IM NewsWatch, October 19, 2012 - Latest IM News including ‘How to Srsly Reach Teens Via Email – Mashable’ and much more...

October 19th, 2012 at 3:23 am EST

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Friday, October 19, 2012

‘Copy My New 6-Figure Business’ Kevin Wilke’s Webinar October 21

Kevin Wilke is hosting a webinar on Sunday, October 21 at 7.00 pm EDT. The topic of the webinar is “Copy My New 6-Figure Business”. Wilke says, “I’m starting up a brand new business (outside of local online marketing) to add another 6-figures a month to my bottom line over the next year. While living up to my mission of “Inspire,... [Read more]

‘What The Hell Just Happened At Google?’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “What The Hell Just Happened At Google?”. Antone Gonsalves says, “The search giant was supposed to report earnings after the close of business today. Instead it jumped the gun and shocked Wall Street and Silicon Valley with a huge miss on both earnings and revenues. Then news broke that the announcement... [Read more]

‘Facebook Experiments With Profile Completion Meters’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Facebook Experiments With Profile Completion Meters”. Kenneth Rosen says, “You’ve probably never felt pressure to fill out your About Me section on Facebook - that may change. Recently some users began noticing a percentage meter that encouraged them to complete their profiles. Filling... [Read more]

WP Tag Pro (and two more plugins) all With Developer License #ad

WP Tag Pro saves you the manual work of tagging your blog posts. Tagging your posts lets search engines know what they are about and thus, what search results your post should appear in. That’s important, of course, since it determines whether your post will be seen by searchers and ultimately earn you money. Choosing tags is a tricky business;... [Read more]

‘Generate More Leads and Build Your List with Your Blog’ by Kathleen Gage

Kathleen Gage’s latest blog post is titled “Generate More Leads and Build Your List with Your Blog”. Gage says, “Ever wonder why some people seem to get a lot of mileage from their blog while others can’t get any traction at all? One person who really knows how is Denise Wakeman. Denise is one of the earliest adopters of the power of blogs. Founder... [Read more]

‘How to Get People to Work for you for Free’ by Nicole Dean

Nicole Dean’s latest blog post is titled “How to Get People to Work for you for Free”. 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 –> One of my “super-powers”, as my friends say,... [Read more]

‘The Top Two Reasons You’re Not Getting More Blog Subscribers’ by Denise Wakeman

Denise Wakeman’s latest blog post is titled “The Top Two Reasons You’re Not Getting More Blog Subscribers”. Wakeman says, “I’m frequently asked this question… “what is the best way to get more blog subscribers?” You probably already know having great content with compelling headlines, published frequently will help you increase... [Read more]

WP Speed Formula, so your blog isn’t penalized for being slow #ad

It’s no secret that customers hate having to wait for a page to load. As a result, because Google wants to please its searchers by giving them something they will like, Google penalizes your site for being slow, thinking that visitors will prefer your competitor, other things being equal. WP Speed Formula shows you, in detail, how to make your... [Read more]

‘Microsoft Windoes Evolves from Dominence to Contender’ Forrester Research Webinar 11.00 am EST

Forrester Research is hosting a webinar on Friday, October 19 at 11.00 am EST. The topic of the webinar is “Microsoft Windoes Evolves from Dominence to Contender”. Forrester Research team says, “As mobile device sales explode and Apple surges, Microsoft is making bold moves to transform Windows — creating uncertainties and challenges... [Read more]

‘6 Fixes We’d Like to See in Google Apps’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “6 Fixes We’d Like to See in Google Apps”. Matt Petronzio says, “For a free service, Google Apps is not too shabby. You can create, edit and share documents with Drive, handle all correspondences in Mail, organize your day-to-day affairs with Calendar, find novels and articles with Books,... [Read more]

‘The Integrated Marketing Train Has Left The Station: Social Marketing And Email Marketing’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “The Integrated Marketing Train Has Left The Station: Social Marketing And Email Marketing”. Henry Dewing says, “Here’s one of the biggest trends for off-domain social initiatives that I’m tracking as I kick off a new overview of social tools for B2B marketers: Marketers like you... [Read more]

Viral Image Curator Pro for images that bring you sales #ad

Just announced, at 11 AM yesterday, Viral Image Curator Pro has already sold over 1000 copies in less than 12 hours. It seems to have struck a nerve in the IM community. It’s a simple tool for finding royalty-free images you may use in your marketing without fear of being sued for copyright infringement. Use them in your blogs, Facebook pages,... [Read more]

‘6 Mistakes Your Clients Are Probably Making in Social Media? by Jay Baer

Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “6 Mistakes Your Clients Are Probably Making in Social Media?. Baer says, “As a marketing professional, it’s easy to become too close to the details of what you’re working on and lose sight of the forest in favor of the trees. Social media is no different – especially... [Read more]

‘Google Wants You To Tighten the Noose’ – ‘Offervault Scoop’ Blog

The latest article on ‘Offervault Scoop’ blog is titled “Google Wants You To Tighten the Noose”. Dustin says, “It seems as though SEO has become a dirty word the in recent months. And with good reason too. Between the umpteen different updates since the first Panda update and emphasis on backlinks – the SEO world has been shaken to it’s... [Read more]

‘The Two Paths to Trust in Marketing Professional Services’ – ‘MarketingProfs’ Blog

Lee W. Frederiksen’s latest article on ‘MarketingProfs’ is titled “The Two Paths to Trust in Marketing Professional Services”. Frederiksen says, “The most fundamental tenet of professional services marketing may be trust. How can you expect potential clients to retain you if they don’t trust you? You can’t. Conversely, the... [Read more]

“WP Ad Burn” eliminates “banner blindness” #ad

Mark Thompson just released WP Ad Burn, a new advertising system to improve the effectiveness of your website ads on your WordPress site. Today’s jaded consumers have had so much exposure to banner ads that they generally ignore them. These ads are a part of the “wallpaper” of their world, rarely focused on. Now with WP Ad Burn, your... [Read more]

‘Claim a Vanity URL for Your Social Media Profiles’ – Web Marketing Today

The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “Claim a Vanity URL for Your Social Media Profiles”. Yasmin Bendror says, “A vanity URL is a short, unique user name. Vanity URLs are easy to remember, read, share and use in marketing documents, on company websites, and business cards. Instead of having, say, the long default Facebook URL... [Read more]

‘Delivering Email on Time’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Delivering Email on Time”. Allison Howen says, “While email remains the king of online marketing, the success of a campaign can only be measured through subscriber engagement. This means that marketers need to closely monitor and analyze their consumers’ habits in order to give their campaigns... [Read more]

‘The Dysfunctional Guide to Blogging (and Business) Success’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog

The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “The Dysfunctional Guide to Blogging (and Business) Success”. Demian Farnworth says, “Ever wonder how some bloggers seem to suddenly take off — or come out of nowhere and steal your attention and your audience? Their subscriber numbers blow up into the six-figure digits … they garner a... [Read more]

WP Appointment Assistant Core for setting up office appointments online #ad

In April of this year, Luther Landro released an appointment plugin for medical offices. Now he has taken the core of that appointment-setting plugin and made it available in a form suitable for any office. With WP Appointment Assistant installed on any business’s website, a potential client or current client can request an appointment online.... [Read more]

‘Google Disavow Tool’ – ‘SEO Book’ Blog

The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Google Disavow Tool”. Aaron Wall says, “Google launched a disavow links tool. Webmasters who want to tell Google which links they don’t want counted can now do so by uploading a list of links in Google Webmaster Tools If you haven’t received an “unnatural link” alert from Google, you don’t... [Read more]

‘The Anatomy of Tomorrow’s Inbound Marketing Strategy Today’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “The Anatomy of Tomorrow’s Inbound Marketing Strategy Today”. Slingshot SEO says, “There are many schools of thought and methodologies defining what inbound marketing should look like. Most of them position content marketing, social media marketing and SEO as the core of inbound marketing. From... [Read more]

‘Your Sweet Spot: It’s Important and What to Do if You Can’t Find Yours’ by Rich Schefren

Rich Schefren’s latest blog post is titled “Your Sweet Spot: It’s Important and What to Do if You Can’t Find Yours”. Schefren says, “Your “sweet spot” is the unique value you can provide to your marketplace. Specifically, it’s the place where your strengths, your passions, your talents, your experiences all come together to... [Read more]

Kindle Kase Study: how a stay-at-home mom got 2000 Kindle downloads #ad

The theory behind this new Kindle Kase Study is that you can give away books, and use them to make a simple online profit. Rob Howard created this training to show us how to make more money giving away books than most of us could imagine a giveaway could produce. You don’t have to spend months to produce a book; it can be simple, as long as it... [Read more]

‘On Ron Siegel Home & Finance Radio Tomorrow’ by John Chow

John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “On Ron Siegel Home & Finance Radio Tomorrow”. Chow says, “I will be on the Ron Siegel Home & Finance Radio show tomorrow. The show is syndicated on radio stations coast to coast, so I invited you to tune in starting at 11:30 AM PST. Ron Siegel Home & Finance”. On Ron Siegel Home & Finance... [Read more]

‘Even Better Template Customization Now Available’ – Aweber Blog

The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “Even Better Template Customization Now Available”. Crystal Gouldey says, “If you’re a designer, or you have a designer that works on your website and emails, the new message editor makes it incredibly easy to design the slick emails you desire for your email marketing campaign. Most discussion here... [Read more]

‘Social Media Marketing: 5 tips to optimize your Twitter opportunities’ – MarketingSherpa

The latest article on MarketingSherpa is titled “Social Media Marketing: 5 tips to optimize your Twitter opportunities”. Courtney Eckerle says, “Twitter use straddles a fine line between opportunity and liability. To help you navigate successfully, we looked to two experts who offered five optimization tips based on their experiences... [Read more]

PinRanker: the software to give your Pinterest marketing a push #ad

Mark Dulisse’s new PinRanker runs on either PC or Mac and will automate all of your marketing tasks on Pinterest.com: • Auto Follow Pinterest Users • Auto Unfollow Pinterest Users • Auto Gather Pins • Auto Create Boards • Auto Pinning, getting images from Flickr, Google, or Youtube Videos • Auto Uploading and... [Read more]

‘ClickBank Insider Radio Episode 14: David Siteman Garland on Being a Mediapreneur’ – ‘ClickBank’ Blog

The latest ‘ClickBank’ blog post is titled “ClickBank Insider Radio Episode 14: David Siteman Garland on Being a Mediapreneur”. Beau Blackwell says, “This week our show features one of our favorite “mediapreneurs,” David Siteman Garland, who is the host of the entertaining and inspiring Web TV show and podcast, The Rise to the Top. Every... [Read more]

Wildfire Releases ‘The ROI of Social Marketing’ Report

Wildfire has released a free report titled “The ROI of Social Marketing”. The Wildfire team says, “The ROI of social marketing is much more than financial. In this special report Forrester explains why you need to consider your social from these four perspectives to measure its full impact: Financial: Have revenues or profits increased... [Read more]

‘Microsoft Earnings Fall Short of Forecasts’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Microsoft Earnings Fall Short of Forecasts”. Emily Price says, “Microsoft announced its quarterly results on Thursday: $16.01 billion in revenue, with $5.31 billion of that profit. That’s down from the company’s reported $7.2 billion in profit at the same time last year. By division, Windows... [Read more]

WP News Flash gets the attention of your site visitors #ad

Why do all the cable news channels us the scrolling tape at the bottom of the screen? They have found that it gets attention and builds viewer interest. Now Bryan McConnahea has given us the same tool for our WordPress websites. McConnahea’s WP News Flash lets you use a scrolling tape to advertise specials or to present any other information you... [Read more]

‘Upcoming Forrester Webinar — Windows: The Next Five Years’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’

The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Upcoming Forrester Webinar — Windows: The Next Five Years”. Frank Gillett says, “Microsoft Windows will power just one-third of personal computing devices sold during 2012. Say what? Over the past five years, the transition to mobile devices has transformed Microsoft’s position... [Read more]

‘Why Boomers Won’t Release Their Grip On Technology’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Boomers Won’t Release Their Grip On Technology”. Brian Proffitt says, “Put away the cozy image of the little old lady knitting a sweater for the grandkids, or the distinguished gentlemen playing chess in the park, because the newest elder generation is not going to sit quiety in a rocking... [Read more]

‘Getting Wild with Wireframes’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article

The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Getting Wild with Wireframes”. Pete Prestipino says, “While content management systems and shopping cart platforms (and everything in between) have in many ways changed the roles and responsibilities of Web designers and developers, it’s still important to wireframe the digital experience.... [Read more]

“Instant Upsell Generator Vol. 2″- Offline consultants: more money from current clients#ad

This is a sequel product, patterned after Instant Upsell Generator Vol. 1 They both are designed to designed to upsell clients to additional services. The new Volume 2 is designed to upsell clients to additional services helps sell Facebook services to your clients. Like volume 1, it is a newsletter you can send to clients to inform them of how important... [Read more]

‘Google’s Disavow Tool – Take a Deep Breath’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog

The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Google’s Disavow Tool – Take a Deep Breath”. Dr. Pete says, “There’s a new tool in the SEO utility belt – Google’s link disavow. Like all powers, this one comes with responsibility. Learn how to tell if disavowal is a good fit for you and how to use this power wisely”. Google’s... [Read more]

‘Why Brands Should Build Their Own Social Communities’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Why Brands Should Build Their Own Social Communities”. Adam Popescu says, “When it comes to social media, lead generation is one of the trickiest yet most important metrics. Truth be told, it’s not that easy for companies to turn fans and followers into dollars. And limited data supplied... [Read more]

‘OMG! How to Srsly Reach Teens Via Email’ – ‘Mashable’

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “OMG! How to Srsly Reach Teens Via Email”. Christine Doré says, “The starry-eyed, digitized kids with an iEverything make up a huge portion of the online demographic pie. So what does that mean for email marketing? When drafting email text for teenagers and young adults, make sure your copy... [Read more]

25 Website templates usable for any niche #ad

Getting your first website done can be a frustrating chore if you start from scratch. Didier Faucher is a designer who saw we needed an easy way to get a website created, so he created his new package, 25 minisite templates. These easy-to-use minisite designs will let you create more professional looking projects faster than you previously thought possible. Each... [Read more]


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