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SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Here's a great podcast found on Yaro Starak's Entrepeneur's Journey blog in which he interviews Darren Rowse of Problogger. The topic of this audio download is " Building Blog Traffic ". For example, you can blog about Adsense which is a sub-niche of Problogger. In the beginning, Darren used to comment on around 100 blogs a day!

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

I came across a few interesting tips for your confirmation pages: Using Audio and Chat on Your Confirmation Pages In what seems like ages ago, I wrote a post about blogging while being stuck at airport. Tips for Your Unsubscribe Confirmation Pages Stefan Pollard continues to write some brilliant posts on the unsubscribe process.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

I’ve already written a post on tips for using Twitter and email marketing but I wanted to take this to another level. If you want some basic tips on Twitter, check out Twitter 101 or Hubspot’s How To guide. Most of these tips are dead simple so enjoy and use them well. This tip may be obvious but it’s certainly not done enough.

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APRIL 29, 2006

Want to check up on your competitors, friends, or ex-girlfriend/boyfriend's blogs? s blog search Here is the tip from "ResearchBuzz": "Start with this URL: [link] Where keyword is the word for which you want to search. Chad H Technorati tags: Yahoo , e-newsletter , blog search Here's some hints on how to use Yahoo!'s

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JANUARY 27, 2008

I've finally had the chance to go through a number of email newsletters and reports and I wanted to highlight some interesting email tips. Various E-mail Tips from MarketingSherpa' Marketing Wisdom Report I've read through MarketingSherpa's " Marketing Wisdom for 2008 " which includes 101 real life marketing stories and lessons learned.

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DECEMBER 21, 2008

I was told that every blog needs a "top 10 post" and I thought today would be a good day to write one on a topic that is growing in popularity. I thought I would take a stab at providing tips on blending a tried and true tool like email with Twitter. You can find many other blog posts out there on that subject.

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AUGUST 1, 2006

It's the end of the month so here is my monthly blog roll or blogtipping as Easton calls it. These blogs will: Help you improve your search ranking Improve your blog copy (content) Provide eternal life. Ok - no one has written a blog about that yet (at least that I know of). Awesome job! Hope you like them!

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AUGUST 14, 2006

One way is through blogging. Just as businesses can use blogs to portray a human voice to their corporate facade, celebrities can also use blogs to have their say - especially when they screw up which is typical for them. Use a blog to demonstrates what you're doing to fix the mess you made. How can he and others do this?

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AUGUST 9, 2006

If you're a smart blogger (which I'm not saying I am), you've probably found out about a great tool called coComment that lets you keep track of comments you've left on other blogs. Commenting on a popular blog like Problogger.net or Direct2Dell may be very helpful in establishing yourself as as a legitimate blogger.

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OCTOBER 1, 2006

Business blogs have many different objectives. This post focuses on using blogs for lead generation. As a disclaimer, my blog's purpose is NOT for lead generation. How can you use your blogs for this purpose? Engage Your Blog Visitors What does this mean? How do you engage your blog visitors?

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JULY 20, 2006

If you just started a regular "I want to tell you about myself" blog or a corporate business blog, check out this article on BusinessBlogWire that tells you which sites to submit your blog to in order to improve your search rankings. PS - My tips is to start off at Technorati and then go to Blogpulse. Thanks Easton!

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Beware - blogs can be used to tell the entire world about what your company has recently accomplished or how you screwed up but made it right. Blogging allows for this. It permits you the opportunity to share a story, post an industry tip or promote your new business. Tags: business blog blogging.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2006

After reading an inspiring article on ClickZ regarding effective landing pages , I've decided to look at ways to improve conversions on blogs. By conversions, I don't mean clicking on the "order now" button as this isn't very common on blogs. 10 ways to increase blog conversions Write compelling and informative content.

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JULY 4, 2010

Between taking a nice vacation, recovering from the vacation and then work travel, the ‘old blog was collecting some dust. Hi everyone. During my travels and discussions with customers, one of the items that keeps coming up is the need for clean, complete and accurate data.

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AUGUST 26, 2006

Good tip over on ClickZ in an article called " When an E-Mail Marketing Campaign Goes Bad ". Remember, you can also slightly alter the content of your newsletter for your different segments that you're targeting - that's a whole blog post on its own. Tags: email marketing business blog newsletters.

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APRIL 10, 2006

After reading a good article on how to attract people to your blog , I thought I would do the opposite as this seems to be working for me! Here are my top 10 ways to lose traffic on your blog in 10 days: Don't add any new content. Let your blog just "chill". Remove yourself from any blog tracking sites such as technorati etc.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

There are some great links and tips on obtaining more links to your site and ensuring that more people will visit or website or blog. If you're looking for a great resource to increase the number of web visitors that come to your website, check out Copyblogger's How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic – The Ultimate Guide.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Matt Beslkin over at the Ominiture blog points out a few of these in his recent post: The Dark Side of A/B Testing: Don't Make These Two Mistakes! This can mean testing a new landing page to see what the overall conversion rate is or testing a webinar invite email to determine the open rate.

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MARCH 8, 2009

LinkedIn tip : Look for ways that you can create niche groups that pull together people with similar interests. Twitter: Maximize Your Travel In the past, I had blogged about why I use Twitter so it’s exciting for me to provide a success story for Twitter. Twitter tip: Keep your network updated as to where you are.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

While I'm not turning this blog into a Twitterfest, I've had a few people ask me recently why I use Twitter and how do I use it effectively without it taking over my life. And hey, this blog is called "Anything Goes Marketing" so I'm just keeping it real on here and keeping you in the loop on the latest marketing trends. Why do I Twit?

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OCTOBER 1, 2006

Here are my blogs that I want to give a shout out to for October as part of Easton's Blogtipping : Realty Blogging - Besides being a great resource for real estate agents, this provides some great tips for bloggers and all marketers. I work with users of our product daily and found some great tips - thanks!

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AUGUST 29, 2006

In my quest to drive traffic to my blog and to help others generate web traffic for their online campaigns , I've looked the the top keywords as defined by Wordtracker and listed them in my blog title as well as throughout this blog post. While these don't have too much to do with my blog, the concept does.

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MARCH 9, 2008

You may recall I blogged about a concept called the Blogletter (combo of email newsletter and blog posts). I don't hold anything against the blog readers out there who unsubscribed from my feed en mass after that post (OK, well a few of you I do). The above examples are the tip of the iceberg. keep reading.

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AUGUST 31, 2006

Here are some great blogs to be aware of: Check out Sante's Search Engine Marketing blog - great tips to help drive traffic to your blog and you can work on your Spanish at the same time Do you what Demand Generation is? My random blog is The Diva Marketing Blog which is a cute blog that focuses on business blogs.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Old Spice continues this "experience" theme with a blog written by a number of so called experts. They have experts like NASCAR driver Tony Stewart who provides traffic tips like " The Left Lane is For Passing ". This follows the interactive philosophy of blogs which allows people to post information and others to respond.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

Problogger Darren Rowse's recent list of 301 blog lists and posted the ones that I liked the most that concerned blogging. How I Set Up Wordpress … Internet Weath Master Starting a Blog? Tags: Wordpress Problogger blogging. 25 Things to Know BEFORE You Write for a Living by Liz Stuck?

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OCTOBER 23, 2006

Typically this content is great stuff and includes tips, industry news, offers and other useful bits of information. Consider Combining Email Newsletters and Blogs = A Blogletter How can you take your email newsletters to the next level to maximize their SEO effectiveness? Consider publishing your newsletter articles to a blog.

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AUGUST 26, 2006

Headlines with numbers "7 Tips for Improving Your Cashflow" "Top 10 Interview No No's" "Top 10 Recruitment Myths -- Busted" "Top 10 Sales Killers" "5 Traits of Great Leaders" #2. You can apply this to your blog as well as Problogger recently demonstrated the successfulness of lists.

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AUGUST 15, 2006

This was the best and most fun tip of the week by Darren Conian over at Performancing. His suggestion is to go to YouTube and find a video that fits your blog. I'm try to mix in humour when I blog and you don't know what you're going to get. Have you tried searching on YouTube for a video that suits your blog?

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JUNE 15, 2006

Here are some good tips from a recent article written on Search Engine Watch Leave content outside of your private subscription area. By adding alt tags, you're making your website or blog more search friendly as your images are now searchable. These small tips can generate increased traffic on your site.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2006

strategies like blogging, don't forget about using email to support your other marketing channels. Check out Email Marketing 101: Tips and Best Practices for some tips. It would be interesting to better understand the details of this study but what it does show is how important email still is.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

During my research, I stumbled upon a great article by the Canadian Marketing Blog called " 2009 B-to-B Demand Creation Trends " eh (Canadian joke). You should even consider creating a blog and reposting your newsletter articles on it. I would recommend to post in on your website and even create an RSS feed.

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MAY 3, 2006

I think it's been a great month and I've enjoyed blogging on a consistent basis. My blog has evolved from a storage place to stash good articles that I find into a place that I can really voice my opinions on marketing. Favourite post so far: It's by far " How to lose traffic on your blog in 10 days ". It sucks ass.

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AUGUST 1, 2006

Technorati tags: social networking , social networks , social bookmarks , digg , del.icio.us , bookmarkit , backlinks , blog tools However, Socilaizer (which I use) still seems to have more sites to submit too. Have you used this tool? I'm going to put this in the the things I hate about Blogger.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

This week's blog post was inspired by an idea by Yaro Starak over at Entrepreneurs-journey.com who suggested to look for blog ideas by scanning Facebook groups. Unfortunately, the question on Linked in was closed so I couldn't post my answer but that's why I have my blog. Let me know if you agree or have other ideas.

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AUGUST 19, 2006

As an added tip - don't really unsubscribe these people, you may need to send a follow up email. :) However, ensure that you allow people to really unsubscribe (we don't want to violate CAN-SPAM too much). The business blog to end all business blogs. That was why we created this blog in the first place".

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MARCH 11, 2007

Many of these tips are fairly obvious but how often are you checking to make sure that you and your team are following these best practices? In the Forrester report: " The Best and Worst of Email Marketing of 2006 ", there are some useful tips for email marketers. I've found a few email tools and resources that you may find useful.

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