IM NewsWatch has taken The Online Marketer’s Toolbox to The Proving Ground. This is a report of our findings. The author, Forrest Smyth has spent quite a while writing and, now, revising and updating, Online Entrepreneur’s Toolbox. This is a 30-page review of many tools and services (including many free ones) that are aids for online marketers.... [Read more]

Sean Donahoe is hosting a webinar featuring Lauren Fisher on Monday, May 12 at 10.00 am EDT. The topic of the webinar is “Triple Your Conversions and Create Autopilot Traffic”. Sean say, “Imagine if you could triple your income from your sites without any extra traffic? Well, we will show you how… In this very powerful live... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “New Customer Insights Analyst Covering Marketing Technology”. Rusty Warner says, “If you haven’t kept up with the activity in the marketing technology space – acquisitions, product enhancements, ‘cloud’ wars et al., then I don’t blame you. The marketing technology landscape... [Read more]

It has only been out for a little over a week, but VideoMakerFX has sold over 14,500 copies. Prior to this, Covert Store Builder held the record with a little over 8000 copies. But the time has come for the creators to end their introductory sale. In summary, VideoMakerFX is software that creates a wide variety of animated marketing videos, including... [Read more]

Mark Thompson & Omar Martin are hosting a webinar featuring Lauren Fisher on Tuesday, May 13 at 8.00 pm EST. The topic of the webinar is “Major Internet Marketing Changes In 2014″. Mark and Omar say, “We are about to simplify the entire process for you with a LIVE training. This presentation is ABSOLUTELY free to attend for... [Read more]

Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Adapting Email Marketing for the Post-PC World from Affiliate Summit East 2012”. Collins Says, “This was a conference session titled Adapting Email Marketing for the Post-PC World from Affiliate Summit East 2012, which took place August 12-14, 2012 in New York City at the Hilton New York. Session... [Read more]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Mobile-Local Services And Marketing Are Bridging The Gap Between Online And Offline Retail”. John Huggestuen says, “Smartphones have changed what it means to reach people while they’re out and about. Retailers and marketers no longer need to rely on billboards to advertise... [Read more]

Todd Gross contacted IM NewsWatch yesterday to let us know that Cyril Gupta, famous for many “Jeet” products for online marketers has just finished a new one, Video Jeet. This upcoming Windows software is unusual; it works both for both Blogger blogs and for WordPress blogs. They are making it available on Thursday, at 11 AM EDT. In order... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “How to Repurpose Content for SEO in 2014″. Parampreet Chanana says, “When one starts off with a strategy for content marketing, a big challenge that he or she faces is creation of great content on a regular basis. Many marketers will advise you to keep blogging all the time,... [Read more]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How Publishers Can Use Marketing Automation to Build a Trusted Audience Relationship and Increase Revenue”. Seth Nichols says, “A publisher’s business is straight forward; we aggregate audiences and sell access to those audiences. The most successful publishers move beyond the basics... [Read more]

The latest VerticalResponse blog post is titled “The Best Way to Protest the FCC: Slow Down the Internet?”. Christina Warren says, “For some in the online community, the best way to protest the FCC’s proposed rules that wouldend net neutrality is to slow down the Internet. Last month, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced plans to... [Read more]

Your competitor isn’t really your enemy, so you don’t need the NSA involved, but you would profit from knowing what your competitors are doing. Do you? Try answering these questions about the most successful and popular videos for your keywords (the ones on page 1 of the search results): • What is their title? • What is their... [Read more]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Social data: don’t miss the boat”. Sebastian Hempstead says, “In the movie Mallrats, there’s a clip where one character, William, stares into a Magic Eye image, waiting to see a sailboat hidden in the picture. Packed lunch in hand, he’s determined to stare until... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “How to Be Authentic”. Jerod Morris says, “Do people really want the real you? All of it? The answer will, of course, depend on the audience and the forum. If you are writing a blog about drug addiction, telling your most horrifying stories is a prerequisite. Your audience will expect... [Read more]

The latest MOZ blog post is titled “10 Tactics to Improve Blog Readership – Whiteboard Friday”. Rand Fishkin says, “If you’re looking to increase traffic to your blog, there are many tactics that can significantly boost your progress. In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Rand lays a roadmap for the journey, offering 10 of the best... [Read more]

The Foolproof Cash Flow System is now available to IM NewsWatch subscribers. It’s brand new, and different from the usual internet marketing training. WillJRMarketing just released this new training (and the software needed to implement it). Will, the owner of WillJR Marketing, explains how he is achieving over $1000 per day building websites... [Read more]

The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Mobile Devices Drive 66 Percent Of Email Opens — Report”. Greg Sterling says, “According to Movable Ink’s Q1 2014 US Consumer Device Preference Report email opens continue to migrate away from the desktop, which now represents a minority of all email opens. In... [Read more]

The latest VerticalResponse blog post is titled “Don’t Let Your Email Look Defeated – 3 Essential Design Elements”. Colleen Corkery says, “I had my first email marketing gig in 2008 for an major reference and research library in Melbourne (“Melbin”), Australia. With a background in print and online journalism, I was asked to... [Read more]

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “4 Landing Page Optimization Tools, to Increase Conversions”. Melissa Mackey says, “Getting visitors to your website is the first step in converting them to customers. But what visitors see when they first encounter your site is crucial. That initial page — a landing page — will largely... [Read more]

The latest post on ‘Re/code’ is titled “Complaints About Net Neutrality Flooding the FCC”. Amy Schatz says, “It’s now T-minus six days until the FCC is scheduled to take up a controversial plan to allow Internet providers to buy priority, fast-lane service to consumers — and the complaints continue to pile up. Yesterday, FCC... [Read more]