Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. then you have a much better chance that they’ll return or sign up for your RSS feed, email newsletter or other call to action.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 119

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2009

Otherwise, your traffic will dry up and the hard-earned readership will lose interest. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Copywriting Content Buying Cycle 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

In the words of Jeffrey Zeldman , the renowned web designer, blogger, independent publisher and the king of Web standards according to Business Week, “Content precedes design. Six months later, very little traffic, even fewer leads and no sales > The new web site sucks, hasn’t done anything for our business.

Marketing Websites 60

Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Work Management Buying Cycle 60

Convince & Convert

JUNE 17, 2010

Traffic to my blog. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 7 Surprising Statistics About Twitter in America Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation? Followers per tweet.

Twitter 125

Twitter Paid Content Paid Search Agency PR 125

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

All of these tactics can work together seamlessly to create a robust, optimized content marketing engine that pays real dividends in increased website traffic, and conversions. The brochure could be made available on site and could also be made available as a PDF that ExactTarget could drive traffic to via email.

Social Media 140

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 140

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Aside from optimizing the structure of the site and the pitches themselves, sheer volume and traffic drove our authority with Google and other search engines. Each of the 27,000 companies that use the service had the same goal – to share their pitch. Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Find keywords and search phrases to include in these four places: Google Analytics (or whatever Web site analytics program you’re using) Look at your keywords report to find phrases that are driving traffic to your site. Understand Your Frequency Schema The key to a content ladder is organizing your rungs. What do you think?

Paid Content 143

Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 143

Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

If you don’t have the obvious social chatter about your brand, you have to make the case that content creation will drive search, which drives traffic, which drives sales. You have to work on a pilot program – maybe even in secret – to show social media’s impact on customer satisfaction.

Social Media 130

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency Budget Programs 130

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 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 Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

Social Media 117

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 117

Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

Second, if you’re going to invest in a bunch of social media outposts, even if you don’t have a clear social media strategy , you should take every opportunity to link them together. The videos aren’t annotated to drive traffic to Facebook. The YouTube channel is barely mentioned on Facebook.

Social Media 120

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 120

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

To be on the same list (much less on top) with bloggers for whom I have tremendous respect and admiration ( Valeria Maltoni , Lee Odden , David Meerman Scott , and many others) is a real affirmation for what I’m trying to do. Thank you to everyone who reads Convince & Convert. Second, huge thanks to Joe and his team for the honor.

Paid Content 124

Paid Content Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 124

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Driving Traffic to Your Homepage All the Time May Be a Big Mistake by Achinta Mitra on October 26, 2009 in Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development You’ve read up on all the traffic generation tactics and optimized your site to rank high on major search engines.

Traffic 60

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 60

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here’s the distribution of number of words in each of these headlines: 5 word headline = 2 posts in top 25 6 word headline = 3 posts in top 25 7 word headline = 8 posts in top 25 8 word headline = 9 posts in top 25 9 word headline = 0 10 word headline = 4 posts in top 25 Clearly, I write longer headlines than many other social media bloggers.

Social Media 141

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 141

Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2010

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and a Blog all dedicated to creating places for the public to tell them problem areas in the city, ask questions about traffic safety and promote a safer community. They get “Customer Service&# big time without selling anything, marketing anything or for their own advancement.

Social Media 128

Social Media Media Paid Search Agency CAN-SPAM 128

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Go beyond the obvious and use customer service metrics, social connectivity of customers, and Web traffic patterns as measures that matter. Communicate with Content After strategic thinking, the key to social media success is content creation.

Social Media 121

Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 121

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

You can study your Web analytics, and see which pages get the most traffic, and what questions are likely to be in prospects’ minds when they are on those pages. Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

FAQ 137

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 137

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media strategists should help to do just that – build strategy – but I believe execution, especially blogger relations, needs to become part of overall media relations. I might add; Social Media can be managed by a junior marketing person. Tyler Excellent post.

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 149

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

Social Media 159

Social Media Media Stats Statistics 159

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, some bloggers (including Ari Herzog and Valeria Maltoni ) don’t favor including tweets as comments, since they are not true “comments.&# All In One SEO Pack Like many bloggers, I utilize the excellent All in One SEO Pack plug-in to optimize posts for search engine rankings.

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Paid Content Webinar Metrics 167

Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends Please Help Me Support Make-A-Wish Foundation Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? link] Jeffrey K. Rohrs Ari–Great question.

RSS 128

RSS Paid Search Agency Social Media Email Marketing 128

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Take a look at a couple items in the news last week: The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas is providing perks to guests based on their Klout score (an assessment of social media influence)**. People are now curating lists of the most influential bloggers by Klout score. Keep in touch with your customers with social media. ReTweeting.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 40

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

RowFeeder is the first business to be spawned from the buzzed about new tech incubator Untitled Startup – a “transparent startup&# in Seattle that even publishes their website traffic live on their home page. or engaged in brand reputation management, often on a weekly basis.

Social Media 119

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Work Management 119

Convince & Convert

JUNE 8, 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 Ready for the Opportunity Economy?

Social Media 128

Social Media Paid Content Media Paid Search Agency 128

Online Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Also, some bloggers (including Ari Herzog and Valeria Maltoni ) don’t favor including tweets as comments, since they are not true “comments.&# All In One SEO Pack Like many bloggers, I utilize the excellent All in One SEO Pack plug-in to optimize posts for search engine rankings.

Social Media 40

Social Media Paid Content Tools Media 40

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Updated B2B Facebook Page Examples with Data - Social Media B2B , July 23, 2010 This short post is to let you know that we updated the 10 Examples of B2B Facebook Pages post. But where can a conscientious business blogger find free, legal images to use on their blog? Many beginning bloggers turn to the image search in Google.

Ning 40

Ning Paid Content Facebook Sales Management 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Slow Enough to Succeed in Social Media?

Social Media 159

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 159

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 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 Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble?

Twitter 145

Twitter CRM Business Paid Search Agency 145