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The ROI of Website Redesigns per Forrester

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Forrester Research makes a collection of its past webcasts on various online marketing topics freely available (registration required). Forrester's key findings from their website redesign research: By Forrester's standards, 97% of business websites fail to earn a passing grade for usability.

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Forrester on Blogging

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Charlene Li at Forrester Research has put together a nice report on how businesses can effectively utilize blogging (free, but registration is required for non-clients), titled "Blogging: Bubble or Big Deal? " While there's no reason to doubt the accuracy of Forrester's consumer research, this statement is somwhat misleading.

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The 9 Must-Have Qualities of a User-Focused B2B Website Design

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Last October, Forrester Research released its Best and Worst of Brand Building Web Sites, 2008 Report. Fixing branding problems According to Forrester principal analyst and report author Ron Rogowski , “Common Brand Action problems included poor text legibility, confusing category names, and missing or buried content.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 3

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How are b2b buyers actually using social media in their research and buying decisions? While most marketers have now embraced social media for monitoring and participating in brand conversations, questions still abound. Sure, online video is hot, but how you optimize video assets? What's the best method for approaching social media marketing?

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It Came from Facebook! The Social Media Marketing Challenge that Can't be Ignored

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According to Global Faces and Networked Places , an eye-opening research report just released by Nielsen BuzzMetrics, "Two-thirds of the world’s Internet population visit a social network or blogging site and the sector now accounts for almost 10% of all internet time. Social Tagging Research and Reports. So how big is the opportunity?

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Website Design, Part 2

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10 Great Web Sites by BtoB magazine A group of industry experts including Hoa Loranger from the Nielsen Norman Group, Alan Webber of Forrester Research and Dana Todd from Newsforce tell you what they like, and don't like, about 10 popular websites. Among their picks for great sites are the U.S.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Blogging for Business, Part 1

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by Social Media Today Crystal King reports that a Forrester survey from the second quarter of 2008 found that only 16% of readers of company blogs trusted them. She notes, however, that more recent research indicates that both readership of and trust in blogs is increasing. Can Blogs Help Drive Purchasing Decisions?