Friday, July 20, 2012

Wildfire has released a free report entitled “Why Social Marketing Will Deliver a Positive ROI for Your Brand: 5 Ways to Use Social Media Marketing to Meet Concrete Business Objectives”. Wildfire team says, “Trying to decide whether social media marketing is worth the investment? Consider these numbers from recent studies of social... [Read more]

Perry Marshall & Rich Schefren’s ‘Productivity Shortcuts Crash Course’ webinar is on replay. Schefren says, “If you’re struggling with too much to do, but not enough time in the day to do it… Or you’re constantly getting distracted by all of the things the world of internet marketing throws your way… And... [Read more]

MarketingProfs is hosting a seminar on Thursday, August 16 at 9.00 pm PT. The topic of the webinar is “Solutions to 14 Confounding Content Marketing Challenges”. MarketingProfs team says, “What Will You Learn? Our favorite tools and platforms for content distribution, management, and workflow How to create content more efficiently Fresh... [Read more]

Good graphics do a lot to improve a site’s appeal and its traffic and conversions. Lucas Adamski has created a set of 20 attractive headers for high-potential niches: * Make Money * Weight Loss * Dating * Investing * Cooking * Golf * Muscle Building You get the PSDs for the headers so you can modify them any way you like: change colors, change... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Google Posts Strong Q2 Earnings While Putting Motorola on the Books”. Jon Mitchell says, “Google has announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2012. It closed the deal on its acquisition of Motorola Mobility this quarter, and that acquisition’s assets and liabilities are now on the... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Google+ Gets More Business-Friendly with New APIs”. Brian Proffitt says, “Google+ is growing up. The fledgling social media platform, which has increasingly been seen as more of a threat to Facebook and Twitter, just took another step towards social media maturity with the release of some new hooks... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Microsoft Reports First Loss in History”. Lauren Indvik says, “As expected, Microsoft reported a quarterly loss for the first time in its 26 years on the market on Thursday afternoon. The tech giant had warned previously that it would be taking a $6.19 billion write-down its 2007 acquisition... [Read more]

Social Media Power is an e-book (about 40 pages long) with PLR rights. You get the original MS Word DOC file so you can change it as you need to and can add your own name to it, as author. The e-book contains 200 powerful social media tactics for increased opt-ins and sales. Besides the e-book, you get a mini-site to sell it from, including the sales... [Read more]

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “PHP Errors as a Means of Getting Links”. Eugene Krall says, “ was reading the article about “Broken Link Building” the other day when I realized that there might be a possible extension to the idea of helping webmasters with keeping theirs sites together. Since there is a lot of stuff that can... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “Grab our Free Online Marketing Course”. Brian Clark says, “Want to discover the smartest ways to mix social media, content marketing, and SEO for lead generation and converting those leads to customers and clients? We’ve got you covered with Internet Marketing for Smart People. And there’s... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Mobile Commerce Will Be Worth 19 Billion Euros Within The EU-7 By 2017”. Michael O’Grady says, “Mobile commerce is taking off in Europe. Retail and travel spend via a mobile phone increased by 70% in 2011. Impulse-buying categories that require little intensive research — such... [Read more]

Building your list is the foundation of building your business. Your list of customers and prospects, all of whome have double opted in, is the key to lasting income. Plain White Pure Vanilla Truth About Listbuilding contains six list-building methods, explained in a report and a mind-map. methods, are designed to help you build a list of people’s... [Read more]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Affiliate Summit East 2012 Registrations Closing In About A Week”. Collins Says, “Affiliate Summit East 2012 registrations are on the verge of selling out. It looks like the final day to register, before we reach capacity, will be Friday, July 27. So, if you’ve been sitting on the fence, now is the... [Read more]

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How to Make Social Media Infographics That Get Noticed?. Baer says, “Video production by my friends at Candidio. Fast, inexpensive, great service. (Abbreviated transcript below. Please watch video for entire interview.) Jay: Welcome everybody. It’s Jay Baer from Convince... [Read more]

Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Do Female SEOs Really Need Their Male Counterparts to Rescue Them From Big Bad Men?”. Schoemaker says, “There have been a few cases recently where some tech industry guy gets everyone up in arms about remarks he makes about females in the industry – either generalized or targeting specific women.... [Read more]

Simple Retargeting explains the new technology, known as “retargetting”, in an organized, concise, and very clear fashion that anyone can understand and most importantly – implement. The retargetting process begins with people who already want your product, but have hesitated to buy it. These people are possibly the best customers... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Internet Defense League Launches With Mission to Protect the Open Web”. Alex Fitzpatrick says, “The Internet Defense League, a grassroots coalition of thousands of web activists, online businesses and tech-savvy politicians, officially began on Thursday its campaign to protect the Internet. The... [Read more]

Kathleen Gage’s latest blog post is titled “If marketing were an Olympic sport”. Gage says, “With the Olympics only days from starting the conversations at dinner tables, over coffee, near the water cooler and all over social media is who will get the Gold. It takes an incredible amount of vision, discipline, focus and commitment to participate... [Read more]

Mark Ling’s latest Affilorama blog post is titled “DIGGing the Dirt on Digg (and the Future of Social Bookmarking)”. Ling says, “When I first started affiliate marketing, one of the easiest ways to build links and get big amounts of targeted traffic was to submit links to the social bookmarking site, Digg. The excitement of writing a new blog... [Read more]

Offline contests can bring in new customers, but there are important techniques that you must not ignore if you want your coontest to really bring in new customers. That’s why Amanda Craven has produced The Edge. This conprehensive course gives you a step-by-step process for setting up contests for offline businesses. Plus, you get useful bonuses... [Read more]

The latest ‘StomperNet’ blog post is titled “Why is Split A/B Testing So Important?”. The ‘StomperNet’ team says, ”You must start testing your ideas on the market before spending a ton of money on any advertising or traffic generation services. Here are the top reasons you MUST start split A/B testing if you’re a business owner or... [Read more]

MarketingProfs is hosting a seminar on Thursday, August 23 at 9.00 pm PT. The topic of the webinar is “Breaking Down Silos to Build Better Marketing Campaigns”. MarketingProfs team says, “What Will You Learn? Tips to break down silos and better integrate across marketing functions Ideas for incentives for your marketing team Methods... [Read more]

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Are You A Social Media Lurker Or Sharer?”. Chow says, “Here’s a new promo from Generation Social: A Documentary Film about how our inherent social nature drives cultural change with some of the people who drive it. This fun new promo with footage from the edited film tells you Social”. Are You A Social... [Read more]

Bradley calls his solution Viral Social Cash Funnel. The goal is to use Facebook to bring viral traffic to your offers. Bradley’s purpose in this training is to use Facebook’s bredth of membership (over 900 Million people) to marketing your services or products quickly and efficiently. Facebook can help you: - Increase your customer list.... [Read more]

The latest ‘ClickBank’ blog post is titled “How to Use Fan Reviews to Monetize Facebook”. Nick Unsworth says, “If you’re sick and tired of all of the Facebook marketing hype and you just want to know real straight shooting tips that actually produce results then I suggest you buckle your seat belt and get your notepad. I’ve spent the past... [Read more]

Paul Colligan’s latest blog post is titled “From Facebook”. Colligan says, “So the iPad Magazine is looking to be 1/3 about Online Video Creation, 1/3 about the Podcast space, and 1/3 about Social Media. I guess that whole “You The Media” thing I was pushing a few years back has some”. From Facebook Paul Colligan’s Blog  [Read more]

Alex Mandossian’s latest blog post is titled “Picking Domains to Develop”. Mandossian says, “Just as with real estate, developing an online “property” is a fast and easy way to increase the value of your domains. But not all domains are created equal – or are worth developing. According to the domain trading and monetization experts at... [Read more]

You don’t have to depend on the kindness of Google to bring you traffic. This isn’t junk traffic either; it’s highly targeted to your niche. He takes you step-by-step through each stage of the process. So it’s all clear and is calculated to move you (or anyone else) forward in this process. No longer dependent on Google and its... [Read more]

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Curious case of small business and SEO”. Aaron Wall says, “We all read the advice online: don’t build crappy links. Don’t use short term benefit tactics in SEO. But do we always heed that advice? Can we always afford to? The latest reality check came in the shape of a small online business in... [Read more]

Rosalind Gardner’s latest blog post is titled “Register Now for Affiliate Summit East 2012”. Gardner says, “Tickets for Affiliate Summit East 2012 will be sold out within the week, according to conference co-founder, Shawn Collins. Affiliate Summit, the premier conference in the affiliate marketing space”. Register Now for Affiliate Summit... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Marissa Mayer the Right Choice for Yahoo? 88% Say Yes”. Zoe Fox says, “Marissa Mayer announced she’d be moving into two tough jobs this week — taking the helm at Yahoo on Wednesday and becoming a mom in October. While it’s rare for news of two such events to break in unison, 88% of people... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Without Social Media, 18% Of Teens Would ‘Stop Communicating’”. Emily Price says, “8% of teens would stop communicating altogether if their favorite social networks shut down. That’s according to a recent survey of American high school and college students by email marketing company AWeber. According... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How to Get Bloggers to Write About Your Startup: Insider Advice”. Rieva Lesonsky says, “It’s every startup’s dream – to get the attention of the people who matter. You might think that refers to customers or clients, or even venture capitalists or angel investors. Nope. We’re talking... [Read more]

MarketingProfs is hosting a seminar on Thursday, August 9 at 12.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “The Fundamentals of Paid Search”. MarketingProfs team says, “What Will You Learn? How to lay the foundation for an effective paid search strategy Tips for grasping the all-important understanding of the paid search space How to... [Read more]

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Facebook Promoted Posts vs Sponsored Stories”. Justin Vanning says, “There’s been a lot of buzz around Facebook’s Promoted Post feature over the past few months. I’ve read several blog posts (the HasOffers post was great) who have tried testing the effectiveness of Promoted Posts... [Read more]

Kathleen Gage’s latest blog post is titled “Over one billion Facebook posts per day!”. Gage says, “Over one billion Facebook posts per day! Whoa! When I read this statistic I was floored. This is only one of 100 statistics I found incredibly revealing. Check out the others at The Social Skinny. If you’re not in the game of social media, you... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Flickr Tells Internet to ‘Help Make Us Awesomer’”. Stephanie Haberman says, “The Internet sounded the alarm and, so it appears for now, Flickr has answered the call. The photo-sharing site responded on Thursday to a campaign crying out for a revitalization of the once-great service. On... [Read more]

Shawn Collins has released the latest issue of ‘Affiliate Tip Weekly’ newsletter. ‘Affiliate Tip’ Newsletter Contents Affiliate Summit East 2012 About to Sell Out Affiliate Marketers Give Back Silent Auction Preview Affiliate Marketing in a Digital World What is Affiliate Summit East 2012 About? FeedFront Magazine Issue 19 Now Available Uncovering... [Read more]

MarketingExperiments is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, August 8 at 4.00 pm EDT. MarketingExperiments team says, “Your competitors are continually making your job as a marketer more difficult. They are constantly spying on you, uncovering your hidden marketing strategies, and beating you at your own games. And, when they aren’t doing that, they... [Read more]

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