IM NewsWatch, December 11, 2012 - Latest IM News including ‘5 WordPress Mistakes Even Experts Can Miss – Copyblogger’ and much more...

December 11th, 2012 at 3:00 am EST

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

‘The Trend That Matters Most In 2013’ – ‘Entrepreneurs-Journey’ Blog

The latest ‘Entrepreneurs-Journey’ blog post is titled “The Trend That Matters Most In 2013”. Yaro Starak says, “I’ve had my own small business online since the early 2000s. One of the benefits of being an “early adopter” is that I was able to assume a position ofleadership before I faced too much quality competition. It was great for... [Read more]

‘Driving Direct Sales With Social Media’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

David Klein’s latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Driving Direct Sales With Social Media”. Klein says, “Although social media is a relatively new marketing channel, there is fairly strong consensus that it can help with business growth. According to a recent survey of some 3,000 consumers conducted by Bain & Company,... [Read more]

‘Manage Your Reputation’ – ‘SEO Book’ Blog

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Manage Your Reputation”. Peterd says, “How much value do you place on your good reputation? If we looked at it purely from a financial point of view, our reputations help us get work, make money, and be more influential. On a personal level, a good name is something of which you can be proud. It is... [Read more]

Member Rocket: Builds membership sites on WordPress. Sale ending at midnight #ad

Todd Spears’s new Member Rocket creates a membership site on WordPress in just 5 minutes, with all the registration and login facilities included. This is the latest, and in the estimation of some, the best available system for creating a membership site. It has many helpful features missing from aMember, Wishlist and DAP. And during this sale... [Read more]

‘How Mobile, Content, Influence and Culture are Changing Marketing Forever {free ebook}? by Jay Baer

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How Mobile, Content, Influence and Culture are Changing Marketing Forever {free ebook}?. Baer says, “Has there ever been a more visceral, complex time to be a marketer? The rules (such as they are) are changing constantly, and new technology and rapid shifts in consumer behavior... [Read more]

‘Stats from sending 30 million emails’ – ShoeMoney Blog

Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Stats from sending 30 million emails”. Schoemaker says, “With our PAR Program we have 11 of our clients that have given us explicit permission to anonymously aggregate their data to provide some statistics. This data is based on sending 30 million emails. Keep in mind these are not spammers.... [Read more]

‘How Online Dead Ends Can Derail Sales’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Online Dead Ends Can Derail Sales”. The BusinessNewsDaily team says, “Online retailers anticipate a record $43.4 billion payday from the holiday sales season. But a new study indicates that they may be leaving plenty of consumer cash on the table. The Grinch in this tale are dead ends in... [Read more]

The 1-Minute WP Launcher WordPress Plugin saves time, avoids errors setting up a WP site #ad

It’s brand new. George Katsoudas is launching One Minute WP Launcher at 11:00 AM EST. This simple WordPress plugin launches your new WP site with all the proper settings, themes and plugins in one minute. What the plugin does: 1) It uploads AND activates multiple themes and plugins with just one click. 2) It can delete any default unwanted content... [Read more]

‘The Web’s Dirty Little Secret: Ad Services Can Kill Your Traffic’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “The Web’s Dirty Little Secret: Ad Services Can Kill Your Traffic”. Brian Proffitt says, “It’s a dirty secret that ad providers want you to ignore: The vast majority of website failures are caused by online-advertising services. They’re choking the very sites from which they’re... [Read more]

‘Suing over an online review: is it ever a good idea?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Suing over an online review: is it ever a good idea?”. Patricio Robles says, “Thanks to the internet and the rise of business reviews sites, dealing with customers has arguably never been more complicated. Never before has it been more important to cultivate strong customer... [Read more]

‘Google’s AdSense Banning & Appeal Process Get Better’ – ‘Search Engine Roundtable’ Newsletter

The latest issue of ‘Search Engine Roundtable’ newsletter has been released. Search Engine Roundtable Newsletter Contents Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 7, 2012 Google’s AdSense Banning & Appeal Process Get Better Google+ Communities Goes Live: I Get 50+ Community Invites Sullivan Interviews Vic Gundotra Of Google+... [Read more]

Accurank Tracker (a 100% Accurate Rank Tracker): Know where your websites stand in rankings #ad

Accurank Tracker saves you time and effort by checking the rankings of all of your websites with the click of a button. Since Accurank Tracker doesn’t use web proxies like most rank trackers (which return varied results, the rankings it gives you are the true rankings of your websites, guaranteed. You can check all your sites with one simple process,... [Read more]

‘The Online Entrepreneur’s Complete Guide to Ghostwriting – Part I? – ‘The Future of Ink’ Blog

The latest article on ‘The Future of Ink’ blog is titled “The Online Entrepreneur’s Complete Guide to Ghostwriting – Part I?. Marcy Sheiner says, “In Olivia Goldsmith’s novelThe Bestseller, one of the main characters is a spoof of a ‘Jackie Collins type’ writer, absurdly prolific and fabulously wealthy as the author ofone steamy... [Read more]

‘Google+ Communities for Merchants’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Google+ Communities for Merchants”. Allison Howen says, “Merchants tend to put the majority of their social resources into sites like Facebook or Twitter, but it might be time to shift some of that social focus to Google+. This is because having a profile on Google’s emerging social network... [Read more]

‘Our Upcoming Forum On Revenue Acceleration Touches Sales, Marketing And Channel’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Our Upcoming Forum On Revenue Acceleration Touches Sales, Marketing And Channel”. Peter O’Neill says, “My colleagues and I (Peter O’Neill here) have been busy here at Forrester putting together the agenda for our next Forum which is in Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 4, 2013... [Read more]

“Weight Loss Extreme”: Your ticket in to the lucrative weight loss niche #ad

Kevin Byrne, a product creator familiar to regular IM NewsWatch readers, has just released Weight Loss Extreme , the ingredients for a successful weight loss information business. In this package, you have everything you need to set up your weight loss affiliate site on your own hosting where you can promote a top Clickbank weight loss product. Look... [Read more]

‘5 WordPress Mistakes Even Experts Can Miss’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “5 WordPress Mistakes Even Experts Can Miss”. Sherice Jacob says, “I hope you’ve gone through your WordPress website with a fine-toothed comb and fixed all the most common mistakes you could find. If so, you might be feeling pretty confident. But before you relax, there might be a few more... [Read more]

‘The Broken Link Building Bible’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “The Broken Link Building Bible”. Russ Jones says, “The broken link building strategy may be one of the most effective, white-hat link building strategies in years. In today’s post, Russ Jones outlines everything you need to know (really, everything) about how to effectively use this strategy... [Read more]

‘App For Etsy Sellers: Easily Email Your Customers’ – Aweber Blog

The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “App For Etsy Sellers: Easily Email Your Customers”. Amanda Gagnon says, “There are 2 things every Etsy shop owner needs to keep growing their sales: 1. A way to follow up with your customers. As an Etsy seller, you leave money on the table if you aren’t following up with previous purchasers, already... [Read more]

CTA Sidekick: Calls to Action that get noticed. Launches at Noon #ad

Ross Carrel announces his newest product, CTA Sidekick. If any plugin deserves to be called “Call to Action on Steroids”, this is it. For example, it lets you: • Play a video and, at any point in the video, require an opt-in to see the rest • Employ a stealth trigger to open the popup anywhere on your page • Show any video... [Read more]

‘Marketing Discoveries: Tactics that worked for your peers in 2012’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Marketing Discoveries: Tactics that worked for your peers in 2012”. Daniel Burstein says, “Join Flint McGlaughlin, Managing Director, MECLABS, this Wednesday for our next free Web clinic – “The 5 Most Startling Marketing Discoveries from 2012: Including the 3 words that changed everything... [Read more]

‘John Chow Reveals His Blogging Secrets’ by John Chow

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “John Chow Reveals His Blogging Secrets”. Chow says, “I just thought I’d let you in a few secrets. Because right now, I’d like to take a quick second to give you some pointers on how to make money from blogging, pretty much like how I managed to make”. John Chow Reveals His Blogging Secrets John Chow’s... [Read more]

‘US Social Media Ad Spend to Reach $9.2B in 2016’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “US Social Media Ad Spend to Reach $9.2B in 2016”. The MarketingProfs’ team says, “Buoyed by emerging “native” ad formats, US social media advertising* revenues are forecast to reach $9.2 billion in 2016, up from an estimated $4.6 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate... [Read more]

Simple Social Traffic: How to use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social sites for traffic #ad

Marketers can’t afford to ignore social sites any longer. They are becoming an integral part of our society. Mike Buontempo and Bobby George have been experimenting with several social sites to discover how to best use the for marketing. In Simple Social Traffic, which documents their successful methods, Buontempo and George share: • How... [Read more]

‘Twitter Adds Instagram-Like Photo Filters’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Twitter Adds Instagram-Like Photo Filters”. Christina Warren says, “The Twitter vs. Instagram war just got real: Twitter now has photo filters. The long-rumored feature of adding filters to Twitter photos arrives today on Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android. The photo filters are... [Read more]

‘Want To Self-Publish A Book? Guy Kawasaki Wants To Help’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Want To Self-Publish A Book? Guy Kawasaki Wants To Help”. John Paul Titlow says, “If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a published author, you could hardly have picked a better time to be alive. A full-blown revolution is afoot in the way books are written, published and distributed, and the playing... [Read more]

‘Why You Must Give to Receive More in Life’ – ‘Early to Rise’ Newsletter

The latest issue of ‘Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. Craig Ballantyne says, “On Saturday afternoon I met an Internet multimillionaire colleague of mine in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Qdoba. He was generous enough to treat me to a lunch of a Naked Burrito and water. But more important, we had a great conversation about what’s... [Read more]

Redirect on Steroids v.4 cloaks links and does a lot more #ad

Greg Lloyd and Richard Wing just released the brand new Redirect on Steroids. It’s the fourth generation of this WordPress redirection plugin. Building on their prior versions, they have added many new features to improve the system: ==> Exit Overlays • You have complete control over the overlays • You can set the time between views •... [Read more]

‘Facebook Exchange (FBX): What we’ve learned so far’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Facebook Exchange (FBX): What we’ve learned so far”. Adam Berke says, “There has been no bigger news this year in the world of digital advertising than the launch of Facebook Exchange (FBX). The implications are many. It opened up a gigantic pool of inventory in the hottest... [Read more]

‘FTC: ‘Little Progress’ in Privacy and Children’s Apps’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “FTC: ‘Little Progress’ in Privacy and Children’s Apps”. Alex Fitzpatrick says, “If your child has his or her own smartphone — or he or she just loves borrowing yours to play the latest games — the Federal Trade Commission is advising caution. The FTC found in a... [Read more]

‘How To Generate a PASSIVE, $10,000 Per Month Income, Following My Proven FOUR Step Formula’ Glen Hopkins’ Webinar December 11

Glen Hopkins is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, December 11. The topic of the webinar is “How To Generate a PASSIVE, $10,000 Per Month Income, Following My Proven FOUR Step Formula”. Hopkins says, “Here’s why you MUST attend this 90 minute workshop: In the first 3 minutes, you’re going to learn the single most profitable email... [Read more]

Conversion Rate Master: your site can convert more visitors to buyers #ad

It’s clear: the more visitors you convert to buyers, the greater your income will be. And if you are buying traffic through PPC, PPV, CPM or solo ads, when you convert more into buyers, you can afford to pay more per visitor (and that gives you hotter prospects). Conversion Rate Master, by Larry Benferor, shows you how to increase your conversion... [Read more]

‘Five Impacts of Facebook’s Open Graph on Marketers in 2013’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

Brad Klaus’ latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Five Impacts of Facebook’s Open Graph on Marketers in 2013”. Klaus says, “The past decade has included a massive surge of improvements and advancements to the way consumers carry on their digital lives. Here we are in 2012, everyone is connected, and everyone is sharing... [Read more]

‘Sorry, But A Lot Of Social Media `Wisdom’ Is Pure Bullshit’ – ‘ReadWrite’

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Sorry, But A Lot Of Social Media `Wisdom’ Is Pure Bullshit”. Brandon Mendelson says, “I told Jake Sasseville that if I ever saw him again, I’d punch him in the face. That was back in 2007. I was the new media coordinator for Jake’s first television show, The Edge with Jake Sasseville and... [Read more]

Reminder- ‘The 5 Most Startling Marketing Discoveries from 2012’ MarketingExperiments Webinar December 12

MarketingExperiments is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, December 12 at 4.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “The 5 Most Startling Marketing Discoveries from 2012: Including the 3 words that changed everything for a top financial product”. MarketingExperiments team says, “How can busy marketers optimize their budgets effectively in order... [Read more]

Keywords Simplified 2.0: How to research keywords and use them to build your business #ad

If you understand the importance choosing the right keywords to target with your marketing and if you want a simple plan for finding the best keywords for you, check out Derek Thomas’s Keywords Simplified. Thomas has created a simple to understand and simple to follow guide, leading you through his five-step process, the process he uses whenever... [Read more]

‘First look at Google+ Communities: the importance for brands, search and PR’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “First look at Google+ Communities: the importance for brands, search and PR”. Danny Whatmough says, “You’ve got to give it to Google. When it launched Google+ over a year ago, it said it was the real deal. Something the company was going to really invest in. And that’s... [Read more]

‘Monetate Shows Personalization Matters’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Monetate Shows Personalization Matters”. Amberly Dressler says, “What was once viewed as intrusive, if not creepy, today is a convenience and a consumer demand. This is, of course, is personalized online customer experiences. And Monetate, a technology solution that leverages real-time and... [Read more]

Final Reminder- ‘Make $10k+ Per Month with Facebook in Only 4 Hours/Week!’ Ric Thompson’s Webinar 3.00 pm EST

Ric Thompson is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, December 11 at 3.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Make $10k+ Per Month with Facebook in Only 4 Hours/Week!”. Thompson says, “For the first time in 2012 – internet entrepreneur Kavit Haria is revealing his methods to super-speed your way to social media success and generate $80,000... [Read more]

Instant List Building Formula V. 3.0, for marketers who know they need a quality mailing list #ad

Igor Kheifets and Emilis Strimaitis ha learned through long experience how to build a list of people interested in a particular niche topic. They have condensed what they learned into the third edition of their Instant List Building Formula, and they are making it available to us. This is a street-smart, tested (and they say, “fail-proof”)... [Read more]