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The Blogger’s Guide to Online Marketing

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Written specifically for bloggers, this online marketing guide features yet another set of 31 steps intended to help bloggers start making money with their blogs. Many bloggers go years and years without seeing readership increase or any revenue at all. I have personally been down that road more than once with blogging.

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How to Build a Lead Scoring Program

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By Ashley Furness, guest blogger and Software Advice market analyst. Is this person the decision maker? To create these metrics, first map out your buying process pipeline – from first contact, for example, to fills out online quote form. Fortunately, an effective lead scoring program can address this problem.

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if you're gonna copy, make it right

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He uses examples like 37Signals, Copyblogger, FogCreek Software, Zappos, and make a good case for trying to think for yourself instead of just following what others are saying. Another person I admire is Jack Welsh (former CEO of GE) but I also wouldn’t be as ruthless as he was during his tenure simply because that is not my style.

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effective marketer principle 7: run productive meetings

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Shouldn’t [name of person] also participate in this meeting? Another example might be a meeting to review artwork, design, or other conceptual diagram related to marketing collateral or advertising. Why are all these people in this meeting? Why are we meeting? Haven’t we already discussed this in another meeting?

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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So while adding another person to your marketing budget may seem tricky at first, maybe you don’t have to hire an additional person (although for larger organizations that should definitely be the case). This could be a good stepping stone for a promising young Marketing Coordinator, for example.

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effective marketer principle 4: take responsibility for decisions

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Drucker advises us to use the following when determining the responsibility for each task laid out in the plan: The name of the person responsible for the task The deadline (when does it need to get done?) Make each person responsible and accountable but also give them the freedom to decide the best course of action in certain situations.

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inbound marketing training for free

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For those that already use social media sites personally and just want to take it to the next level and include their business in the social media space, the presentation is a starting point, but it only tells you some of the basics. Setup what your goals are for each platform (create connections, increase brand awareness, etc.)