Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “The New Skill Every Social Media Marketer Must Possess?. Baer says, “In The NOW Revolution, Amber Naslund and I predicted that social media would become a skill rather than a job. As companies take more steps to “be” social, and incorporate social business initiatives alongside... [Read more]

Future of the Ink is hosting ‘Digital Publishing Online Intensive’ live online event on March 6-26. Key speakers of this training event are Kathleen Gage, Lou Bortone, Kristen Eckstein, Daniel Hall, Nina Amir, Bob The Teacher Jenkins, D’vorah Lansky, Sue Painter, Marnie Pehrson, Jim Kukral, Lynne Klippel and Laura West. Dr. Ellen... [Read more]

Danny Iny is hosting a webinar on Monday, January 21 at 8.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “The Brutally Honest Truth about what it’s REALLY Going to Take to Build a Thriving Audience and Business Online in 2013″. Iny says, “During this live training event, you’ll discover and learn (for FREE): The step-by-step... [Read more]

The latest Google algorithm change shook up rankings once again in late 2012. The name of your domain means less, and a lot of the back links to your site from other sites have lost their power. You need a diversity of backlinks, from many sites and many types of sites, if those backlinks are going to keep your rating high. Forums (fora), wikis, blogs,... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “How to Use Web Video to Win Business and Wow Customers”. David Ingram says, “The human brain is programmed to take in a large amount of information when it’s presented in a combination of images, movement, and sound. The benefits of Web video as a marketing medium for business, then,... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Offervault Scoop’ blog is titled “Interview: Howie Schwartz CEO of Human Demand Talks Mobile Marketing”. Dustin says, “Me: Hey Howie thanks for taking the time to do this Interview with me today. Over the last few years you’ve really gone heavy into mobile. You were one of the first people I know of to enter the space... [Read more]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “10 Whitepapers on Pay-per-click Advertising”. Kevin Webster says, “Managing a pay-per-click advertising campaign on Google AdWords or a similar platform can be daunting. Here are ten whitepapers that can help. Navigating the Google Display Network One of the more challenging aspects... [Read more]

Jeff Bode has released a new WordPress plugin that creates an impressive flexible footer for calling attention to ads. The bane of marketers is banner blindness. People don’t notice and, as a result, don’t click or buy. Bode’s Super Footer Bar corrects this problem. This footer bar is always at the bottom of the page, no matter how... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Designing for Privacy & Web Success”. Timothy J. Toohey says, “It is a safe prediction for 2013 that public awareness of websites’ data privacy issues will continue to increase. In the last few years, popular websites, including Google and Facebook, have been almost constantly in the... [Read more]

Patsi Krackoff’s latest blog post is titled “5 Ideas for New Business Blog Topics for a New Year”. Krackoff says, “Let’s face it – Business blogging can get repetitive. It seems as if there are only so many blog topics out there for your readers, and you’ve exhausted them all. We know the key to a successful business blog is fresh... [Read more]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Scott Allan to Emcee Performance Marketing Summit 2013”. Collins Says, “Scott Allan, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing at Rakuten LinkShare, will be the Emcee atPerformance Marketing Summit 2013, which is taking place March 12, 2013 in New York City. Scott joined Rakuten LinkShare in 2007 and... [Read more]

WordPress has great ease of use, but hackers have learned to exploit its vulnerabilities. Site owners need to make changes to close as many loopholes as possible. A few months ago, IM NewsWatch profiled Robert Vance’s WordPress Security Dashboard (no longer available) that showed how to improve WordPress security. Now Vance has released WP Security... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Stay Tuned For More Of The Retail eCommerce Playbook”. Sucharita Mulpuru says, “You may have noticed that over the last several months, Forrester analysts have been writing “playbooks,” which are holistic overviews of various aspect of our respective coverage areas. In the retail... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “Can You Afford Free Social Media? [Part 2]“. John Russell says, “Following my recent article (Can you afford free Social Media – Part One) – I realise that I may have struck a nerve in the market place. Hoping that my readers now understand that Social Media isn’t... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Google Dares Businesses To Switch To Microsoft’s Office 365”. Mark Hachman says, “Google has pared the free version of Google Apps from its business suite, narrowing the gap between itself and Microsoft’s suite of hosted office productivity software services. But the costs and feature set... [Read more]

Kevin Wilke may have found a pardigm-shifting solution to your marketing problems. He explains his solution in a 90 minute webinar he is making available free. Wilke found that there are certain types of clients you can find easily online who are ready to get started with you and pay as much as $1,000 to $2,500 A MONTH or more. In Wilke’s approach... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “6 Gmail Labs That Will Make Your Life Easier”. Alex Hazlett says, “With all that email you get these days, it’s easy to get buried. For those millions of you who useGmail as your main email client, either for your personal email, or through work or school, allow us to make some suggestions. Whether... [Read more]

Econsultancy has released a report titled “Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing: Digital Trends for 2013″. Econsultancy’s eighth Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing, produced in partnership with Adobe, highlights some key digital trends for 2013, outlining the challenges and opportunities which organisations are (or should... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Five steps for improving lead generation ROI”. Patricio Robles says, “Most companies involved in lead generation spend a considerable amount of time thinking about, well, lead generation, with an emphasis on generation. Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that far more... [Read more]

You can get WordPress sites built for you that will earn money for you with Adsense. This team researches keywords to target, then builds a WordPress site for these keywords. Once the site is built, this new service gives you updated content for your site and sends traffic to your site at no additional charge for the first 30 days. If you would like... [Read more]

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “My Favorite Way to Get Links and Social Shares – Whiteboard Friday”. Rand Fishkin says, “You’ve worked hard on a new piece of content, and now you’re ready to drive traffic to it. In this week’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand shares his favorite tip to get links and social shares,... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “5 Writing and Marketing Articles You Can Use”. Kelton Reid says, “This week on The Lede … Death Of The (Predatory) Salesman 8 Writing Triggers You Shouldn’t Ignore HTML 101 for Bloggers Why Email Marketing is King Why “Write Every Day” is Bad Advice Want to grab even more useful... [Read more]

Gail Trahd’s latest ‘PLR Health Wizard’ Blog post is titled “How to Write Your Product into Reality”. Gail says, “We all know that product creation requires writing, or at least putting your thoughts into video or audio. Here is a process that many use to develop a cohesive product that pulls all the information into a product that your... [Read more]

Mike Buontempo has just released Simple Social Traffic, showing how to use Facebook to send traffic to your site. In this new training, you will discover: • How to Use 100% free traffic methods that haven’t been properly explained before • The right way to send this traffic to an Offer so that the visitors convert to buyers and actually... [Read more]

IBM is hosting a webinar on Thursday, January 24 at 1.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “How To Enroll New High-Paying Clients Without Doing Any Selling”. IBM team says, “Join guest speaker Forrester Research, Inc. analyst David Cooperstein, along with IBM marketing expert, David Panek, as they discuss how you can engage with... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “How Facebook’s Graph Search Will Change Customer Engagement”. Tricia Morris says, “More than one billion people like and comment on Facebook posts and pages an average of 3.2 billion times every day. Are they liking and commenting on your brand’s posts and pages –... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “10 interesting digital marketing stats we’ve seen this week”. David Moth says, “Here are some of the most interesting digital marketing stats we’ve seen this week. Stats include mobile search spend in the US, Christmas search traffic, mobile email, Q4 retail paid... [Read more]

Google is hard at work improving its algorithm. Marginal websites with old or spun data just don’t measure up anymore. Your site needs a revised SEO strategy to stay competitive in this new environment. Chris Cantell just released SEO Resurrection that addresses the changes at Google with solutions for your toughest off-page SEO problems. In... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Can You Buy Your Way To A Better Customer Experience?”. Kerry Bodine says, “Earlier this month, Avis announced that it will acquire Zipcar. On paper, the combination of a traditional car rental company with a car-sharing service sounds like a win-win deal. Unfortunately, many of Zipcar’s... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘‘Business 2 Community’’ is titled “Content Marketing for Mobile Devices”. Debra Murphy says, “We love our smartphones and tablets. Usage of both devices is growing rapidly with people using their mobile devices more than a laptop. Given the fact that people are finding and consuming content on tablets and... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “The Great Chef and The Failing Restaurant”. Robert Bruce says, “When the Head Chef dramatically walked out in the middle of Friday night service, a Sous Chef found herself in charge of the well-known and respected Manhattan restaurant. In the following months, though she was very competent,... [Read more]

Eleanor Ruse has released the third version of her CB Weight Loss Cash Bonanza. Ruse has thoroughly researched the weight loss market and has created a guide to earning money in the market plus tools to help you do so and bundled it all into CB Weight Loss Cash Bonanza, including: ? A guide to the market and to using all the materials she includes... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “5 Ways to Recruit Top Talent During Rapid Growth”. Gil Dudkiewicz says, “Paul Graham, a programmer, writer, investor and founder of Viaweb, the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, recently wrote an essay discussing just what makes startups uniquely poised for rapid growth. Although... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Key Email Engagement Tactics: Benchmarks and Trends”. Lenna Garibian says, “With 44% of email opens now via mobile devices, fully 50% of email marketers surveyed say they are optimizing or planning to optimize email campaigns for mobile, according to a report by Experian Marketing Services... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “The million-dollar content marketing question”. Ryan Skinner says, “No product was ever more content marketed than content marketing itself. And it worked. Marketers are diving in. But the ideas that spawned the discipline that created the movement also generated a pile-up... [Read more]

Thousands of webmasters and gurus offer to send solo ads to their list for a fee. But these fees are not small change, often ranging from $50 to $250 for one ad; sometimes, even more. You naturally don’t want to waste your money, but how can you avoid it? Rob Stafford has checked out a bunch of them (spending nearly $7,000 on solo ads in the... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Offervault Scoop’ blog is titled “What Is Facebook’s Graph Search?”. Dustin says, “There’s been whispers and rumors for a several days about what Facebook’s new announcement would be about today. After intense speculation it’s finally been revealed. Today Facebook announced their new product Graph Search. What... [Read more]

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Download The IM Revolution Handbook for Free!”. Chow says, “A while back, my friend Matt Lloyd published an eBook call the IM Revolution, which details the business model he uses to power his Internet marketing business. I first met Matt at the ThinkTank mastermind in San Diego. Matt flew”. Download... [Read more]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Videos from Affiliate Summit West 2013”. Collins Says, “The sessions at Affiliate Summit West 2013 were recorded on video and will be made available in the near future to attendees who had a Networking Plus, VIP, or All Access pass. These videos should be ready in approximately four weeks, and they... [Read more]

When someone search for a plumber in Dallas, wouldn’t every plumber there want to be the one whose name shows up first? They don’t know how to make that happen, but when you get Net Space Profits, you will, and you can earn a fee by helping them get the visibility online that they crave. Tyler Ericsson created Net Space Profits to show... [Read more]