IM NewsWatch, September 14, 2012 - Latest IM News including ‘Build an Email List that Builds Your Business – Copyblogger’ and much more...
September 14th, 2012 at 4:00 am EST‘Forrester’s Guide To Building Influence And Driving Business Value’ – ‘The Forrester Blog’
The latest article on ‘The Forrester Blog’ is titled “Forrester’s Guide To Building Influence And Driving Business Value”. Richard Evensen says, “By now, you’ve probably heard about Forrester’s Playbooks. These amazing how-to guides are showing a variety of professionals how to go from vision to best practice to optimization... [Read more]
‘How To Build Your Email List Much Faster Using LeadPlayer’ – ‘Internet Marketing Speed’ Blog
The latest ‘Internet Marketing Speed’ blog post is titled “How To Build Your Email List Much Faster Using LeadPlayer”. James Schramko Says, “You want to build your email database faster right? Recently I have been doing a lot of email conversion optimisation elements. I have tested light boxes, exit pops, inline forms and after post... [Read more]
‘10 Sources of Competitive Business Intelligence’ – Web Marketing Today
The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “10 Sources of Competitive Business Intelligence”. Kevin Webster says, “Knowing your competitors’ pricing and advertising strategies is critical in today’s business environment. Often, brand loyalty is trumped by price and short term deals through services such as Groupon or Amazon Local.... [Read more]
Last Day for the Lead Rocket Sale #ad
Derek Pierce has had Lead Rocket WP plugin that builds opt-in forms on special sale for a week, now, and today is the last day of the sale. It will still be for sale after today here, but for more than double the price. Lead Rocket is a set of elegant opt-in forms suitable for aWeber, GetResponse, Constant Contact and Mailchimp. More are planned. Along... [Read more]
‘Google Course Builder Goes Open Source’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Google Course Builder Goes Open Source”. Pete Prestipino says, “An open source course building web application has been released by Google this week and it’s definitely worth of a look if you’re currently providing, or are interested in providing, an online learning destination... [Read more]
‘Has Social Media Made Your Sales Team Obsolete?? by Jay Baer
Jay Baer ‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “Has Social Media Made Your Sales Team Obsolete??. Baer says, “Maybe it’s true that “video killed the radio star”, but has social media snuck up and killed the salesman behind our backs? Jim Farley, VP of Global Marketing & Sales for Ford Motors seems to think that... [Read more]
‘Social Networking For Authors & Overcoming The Rejection Slip’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’
The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Social Networking For Authors & Overcoming The Rejection Slip”. Richard MacManus says, “Yesterday I reviewed the leading social network for book readers, Goodreads. In the second post in my Social Books series, I’m checking out a brand new social network for book writers. Called Writer’s... [Read more]
Blog Booster Blowout- WP Tools, Training and Resources on Sale #ad
Simon Hodgkinson, well-known British online marketer and trainer, has just released a “firesale” package of WordPress information for marketers that he calls Blog Booster Blowout Included in this sale is a trove of WP goodies, including: 6 themes, 4 plugins, e-books and videos. You’ll find solutions to many of your WordPress issues... [Read more]
‘Mashable Media Summit 2012′, NY, November 2
Mashable is hosting the ’Mashable Media Summit 2012′ at The TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York, NY on Friday, November from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm EDT. About Mashable Media Summit 2012 The Mashable team says, “New forms of technology and innovative business models are transforming the media landscape every year. From new ways... [Read more]
‘Hearst and ‘Salon’ Join the Mashable Media Summit’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Hearst and ‘Salon’ Join the Mashable Media Summit”. Jennifer Diamond says, “The Mashable Media Summit is a one-day conference that explores how new forms of technology are redefining media. The brightest minds in the industry will come together Nov. 2 at the TimesCenter in New York... [Read more]
‘From New List to Critical Mass: Grow Your Audience With Content Marketing’ Aweber and Copyblogger Webinar September 18
Aweber and Copyblogger is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, September 18 at 2.00 pm EDT. The topic of the webinar is “From New List to Critical Mass: Grow Your Audience With Content Marketing”. Copyblogger team says, “In this special new session for AWeber, Brian and Sonia will share: – What is a Minimum Viable Audience, and why do you... [Read more]
“WP Realty Tycoon” for your client real estate brokers #ad
WP Realty Tycoon is a WordPress theme that is tailor-made for real estate professionals. You get a developer’s license so you can set up professional-looking sites for all of your clients in the real estate field. This theme is full of features that will benefit real estate companies or individual agents: • It’s mobile-friendly, and... [Read more]
‘Psychographics Deconstructed: What We Look Like to Facebook Marketers’ – ‘SEOmoz’ Blog
The latest ‘SEOmoz’ blog post is titled “Psychographics Deconstructed: What We Look Like to Facebook Marketers”. Marty says, “For those of you who were at this year’s MozCon, this post is the punch line to my presentation. We put our heads together and brainstormed a way to express the concept of the “whole” user, targeted... [Read more]
‘Julie Clark to Keynote Affiliate Summit West 2013’ by Shawn Collins
Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Julie Clark to Keynote Affiliate Summit West 2013”. Collins Says, “Julie Clark will be a keynote speaker at Affiliate Summit West 2013 on Tuesday, January 15, 2012 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. Julie Clark, a former English and art teacher, founded The Baby Einstein Company in 1996. Her goal was to... [Read more]
‘3 Reasons To Quit Your Day Job And Start Blogging’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “3 Reasons To Quit Your Day Job And Start Blogging”. Chow says, “Do you still enjoy working at your 9-5 job? I had more than 20 reasons to quit my jobin 2005, but I waited until mid 2006. It wasn’t easy for me at the time, but it was the best decision I made. Being an employee offered some benefits... [Read more]
“Botstagram”- Automates your Instagram marketing #ad
Complete autopilot software often can do foolish things. It’s just a computer, after all; what does it know? You really want automation that still gives you control over its operation. Botstagram is a new tool for quickly building a following on Instagram, while limiting your efforts to targeted visitors, not random Instagram users. This new software... [Read more]
‘Membership Gold’ – StomperNet Blog
The latest ‘StomperNet’ blog post is titled “Membership Gold”. Anne Holland says, ”Earlier this week, you were asked some questions on whether or not you have what it takes to offer a membership site in conjunction with your business. Some of those were hard questions that you need to answer honestly. “Can you handle the extra workload?”... [Read more]
‘The 30,000 Foot View of Lead Gen and the Marketing Process’ by Rich Schefren
Rich Schefren’s latest blog post is titled “The 30,000 Foot View of Lead Gen and the Marketing Process”. Schefren says, “Marketing is a process like anything else. If you want to be an online entrepreneur, you need to know how to master this process (and that includes acquiring new prospects). In this podcast, Rich Schefren will give you the... [Read more]
‘Comparing Backlink Data Providers’ – ‘SEO Book’ Blog
The latest ‘SEO Book’ blog post is titled “Comparing Backlink Data Providers”. Rob Kerry says, “Since Ayima launched in 2007, we’ve been crawling the web and building our own independent backlink data. Starting off with just a few servers running in our Directory of Technology’s bedroom cupboard, we now have over 130 high-spec... [Read more]
Social Ads Dynamite- boost the click-troughs for Facebook ads in seconds #ad
Well-known Atlanta marketer Joe Lavery and his partner, Brett Fullmer, have released the new Social Ads Dynamite software, hosted on their server, that quickly improves that attractiveness of your ads on Facebook and on Plenty of Fish. They enhance any graphic or photo you use in an ad, by placing it in a custom frame, so it looks more professional.... [Read more]
‘The Email Design Strategy That Gets 215% More Clicks’ – Aweber Blog
The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “The Email Design Strategy That Gets 215% More Clicks”. Crystal Gouldey says, “How do you know your emails are performing optimally? Are you happy with the amount of open and click-throughs you are getting? Truth is, you won’t know if you’re getting the most you can out of your email marketing unless... [Read more]
‘Why do some SEO bloggers get away with selling links?’ – ShoeMoney Blog
Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Why do some SEO bloggers get away with selling links?”. Schoemaker says, “Google makes it pretty clear – buy links and it could get your site banned. And numerous site owners who have done just that have faced the wrath of Google’s banhammer. Google wants you not to sell links to manipulate... [Read more]
‘What’s The Most Important Marketing Question To Answer?’ – ‘Marketing for Success’ Blog
The latest post on Charlie Cook’s ‘Marketing for Success’ blog is titled “What’s The Most Important Marketing Question To Answer?”. Charlie Cook says, “I get emails from subscribers like you all the time, but don’t have the time to respond to every one. But here’s one question that I’d like to answer. “Charlie, I thought you were... [Read more]
Zero Cost Marketing- Reach qualified prospects without spending a penny #ad
You may not have heard of Paul Mladjenovic, but you probably hav heard of his best-selling book, Stock Investing for Dummies. That’s just one of his publications, which he has turned into money-making long-term products. Now he wants to share with you how you can do it, too. In Zero Cost Marketing, Paul shares the strategies, techniques and sources... [Read more]
‘Inbound Marketing 101: 5 steps to help you get started’ – MarketingSherpa
The latest article on MarketingSherpa is titled “Inbound Marketing 101: 5 steps to help you get started”. Courtney Eckerle says, “At MarketingSherpa, we often publish case studies or how-to articles that focus on a specific tactic or campaign. Today’s Consumer Marketing newsletter steps back to give you the basics on getting... [Read more]
‘How to Build an Email List that Builds Your Business [Free Webinar]’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “How to Build an Email List that Builds Your Business [Free Webinar]”. Sonia Simone says, “If you want to build your business online, there’s no better way to do it than by building an audience first. An audience gives you everything you need — direct or indirect feedback, the sharing... [Read more]
‘Despite Zuckerberg, Facebook is Still ‘Bullish’ on HTML5’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Despite Zuckerberg, Facebook is Still ‘Bullish’ on HTML5″. Emily Price says, “Just because Mark Zuckerberg thinks betting everything on HTML5 was Facebook’s “biggest mistake”, that doesn’t mean that the company plans on abandoning the coding platform. In an interview on Tuesday,... [Read more]
SEO Course Collection, for the site that needs more visitors #ad
In SEO Course Collection, Gabriel Machuret says he has included “everything you need to reach #1 on Google.” Machuret says that even after Panda and Penguin, SEO is within the capabilities of the average website owner. You don’t have to pay a specialist hundreds or thousands of dollars to optimize your site. At the heart of what Machuret... [Read more]
‘How to Increase Your Digital Klout’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “How to Increase Your Digital Klout”. Brian Solis says, “Joe Fernandez, CEO of Klout, founded the company in 2009 as a way to measure the influence — or, as he calls it, the “Klout score” — of people on the web. n this episode of Revolution, Fernandez talks about the rise of his company,... [Read more]
‘New Changes To Twitter’s Embedded Tweets’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’
The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “New Changes To Twitter’s Embedded Tweets”. Adam Popescu says, “It seems there are more changes at Twitter than to the molecules of a frozen burrito in a microwave. On the heels of last month’s API change (and scare), Twitter is tweaking content delivery. Twitter product manager Brian... [Read more]
‘Save $100 on Search Marketing Expo in NYC’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
The latest post on ‘Copyblogger’ Blog is titled “Save $100 on Search Marketing Expo in NYC”. Sonia Simone says, “The landscape of search and search engine marketing is rapidly changing. To keep up, stay ahead, grow your business, and get more (and better) traffic to your site, you need the right help. Search Marketing Expo is a conference... [Read more]
“Fan Page Profits”- If your fan page isn’t making profits for you #ad
A lot of people have built a fan page, only to discover that it’s not working for them. Fan Page Profits shows how to finally make a fan page worth the effort, even if you’re new at it. In Fan Page Profits, you will discover: • How to build a fan page people will interact with • How to get fans to click your links • How to... [Read more]
‘Affiliate Marketing and Gender’ by Shawn Collins
Shawn Collins’ latest blog post is titled “Affiliate Marketing and Gender”. Collins Says, “Affiliates were asked “Are you male or female?” for the 2012 Affiliate Summit AffStat Report. The results broke out as 66% male and 34% female. There was a keynote panel at Affiliate Summit East 2012 on women in affiliate marketing. The panel discussed... [Read more]
‘Insider Peek At The $3,000 Per Person ThinkTank 2012’ by John Chow
John Chow’s latest blog post is titled “Insider Peek At The $3,000 Per Person ThinkTank 2012”. Chow says, “As you probably know next week I am going to dk’s ThinkTank. Below is an email he sent out to his list of attendees. I am not sure if he wanted it public, but I thought you guys would enjoy”. Insider Peek At The $3,000 Per Person ThinkTank... [Read more]
Reminder- ‘Armand Morin Live’, Las Vegas, September 21-23
Armand Morin is holding ‘Armand Morin Live’, a three-day event in Las Vegas on September 21-23. Morin says, “Join us in Las Vegas for three intensive days where you will capture some of the most effective, cash-on-demand marketing strategies ever devised geared to help make your online business become insanely profitable! Plus… Special... [Read more]
Buzzinar just launched for viral sales funnels #ad
The average internet marketer doesn’t approach the selling process carefully, as building a real business.Ad hoc promotions for an affiliate product or, occasionally, their own product, repeated one after another, don’t make a real business. When approached correctly, making money online isn’t hard. Even a kid can make money selling... [Read more]
‘An Intervention: Are You Too Busy to Be Successful?’ by Rich Schefren
Rich Schefren’s latest blog post is titled “An Intervention: Are You Too Busy to Be Successful?”. Schefren says, “Busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, busy… bankrupt. That’s the depressing downward spiral I see way too often in the Internet marketing space. Especially in 2012, when running an online business can include... [Read more]
‘Google Adds New Search Tool: The Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon [VIDEO]’ – ‘Mashable’
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Google Adds New Search Tool: The Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon [VIDEO]“. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai says, “Over the past few days Google added a new search tool to its arsenal: the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon search tool, officially called the Bacon Number. This funny new tool is a tribute... [Read more]
‘Facebook’s Ad Exchange Has A Promising Launch’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’
The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook’s Ad Exchange Has A Promising Launch”. Dave Copeland says, “The much-anticipated Facebook Exchange, intended to help advertisers target ads at customers who have visited their site, finally launched Thursday and the early indications are it could be a game-changer”. Facebook’s... [Read more]
Facebook Dynamite: Plumber, untrained in marketing, found a key to Facebook marketing #ad
“Lloyd the plumber”, in a small Pennsylvania town (about 23,000 people), used Facebook to bring in over $12,000 on a single month: • Without buying ads • Without spending money • Without spending hours on Facebook Marketer Ed Akehurst (with partner Jason Ohrum) has documented the process Lloyd used in his brand new Facebook Dynamite... [Read more]