Should B2B marketers be focused on a mobile marketing initiative? We don’t get that question as much as we should. suspect part of that reason is the ever growing list of marketing responsibilities are clients have on their plate, satisfying short and long-term marketing goals. There is just not enough time in the day to map out this strategy. That said, it is important to realize that internet marketing, search engine marketing, and social media marketing, are moving rapidly to browsers and applications on the mobile device. Still not sold on these development? mobile devices per capita. MORE >>

Image via Wikipedia. My long tail blogger outreach strategy is periodically challenged or criticized as being too aggressive. The argument generally goes as follows: if you send thousands of email pitches to topically- and demographically-relevant bloggers and online influencers in one go, you’re spamming. The real way to do it right is to reach out blogger by blogger, with each pitch being lovingly and relevantly written in series over time after investing months of time, previous to actually initiating a pitch, becoming best friends.  All at once. One missing engagement ring. MORE >>

Want to be part of the social media revolution? There’s no escaping the rising business use of social media networking sites. But many companies are still getting it wrong when it comes to social media marketing. This is because they have failed to take on board some important resources and approaches. Here’s how to turn those social networking sites into social media marketing : Apply insight. Social media marketing requires just as much of a plan as other marketing approaches. Align everything. Follow up. Four signs your marketing strategy is missing social media marketing. MORE >>

An army of social media thinkers has deemed it useful to redefine ROI. In 2010, Brian Solis introduced it in his book Engage! as Return on Influence (and also as Return on Investment, Return on Involvement, Return on Innovation and Relevance of Interaction). The term Return on Influence (now Realization of Influence as well) [.]. Blog Management Social media marketing Jim Lenskold marketing ROI return on influence return on investment social media ROI MORE >>

From Text Marketer, here's an infographic with 11 suggestions for using SMS (text messaging) to attract or retain customers. Source: Text Marketer Bulk SMS Services View Original Article MORE >>