The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “Google: Gmail Image Change May Improve Open Rate Data, But Will Strip Other User Data”. Matt McGee says, “With more information coming in this afternoon, it appears that Google’s image serving change in Gmail is a mixed bag (at best) for marketers. Google announced... [Read more]

Business 2 Community is hosting a webinar on Thursday, January 2 at 5.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “How To Drive User Engagement By Creating Habits”. The ‘Business 2 Community’ team says, “In an age of ever-increasing distractions, quickly creating customer habits is an important characteristic of successful products.... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “11 Easy Social Media Tips and Tricks”. Chris Abraham says, “This week I am going to just take it back to basics. Here’s a list, off the top of my head, of things that could and should make your social media and blogging life more full, exciting, passionate, accountable,... [Read more]

As surprising as it may be, Twitter and Facebook aren’t the cutting edge of social media anymore. But another familiar name is. IM NewsWatch has been appointed a “Joint Venture Sponsor” for a new evergreen training program. By special arrangement with Alex Mandossian, we have arranged access for you to a video that gives you a sneak... [Read more]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”Want to Get More Leads? Stop Making These 12 Landing Page Mistakes”. Ginny Soskey says, “There are few feelings worse than knowing you’re missing out on something. Scientists have even given that feeling a name: FOMO (fear of missing out). Whether it’s missing out on an outing... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Gmail To Marketers: Drop Dead”. Michael Singer says, “Google’s latest Gmail tweak makes viewing photos in Gmail easier for you—and the process of tracking you via emailed images much more difficult for marketers and advertisers. Google on Thursday updated its Gmail service so that... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “With little effort, Amazon becomes the most shared retailer on Pinterest”. Graham Charlton says, “Amazon has the most shares of its products on Pinterest than any other US retailer, though it seems to put less effort into curation than most of its rivals. According to SearchMetrics,... [Read more]

Here’s your opportunity to get into e-commerce in a big way. The KenMari Group has created 10 e-commerce sites in 10 specialized niches. And they say they have placed 10,000 products in each, ready to sell. With 10 stores in different niches, you could have a business that lasts a lifetime. The 10 niches, all powered by Amazon, are: • Candy •... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “3 Things to Consider Before Launching a New Product”. Elisha Hartwig says, “Whether you’re launching a product for the first time or revealing a new collection, the process of getting the word out and driving conversion can be intimidating and overwhelming. Once you consider naming your... [Read more]

The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “An Expensive E-Commerce Game: Product Page Roulette”. Brian Massey says, “Like so many online shoppers, we sometimes have trouble making buying decisions here at Conversion Sciences. However, most online shoppers don’t have access to the special tools we have here in... [Read more]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”A Year in Review: The Biggest Social Media Updates of 2013″. Maggie Hibma says, “Can you believe 2013 is almost over? Well, it is, meaning it’s that time of year again to startplanning for the year ahead and thinking about everything you want your marketing to achieve —... [Read more]

Backlink Commando is live. It is software that automates your backlinks to over 20 high value sites that can convey a sense of authority to your site. Backlinks are still critical to your site’s authority in the eyes of Google, Bing and Yahoo. There are three principles of good backlinking: 1. The better reputation the backlinking sites have,... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Twitter Reverts Blocking Policy After User Outrage”. Selena Larson says, “Earlier today we told you aboutupdates to Twitter’s blocking policythat allowed blocked users to follow and interact with those who blocked them, but effectively “muted” their activity so the blockers... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “18 of the Best Content Marketing Strategy Guides of 2013″. Tom Pick says, “Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. The number of Google searches for the phrase have increased 400% since January 2011. And... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “What is Google likely to clamp down on in 2014?”. Graham Charlton says, “Google is seemingly involved in a never-ending battle to fight spam and underhand SEO tactics affecting its search results. In 2013 we’ve had several updates and warnings, Hummingbirdbeing the... [Read more]

Matt Bush has created a new toolkit (with complete training to back it up) to help you create attractive, direct response websites for local businesses in record time. He calls his toolkit  [Read more]

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “SEO Discussions That Need to Die”. Neyne say, “Sometimes the SEO industry feels like one huge Groundhog Day. No matter how many times you have discussions with people on the same old topics, these issues seem to pop back into blogs/social media streams with almost regular periodicity. And every time... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “These 5 Writers Won the First Copyblogger Essay Contest …”. Demian Farnworth says, “250 words is not a lot of words. It barely fits on a single sheet of paper. So when you answer the question “Why is online authority essential?” you must be lean and creative”. These 5 Writers... [Read more]

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Get $25 of Free Ads! Free Rank Cracker Software Spies on Competitor Backlinks”. Chow says, “How can you rank your websites in the search engines for your desired keywords and keyword phrases? You see that your competition is consistently beating you out of those prized top spots and the fact of the matter... [Read more]

Andy Jenkins and Mike Filsaime just announced the grand opening of their new internet marketing training group,  [Read more]

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “LPO: 2 types of security seals that can help you reduce customer anxiety”. John Tackett says, “Anxiety is one of the key elements in the MarketingExperiments Conversion Heuristic. In our Landing Page Optimization Online Course, anxiety is defined as “a psychological concern stimulated... [Read more]

MarketingSherpa has released a case study titled “E-commerce: Site reverses Google penalty, utilizes guest posting to achieve its highest SEO rankings ever”. Allison Banko says, ” From penguins to pandas to hummingbirds, Google’s algorithm updates can seem like a zoo. The continual polishing of SEO standards makes it imperative... [Read more]

Silverpop has released a free ebook titled “Gmail Tabs: Impact on Email Marketing and Strategies to Respond”. The Silverpop team says, “Since Google launched its new Gmail Tabs functionality in May 2013, much of the marketing world has been grabbing at quick-fix tactics unlikely to provide the desired short- or long-term results as... [Read more]

Videos can do a lot to promote a marketing campaign if: 1. They are found by people interested in your topic and 2. They have useful information, presented with style.  [Read more]