Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Submitted 17 hours ago
I don’t obsess over metrics. But I enjoy comparing numbers now and then in relation to certain events. Responding to Loic Le Meur and his traffic sources for last month, I’d like to share with you this blog’s sources for the period of November 27, 2008 to January 4, 2009:... More »
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Submitted 4 hours ago
I’m leaving for Las Vegas today to attend CES as Panasonic’s guest. (I’ll look like the guy in the picture to the left.) While I’m there, they’ll let me play with their dSLR camera, their Flip-like video camera, and some kind of nicer camera. I’m not obligated... More »
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Submitted 16 hours ago
This year is slated to be tricky. If you’re an employee, it’s tough because your budget was just cut. It’s tough because some people were just laid off. It’s tough because you’re going to have to do more with what little you have. They want more from you. Oh, and... More »
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Submitted 13 hours ago
Teams and communities are held together by the glue called passion.This is the topic of a recent ChangeThis manifesto by Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian - a heart surgeon, Internet infopreneur, and social entrepreneur whose passion for helping children with congenital heart defects receive life-saving... More »
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Submitted 2 hours ago
I’ve been an SEO copywriter since mid-2007. When I first entered the field, I knew absolutely nothing about it beyond what SEO stood for. I didn’t know what a duplicate content penalty was (or more correctly, was not); about black hat tactics; keyword strategies; etc. And I knew... More »
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Submitted 23 hours ago
Long gone are the debates from 2004-2006 about whether making money from a blog is ok. Now, instead of “should” it’s more a question of “how.” Ironically, the original blog monetization strategy of choice — advertisements — is the one that continues to be... More »
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Submitted 6 hours ago
In response to a Mashable post about how Twitter will change blog design in 2009, yesterday I created Tweetbacks. They work kind of like trackbacks, but instead of listing blogs linking to a specific post, it lists Tweets about a specific post. You can see it in action on my blog, just above the... More »
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Submitted 6 hours ago
Recently the Detroit Free Press announced that it’s going to cut print editions and focus on its digital offerings. The reaction in the stagnant newspaper industry (which I know well, having spent more than a decade in it) was shock. The reaction among digitally-savvy consumers: It’s... More »
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Submitted 23 hours ago
Bankers who want to cut customer churn and make money should look no further than the mobile device in their pockets, argues Yankee Group in new research out today. More »
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Submitted 8 hours ago
While doing some research for a consumer products client over the holidays, I was surprised to discover that almost half of this company’s competitors, distributors, and other related companies did not have any type of corporate blog presence. Since most of my clients are technology... More »
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Future Now's Marketing Optimization Blog
Submitted 6 hours ago
This year, 45% of Americans made a new year’s resolution to loose weight. And, of these people, there are two different approaches to improvement. 1. The crash diet, where you could loose a bunch of weight in a short period of time (and then usually put it right back on, plus some). 2.… More »
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HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing Blog
Submitted 13 hours ago
Two weeks from today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.As online marketers, we've been watching Obama's campaign and transition closley. Whatever you think of his politics, Obama has captured the attention of millions, largely through effective use of... More »
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Submitted 5 hours ago
I have a social media strategy (actually, multiple strategies), though I'm not going to tell you about it/them in this post. I daresay that virtually all of us who are businesspeople using social media/community networking tools have some sort of strategy, whether articulated or not - or we... More »
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Submitted 5 hours ago
Back on July 30th, I blogged about Truvia in a post dubbed, “Marketing the New Sugar.” In my post, I commented on this new sweetener derived from the leaf of an herb called stevia. Now, many food companies, including the major soft drink companies, are scrambling to add the “new... More »
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Submitted 6 hours ago
If you've ever purchased kids' clothing at a consignment shop or garage sale, you won't be able to do it after Feb. 10, 2009. In this tough economy, that's going to hurt a lot of working families. And why? Because Congress passed a new regulation under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act... More »
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