Anything Goes Marketing

APRIL 10, 2006

Here are my top 10 ways to lose traffic on your blog in 10 days: Don't add any new content. When you do write on your blog, write in a new language that not many people understand. Write them a nasty letter about how you will hunt them all down if they keep referring people to your blog. Let your blog just "chill".

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Anything Goes Marketing

JULY 15, 2006

In my last post I focused on writing blog posts. The other half of your job is to listen to what people are writing about your company. Robert Moskowitz writes about user generated mdeia (UGM) in his article "Don't Get Burned by User Generated Media". He focuses in on why you should read about what others are writing on the net.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 16, 2008

She goes on to write about not placing the whole release in the email, not including attachments and some other typical email "best practices". My suggestion would be to include press release snippets as part of a monthly or quarterly newsletter that has additional value added content. Here's a tip: "Don't do it".

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Anything Goes Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2006

These blogs will: Help you improve your search ranking Improve your blog copy (content) Provide eternal life. Check it out How to Write a Killer “How To” Post That Gets Attention This great blog called Copyblogger that has some great tips on writing blog posts. I will write a thorough review soon. Awesome job!

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Anything Goes Marketing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

To increase traffic on your blog, Darren stresses the use of SEO (but doesn't really elaborate it on it), posting innovative content (eg: a product release on his digital camera blog), staying ahead of the trends, and picking a niche or sub-niche topic. Darren also stresses keeping it real and writing with emotion.

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Anything Goes Marketing

APRIL 23, 2007

My blog, your blog, OUR blogs : As a community member, you can write your own blog on USA Today or you can read one of the various "expert blog" on the USA Today website. The effect is that you feel like your really one with the USA Today website as you can try and copy the experts and comment on their articles as well as write your own.

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Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

The content generated by the event attendees was almost as good as the content from the speakers themselves. While I could write a number of blog posts on my own findings from this event, I decided to let Twitter write the post for me. Content choice: research survey. Because it’s real. It’s in the moment.

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Anything Goes Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Bloggers for the most part write because they want to be heard and your analytics justify the time that you sit at your keyboard (for the most part although my wife still needs convincing and web stats, well they just don't do it). What offers, content and/or keywords are driving content to your site? Why is that?

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Anything Goes Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2006

Comment, comment, comment and write good comments. For now, keep on writing good content and you will get the traffic. For now, keep on writing good content and you will get the traffic. Let people know what you have written about and ensure that it's related to the post that you are commenting on.

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Anything Goes Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2006

10 ways to increase blog conversions Write compelling and informative content. If you write crappy content, don't expect people to browse your blog or return to it in the future. Keep your content focused. People that land on my blog can easily check out my other content. You should have a blog description.

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Anything Goes Marketing

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. Use Twitter content in your email newsletters. This goes back to being an Eco-Marketer and reusing content that you have. For example, create a feature called "Twitter Q/A". Most likely.

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Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Don't miss these great opportunities to build marketing content. Having the right content for automated lead nurturing programs can be the most difficult part of a lead nurturing campaign. You don't need to just focus on pushing out new content, you probably have some gold nuggets that may be hidden on your site.

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Anything Goes Marketing

APRIL 5, 2006

Wow, I think people have run out of content to write on Click Z. Here is a terrible article on the 25 things that that this "expert" hates about Google. Danny, I agree that Google has many short comings but it's these types of short comings that have turned it into a 6 billion dollar company!

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Anything Goes Marketing

JUNE 22, 2008

From that conference, combined with a very good study on email tactics in retail I've been inspired to write a post on this topic. A better approach may be "Get expert updates on X" (by X I mean a specific topic that is assumed to be relevant to the site's content or why would they be there in the first place). What's in it for me?

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Anything Goes Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

When it comes to writing your email copy, you sometimes forget some of the key elements that will get you the conversion rates (event registrations) that you need to demonstrate for your established marketing metrics. Have you been here before? Email recipients will tend to not want to scroll back up to the top. I hope you enjoyed these tips.

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Anything Goes Marketing

JULY 23, 2006

My criteria for a good blog is based on the following: appearance, content, purpose, frequency of posts, and traffic. Here they are (in no particular order): EDS' Next Big Thing Blog - I see very little traffic, boring content (hey, I'm a techie by nature) of the what is there, and almost no comments. This is a blog no no for industry.

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Anything Goes Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2009

You could probably create an RSS feed from this URL as well and then display this content in real time. To win a prize, their Twitter followers had to write about a bold moment in their lives. Twitter can also be used to direct customers to content and/or discussions in a customer only portal. Socializing Your Landing Pages.

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Anything Goes Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2006

. :) It's purpose is to educate both myself and everyone else who is interested in the topics I write about. Ask them if they would like to write a post on a problem they may be experiencing After you have done your research, you may determine that this may be somebody worth meeting in person.

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Anything Goes Marketing

MAY 1, 2007

For example, I would write a post on the company blog directed to company executives and no one would respond - nothing, nada (you can tell that I wasn't to happy about this). I'm not even going to touch areas such as allowing the public to "tag" or recommend content (for more of this, see my recent post on USA Today ).

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Anything Goes Marketing

MARCH 8, 2009

I just connected to someone as I was writing this post. While anyone can sign up for the networking tools I listed above, blogging acts as a differentiator as it forces you to come up with good content that people will want to read (if that is your goal). Twitter tip #2: Make sure you add your Twitter URL to your LinkedIn profile.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

I'm just poking fun at you Tony - I actually liked your post (did you really write it?). The content is factual, it's informative and it keeps changing. They have experts like NASCAR driver Tony Stewart who provides traffic tips like " The Left Lane is For Passing ". Thanks Professor Stewart.

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Anything Goes Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Writing Subject Lines that get Your Email Opened: Here are some great ideas for the copy of your subject line. Reputation not Content Affects Whether Consumers Receive Your Email: This article explains how reputation (your IP address that you send emails from) affects your deliverability rates. Hope you enjoy these!

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