IM NewsWatch, March 14, 2013 - Latest IM News including ‘Online Growth Will Begin To Polarize Across Europe – Forrester’ and much more...
March 14th, 2013 at 3:59 am EST‘The Google Panda Legacy’ – ‘Affilorama’ Blog
The latest article on Mark Ling’s ‘Affilorama’ blog is titled “The Google Panda Legacy”. Mark Ling says, “Google’s Panda update was unleashed to the Internet two years ago, during the “love month” of February. Originally called the Content Farmer Update, it weeded out content farms and “thin sites” from the search engine results... [Read more]
Reminder- ‘Persona-driven search strategy drives better results: A Case Study with iAcquire‘ Experian Webinar 2.00 pm EST
Experian is hosting a webinar with on Thursday, March 14 at 2.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Persona-driven search strategy drives better results: A Case Study with iAcquire”. Experian team says, “During this webinar Mike King, Director of Inbound Marketing, iAcquire and Lauren Rice Analyst, Strategic Services, Experian Marketing... [Read more]
Reminder- ‘Five Common Pricing Roadblocks’ MarketingProfs Seminar March 21
MarketingProfs is hosting a seminar with Heidi Cohen on Thursday, March 21 at 12.00 pm ET. The topic of the seminar is “Five Common Pricing Roadblocks (and How to Get Around Them)”. MarketingProfs team says, “Pricing is tough. It has a direct impact on your business’s ability to make money. Compound that with today’s... [Read more]
Azon FlyBox: Get More Amazon Sales, without looking like a jerk #ad
Spammers may get an occasional sale, but they are jerks. They waste untold time and money of their victims. All in their hope to make a buck. But you don’t have to be like them to earn a living online. Amazon affiliates can earn more without resorting to spammy methods. Today, at 10 AM EST ( 3 PM in London) Igor Urban is launching This is a WordPress... [Read more]
‘US eCommerce 2013-2017: Still On Fire (And A Jobs Engine To Boot!)’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “US eCommerce 2013-2017: Still On Fire (And A Jobs Engine To Boot!)”. Sucharita Mulpuru says, “We just finalized our projections for US eCommerce for 2013, and not surprisingly, the numbers are strong—excluding auctions, we expect that figure to be $262B, 13% higher than the total... [Read more]
‘10 Marketing Lessons To Be Learned From Lady Gaga’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “10 Marketing Lessons To Be Learned From Lady Gaga [SlideShare]“. Natalie Saumure says, “She’s trendy, has catchy tunes, and an out-of-the-box personality. What’s not to love about this pop sensation? She is not only loved by millions of fans, but she is someone to look to... [Read more]
‘The Future of Social Media Marketing’ – HubSpot
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”The Future of Social Media Marketing According to HubSpot’s CMO”. Ginny Soskey says, “This post is going to talk about the future of social media, and it’s going to boil it down to six words. Let me explain. You might recall that back in January, Twitter announced the launch... [Read more]
The Money Tree Cash System 2.0, new, improved, “double your money back” guarantee #ad
Not long ago, Robert Brauer launched his Money Tree Cash System and people started using it. Now, based on feedback, on new learning and on changing conditions, Brauer has just revised and extended his training in The Money Tree Cash System. Brauer says his system, which is a process of doing effective affiliate marketing, is a “set it up and... [Read more]
‘Are Your Clients Worth Keeping? Four Questions to Help You Find Out’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog
The latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Are Your Clients Worth Keeping? Four Questions to Help You Find Out”. Al Davidson says, “New business development is a core function of any successful organization. Because so much emphasis is placed on acquiring new customers, often the process of knowing when to keep and when to let go of... [Read more]
‘Peter Thiel On Not Selling Facebook To Yahoo – And Much More’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Peter Thiel On Not Selling Facebook To Yahoo – And Much More”. Taylor Hatmaker says, “As it turns out, the man who wants to build a sovereign ocean community off the coast of California is really down to earth. Tuesday at South by Southwest (SXSW), serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist... [Read more]
‘How will Pinterest’s new analytics tool impact brands’ content strategies?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “How will Pinterest’s new analytics tool impact brands’ content strategies?”. David Moth says, “Once the preserve of hipsters and mums, Pinterest has just taken another step towards solidifying its status as a valuable channel for digital marketers by unveiling a... [Read more]
Product Pirate: How To Use Other Peoples Products And Lists #ad
Lexi B was busy working in an insurance office that had trouble closing sales. She suggested that they become brokers and put together a consortium of related marketers that would, together, launch a new product package that would consist of products from all the consortium members. She called it a “Circle Launch”, and it proved successful.... [Read more]
‘The 10 Commandments of Social Media for Brands’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “The 10 Commandments of Social Media for Brands”. Scott Steinberg says, “Fleeting as social media exchanges may seem, they can have a pronounced impact on business and their influence can echoe far beyond a simple post or retweet. While the anonymous, public and often informal nature of Internet... [Read more]
‘LinkedIn Tells All: How Businesses Engage Users And Build A Following’ – Business Insider
The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”LinkedIn Tells All: How Businesses Engage Users And Build A Following”. Laura Stampler says, “Businesses have started burnishing their identities by creating their own content on LinkedIn. The professional network hit its 200 million member milestone recently, and companies naturally... [Read more]
‘Twitter Relaunches Ad Dashboard With Expanded Analytics’ – ‘Marketing Land’ Article
The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “Twitter Relaunches Ad Dashboard With Expanded Analytics”. Matt McGee says, “Twitter advertisers will have access to expanded data about their campaigns as part of an upgrade announced today to the Twitter Ads center. There are a number of changes and additions that... [Read more]
Ant Pugilist: the niche marketer’s shield against failure #ad
If you want to be successful in any niche, you need to get into the heads of the people who are passionate about the topic. You do that by finding the keywords they use when they are searching for this topic. The Google Keyword Tool seems to be a good place to start, but many marketers find that it overwhelms them. It churns out lots of data, but it... [Read more]
‘Value Of Earning Money With The Affiliate Marketing Model’ by Jim Edwards
Jim Edwards’ latest ‘I Gotta Tell You’ blog post is titled “Teaching Young People The Value Of Earning Money With The Affiliate Marketing Model”. Jim says, “I believe firmly in the concept of teaching the young people in our lives how to earn and manage money from a young age, and have found that affiliate marketing is an excellent way to... [Read more]
‘Businesses Turned Their Competitors Into Their Biggest Advantage’ – ShoeMoney Blog
Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “You Need a Villain To Be a Superhero. These Businesses Turned Their Competitors Into Their Biggest Advantage. Here’s How”. Schoemaker says, “When a Nationwide fast food franchise announced the grand opening of a new store right across the street from Jerry’s Burger Joint, it wasn’t just Jerry... [Read more]
‘4 Tools to Help Build a Social Media Analytics Report' by Jay Baer
Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “4 Tools to Help Build a Social Media Analytics Report?. Baer says, “In some circles, social media marketers still get a bum wrap for not being able to prove how their work impacts the bottom line. Despite an abundance of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many business... [Read more]
Spring Cleaning Riches: Reviews of Top Amazon products for affiliates #ad
Michael Mac has just released his latest niche marketing package for an Amazon niche. This time he tackles household cleaning equipment in Spring Cleaning Riches. Amazon is an affiliate marketer’s dream, a wide selection of products, a great reputation, and capacity to sell and then ship as many products as you can sell for them,products so you... [Read more]
‘Behind the Scenes of Fresh Web Explorer’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog
The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Behind the Scenes of Fresh Web Explorer”. Dan Lecocq says, “Fresh Web Explorer is conceptually simple — it’s really just a giant feed reader. Well, just a few million of what we think are the most important feeds on the web. At a high level, it’s arranged as a pipeline, beginning... [Read more]
‘12 Ways to Connect, Create, and Collaborate Using Google Hangouts’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “12 Ways to Connect, Create, and Collaborate Using Google Hangouts”. Beth Hayden says, “You’re a content marketer, and you care about connection and collaboration. But you live in a remote village in Alaska, and you can’t just hop down to the local Chamber of Commerce when you need... [Read more]
‘Educational Company Making Money With Video’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Educational Company Making Money With Video”. Chow says, “We are in an interesting spot in the history of this world. We are in a place and time where we have information being shared in a more open manner than ever before, more easily than ever before, and quicker than ever. There truly is no end... [Read more]
FB Target ID: Market to members of relevant Facebook groups #ad
If you are selling gardening equipment or baby strollers or anything else, you want to get your message in front of people interested in your topic. And Facebook has members who are interested in just about any topic your product addresses. The key to profitable Facebook ads is careful targeting so you only get (and pay for) clicks from people likely... [Read more]
‘PPC Optimization: Tips from your peers on regional differences, Google Product Listing Ads, distracted visitors and offline conversion’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog
The latest ‘MarketingExperiments’ blog post is titled “PPC Optimization: Tips from your peers on regional differences, Google Product Listing Ads, distracted visitors and offline conversion”. Lauren Maki says, “With pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, you pay money every time your ad drives someone to your landing page, so improving conversion... [Read more]
‘FTC: Just Use ‘Ad:’ in Sponsored Tweets and You’ll Be Fine’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “FTC: Just Use ‘Ad:’ in Sponsored Tweets and You’ll Be Fine”. Todd Wasserman says, “The Federal Trade Commission did something unusual on Tuesday: It prescribed a quick and dirty way for advertisers to disclose an ad message on Twitter. The solution? Put “Ad:”... [Read more]
‘European Online Retail Forecast 2012 To 2017: Online Growth Will Begin To Polarize Across Europe’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “European Online Retail Forecast 2012 To 2017: Online Growth Will Begin To Polarize Across Europe”. Martin Gill says, “European online retail sales will reach €191 billion by 2017, up from €112 billion in 2012 – reflecting a 11% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next... [Read more]
Youtube Ranking Software: Helps your videos rank and get more viewers #ad
Jimmy Mancini released a training product last year explaining how to get top rankings for your YouTube videos. Now, he has incorporated those principles into this new software tool, Youtube Ranking Software. This Windows software steps you thorough Mancini’s method for video ranking, a method he has used successfully for quite a while, now. (And... [Read more]
‘Facebook Redesigns Timeline’ – ‘Marketing Land’ Article
The latest article on ’Marketing Land’ is titled “Facebook Redesigns Timeline: Streamlined Look, More Prominent Apps, Developer Tools & Rules”. Greg Sterling says, “The “Pinterestization” of Facebook continues. The company today introduced changes to Timeline that allow users to more easily and prominently display... [Read more]
‘How should web analytics tools be used to measure paid search?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “How should web analytics tools be used to measure paid search?”. Graham Charlton says, “Web analytics is essential for measuring and optimising paid search campaigns, and being able to extract the rind kind of data to improve your campaigns. This post, which includes some... [Read more]
‘Twitter Now Supports Line Breaks in Tweets’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Twitter Now Supports Line Breaks in Tweets”. Emily Price says, “Twitter added support for line breaks Wednesday, a new feature that lets you spread your 140 character message over several different lines. Supported on Twitter.com, as well as through Twitter’s official mobile app, the feature... [Read more]
SENuke Inferno: How to get the most out of SENuke #ad
If you don’t know what SENuke is, then SENuke Inferno may not be right for you. But if you are trying to use SENuke to rank your websites and aren’t getting the ranking you had expected, then stay tuned. One thing users of SEO tools always need to be concerned about is not doing anything that will label you as a “bad actor”... [Read more]
‘The Customer Is Always Right – Even When The Data Says They’re Wrong’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “The Customer Is Always Right – Even When The Data Says They’re Wrong”. David Ewart says, “The epic media battle between New York Times reporter John Broder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk began with a negative consumer review, escalated with a strong-armed public rebuttal by a powerful executive... [Read more]
‘Google Just Redefined What Android Is All About’ – Business Insider
The latest article on Business Insider is titled ”Google Just Redefined What Android Is All About”. Owen Thomas says, “Google CEO Larry Page just announced the biggest reorganization the company has seen since he took over in 2011. Sundar Pichai, who oversees the Chrome Web browser and Google Apps, its collection of Web-based... [Read more]
‘The Ultimate Guide to Measuring Your Pinterest Marketing Success’ – HubSpot
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled ”The Ultimate Guide to Measuring Your Pinterest Marketing Success”. Anum Hussain says, “Yesterday, Pinterest launched free analytics for all users with a verified account. Finally, marketers have the ability to truly measure the success of their Pinterest marketing efforts! For those... [Read more]
How To Buy Super Cheap and Make a Killing with Amazon FBA #ad
There are many ways that small marketers can make money with Amazon. The most familiar ways are as (1) affiliate marketers and (2) as Kindle authors. But there’s another way often overlooked: Fulfillment by Amazon (or “FBA”). Amazon moves a lot of physical products through its delivery process, and it has become one of the best in... [Read more]
‘How to Market Your Local Business Online’ – ‘Business 2 Community’ Article
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “How to Market Your Local Business Online”. Sean Barkulis says, “As the founder of a start-up that provides online marketing technology solutions for local businesses, I have spent countless years analyzing and understanding the difficulties that small business owners face... [Read more]
‘Google I/O Conference Sells Out in an Hour’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google I/O Conference Sells Out in an Hour”. Stan Schroeder says, “Google has opened up registration for its annual developer conference, Google I/O. Students and members of the academic community can sign up for $300, while other attendees will have to pay thrice the price: $900. The conference,... [Read more]
‘Social media: the workflow challenge’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Social media: the workflow challenge”. Michael Veenswyk says, “What are the challenges of integrating social media into your business? In this post, I’ll look at the obstacles that businesses encounter in fitting social media into their day-to-day activities without... [Read more]
AmaGrande WP Theme for Amazon Associates #ad
Any Amazon affiliate site is improved by having an attractive function theme. The latest of these is AmaGrande WP Theme, a flexible powerful theme by Johan Efendi. This new theme has a lot of power on its own, but is also compatible with the best-known Amazon plugins: AmaNiche, WP ZonBuilder, WP Robot and Associate Goliath. AmaGrande WP Theme offers: •... [Read more]