Platitudes and empty promises go over like lead balloons in the B2B world, where people expect results. While emotion can often play a key role in turning prospects into leads – after all, the customer has to like you – B2B customers are visiting your site with an objective. Too much fluff can end up […]
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Four Secrets Every Freelance Writer Should Know
Finding the right balance between writing what you want and writing for a living can be a difficult challenge for freelance writers. There may not be a good target market for the style and subject you would prefer to write about, but there is an endless supply of work for social media, technology and business […]
How to Budget for Marketing
Whatever it is, the budget you put in place for your marketing for the year ahead will shape the results you achieve. Now is the ideal time to define your marketing approach and the budget that will support it. In a recent Toluna survey of businesses, 40% of businesses surveyed stated that they did not […]
The Two Things Every Piece of Web Content Should Lead With
When you’re crafting Web content, it can often feel like there are so many factors to consider, so many things to get caught up with, that it’s hard to ever prioritize what really matters most. You think about the style of your writing, specific conversion goals you’re working towards, promotional strategies for helping you to […]
The Hard Truth about Facebook: Why the Facebook IPO looks like a Bad Investment
Facebook Does Not Produce any Content Facebook May be Maxed Out! Facebook Lacks Innovation Facebook Does Not Replace a Conversation! Facebook DOES NOT Produce Any Content! We have been told time and time again, “Content is King”. As an avid digital user, I have found this to be absolutely true. You may be hard pressed […]
BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2012 NY [Event]
The BlogWorld Social Media Conference and Expo returns to New York again this year from June 5th through 7th as a must-attend social media networking and educational event. They are expecting thousands of attendees from over 50 countries with more than 200 speakers for the event. With a great trade-show planned this may be the […]
Turning Downloads into Leads
Do you have an eBook, whitepaper, or newsletter available as a download online? If so, you may want to consider that many business owners have been able to turn those downloads into direct leads and even clients. Downloads can be a great source of lead generation for several reasons. At any given moment, tons of […]
Using Social Media for Brand Awareness
Cost-effective and powerful, social media is changing the way companies network. That’s because many businesses today are finding that connections made on sites like Facebook, Twitter and blogs are allowing them to better communicate with customers, more effectively draw in new leads and, over all else according to a July 2010 survey, increase customer awareness […]
Boosting Revenue with Social Media
For many marketing companies, management of corporate or small business level social media has become a full-time endeavor. For this reason it can be vital to learn what impact your efforts are actually having on your brand awareness. Gaining this knowledge will help you to understand what it may take to boost your business’s bottom […]
Display Ads and Tumblr [News]
Technically, display advertising, or banner ads, are graphical advertisements on the web that pop up next to, above, blended into or under content on emails, web sites, or even IM applications. This video is very short but provides a great overall understanding of what display ads are and how they work. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUT5H723Ii4] What Benefits Will […]