WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2008

After being part of a team launching a company this week and four new website design projects, plus my "regular" work of helping clients achieve superior online and offline marketing results, I need a short vacation getaway for some family time. So, the blog will take a brief time out.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 31, 2009

With the rapidly increasing use of social media tools for marketing and PR comes growing pressure to demonstrate results. ROI Is Dead by StraightUpSearch This post suggests that marketers should focus on a different ROI when calculating the value of social media efforts: "return on insight." What’s In Your Social Media Toolkit?

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 14, 2008

The slowdown across some sectors of the economy is forcing B2B marketers to pull back on spending, yet continue to produce great results (or else). With that in mind, MarketingSherpa last week presented their Top 10 B-to-B Marketing FastFixes: How to Generate & Nurture More Qualified Leads. Here are the highlights from the webinar.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 11, 2009

How can PR and SEO work together more productively? Titus Hoskins has compiled a useful list of 10 factors to include in SEO projects, from the basic content /keywords / links to taking advantage of Google Webmaster Tools , article marketing and building traffic hubs within your site structure.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 8, 2008

With the economy now officially in a recession (as if we didn't know that), marketers are under increasing pressure to do more with less. On the interactive marketing side, few marketers will get budget increases enabling them to drive more clicks. One answer to this challenge is provided by "post-click marketing," a.k.a.

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JULY 13, 2009

What are the best examples of organizations using social media for marketing, promotion and interactive PR ? Find those answers and others here in more of the best articles and blog posts about social media marketing from the last year. How can you optimize your use of social networking tools like Twitter and LinkedIn?

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 20, 2009

Once you've optimized the list of keywords in your search engine marketing campaign, tweaked the bids and crafted stellar ad text to bring visitors to your site, landing page design is critical to converting those visitors into sales or leads. Tags: Web Marketing. clutter) from good (a clear call to action among other attributes).

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 18, 2009

Discover these answers and others here in more of the best posts from the past year on social media marketing and PR. Top 10 Business Applications for Facebook by Duct Tape Marketing Of the 1,000+ Facebook apps built thus far, only a very small number—perhaps a couple of dozen or so—have value for B2B marketers and PR pros.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

There's lots more red meat for web analytics data junkies as well. Google’s Top Search Engine Ranking Factors by Green Marketing 2.0 Google’s Top Search Engine Ranking Factors by Green Marketing 2.0 Among his findings: organic search is the source of both the highest volume and best quality of traffic. Social traffic (e.g.

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SEO Best Practices Adwords Copywriting 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Want to know how to write more effective marketing and sales copy? Then read on—you'll discover these answers and more in the blog posts reviewed here, some of the best of 2008 on writing great sales and marketing copy. Avoid common grammar and usage mistakes that diminish the impact of your writing? Combat dreaded "writer's block"?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Discover the answers to these questions and others here in the penultimate list of the best posts on social media marketing from the past year. In Facebook Adding 'Fan' Pages To Public Search Listings , Mark Walsh of MediaPost provides additional detail on this announcement and its implications for marketers.

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LEADSExplorer Social Media Optimization Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

Discover those answers and more here in the final installment of the best posts on AdWords marketing from the past year. How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research?

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 3, 2009

Why do corporate marketing departments often seem so chaotic—and how can they operate more like a well-oiled machine? What do sales people need from marketing when launching a new product? Read about all of this and more in some of the best articles and blog posts from the last year on marketing strategy and branding.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 6, 2009

25 Design Best Practices for Your Small Business Web Site by Search Engine Watch Carrie Hill provides a helpful list of website design tips such as installing analytics software right away, using at least 250 words per page whenever possible, keeping contact forms simple, and using H1-6 tags, bold text and text links strategically for SEO.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 20, 2009

Resources for starting a new business, ideas for naming that business, mistakes to avoid, lead generation strategies to embrace, how to apply some of Warren Buffet's wisdom to online marketing efforts.find all of that and more here in this final collection of the best posts on strategy and branding from the past year. What's in A Name?

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 5, 2008

From advertising to white paper syndication to voicemail, here are a few of the best marketing-related newsletter articles and blog posts from 2007 that simply didn't fit into any other category. A short but useful reminder, particularly for B2B technology marketers. No flashing whack-a-mole banners.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

If you haven't downloaded Marketing Sherpa's Marketing Wisdom for 2007 report yet, check it out -- it's packed with insight, ideas, and a few just plain entertaining stories of real-world marketing.

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Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Planning 20

WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

How Internet marketing is like a ruptured disc. In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as "Vertical Search. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang running an ad agency. Bizarre yet real images on the web. What do all of these things have in common?

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Stupid marketing copy mistakes by iMedia Connection Christopher Richards provides an amusing tour of common mistakes made when ad copy strays, under categories such as "sloppy copy" and "beyond clich é." Content marketing within the realm of social media is extremely powerful, but it does have a downside. Clueless tech support.

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Web 2.0 Creativity Copywriting Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2009

TopRank Best List of RSS Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog and Feed by TopRank Online Marketing Blog An outstanding list of blog directories, RSS and ping sites to help spread the fame of your blog. There are a few dead links in here and a few service with strange terms of use, but most of these links are active and useful.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

15 Rules for Business Bloggers by Conversation Marketing The brilliant and often very funny Ian Lurie offers up his list of "rules" for writing a successful business blog, such as "Take the B.S. Can you come up with three things to write that won't include one shred of marketing B.S. about your organization?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What common mistakes should you avoid in social media marketing? Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year. Which social bookmarking sites have the most clout? Can social media really increase revenue? Take Advantage of.TV

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Social Media Optimization Media Web 2.0 20

WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

Translating the Language of Search by ClickZ Julie Batten translates "SEO speak," providing definitions for more than a dozen commonly used terms / jargon in search marketing. Find all of this and more here in another group of the best articles and blog posts from the last year on the practice of SEO.

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SEO Marketing Proposals Best Practices PageRank 20

WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 31, 2009

Getting more out of those expensive marketing conferences? Meeting the biggest challenges in b2b marketing head-on? Increase ROI From Marketing Conferences by TopRank Online Marketing Blog Lee Odden provides an outstanding guide to making the most of marketing conferences. Then you're in the right place!

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Best Practices Advertising Agencies 20

WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Ning Marketing 2.0 The Marketing 2.0 Ning is a social site "For passionate marketers who are out to define, explore, experiment and determine the value of B2B Social Media Marketing and Marketing 2.0," with posts and networking opportunities from forward-thinking marketers across the web, including podcasting guru Albert Maruggi.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

8 Directory Submission Red Flags by Small Business Search Marketing Matt McGee offers advice on what to avoid when obtaining links through directory listings, including directories that require a reciprocal link, display excessive advertising, or include a lot of links to low-quality sites.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 7, 2009

While Google AdWords certainly isn't the only option for search engine marketing, it's by far the biggest. Search marketers need to get AdWords right before expanding campaigns to Yahoo! Search Marketing , MSN AdCenter or Ask SponsoredListings. tags: Google AdWords, search engine marketing, SEM, Yahoo!

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

Resources to improve your Internet marketing skills? 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?!" Specialty search engines? The story behind LOLcats? Find music online?

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 14, 2009

How can you use free Google tools to benchmark your search marketing performance against your competition? What are the best tools for analyzing your website text? How can you view your website the way search engines see it? Which URL shorteners work best?

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SEO Tools Peer-to-peer Best Practices 20

WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 2009

Previous posts in this series: Best of 2008: SEO Guidance, Part 1 Best of 2008: Interactive PR, Part 1 Best of 2008: SEO Tools, Part 1 Best of 2008: Search Engine Marketing Best of 2008: Web Analytics Best of 2008: Email Marketing Tips Best of 2008: SEO Keyword Tips & Tools Best of 2008: Sales & Marketing Copywriting Best of 2008: SEO Link (..)

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 3, 2008

Firefox Extensions That Make Me A Better Marketer Blogger Mitch Joel of Twist Image provides his short list of favorite Fire Fox plugins for tasks such as checking site popularity, downloading video and tagging content on del.icio.us.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 23, 2009

Any type of marketing copywriting is a blend of art and science. Writing for the web involves requires as much art as any other form, plus another level of science. Here are some tools, tips and guidance for crafting more effective and compelling web copy, from among the best articles and blog posts on web and SEO copywriting from last year.

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Copywriting SEO Best Practices Internet Marketing 20

WebMarketCentral

JULY 21, 2009

There's a tremendous amount of interest in Twitter among b2b marketers. Everyone wants to do it right, but b2b social media marketing in general is still so new, and rapidly evolving, that it can seem like the rules are being written and rewritten on the fly. What type of content should b2b marketers be trying to promote on Twitter?

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 17, 2009

Tags: Cool Web Marketing Tools.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

Learn the answers to these questions and more here in some of the best blog posts on social media marketing and optimization of 2008. Online Reputation Management with Video SEO by Search Marketing Standard Grant Crowell explains why video is a powerful component of reputation management (e.g., How does social media relate to SEO?

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 30, 2009

As It Turns Out, Content Is King by Court's Internet Marketing School Correcting an earlier post entitled "Content Has Never Been The King," the author notes that "If your site doesn’t have quality content, a Google search engineer can crush it with a simple push of a button.

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