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Blog Marketing: How Readers Find Your Business

Writing on the Web

JULY 26, 2010

What’s your favorite excuse for not blogging for your business? Here are some that I hear: “I don’t have time to blog.&#. “My clients aren’t surfing the Web reading blogs.&#. Here’s a drawing I made that shows how readers find your blog and become clients. Blog this on Blogger.

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Content Marketing Ideas: Rethinking Blogging

Writing on the Web

JULY 15, 2010

There was a time I was in love with blogging … I had already been in the business of content marketing for 5 years on the Web, using an old-fashioned website platform. In 2004, I started blogging. But my lover wasn’t really “the blog.&# But it’s not about “the blog…&#.

Content Marketing

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Neuromarketing Books for Marketing to Brains

Writing on the Web

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Pradeep, has authored a book, The Buying Brain –Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind.I loved this book for it’s ability to translate brain scan results with a marketing perspective in layman’s terms. The site set up especially for The Buying Brain book has a page of “cool brain facts,&# that are fun to read.

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Online Reputation? 4 Tips

Writing on the Web

JULY 9, 2010

Friday’s guest post is by Robert Stretch , author of VA Mortgage Center blog: For business people, few things are more important than reputation. Thanks to the worldwide web — which sometimes feels as vast as a universe-wide web — monitoring your online reputation demands serious attention. Blog this on Blogger.

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Why Use a WP Sales Page Template?

Writing on the Web

JUNE 28, 2010

You can waste a lot of time and still not get a professional looking page that works to get people to buy or sign up. There should be no distractions on the page, such as your blog’s header, side-bar widgets, navigation bar, etc. Blog this on Blogger. Add this to Ning. And I know others have too. Share this on Bebo.

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Rant: The Problem with Formatting Sales Pages.

Writing on the Web

JUNE 17, 2010

The real problem with sales landing pages is the formatting , and getting it to look like a professional did it, one with cool marketing savvy, along with the latest hip graphics. That can really make a difference between someone trusting you enough to click and buy or register, and one who clicks and just goes bye-bye. Frustrating?

Landing Pages

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Is the Social Web Changing How We Write?How to Write Like You Talk

Writing on the Web

JULY 5, 2010

Then along came the Internet, blogs, Twitter and Facebook: Overnight, it seems, our online social lives and writing was pulled back into conversational mode. Blog this on Blogger. Add this to Ning. Related posts: 4 Time-Saving Tips for Social Media Marketing. Blog Content: Are you personal… or all business?

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Phony Testimonials and Dumb Social Proof

Writing on the Web

JULY 7, 2010

There’s no doubt that social proof is one of the key ways people decide to buy or try your products or services. I’ve been working with an old client who’s been working hard to master blogging so he can have a strong online presence. Blog this on Blogger. Add this to Ning. Share this on Bebo.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

So, Lisa Beatty build JaneNation.com , a new opinion, information, and idea community just for women, that launched recently at the Marketing to Women conference. There are blogs, forums, quizzes, polls, and sisterhoods (micro communities based on women’s life stages like “caregiver&# or “widow wise&# ).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I know that different companies provide different amounts of historical data at the start of the campaign (another item I should have included – may need to do a follow up on this on my own blog later on as I get all this great feedback on items to include!)

Social Media

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Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail | Email.

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Maybe your blog. All the while you’re feeling like you’re playing catch-up, that something awesome may have happened, and you missed it because you weren’t online. I'm also now using NutshellMail because of your blog! You run over to check your Twitter account. Then Linkedin. Sound familiar?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

MARCH 9, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Are You Taking Social Media Shortcuts?

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Best Random but Interesting B2B Marketing Posts, Articles and Resources of 2010

Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2011

In this penultimate best-of-last-year post you’ll find a compendium of interesting, informative and valuable but difficult-to-categorize marketing-related articles and blog posts from 2010. 27 Marketing Lessons B2B Marketers Should Know by HubSpot Blog. Many large companies haven’t either.

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Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

” Or that49% of B2B journalists write blogs, and 84% are on Twiter? Get the details behind these stats and many, many more here in more than 40 of the best articles and blog posts about social media, search, budgeting and digital marketing research, facts and statistics of 2011 so far. Is a Blog Still Important in 2011?

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Blog Marketing: How Readers Find Your Business

Content Marketing Ideas: Rethinking Blogging

Trending Sources

Neuromarketing Books for Marketing to Brains

Online Reputation? 4 Tips

Why Use a WP Sales Page Template?

Rant: The Problem with Formatting Sales Pages.

Is the Social Web Changing How We Write?How to Write Like You Talk

Phony Testimonials and Dumb Social Proof

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail | Email.

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Top 47 B2B Marketing Posts - Hot Topics Ning and Facebook - July 2010

Best Random but Interesting B2B Marketing Posts, Articles and Resources of 2010

Best Social Media and Digitial Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1

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