Friday, August 23, 2013

The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “What Are You Going To Do With All Those Likes?”. Courtney Seiter says, “I’m a Facebook fan of at least 20 local attractions, shops and restaurants that I’ve never visited. The neighborhood antique store where I’ve been meaning to drop in. The city tour I always... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Online Shopping Cart Abandonment Rates [Infographic]”. Ayaz Nanji says, “Shopping cart abandonment remains a major challenge for businesses online, with abandonment rates in the second quarter of 2013 averaging 75%, according to a recent report by SaleCycle. Online shopping cart abandonment... [Read more]

Third Door Media is hosting a webinar on Thursday, September 19 at 1.00 pm EDT. The topic of the webinar is “Deliver Smarter Cross-Channel Online Marketing Opportunities with Attribution Modeling”. The TDM team says, “Do you really know what marketing channels are driving conversions? Join the experts at Covario as they share real... [Read more]

Peter Beattieand his company, PremoPress have just released a new WordPress theme tailored for local entertainment venues, such as night clubs. arenas, pubs and theaters. WP NightClub Theme lets you: • Create events to advertise on the site and sell tickets to these events, for one location or for many locations • Create a photo gallery... [Read more]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “8 Tips for Using Facebook Hashtags”. Tina Kelly says, “Facebook jumped on the hashtag bandwagon in early June. Using hashtags, users can now discover content, add more context to their own posts, and attach posts to larger conversations. Clickable hashtags are popular on other social channels,... [Read more]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Facebook Ads Are About To Get A Whole Lot More Attractive”. Aaron Taube says, “Facebook announced a partnership with Shutterstock today that will allow ad makers to use the site’s images for free. Marketers can now access Shutterstock’s inventory of millions of high-quality... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “120 Marketing Tactics For Blogging Success”. Jeff Bullas says, “Blogging success can seem like a distant dream when you start out. You aren’t quite sure what to blog about. The choice of technology can be overwhelming. Then learning to use the features and functions of your... [Read more]

Keeping the visitor engaged with your site is often quite a challenge. There are so many distractions. Anwesh Rath has found that the “cliff hanger” technique, often used in serialized movies or radio/TV programs, can do a lot for keeping site visitors interested. Rath has created WP Cliff Hanger to make it easy to create “hooks”... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook to Provide Free Photos for Businesses to Use in Ads”. Todd Wasserman says, “Having trouble coming up with your next Facebook ad? No worries. Facebook is here to help. In an attempt to make it easier for businesses to create a Facebook ad, the company announced a deal with Shutterstock on... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Sprite scores big win thanks to Tumblr’s potential for long-term engagement”. David Moth says, “Drinks brand Sprite managed to outperform its rivals and achieve the greatest exposure on Tumblr in July. This is despite the fact that it only blogged three updates, while... [Read more]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”The #INBOUND13 Experience: Inspiring Insights From Exceptional Keynotes [SlideShare]“. Katie Burke says, “INBOUND just wrapped up — with over 5,550 registered attendees, and four jam-packed days of inspiration, education, entertainment, and collaboration. It would be impossible... [Read more]

Sean Mize has just announced his latest product, Guru’s secret source of Traffic, to help you find a steady flow of traffic to your site. And it’s traffic interested in what you have to offer, not just prople clicking because they are paid to click. You may have tried sources like: • SEO traffic • Facebook traffic • PPC traffic •... [Read more]

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “How To Create Authority Blogs and Passive Monthly Income”. Chow says, “I had the pleasure of the starting the first round of sessions at the 2013 Affiliate Summit East. Myself, Zac Johnson, John Rampton, and Syed Balkhi showed the assembled crowd exactly what it takes to create an authority blog and make... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “7 Fun Ways To Harness Social Media In Your Business”. The YEC team says, “If your company hasn’t learned to harness the power of the social media world yet, here’s one reason you should: according to Google, nearly 60 percent of people talk more online than they do in... [Read more]

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Online Testing: Microsite A/B split test increases lead rate 155%”. John Tackett says, “Plenty of marketers use microsites to communicate the value of specific products or services to potential customers. But, is it possible to say too much on a microsite? Answering this content question... [Read more]

In anticipation of his 66th birthday, Dr. Ron Capps has created a collection of 250 products he is making available for under 18 cents (US) each, most with Resale Rights; many even have Private Label Rights. But now that his birthday has occurred, he is shutting down this sale. You can get in on the last opportunity for this collection here:NicheProf’s... [Read more]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “40+ Tools to Advance Your International SEO Process”. Aleyda Solis says, “When expanding your web presence to include international audiences, you’re faced with a new set of challenges. In this post, MozCon 2013 speaker Aleyda Solis offers 40+ tools to help your marketing reach farther than it ever has... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “How to Write Your Way to the Top of Your Industry”. Pamela Wilson says, “Here’s the thing: I’m not a writer. I feel more comfortable saying, “I am a person who writes.” Why? Because I have had no writing training outside of regular English classes. What I have had, though, is lots... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “How To Work Around Pinterest’s Missing-In-Action API”. Lauren Orsini says, “Want to make an app that works on top of Pinterest? Be prepared for some hard work. Developers who want to make their apps work with Twitter or Facebook can do so easily, since both companies have long offered... [Read more]

Ken Reno has a new application going live on September 1, called DropBox Custom Delivery. It lets marketers automatically deliver their products to client DropBox accounts. So when the marketer (for example, you) decide the time is right (say, weekly on Thursday morning), you schedule it to be distributed. When your clients wake up, it’s already... [Read more]

The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “The Secret Source Of Power For Future Marketers”. Brian Massey says, “I was recently asked, “What do you think the landscape for targeted conversion optimization will look like in five years?” A number of things came to mind, including: Automated personalization... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Can Facebook Rewrite the Industry Standard For User Engagement?”. Kurt Wagner says, “The “monthly active users” figure has long been the industry standard for user engagement insocial media. It’s easy to digest, but more importantly, it’s a benchmark capable of comparing... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “The battle for identity on the web”. Ashley Friedlein says, “As marketers we are clearly interested in who are customers are. We care about who owns, and has control over, our customer data. The rise of digital channels offers new opportunities to capture customer data and,... [Read more]

Chris Ripley has just released the new edition of his software that builds affiliate websites for the rest of us. No technical skills needed, says Ripley. He calls it Home Website Builder. Now, you can build and maintain your website with push-button ease. Just decide how you want it to look, and your new website can be online in a matter of minutes.... [Read more]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”How to Embed a Facebook Post [Quick Tip]“. Corey Eridon says, “About a year ago, we asked marketers for the primary motivation behind their most recent website redesign. The top response was … well, it was boredom. A third of marketers said they redesigned because it was time for... [Read more]

Gail Trahd’s latest ‘PLR Health Wizard’ blog post is titled “Internet Marketing Training: Develop a Stable of Offline Businesses Clamoring for Your Services”. Gail says, “Diversification. Multiple streams of income. Multiplicity. It’s all the same thing – protection against a shriveling river of traffic. Here are 10 ways to... [Read more]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Social Media Strategy Is Now All About ‘Earned Media,’ Generating Free Exposure For Campaigns”. Marcelo Ballve says, “Earned media is really just the digital-age term for word-of-mouth advertising. It’s an idea that has grown hand-in-hand with content and social media... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Facebook Login Update Eliminates Auto Posts To Your Timeline—Finally”. ReadWrite Editors says, “A new update to Facebook Login today does something the social network should have done long ago. It now requires mobile applications that use Facebook Login to ask for your permission before... [Read more]

The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “5 Mobile Trends Marketers Need To Know About”. Aaron Strout says, “Given that we are a little more than halfway through the year, it feels like it’s the right time to take a step back and look at some of the key trends happening in the mobile space. In particular,... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Amazon Offers 25% Discount on Kindle Fire”. Lauren Indvik says, “Here’s more evidence that Amazon may soon unveil its next-generation Kindle e-reader and Kindle Fire tablet devices: All day on Thursday, Amazon will offer flash discounts on variousKindle Fire devices and accessories. Currently,... [Read more]

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