The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “5 Tips To Leverage Twitter’s New Nearby Feature”. Wesley Young says, “In recent weeks, Twitter has made headlines with the quiet launch of its experimental Nearbytimeline, which allows eligible mobile users to discover tweets posted by others in their immediate vicinity,... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “What Will Drive Consumers to Shop Online in 2014”. Verónica Maria Jarski says, “What will inspire consumers to shop online in 2014? Walker Sands recently surveyed some 1,046 US consumers for its 2014 Future of Retail Study and shared some of its findings about online shopping in the following... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Predictions 2014: Mobile Trends for Marketers”. Thomas Husson says, “My colleague Julie Ask and I revisited our predictions for 2013′s mobile trends and found that all of them are still evolving and relevant in 2014. During 2014, we’ll pass a key milestone: an installed base... [Read more]

Yesterday’s article discussed the importance of preparing for your webinar . Choose the elements of your presentation, a slide presentation or webcam view (or both), and also select the tech platform you want to use. We recommended Google Hangouts as the platform. Phase 2 of running a successful live webinar is Promotion, letting people know... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Gartner Predicts App Monetization Will Get Tougher, Less Lucrative”. Pete Prestipino says, “It’s not a good time to launch a mobile app as Gartner is predicting that by 2018, less than 0.01 percent of consumer mobile applications will be considered a financial success by their... [Read more]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “11 Ways to Improve Email Open Rates”. Pamella Neely says, ““Open rate” is one of the most telling email marketing metrics. Open rates determine click rates, conversion rates, and the overall performance of an entire email-marketing program. Even deliverability can be affected by open... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “What Happens To Lost Bitcoins?”. Lauren Orsini says, “James Howells of Wales is one of the Bitcoin community’s most tragic figures. Last June, Howells inadvertently tossed a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins, which he had mined back when they were worth very little. Now that a bitcoin... [Read more]

Even if your website has just been set up minutes ago, you can enjoy steady traffic using the techniques in Content Curation Traffic Explosion. Besides the traffic, you will discover how to have people: • Immediately retweet your website links to their followers, • ‘Favorite’ your Tweets • Follow you • And even thank you for... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Buys Nest for $3.2 Billion in Cash”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Nest, the business behind the smart thermostat and smoke detector, for $3.2 billion in cash.“They’re already delivering amazing products you can buy right now—thermostats... [Read more]

Experian is hosting a live video chat with Liz Gould on “Email marketing strategies for the customer-centric marketer” on Tuesday, January 14 at 3.00 pm ET. Michael Delgado says, “Email continues to reign as one of the most profitable channels for marketers and a key touch point for customer engagement. Join our live video chat with... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “18 pivotal web design trends for 2014″. Chris Lake says, “What web design trends do you think we’ll see in 2014? I’m betting on more simplicity, more cleanliness, and more focus on smaller screen sizes, among other things. This collection is largely based on observation,... [Read more]

The Online Marketing Champ, Brad Scott, has two popular (and profitable) YouTube channels, BradScottPhotography and BradScottFitness. He has built them up into higly viewed channels, over 15 million views between them. He has found that he can reap long-term residual income from his videos, and when he posts a new video, he can get a quick inflow of... [Read more]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “How to Create a Prioritized SEO Action Plan”. Kristina Kledzik says, “One of the best ways to be an effective consultant is to make your recommendations as actionable as possible. But a full SEO review often raises a LOT of potential issues and their solutions, which can be intimidating to clients. Clients... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “Surviving “Content Shock” and the Impending Content Marketing Collapse”. Sonia Simone says, “I’ll admit it. I was tempted to call this one “Is Content Marketing Dead?” But you’re too smart to fall for that and would have (justifiably) mocked me for it. Which would be embarrassing. Within... [Read more]

The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “EPIC Marketing for 2014”. Brandon Olson says, “On Wednesday, January 8, we kicked off our monthly #AWeberHour Twitter Chat series by chatting with Joe Pulizzi, founder and CEO of Content Marketing Institute. Joe shared his insights on what 2014 has in store for content marketing, as well as New Year’s... [Read more]

When we think of Amazon marketing, we normally think of building an affiliate website (typically with WordPress, these days.) But it isn’t actually necessary. There are other ways to take advantage of the powerful Aamzon selling machine. Amazon Money Manual shows you how to sell products on Amazon without a website or worrying about building a... [Read more]

The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “Landing Page Optimization: Does your product page have buyability?”. John Tackett says, “In a recent Web clinic, Austin McCraw, Senior Editorial Analyst, and Adam Lapp, Director of Services Operations, both of MECLABS, revealed how marketers at an Italian cosmetics website increased conversion... [Read more]

Business 2 Community is hosting a webinar with Laurie Hood on Thursday, January 30 at 2.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “2014 Digital Marketing Trends: What Every Marketer Needs To Know”. The ‘Business 2 Community’ team says, “In an age of ever-increasing distractions, quickly creating customer habits is an important characteristic... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Google’s Product Listing Ads Outperform Text PPC Ads”. Pete Prestipino says, “2013 was a terrific year for Google and its Product Listing Ads. Research from digital marketing firm IgnitionOne indicates that the click-through rate for PLAs during the year was upwards of 47 percent... [Read more]

If you have been following Singal’s free training, you know that he has been planning to launch Inbox Blueprint. There were some technical glitches in the launch process, but now the launch has occurred. He has a new video on his page explaining his way of using email marketing to build his business. If you haven’t been successful in email... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “6 Watermark Apps To Protect Your Online Photos”. Lisetta Mejia says, “One day, after photojournalist John D. McHugh grew tired of people using his pictures without attribution, he created his own watermark app. Called Marksta, it guarantees that no matter where your photos appear (say, someone... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Experian Marketing Forward’ Blog is titled “How are companies sharpening their email marketing tactics?”. Erin Haselkorn says, “As modern technology keeps advancing, companies continue to find new ways of connecting with customers. They’re using web chats, mobile applications and social media plugins to communicate... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Acquires Branch to Build Out ‘Conversations’ Team”. Seth Fiegerman says, “Facebook has acquired Branch, a New York startup behind multiple social discussion tools. The deal was announced by Branch’s cofounder in a Facebook post and one report pegs the acquisition... [Read more]

Jay Boyer and John Rhodes have been partnering on their internet business for several years. They regularly announce new training and software products. They have just announced their latest, a collection of software: WP Monster Sale.is a gigantic WordPress reseller / PLR package that you can use and sell. You can sell it and keep all the profits. Here... [Read more]