WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

An estimate is a preview of the expected costs of the project—which can be affected by how well your initial proposal is crafted. In the ideal situation, offer some 'sell' information as well – or credentials that justify your staff and organizations legitimacy." In many communications, it's best to avoid jargon or at least define it.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

5 Sources for Free and Legal Images by The Blog Herald Copyright expert Jonathan Bailey offers detailed reviews of five services, such as Photo Dropper and Zemanta , that "will not cost you a dime to use and, if used correctly, can let you fill up your blog posts with as many images as your heart desires."

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

10 Rules for Setting Your Internet Marketing Budget by Conversation Marketing In yet another of his many remarkable posts, Ian Lurie provides practical responses to the "It costs WHAT?!" question, such as: "If you expect to get a #1 ranking on Google for $99, you're insane;" "Reliable hosting costs more than $9.95

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

July 8th, 2008. says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:21 am. says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am. says: July 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am. says: July 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm. June 2008 (50). May 2008 (26). April 2008 (10). March 2008 (13). February 2008 (19). StartupNation Blogs. Written by: Rich Sloan.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 7, 2009

He notes that "If you set your maximum CPA bid to the recommended amount, you should see more conversions without much change to your costs." This is an automated keyword bidding tool that adjusts your keyword bids based on a CPA you specify. tags: Google AdWords, search engine marketing, SEM, Yahoo!

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 30, 2009

Discover the answers to all of these quandaries and more below, in some of the best blog posts and articles on search engine marketing from 2008. For example, "generates a cost per acquisition (CPA).competitive What steps should take to optimize SEM campaigns—and which mistakes should you avoid?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Why do PPC costs keep rising? Online Marketers See High ROI from SEO by Marketing Pilgrim Blogger, SEO expert and PR pro Janet Meiners reports on an MarketingSherpa study detailing the growth in paid search and organic search engine optimization. Search marketing is also taking money away from other advertising and PR programs.

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Content Standard

AUGUST 17, 2017

According to Sporting News , 2017 TV ad revenues for the league project to be the lowest they’ve been since 2008. The league’s inconsistent and often weak response to domestic violence has become a pervasive PR disaster for the league, one that is compounded every time a new incident arises.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How much is it going to cost? Marketers who have limited experience with content marketing often worry that the cost of creating content is just too expensive for their company. The article covers content creation, promotion, and distribution costs.). This one has caused many a PR pro to smack his or her forehead in frustration.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

MarketingSherpa recently published its Search Marketing Benchmark Guide for 2008 , providing data on cost per click (CPC), conversion rates, SEO and other key online marketing metrics. A third of respondents anticipate double-digit spending increases on both SEO and Google PPC programs in 2008.

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Their findings led to creating new flavors of Mountain Dew, and since 2008 over 36 million cases have been sold. You can likely run several smaller campaigns with the same resources and cost it takes to run larger ones that are not as effective. They ran ‘DEWmocracy Promotions’ and used social media to gather insights.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

However, I did get a lot of speaking opportunities, PR opportunities, book comment opportunities, even books people would mail to me unsolicited (aka Schwag!) Besides all those great things, I also got things I hadn’t bargained for like having less time for the family, adding to my existing A.D.D.,

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

How can small businesses cost-effectively add sophisticated capabilities like custom search and social networking features to their sites? Learn the answers to these questions and more in some of the best blog posts and articles on website design published so far in 2008. What separates effective navigation from poor design?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Getting the information you need more efficiently is well worth the cost of a subscription. June 5, 2008 4:02 PM. Jun 24, 2008 — Australian Financial Review — Social networking comes of age, sort of. Jun 20, 2008 — Digital Media — Aus Web 2.0 Six Facets of the Future of PR. June 2008 (12).

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Outgrow

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

So sometime in 2008, when the recession hit, we decided to expand our services. I had up to 30 employees, more than 30 employees I would say around 2008, which was our best year. And attorneys cost a lot of money. So you got to have some national PR. And after the recession kind of things slow down.

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Important caveat: Social isn’t just for ‘generating leads’ but can be used for many, many things, such as improving customer experience, reducing support costs, and improving products. Revenue is the most needed one now, hence my addressing it here. Revenue is the most needed one now, hence my addressing it here.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. There’s been a bit of news about it recently.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

In an interview with PC Pro, mobile Mozilla’s vice president Jay Sullivan explained , “Anyone who knows JavaScript and HTML can develop a great app without having to learn a specific mobile platform,&# cutting costs and greatly simplifying the process. How many developers have the liquidity to host their own software? Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

For small business, the costs of social involvement are dwafted by the potential benefit, yet the psychology of stubbornness remains. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Im Jay Baer.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

February 28, 2008. -->. © Copyright 2008 Dave Pollard. Last update: 01/03/2008; 9:10:47 PM. February 2008. · Knowledge Management & the Cost of Not Knowing. précis, summaries, reviews and other time-savers. - Dave Pollards environmental philosophy, creative works, business papers and essays.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI. Im Jay Baer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

But at what cost? Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. I look at it a little differently. Im Jay Baer.

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Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

This next tool might be the key to a successful digital PR campaign.” Use colleagues to divide and conquer analysis: If you work for a PR agency, please don’t make the mistake of delegating this work to your junior staff. Senior PR practitioners need to understand how these tools fit within a larger marketing strategy.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You can’t sell ideas, and unless companies of all sizes can figure out how to assign real or at least believable revenue or cost reductions to social media, this entire movement is going to flame out in 18 months. link] Mark Tamis Not at all Jay – I fully support the use of CRM platforms & datamining and analysis.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

Ultimately, until ROE (Return On Engagement) = the ROI of implementing a company-wide social media initiative (the cost of training, training materials, etc), most companies will still be dragging their feet when it comes to CSR social media strategies.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Paul Roetzer , founder and CEO of PR 20/20 , a Cleveland-based marketing agency and HubSpot VAR. Next month, I’m traveling to Boston with several members of the PR 20/20 team to attend the Inbound Marketing Summit. We’ve attended IMS since the inaugural event in 2008. Your Thoughts?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2011

Companies spent 17% less on trade shows in 2009 verses 2008 4. This resulted in a 385% increase in monthly organic search traffic while reducing costs by $10,800 per month. Recommended reading: New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott and Inbound Marketing , by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. read full story ).

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. August 12, 2010 (766) Twitter Stream © 2008-2010 Convince & Convert, LLC. Great example of integrated marketing in real life: The 3 Amigos, by [.]

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 18, 2008

MarketingSherpa has just released its 2008 B2B Lead Generation Handbook (that's a link to the free executive summary PDF; the complete report will run you a cool $500). Separating SEO from broader marketing and PR activities is a really bad idea for several reasons. Third, SEO and PR/marketing shouldn't work at cross purposes.

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Webbiquity

MAY 7, 2019

But back in 2008, it was a small IT services firm struggling to stand apart in a crowded market as well as weather the storm of the impending financial crisis and economic slowdown. However the 2008 recession hit and over the next two years, revenue actually fell by half. 2 nd Wind started 2007 with plans to triple in size.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. link] By Jay Baer, Convince and Convert #fb [link] Sarah Caminker PR RT @mollycgaines: Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? link] [link] Van Santen Netwerk Social media strategie: pro-actie of re-actief?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

These savings include improving manageability and support, reduced power costs, improved security and more. The pain and risks vs. reward for Vista upgrade just pales in comparison to other cost savings projects in the data center like server / storage virtualization and systems management consolidation.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Sore spot with us PR types.) Sore spot with us PR types.) Maybe it has to do with the size of the item or big ticket item (cost). The impressions may well depend on too many assumptions, whereas using the behavioral metrics are more real (I wouldn't attempt a multiplier though. link] Russ Henneberry Wow.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

With the low/no cost of entry, it does cost time – your time. link] Malcolm Atherton Great article on social media adoption – take exec's vision/strategic plan & make that the SM metric: [link] #pr [link] Buildipedia RT @imadnaffa There's nowhere to hide from Social Media. Do you agree? link] very true!

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Generate Leads There are two types of marketing departments — those that are cost centers and those that bring in leads and sales. Regus chose Affect Strategies , a PR, marketing and social media firm specializing in business-to-business companies, to run their New York campaign. For a niche community, that’s a feat.

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