with business social media is this: failure to plan. Businesses fail to strategically set goals about their social media marketing. They simply don't know what they're trying to accomplish. Businesses just simply start doing social media. Businesses know they should do social media marketing. They know they need to post to Facebook and Twitter and Google+. That is bad. They just sort of do it. MORE >> -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 Mobile Marketing 101 Several factors will converge in the next few months that will produce a massive mobile marketing explosion. 1) Research from sources as disparate as Morgan Stanley and eMarketer project that mobile marketing spend will multiply 5x to 10x in the next 4 years. Other growth models projecting into 2020 and beyond are even more staggering. 2) Smartphone penetration surpassed 50% in Q2 of 2012 and will continue to grow. It is increasingly likely that by 2014 nearly 80% to 90% of 18-55 year olds in the U.S. will have a smartphone. 3) Mobile search is rapidly gaining preeminence. Mobile Works. MORE >>
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- The Dos and Don'ts of Content Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013
- 5 Ways to Use Mobile Landing Pages for More Conversions BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012
- The ONE Thing We Do on Twitter to Get Customers BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
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- Pinterest: Real-Time Case Study Part III BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012
- An Email About SEO and Call Tracking from Adam Steele BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
- Facebook Marketing Data: Photos Rock BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012
- Mobile Click-to-Call: Follow the Money BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012
- 5 Reasons Mobile Marketers Should Care About Customer Service BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
- The Average B2C CPA is $149 BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
- The 5 Most Popular Marketing Webinars in Our Extensive Webinar Library BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
- What is Call Tracking? BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
- 5 Steps to Effective Content Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
- Facebook and SEO BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
- Why is Call Recording Less Expensive Than Mystery Shopping? BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
- Why Local Marketers Should NOT Care About Clicks BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
- SEO Expert Answers Question: How Long Should it Take for an Agency to Generate SEO Results? BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
- 5 Reasons Local Marketers Care About Phone Calls BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
- The Old Workhorse: Email Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
- Pay-Per-Call: Why Measuring Call Duration Isn’t Enough BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
- Are Webinars Worth It? BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
- Even 'Experts' That Bash Call Tracking Admit it Doesn't Hurt SEO BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
- 6 Ways to Make Your Phone Ring BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
- Ad Tracking: You Don't Know What You Don't Know BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
- Google+ is Forcing Everyone to Care about Content (and why bloggers should care) BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012
- Mobile Marketing: What Should Direct Response Marketers Think? BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
- Mobile Marketing Statistics: Updated Edition BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
- Lead Nurturing 101 BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- Sales Training Research: 97% of Phone Agents Give Up Too Quickly BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013
- 4 Ways to Generate More Leads by the End of the Day BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013
- Marketing Rant: Answer Your Phone! BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
- Show Us The DATA! That Call Tracking (When Used Properly) Hurts SEO BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
- Why So Many Marketers Fail at Content Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
- Friday Marketing Rant: Why Don't Marketers Actually Use Their Data?!? BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
- A Few Quotes From our Webinar With Brian Massey, The Conversion Scientist BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013
- 4 Things Mobile Marketers Are Doing Wrong BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- 5 Reasons SMBs Should Use Mobile Click-to-Call BLOG MY CALLS | SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013
- Mobile Marketing Q&A with Expert Greg Hickman BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013
- Webhooks + Call Tracking = Marketing Automation for the Phone BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013
- The Dos and Don'ts of Blogging BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013
- 10 Crazy Stats About Content Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
- Facebook v. Google+: Who Wins? BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
- How Much Time Does Mystery Shopping Waste? BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013
- 5 Biggest Marketing Time-Wasters BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013
- Must-Have Characteristics of Successful Marketers BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013
- NSA Call Tracking May Not Stop Terrorism, BUT It Does Stop Bad Marketing Decisions BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
- The 8 Evidences: Local Search and Call Tracking BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
- Ironman Exclusive: Did Tony Stark Create Advanced Call Tracking? BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
- Mother's Day: 6 Lessons Your Mom Taught About Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
- 4 Reasons Mobile Marketing Leads Are Better BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
- 14 Web Tools We Can't Live Without BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
- Is Facebook Developing a Search Engine? BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012
- Why Marketers Shouldn't Act Like the Federal Government BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2013
- Are Our Blogs Too Cranky? BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
- 7 Questions to Test Your Phone Sales Skills BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
- Call Tracking and Local Search: Don't Throw Out the Baby With the Bathwater BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
- Why Santa HATES Call Tracking BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
- Forbes: Pay-Per-Call Will Be 10x Bigger Than Pay-Per-Click BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012
- 5 Reasons LeadsCon Was Awesome BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012
- Conversion Rates: Marketers Shouldn't Forget Phone Calls BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012
- 6 Reasons to Score Sales Calls for Performance BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
- Local Marketing Q&A with Expert Blake Denman BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013
- The WORST Lead Sources for B2C Companies BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2013
- Stop Being Such a Negative Dufus BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
- A Search for Motive: Why Do Some Local Marketers Hate Call Tracking? BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
- Sales Training: 5 Ways Call Recording Can Help BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
- Call Tracking: 5 Metrics You SHOULD Be Measuring BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
- Why Do Colleges Suck at Teaching Marketing? BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013
- In Pictures: A Beaver Travels Through New York at ad:tech BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012
- 3 Ways to Optimize Your Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- Black Hat SEO: Go Ahead, Try It On BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013
- Why Does 'Black Hat' SEO Still Work? BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013
- Facebook's New Features: Why Marketers Should Care BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012
- 5 Tricks to Selling Better On the Phone BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
- How Many Phone Calls Does Your Marketing Generate? BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
- SEO: A Google Authorship Conundrum BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
- 5 Ways to Create a Culture of Content Marketing at Your Company BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
- Case Study: Firing a PR Firm BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- BIA Kelsey: Mobile Will Unleash a Massive Increase in Calls BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012
- Research: How Are Marketers Using Mobile? BLOG MY CALLS | TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012
- The Dirty Secret of Content Marketing BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013
- Conversion Optimization: 3 Things We Learned from Wider Funnel's Chris Goward BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
- Why Direct Mail Firms Should Not Fear Mobile BLOG MY CALLS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
- 5 Reasons SMBs Need Call Recording BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013
- 4 Marketing and Sales Problems Solved by Call Tracking BLOG MY CALLS | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
- How Much Time Should You Give an SEO Company to Demonstrate Results? BLOG MY CALLS | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
- 5 Most Controversial Marketing Blogs We've Ever Written BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
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