Category Archive for: Online Marketing

Your Online Listening Post

Leveraging RSS Feeds and Your Google Reader This post may be short, but it’s very, very sweet in terms of its power and simplicity.   I was having a conversation with another marketer about the most common question we get asked lately. The question is, “what is the ROI for Social Media?” Face it. You…

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Website Content

What’s your “We” Score? One of my fellow Duct Tape Marketing peers introduced me to a very cool tool I’m going to share with you today. It’s called your We-We Calculator and it fascinates me for two reasons. It is a terrific and creative example of a lead generation tool. It shows you how customer-focused…

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Marketing Routine

Think about the last time you made a big change in the way you run your business or perhaps even in your personal life. It’s hard to adjust your day to day habits. Sometimes we are even at a loss where to start. The same tends to happen with our marketing. Perhaps you have worked…

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Advertising IQ

Answer True or False and then check your answer below. Your ad needs to be large to generate a good response. Use a lot of “white” space because people will not read crammed copy. Ads with black text on a light background get a better response than white text on a black or coloured background.…

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Online Credibility

I had the opportunity to listen and speak with David Meerman Scott through a private telephone session he hosted for Duct Tape Marketing Coaches on the New Rules of Marketing and PR. Below, I have summarized some key points which may give you a fresh perspective on how to enhance your credibility online. The old…

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Content or Education Based Marketing

Educating Your Prospects Effortlessly Part of being able to run a successful marketing system is finding ways to automate your marketing processes. One very powerful area for automation is educating your prospects.   Educating prospects is a vital step that many small businesses struggle with.   Struggle #1 – Your ideal prospects don’t even know…

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Social Bookmarking for Business

Social bookmarking is a cool concept that allows you to save bookmarks to websites you find interesting or useful. It’s a great idea from a personal standpoint because you can access your favourite bookmarks from any computer. But how can social bookmarking help your business? Okay, I must admit – it definitely has taken me…

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Company Story

Think about the last time you and a friend raved about a product or a service. Did you talk about the company’s motto or its whole product line? Of course not, more than likely you told a story about your experience with that company. You might have had a personal anecdote about the person you…

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Promotional Plan

Here’s a bold statement. There is no such thing as a bad marketing tool, just bad planning. You can choose skywriting, bus benches, TV or the web and it CAN work, if you know the buying patterns of your ideal client and you don’t fall victim to what I call one-dimensional marketing.   Whenever we…

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