IM NewsWatch, November 9, 2012 - Latest IM News including ‘Steps to achieving relevance in email marketing – Econsultancy’ and much more...
November 9th, 2012 at 2:00 am EST‘4 Reasons Why You MUST Have A Blog’ – ‘Business Thrival’ Blog
The latest ‘Business Thrival’ blog post is titled “4 Reasons Why You MUST Have A Blog”. Jynell Berkshire says, “If you are like most business owners, you have invested a lot of effort and money in building a web site that contains information about your products or services. However, this content may become static and rarely change. This... [Read more]
‘How do B2B companies use social media? [infographic]‘ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “How do B2B companies use social media? [infographic]“. David Moth says, “Social media can be a useful tool for creating brand awareness, but are B2B marketers using it for demand generation as well? According to a survey of more than 500 B2B marketers conducted byEloqua, 64%... [Read more]
‘Get More Green on Black Friday, Compliments of Remarketing’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog
Angel Morales’ latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “Get More Green on Black Friday, Compliments of Remarketing”. Morales says, “Savvy retailers are already finalizing plans to get the most “green” from their email campaigns for Black Friday/Cyber Monday—the official kick off to the holiday season. But, every year,... [Read more]
EDU Dynamite: Build your site’s authority using universities #ad
Joe Finn has a lot of experience finding universities that will allow a member of the public to create content on their websites. Several times over the last couple of years, he has sold lists of these universities on the Warrior Forum. Now, in partnership with Ian Ainslie, at 3 PM EST today, he is showing you how to find your own EDU backlink opportunities,... [Read more]
‘Cause and Charity Platform for Affiliate Marketers’ by Shawn Collins
Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Cause and Charity Platform for Affiliate Marketers”. Collins Says, “Snoball is a neat platform where users can create campaigns to raise donations for their favorite charities. When somebody creates a Snoball account, they can organize fundraisers to over 1.7 million nonprofits. Snoball users can create... [Read more]
‘US Online Holiday Sales Continue to Grow at a Double-Digit Pace’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “US Online Holiday Sales Continue to Grow at a Double-Digit Pace”. Julie Ask says, “Forrester’s “US Online Holiday Retail Sales Forecast, 2012” launches today, and in it we predict that this November and December alone are expected to pull in $68.4 billion dollars in online revenue,... [Read more]
‘9 Ways To Make LinkedIn More Social’ by Denise Wakeman
Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “9 Ways To Make LinkedIn More Social”. Wakeman says, “Everyone has their favorite Social Media Channel. If you’d measure the fame of each, LinkedIn would probably lose this popularity contest. It’s has the reputation of being the “Chamber of Commerce” among the social networks. I often hear... [Read more]
Covert PinPress: Make your website look and feel like Pinterest #ad
Human beings are very visual creatures and sight is our most important sense. That’s why pictures hold so much interest to us. Pinterest has capitalized on this tendency, and you can, too. That’s why an image-based site like Pinterest has taken off and is one of the fastest growing sites ever. Covert PinPress can give your site some of the... [Read more]
‘Paid Advertising Tips for Growing your Online Business’ by Nicole Dean
Nicole Dean’s latest blog post is titled “Paid Advertising Tips for Growing your Online Business”. Dean says, “It’s another Expert Briefs, where I ask really smart business owners to answer your burning questions. If you’ve missed past Expert Briefs, you can click on the undies to see them all –> I’ve been buying up a bunch of solo... [Read more]
‘Where To Build Links – Today’ by Michelle MacPhearson
Michelle MacPhearson’s latest ‘From Idea to Empire’ blog post is titled “Where To Build Links – Today”. MacPhearson Says, “EO is dead. Long live SEO. Listen folks, it ain’t dead. But it is changing. Of course it changes – this is the internet, people! We’re lucky is something remains the same for a month! In today’s SEO climate... [Read more]
‘Why is the Digital Agency Market’s Tail Growing Longer?’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Why is the Digital Agency Market’s Tail Growing Longer?”. Pete Prestipino says, “The evolution of digital marketing agencies and the overall online marketing sector is a conversation that demands attention. The world of digital marketing is moving so fast that we should expect to see an... [Read more]
Pandora Biz – WordPress Mobile, Facebook Timeline Bundled Theme #ad
Agung Prabowo and Tantan Hilyatana have been creating WordPress themes for years. Their latest is called Pandora Biz. It’s designed to be an all-around theme, useful both for online marketers and for the online presence of offline marketers. It’s responsive so it works with mobile devices plus it has many more features needed in today’s... [Read more]
‘21 Pay-per-click Resources To Learn and Improve’ – Web Marketing Today
The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “21 Pay-per-click Resources To Learn and Improve”. Melissa Mackey says, “If you’re new to pay-per-click advertising, or are responsible for training new PPC staff, you can never have enough training resources. With that in mind, I’ve assembled a number of resources for PPC beginners... [Read more]
‘How to Track Facebook Success Or Failure with Real-Time Stats? by Jay Baer
Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “How to Track Facebook Success Or Failure with Real-Time Stats?. Baer says, “There’s been lots of gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands and pounding of keyboards about Facebook’s Edgrerank lately. “How dare they!” pontificate the social pure bloods. “We put forth... [Read more]
‘10 Specific Strategies You Can Use to Turn Those Domains into Mini Money-Makers’ Jim Edwards’ Webinar November 13
Jim Edwards is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, November 13. The topic of the webinar is “10 Specific Strategies You Can Use to Turn Those Domains into Mini Money-Makers”. Webinar Details Organizer: Jim Edwards Topic: 10 Specific Strategies You Can Use to Turn Those Domains into Mini Money-Makers Day/Date: Tuesday, November 13 Register for webinar... [Read more]
WhiteBelt Starters SEO Package: Done for you backlinking #ad
The Expert SEO Services team is offering to assist in your SEO. They offer several levels of service, depending on your needs an budget. And the guarantee that everything they do is open and above-board, completely “white hat.” Their WhiteBelt Starters SEO Package offers several kinds of links: • High page rank social bookmarks •... [Read more]
‘Contact Us For a Free Demo (case study)’ – ShoeMoney Blog
Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Contact Us For a Free Demo (case study)”. Schoemaker says, “When we first launched the PAR Program the website had one goal… to get people to contact us so we can give them a demo. I mean the site is great and all but that is the goal is to get people to contact us so we can schedule a demo... [Read more]
‘Connect Your WordPress Blog With Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Connect Your WordPress Blog With Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr”. Christina Warren says, “Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com has given its Jetpack plugin a big update. Think of Jetpack as a bridge that brings functionality from the hosted WordPress.com service to self-hostedWordPress.org blogs.... [Read more]
‘Introducing ReadWrite Mix – Join Us In The Real World’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Introducing ReadWrite Mix – Join Us In The Real World”. Dan Lyons says, “Despite our passionate and undying love of all things Internet, lately a few of us here at ReadWrite have been thinking we should pay a little more attention to the time we spend offline, in what used to be known as the... [Read more]
List Building Renegade: Easy ways beginners can build a mailing list #ad
If you want a long-term, sustainable, business you need a customer list so you can stay in touch with them and sell to them repeatedly. List Building Renegade shows you updated methods (classic methods, but with a unique twist) for building your list. These updated methods can help you grow your list faster than ever. From start to finish, you discover... [Read more]
‘Official: Google Panda Refresh On November 5th (Version 21)’ – ‘Search Engine Roundtable’ Newsletter
The latest issue of ‘Search Engine Roundtable’ newsletter has been released. Search Engine Roundtable Newsletter Contents Official: Google Panda Refresh On November 5th (Version 21) It’s Official: Google’s New Top Navigation Goes Live But Will It Remain “Clean”? Google’s UK Search Share Drops Below 90% Google... [Read more]
‘3 Online Marketing Tips from a Traveling Entrepreneur’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “3 Online Marketing Tips from a Traveling Entrepreneur”. Betsy Talbot says, “When we last traveled together, we learned a few things about business from Asian food carts, ancient ruins in Peru, and Chinese dumpling shops. You picked up handy souvenirs for your business like getting started... [Read more]
‘Algo Hunters – An Interview with Barry Schwartz’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog
The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Algo Hunters – An Interview with Barry Schwartz”. Dr. Pete says, “If you follow the Google algorithm, you’ve heard the name Barry Schwartz. I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Barry a little while working on MozCast, so we interviewed each other about the current and future state... [Read more]
Offline Puppet Master – Accountants Edition 2: Puppet finds Leads for Accountants #ad
Who would have thought of this innovative approach to market accounting firms online: a puppet (it looks a lot like the ones from Sesame Street) has made a marketing video for a generic accounting company. Marketing consultants can offer this promotional video to their clients in the accounting niche. Adding the video to their squeeze page (if they... [Read more]
‘Making Money on Youtube: How To Get Started’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Making Money on Youtube: How To Get Started”. Chow says, “Making money on YouTube has never been easier. Just like anything else, time has to be spent getting set up. The objective of this post is to teach you how to get started with making money on Youtube. What are the things you need to get set... [Read more]
‘Offer Relevance: How Edmunds.com achieved an 18% increase in price quote requests through personalized targeted marketing’ – MarketingSherpa Case Study
MarketingSherpa team has released a case study titled “Offer Relevance: How Edmunds.com achieved an 18% increase in price quote requests through personalized targeted marketing”. Courtney Eckerle says, “Since it began as a paper guide in 1966, Edmunds has focused on providing customers with accurate and relevant automobile buying... [Read more]
‘How to Create Better Experiences With Your Emails’ – Aweber Blog
The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “How to Create Better Experiences With Your Emails”. Crystal Gouldey says, “What makes a good email newsletter? Is it the content? The design of the email itself? In reality, both of these elements need to be in top form in order for an email to be considered good; no one will care about an email with... [Read more]
Going Viral on Facebook: A proven free traffic strategy #ad
Yoel Cohen has created a set of “over the shoulder” videos of himself as he works with his Facebook account to bring him viral traffic. His approach, he says, works in any niche to get your fans and their friends to Like, to Comment and to Share your Facebook posts. This is no small matter. Many people struggle to build a following on Facebook.... [Read more]
Wildfire Releases ‘How Top Brands Supercharge Their Social Marketing’ Video Demo
Wildfire has released a video demo of ‘How Top Brands Supercharge Their Social Marketing’. The Wildfire team says, “Wildfire’s Social Suite has everything you need to launch, analyze, and optimize campaigns and promotions across Google+, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Watch our demo now, and see how Wildfire... [Read more]
HubSpot Releases ‘Going Beyond Email: How to Use Workflows for Better Lead Nurturing’ eBook
HubSpot has released an ebook titled “Going Beyond Email: How to Use Workflows for Better Lead Nurturing”. The HubSpot team says, “Email workflows, a.k.a. lead nurturing or drip marketing, is a crucial part of any effective marketing strategy. Workflows take email marketing to the next level. They let you build stronger relationships... [Read more]
‘How Is Google Like Poetry? Let Me Autocomplete the Ways’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How Is Google Like Poetry? Let Me Autocomplete the Ways”. Matt Petronzio says, “Remember those magnets that had random words and phrases written on them, helping you to create works of poetry on your fridge? Well, now there’s a new way to put together snippets of poetic genius — and all... [Read more]
Inside Adsense: Adsense isn’t dead; you just need to use a new approach #ad
Sarah Staar has just released her Inside Adsense training, which takes a novel approach to Adsense marketing. Staar says the historic approach (build cheap, spammy sites and place AdSense ads on them) is indeed dead, but Adsense can be profitable if you approach it differently. With her approach, Staar says she is “generating thousands upon thousands... [Read more]
‘Overcome Any Obstacle’ – ‘Early to Rise’ Newsletter
The latest issue of ‘Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. Rich Schefren says, “What if I told you that whatever is holding you back… whatever barriers are preventing you from increasing your income… whatever obstacles are keeping you from achieving financial success… can be overcome simply by thinking differently? Now... [Read more]
‘Election Day Was Facebook’s Most Talked About Event This Year’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Election Day Was Facebook’s Most Talked About Event This Year”. Alex Fitzpatrick says, “Facebook users in the United States mentioned Election Day-related topics 71.7 million times earlier this week, propelling the event past the Super Bowl and World Series for most-talked-about-topic in... [Read more]
‘Four key steps to achieving relevance in email marketing’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Four key steps to achieving relevance in email marketing”. Matthew Kelleher says, “Relevance is the Holy Grail, not just for email marketers but for marketers in general. The word relevance has been over-used to the point of making it a cliché. However, at the heart of every... [Read more]
Covert Social Buzz
Over the past year the “IM Wealth Builders” team (Cindy Batteye, John Merrick and Soren Jordansen) have released several powerful WordPress plugins and themes and have sold over 35,000 copies. Now the IM Wealth Builders team just released their newest WordPress plugin: Covert Social Buzz. They have spent over a year looking at how to improve... [Read more]
‘Top 100 Brands on Google+ Have a Total Audience of 23 Million’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Top 100 Brands on Google+ Have a Total Audience of 23 Million”. Todd Wasserman says, “A year after Google began letting brands create profiles on Google+, the top 100 brands have an aggregate of 23.2 million fans, according to one researcher. That’s a big jump over just 1.1 million in... [Read more]
‘Facebook’s New Big Data Tool Cranks Up Hadoop – And It’s Open Source’ – ‘ReadWrite’
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Facebook’s New Big Data Tool Cranks Up Hadoop – And It’s Open Source”. Brian Proffitt says, “Struggling with even the most cutting-edge big-data tools, developers at Facebook have announced a new open-source tool set, Corona, designed to enable data-processing on the incredible scale... [Read more]
‘Save the Date: The Biggest Leaders in Media Unite on Nov. 30’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Save the Date: The Biggest Leaders in Media Unite on Nov. 30″. Tania Kasongo says, “As a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Mashable Media Summit has been rescheduled to to Nov. 30. We continue to keep in our thoughts those affected by the storm. The Mashable Media Summit is a one-day conference... [Read more]
Azon Ninja: WSO of the Day shows how to get more Amazon affiliate sales #ad
Your Amazon affiliate site could be attracting a steady stream of visitors who need the Amazon products you promote. But for best results you need to use non-traditional promotional methods. If you do what everyone else is doing, you’ll be lost in the crowd. Furhan Yacub has studied the Amazon affiliate marketer’s needs and has found techniques... [Read more]