Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Tweet Forrester Research recently released a 2010 update to its Social Technographics® data that analyzes the social behaviors of global Internet users. adults with Internet access declined 1% from 82% to 81%. For the first time, the percentage of U.S. consumers engaged in certain social behaviors actually went down, not up.

Social Media 153

Social Media Facebook Forrester Media 153

Writing on the Web

MAY 9, 2011

What you write on your site has to be compelling. These two sites were both from successful business coaches. They may not know which is best so your online site has to do some convincing and comparing. Does he need a business coach, a psychologist, a personal assistant, a mastermind group, or internet marketing training?

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Marketing Websites Digg Content Buzz 100

Writing on the Web

MAY 18, 2011

Here’s what’s important about publishing video on your sites: Your business can get quick, effective search engine results that used to take months or even years to achieve, all for next to nothing to produce (you don’t need to buy expensive equipment and hire a producer). Register here: YouTube Secrets Webinar.

Video Marketing 100

Video Marketing Content Marketing Digg Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Writing on the Web

MAY 16, 2011

Publishing video on your site is like a client magnet. Join me, along with Colin Martin and Marc Bullard , in a free webinar next Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 5:00pm ET to learn the secret tactics successful marketers are using on free hosting sites such as YouTube that are bringing an avalanche of traffic to their websites.

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Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Content Marketing Digg 100

Webbiquity

JUNE 8, 2010

And how do you optimize the time you spend with social media sites? Find 3-5 groups in your target market and join them. Effective Online Marketing In A Nutshell covers the 10 essential items of Internet Marketing – the 10 critical factors to focus on to be as effective as possible. To your Internet Marketing Success!

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Social Media Marketing Automation Services Media Digg 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 9, 2010

Get URLs for your site before somebody else does so with the poor intentions. You’ll be able to buy those with the peace of mind that no one will actually start a site devoted to lying about your hygiene! It’s not difficult to find out what content about you exists on the internet. Protect yourself. Be a watchdog.

Tips 100

Tips Ning BtoB Digg 100

Biznology

AUGUST 14, 2012

The Internet has not usurped the traditional, it has merely enriched it; however, there’s also no barrier to entry so this party isn’t exclusive but it’s super-saturated with powerful influencers and new media Gods. Folks are already talking about you online — or soon will, gladly and badly.

Ning 80

Ning Best Practices Enterprise Management Social Media 80

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 2, 2009

It lets marketers or sales people specify companies and individuals to monitor, and then scans media including social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook), public forums (blogs, wikis, Diggs, Twitter), paid sources (D&B, Zoom, Jigsaw,) and Web pages for information about those entities.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management 120

Parse.ly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

These implicit aggregators include MSN, Yahoo, Digg, and Drudge Report. Remember, these aggregators rose to prominence in the 1990s and early 2000s, in the heady days of AIM, Windows XP, jewel-toned iMacs, and “Get off the phone, I need to use the internet !” It felt like a metaphor. That’s where mobile news aggregators come in.

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Aggregators Curation Mobile Advertising Mobile Marketing 74

Webbiquity

JANUARY 4, 2010

How Internet marketing is like a ruptured disc. 10 Ways Internet Marketing Is Like a Ruptured Disc by Conversation Marketing. In another noteworthy post, Ian presciently warns readers about 11 Internet Marketing Trends To Ignore in 2009 , such as “Vertical Search. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang running an ad agency.

Creativity 100

Creativity Paid Search Agency Web 2.0 Best Practices 100

Webbiquity

JUNE 21, 2010

directories, social bookmarketing sites, news sites, articles), blogs also have their own unique link opportunities through blog-specific directories and RSS feed syndication sites. Don’t miss the SCORE Social Media and Internet Marketing Boot Camp , Thursday, June 24 in Bloomington. In Minnesota?

B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Business Digg 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 21, 2008

Internet resources on information overload and productivity. Internet suffering from information overload - So not only the users but the internet itself. Information Overload, Retrieva l Strategies and Internet User Empowerment (pdf ) - Paper on information overload and search engines. Look Site Directory.

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Resources Product RSS Digg 100

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

77% of Internet users read blogs. Certainly much of the content on corporate sites is inappropriate for linking from Wikipedia: product feature-benefits pages, “why buy from us,&# press releases, etc. In addition, corporate sites should be linked from corresponding industry-related pages. Share this on Bebo.

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Wikipedia Thought Leadership Wiki Blogger 100

Writing on the Web

JUNE 23, 2010

The class is on the phone and on the Internet, your choice. I’m interviewing Suzanne Bird-Harris, developer of the WP Sales Page wizard. We’ll show you how to easily publish pages using your Wordpress platform. Can’t make the call? I’ll send you the audio file, plus any notes, but you’ll need to register: Name.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Ning Advertorials Digg 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 5, 2010

50 Free Press Release Submission Websites by Internet Marketing. This is Avangate’s Top 50 press release submission list, the most trusted sites where you can publish a press release, all of them free of charge. 15 Online Press Release Distribution Sites by sitepoint. Another helpful list of online PR distribution sites.

PR 100

PR Blogger Outreach Best Practices 100

Writing on the Web

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Internet has become user-friendly in many ways, but there are just hundreds of more things to do if you want to have a strong Web presence and still have time for creative projects. There’s now officially too much to do if you want to be successful and use the Internet to get found, get known and get clients.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Digg Thought Leadership 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 15, 2010

When’s the last time you reviewed your site or blog banner? Without doubt, people who use the Internet to market their services must find ways to solve these three issues, or they won’t stay in business long. The Internet is becoming more influenced by brain science and research in neuro-marketing.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Ning Work Management Content 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 20, 2010

Here’s what Milana tells us about why she created this list: Although Internet marketing and information marketing is still dominated by men, there are many women who are building their multiple income streams empires. High quality web site. First, here are the criteria I used to identify them: Content-rich blog. Live events.

Ning 100

Ning Digg Buzz Blogger 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 8, 2010

Based on what I hear from clients and colleagues, I’m going to speculate some of the reasons this may be so: Web marketing is complicated: Although tools (blogs, sales pages, shopping carts, audio and video, email marketing) have become more user-friendly in the last few years, there’s a lot more to do (social sites).

Ning 100

Ning Content Marketing Digg Buzz 100

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Author Andrew King, president of Internet marketing firm Web Site Opimization, LLC has really done it. In Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets , he gives away all the secrets of creating a website and search marketing program that effectively sells products and services… Need more ideas?

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Emarketing Media 100

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Online content aggregation is as old as the Internet itself, beginning with AOL. to topic-focused niche sites such as (using social media as an example) Social Media Today and Social Media Informer. The site also makes it easy to promote your newspaper through Twitter and Facebook. Examples range from Google News and Yahoo!

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Aggregators Blogger Media Curation 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 12, 2010

You can’t get results from all the content you’re creating and publishing on your blog, e-newsletter, social media sites, unless eventually you send people to a landing page and ask them to take action. Landing page definition: An attractive, compelling page: Published on the Internet that is. Short answer: a landing page.

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Rules Content Marketing Ning 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 5, 2010

How to Never Run Out of Blog Topics to Write About by Internet Marketing for Business Owners. To make your blog stand out from the crowd, Edward Khoo provides 10 tips including using controversy (carefully), simplifying the subscription process and this gem: “Create different profiles for each social media site.

Business Blogging 100

Business Blogging Tips PageRank Business 100

Writing on the Web

JULY 7, 2010

Has no first and last name, photo or link to their site. A perfect example can be seen on Internet marketing gurus sites. They are notorious for having testimonials from all their friends, you know, those ’same old faces’ you see at all the Internet marketing conferences and product launches.

Ning 100

Ning Advertorials Trigger Marketing Ethics 100

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

Thanks to technological advances such as the widespread adoption of mobile internet access, the average human now has a shorter attention span than a goldfish , which makes visual content even more essential for capturing people’s attention. This will result in a new backlink and, hopefully, an increase in traffic to your site.

Linkbait 141

Linkbait Planning Peer-to-peer Landing Pages 141

Writing on the Web

AUGUST 12, 2010

It’s about how any smart professional, without many technical skills, can leverage the Internet. And then there are all the social media sites to connect with as well – that’s a lot of details to take care of. It’s about smart content marketing. I can’t wait for that to happen to other people.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Digg Trigger Marketing Internet Marketing 100

Webbiquity

AUGUST 9, 2010

Measuring the ROI of social media is challenging for several reasons, the most significant of which is the problem of “last click attribution;&# just because a sale or lead “came from&# Twitter or Facebook as the last click doesn’t necessarily mean that site deserves all the credit. Share this on Bebo. Post on Google Buzz.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media Marketing Analytics Tools 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

No matter how compellingly your site presents your value proposition, it’s still formal and impersonal. Twitter is far more than a 140-character soapbox for celebrities, spammy “Internet marketers&# and the incorrigibly obnoxious. To Give the Business a Personality. Twitter is a much more casual and conversational.

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Twitter Business Digg Thought Leadership 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 7, 2010

This post tells how to get a business listed on Google Maps, then goes on to explain the distinction between a map listing and local map ads: “that (map) listing doesn’t reach as many searchers and internet users as one might think. To broaden your advertising reach, Google created Local Business Ads. Share this on del.icio.us.

Search Engine Marketing 100

Search Engine Marketing Paid Search Agency Search Marketing SEM 100

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Article Submission Sites. A list of the best sites to submit articles to by Internet Marketing for Business Owners. The site is a tad spammy, but this list of seven of the most popular article submission sites is helpful. Article Directory Sites sorted by Importance. Share this on Bebo.

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Marketing Budget Tactics Tips Content Marketing 100

Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2010

In the early days of the internet, traditional forms of media (magazines, newspapers, marketing brochures) were simply moved from print to online; communication was still primarily one-way. Forums and blogs began to change that, empowering prospective purchasers to ask questions of vendors, and of each other. Share this on del.icio.us.

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Marketing Media B2B Thought Leadership 100

Biznology

MARCH 23, 2012

We wanted to help you with 3 things: Identify the full value of traffic coming from social sites and measure how they lead to direct conversions or assist in future conversions. Understand social activities happening both on and off of your site to help you optimize user engagement and increase social key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Marketing Analytics Tools Google Analytics Digg 80

Webbiquity

MARCH 29, 2010

But expressing your opinion on Yelp , epinions , Twitter, Facebook or any social site is easy and takes only a few minutes—and your words reach a far larger audience. Customers, pundits and others are already talking about your industry and quite likely your company on these sites. Physical networking at such events is still important.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Social Networks Network Marketing 100

Webbiquity

MARCH 9, 2010

TechCrunch predicts that “by this summer (2010) well over half of all Internet users will likely visit Facebook each month.&# It’s now the second most-visited site on the web , behind only Google. If it were a country, it would be the third most-populous on earth , behind only China and India. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Facebook B2B Marketing Effectiveness B2B 100

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Digg is a social news website that gathers news from across the Internet and compiles it on one website for readers. Since people depend on Digg for a lot of their news, they use this funny message whenever they are down. Thanks for being such a lovable (albeit if our site's down, probably very stressed out) 404 message, Tom.

Creativity 28

Creativity Marketing Websites Digg Paid Search Agency 28

Writing on the Web

JUNE 17, 2010

There are Internet gurus who’ve made millions teaching us lowly common folk with Ph.D.s So I found this person, actually, a Wordpress Wizard found me, and she said she had a whiz-bang solution for anybody with a Wordpress site who needed to create a sales page without the hassles. how to sell socks to centipedes. Frustrating?

Landing Pages 100

Landing Pages Ning AIDA Advertorials 100

Biznology

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Everyone’s obsessed with drawing visitors to their sites and online social media properties through advertising, SEO, marketing and PR; however, when the stars align and someone actually clicks through and comes into your sphere of influence, do you have a collections strategy? The same thing is true when it comes to your website.

Marketing Websites 80

Marketing Websites RSS Paid Search Agency Social Media 80