Internet Marketing

Great stuff across the past week… Let’s dive in! Social Media Marketing The Four Stages of the Twitter SeeSaw by Social Media Vision Why Dell Continues to Use Social Media with Community Guy TwitterAnalytics information worth a look from Beth Kanter Another Twitter in the browser tool from Twitterati Seven Must Haves in Your Social Media Strategy by Jason Baer …

Week in review, my time to share the brilliance and knowledge from across the Net.  And, this past week was packed with many valuable resources from social media marketing and blogging to great internet marketing tips anyone can use. Business Blogging and Blog Marketing Resources 16 Ideas for Free Products and Building Leads by Winning the Web Creating …

As noted in the previous post, social media optimization is a key part to blog marketing… Rather, let me say a key part to effective blog marketing.  And, even though SMO has been around for quite some time (at least 3 years), there seems to be some limitation in the minds of bloggers as to the role it …

… is there such a thing?  Yes and no.  The one question I get asked is whether there’s a system, package, or “secret sauce” to online marketing success.  Its simple and complicated at the same time… The secret formula depends on what your goals are, who your audience is, the combined efforts of your online …

… to initiate a conversation with your audience. At the very least, make some point of contact and let the chips fall where they may. Why, you ask? Its really three-fold. Its just another opportunity to engage in conversation with your audience. If done right, you could encourage blog RSS subscriptions, a very good thing. …

… it really matters. Why? Because your results will be very different between the two. If you are always following the pack — you will always get the butt end of the stick. Period. Social Media, by its very nature, is very dynamic and ever-evolving. Tools that were effective last week, may change (in various …

… Yep. Its true, something of Google can be of use to you… And, you will actually enjoy this tool that Google has for you: Google Alerts. Coaches, consultants, speakers, writers, book authors, trainers, lawyers, online entrepreneurs, and really anyone who is: … wanting to develop a solid online brand. … wanting to build online and offline expert status. … wanting to …

… Just so everyone is on the same page — email deliverability affects not only the hard-core email marketer, but anyone who makes contact with their online audience via email.  If you have an ezine/enewsletter you need to care.  If your an ecommerce site that blasts promotional emails to your current customers, you need to care.  Email deliverability is …

… This news is definately worth sharing.  In a recent study, conducted by Brodeur and MarketWire, some great news about how to get free publicity, whether online or offline, using your blog.  Note the survey doesn’t expressly state this, but its common sense. Over 75% of reporters see blogs as helpful in giving them story ideas, …

… you really, really need to write for both.  This can be a challenge if you do not set up a content writing system.  Systemizing your content writing, taking very specific steps, can help you write content that is pleasing to your online audience, as well as friendly and beneficial for the search engines that find …