IM NewsWatch, February 8, 2013 - Latest IM News including ‘How We Got 10K Facebook Fans – Business 2 Community’ and much more...
February 8th, 2013 at 3:02 am EST‘Build Your Website Without a Webmaster’ Christina Hills’ Webinar February 13
Christina Hills is hosting a webinar on Wednesday February 13 at 3.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Build Your Website Without a Webmaster”. Webinar Details Organizers: Christina Hills Topic: Build Your Website Without a Webmaster Day/Date: Wednesday February 13 Time: 3.00 pm EST - Time Zone Converter Register for webinar details. ‘Build... [Read more]
Matt Callen’s ‘How To Make $157k With FREE Traffic’ Webinar on Replay
Matt Callen’s “How To Make $157k With FREE Traffic” webinar is on replay. Callen says, “In the training session, you’ll discover: - The unique system that generated $431.19 PER day in 2012 from 24 different channels…(and how you can apply it to your website RIGHT now to improve your results.) - How his student,... [Read more]
‘Marketing – The Power Of Free’ by Don Crowther
Don Crowther’s latest blog post is titled “Marketing – The Power Of Free”. Crowther says, “During my 10 years of working in marketing, running $100+ million brands for companies like Kimberly-Clark, ConAgra and SC Johnson, there was one promotional tool that always created tremendous success in getting new customers: Giving our product away... [Read more]
ROI Sales Machine: Powerful deal-closing tool for consultants #ad
Offline clients know from experience that people trying to sell marketing services to them aren’t always trustworthy, so when you approach them they tend to be suspicious and self-protective. To break through these barriers, you need to show them how much value you will provide for them: the return on their investment. If you show them they make... [Read more]
‘Mobile Search Advertising Just Got Way Easier: AdWords Enhanced Campaigns’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Mobile Search Advertising Just Got Way Easier: AdWords Enhanced Campaigns”. Larry Kim says, “Today (Feb. 6, 2013) Google announced some major upcoming changes that will make mobile ad campaign management exponentially simpler in AdWords. The new “Enhanced Campaigns” will be available... [Read more]
‘Facebook Breaks The Web: Error With Widgets Causes Sites To Disappear’ – ‘Marketing Land’ Article
The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “Facebook Breaks The Web: Error With Widgets Causes Sites To Disappear”. Danny Sullivan says, “Tried to reach one of your favorite web sites recently only to get a mysterious Facebook error showing up? It looks like Facebook widgets are to blame. We just had this happen... [Read more]
‘How We Got 10K Facebook Fans and How You Can Too!’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “How We Got 10K Facebook Fans and How You Can Too!”. Shannon Willoby says, “Scott’s Marketplace hasn’t launched yet (although we’re officially unveiling our website in spring of this year!), but we already have over 10,000 followers on Facebook. Not to toot our own social... [Read more]
FB Graph Search: Your source for all the leads you’ll ever need #ad
Facebook just announced the ability to search their “graph”, the member data they have with all its attribute and relationship information. So, for example, you can search for all female employees of company X who live in Dallas. This give you powerful precise targeting capability for your marketing. This capability is so new that there’s... [Read more]
‘How to Get Your Boss to Care About Content Marketing’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog
The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “How to Get Your Boss to Care About Content Marketing”. Adria Saracino says, “If you want your boss to care about content marketing, you need to know how to pitch it right. Whether you’re selling content marketing to the C-Suite, your manager, a client, or even trying to convince yourself, here... [Read more]
‘Valentine’s Day Opportunities for Affiliates’ by Shawn Collins
Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Valentine’s Day Opportunities for Affiliates”. Collins Says, “Rakuten LinkShare has shared online shopping data on consumer Valentine’s Day purchasing behaviors that can help affiliates develop more targeted and strategic campaigns. A recent study by Forrester Consulting, in conjunction with Rakuten... [Read more]
‘LinkedIn Stock Jumps 10% After Q4 Revenue Tops $300 Million’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “LinkedIn Stock Jumps 10% After Q4 Revenue Tops $300 Million”. Seth Fiegerman says, “LinkedIn proved once again why it is Wall Street’s favorite social media stock. The company reported revenue of $304 million for the December quarter, a whopping 81% increase from the same quarter the... [Read more]
“Daily Deal Azon”: Countdown Timer for Amazon affiliate ads #ad
Scarcity sells. Marketers have known that for centuries. Besides the hundreds of thousands of Amazon products that are freely available, Amazon also has scarcity. It runs daily deals (up to 1000 active at one time) that offer a bargain price for a limited time. Amazon affiliates who publicize these daily deals correctly can reap a reward of additional... [Read more]
‘7 Marketing Lessons (and an Infographic) for Next Year’s Super Bowl Advertisers (and You)’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “7 Marketing Lessons (and an Infographic) for Next Year’s Super Bowl Advertisers (and You)”. Jeffrey K. Rohrs says, “With Super Bowl XLVII now in the books, we all know what time it is. It’s time to start thinking about the 2014 Super Bowl, when my Cleveland Browns will rise like... [Read more]
‘Google Launches AdWords Enhanced Campaigns To Reach More Mobile Users’ – ‘Marketing Land’ Article
The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “Google Launches AdWords Enhanced Campaigns To Reach More Mobile Users”. Barry Schwartz says, “Google announced a new way for advertisers to create campaigns within their AdWords network. Google is calling this AdWords Enhanced Campaigns. The goal is to make it easier... [Read more]
‘Forrester’s Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now To 2018’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Forrester’s Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now To 2018”. Brian Hopkins says, “The pace of technology-fueled business innovation is accelerating, and enterprise architects can take a leading role by helping their firms identify opportunities for shrewd investment. In our... [Read more]
Easy Video Payday: Passive income from videos #ad
YouTube can actually be a good source of sales. It’s not just a tool for entertainment. Real marketers make real money using it. And it’s not so very hard to do; virtually anyone can take the simple steps to make their video bring in income and do it on auto-pilot once it is set up. Easy Video Payday shows how you can become a video marketer,... [Read more]
‘How to Get the Most Out of Your Yearly Creative Business Planning' – ‘The Future of Ink’ Blog
The latest article on ‘The Future of Ink’ blog is titled “How to Get the Most Out of Your Yearly Creative Business Planning?. Laura West says, “OUT with old, tired business planning methods. IN with new modern business planning strategies designed for creative entrepreneurs with fast-evolving businesses and ideas! Are you avoiding business... [Read more]
‘10 Free, Little-known Web Marketing Tools’ – Web Marketing Today
The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “10 Free, Little-known Web Marketing Tools”. Kevin Webster says, “Fine-tuning your web marketing efforts will likely increase their effectiveness. Here’s a collection of 10 free tools that can help. Email Subject Line Suggester MailChimp, the email service provider, provides a tool for... [Read more]
‘7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention”. Michael Garrity says, “Security is one of the most important factors that a webmaster or developer has to take into consideration when designing a website – especially one that handles sensitive user data and/or requires users to register... [Read more]
Adswap Assassin: Your system for hosting giveaway events #ad
“Mini-events” aren’t always easy to create and manage. There’s a lot of technical work needed to get every thing set up properly and assure that all the marketers who contribute products to the event are fairly rewarded with clicks. Coby Wright has released a WordPress plugin (and an equivalent HTML module) to making setting... [Read more]
‘Marketing Automation Must-Haves For B2B Marketers: (Infographic)’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Marketing Automation Must-Haves For B2B Marketers: (Infographic)”. Christabelle Tani says, “More and more organisations are reaping the rewards of an investment in marketing automation technology. According to Gartner, companies that automate lead management see a 10% or greater... [Read more]
‘Time To Plug In, Retailers: Smartphone Use To Double In Two Years [Infographic]’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Time To Plug In, Retailers: Smartphone Use To Double In Two Years [Infographic]”. Brian Proffitt says, “How big is the smartphone market? Try these numbers on for size: from 1997 to 2012, there were 1.038 billion smartphones in use, enough for 1 for for every 6.7 people on the planet. But (and here’s... [Read more]
‘Pro Tips For Making Your Own Stunning Vine’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Pro Tips For Making Your Own Stunning Vine”. Eric Larson says, “First, it was 140-character posts — now it’s six-second videos. Since Twitter introduced Vine last month, its video-sharing app for iOS devices, we’ve seen users create masterful — and sometimes, ahem, graphic —... [Read more]
PLR Video Smackdown V1: Videos your offline clients will love #ad
Peter Beattie has created PLR Video Smackdown, professional videos for businesses in four niches: • Cosmetic Dentistry • Restorative Dentistry • Auto Glass Repair • Auto Detailing When you see the demos of these videos, you will understand why he usually sells the for $95 and more when he has a client. Since he is making them available to all... [Read more]
‘Five E-Commerce Resolutions to Improve Search Engine Visibility in 2013’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Five E-Commerce Resolutions to Improve Search Engine Visibility in 2013”. Anthony Piwarun says, “Online marketers near and far resolved in January to get to the top of search results this year. If you’re still stumped, here are a five simple yet effective tactics to employ during the... [Read more]
‘SocialAdNinja Spies on Your Social Ad Competition’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “SocialAdNinja Spies on Your Social Ad Competition”. Chow says, “Most of you will already know that people are spending more and more time on social networks like Facebook. That’s a lot of eyeballs and it presents a huge opportunity for Internet marketers. However, a successful advertising campaign on... [Read more]
‘Valentine’s Day Email Ideas For Any Business’ – Aweber Blog
The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “Valentine’s Day Email Ideas For Any Business”. Crystal Gouldey says, “It feels like you wrap up one holiday email campaign only to have the next one fast approaching; so goes the life of the marketer. Valentine’s Day is most known for love and romance – do you know how your business fits into... [Read more]
PLR Yeast No More; web resources for your affiliate site #ad
This evergreen niche can bring in good money if you approach it correctly. Kevin Byrne has put together a bundle of PLR resources marketers can use to build a profitable business in this niche (it’s actually a cluster of sub-niches, and your income will improve if you market in the sub-niches.) Byrne’s Yeast No More addresses all the affiliate... [Read more]
‘64 Google+ Content Strategies [Infographic]’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “64 Google+ Content Strategies [Infographic]”. Maria Peagler says, “Google+ isn’t only a social network. It’s the very backbone (and future) of Google itself. As Brian Clark wrote yesterday, Author Rank is the real deal. And Copyblogger is going to do their best to drag entice you over to... [Read more]
‘Personal vs. Robotic: How to turn automated email into personal experiences that drive new and repeat sales’ – MarketingSherpa Video
MarketingSherpa has published a video on “Personal vs. Robotic: How to turn automated email into personal experiences that drive new and repeat sales”. Griggs explains how SMB email marketer Hear & Play Music is able to apply a personal touch to automated email campaigns by using demographic and psychographic data to match the message... [Read more]
’11 Quick (and Good) Content Ideas for Your Ezine or Blog’ by Ali Brown
Ali Brown’s latest blog post is titled “11 Quick (and Good) Content Ideas for Your Ezine or Blog”. Ali says, “Publishing articles, especially via an ezine or blog, is the ideal opportunity to showcase your business. By sharing your knowledge and expertise, you build credibility as an expert, while spreading the word about your... [Read more]
Invasion of Destroyer Plugins: Are there free WP plugins for everything> #ad
There are a lot of good plugins for sale. IM NewsWatch uses some of them. But Thomas Kragsig says that you can use free plugins to do almost anything your site needs to do. He puts his findings in Invasion of Destroyer Plugins. This comprehensive report lists free plugins that will do what you need done. Kragsig says you can stop buying plugins and... [Read more]
‘Customer is King: HostGator Saves my Behind’ by Gail Trahd
Gail Trahd’s latest ‘PLR Health Wizard’ Blog post is titled “Customer is King: HostGator Saves my Behind”. Gail says, “I messed up last week and lost all my data that runs my PLR-Health-Wizard membership. It was gone. I didn’t have a back-up on my hard drive because that database wasn’t showing up in the backup wizard. I was stuck. And... [Read more]
‘GetGlue Unveils New iPhone App and Advertising Product’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “GetGlue Unveils New iPhone App and Advertising Product”. Brian Anthony Hernandez says, “GetGlue’s iPhone users woke up Thursday to a redesigned app. As with the website redesign of the social entertainment platform in 2012, the changes transform the app from just a check-in service into... [Read more]
Download: ExactTarget’s ‘Marketers From Mars’ Report
ExactTarget has released a free report titled “Marketers From Mars”. The ExactTarget team says, “You’re not the average consumer—you’re a marketer. Learn how marketers’ digital behaviors and preferences differ from the average consumer in ExactTarget’s latest SUBSCRIBERS, FANS, & FOLLOWERS report, Marketers From Mars. In... [Read more]
High Ticket Harvest: 414 Amazon products for high affiliate commissions #ad
Besides the list of Amazon high commission products, David Sahel includes over 100 high commission offers from other vendors (Commission Junction, ShareaSale, and more) in High Ticket Harvest, for a total of 527 products for you to promote. There is so much opportunity in this large list of products for you to promote, it could almost be your life’s... [Read more]
Final Reminder- ‘Online Marketing Summit’, San Diego, CA, February 11-13
The ‘Online Marketing Summit’ event is taking place in San Diego, CA on February 11-13. Online Marketing Summit (OMS) connects marketers with the knowledge, experts and technologies transforming digital marketing. Key speakers at the ’Online Marketing Summit’ are Heidi Melin, Aleks Reljic and John Boris. The OMS team says,... [Read more]
‘Customer Happiness via Responsive Web Design’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Customer Happiness via Responsive Web Design”. Robert Patrick says, “Gone are the days where you just had to build a website to work in multiple browsers. Now, you also need to support a wide variety of screen sizes, from smartphones to televisions and tablets. Enter responsive HTML. Responsive... [Read more]
‘How to Get Found Online by Your Buyers: SEO Tips From the Experts’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “How to Get Found Online by Your Buyers: SEO Tips From the Experts”. Chris Fell says, “Here is a great, simple infographic from our friends and partners at Hubspot on SEO, followed by some words of wisdom from the experts. Getting found by your target buyers in this online age... [Read more]
NewsTweets: Grow your followers & keep them up to date #ad
It’s critical that you provide quality information for your visitors, regardless of platform. On Twitter, it’s especially important since Twitter trains people to have short attention spans, and it allows them to un-follow in an instant. People who provide good content, carefully targeted to their audience, keep people coming back for more. The... [Read more]