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- Analytics & Testing
Social Media + Analytics = Inaccurate
If I were to ask you which source provided more traffic to your site, Twitter or Facebook… how would you determine that? The majority of web analytics users would log in and look at their referring sources and come up with the value. That’s a problem. Some companies simply add “twitter.com” as a referring source and think that it does…
- Content Marketing
Drip, Drip, Drip… Buy
No one is waiting for your next tweet, status update or blog post to make their next purchase. There’s always the chance that you might motivate someone to purchase, but it’s impossible to predict when prospects are ready to make their next purchase. That’s why it’s so important to be there when your prospects are ready to decide. Where will…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Agencies: Quit Wasting Your Clients’ Footer Powered By Links
Agencies and designers are typically diligent at adding their powered by to the footer of the sites and applications they build. Still, I’m surprised at how many don’t utilize that opportunity to gain some search engine ranking. When I explain search engine optimization and ranking to folks, I typically explain it this way: On-page Keyword Optimization – using keywords effectively…
- E-commerce and Retail
How Do Colors Impact Purchase Behavior?
The science of colors is fascinating, in my opinion. Great designers – whether they’re automotive, home decorators, graphic designers, or even user interface developers understand the complexity of colors and the importance of them. From the color palette selected to ensure that it provides harmony – to the actual colors utilized – has a significant impact on user behavior. Color…
- Content Marketing
Corporate Blogging: The Infographic
It was great bumping into John Uhri of Red Bit Blue Bit at Blog Indiana, this year. John does a really cool thing – rather than writing typical notes during discussions; he draws creative informational graphics (an infographic). So, here’s a great infographic of Corporate Blogging for Dummies he did after reading through the book. Thanks, John! It’s great to…
- Content Marketing
Is Your Marketing Illegal?
Attorney David Castor, an attorney firm specializing in startups and SaaS businesses, emailed me over the weekend with the news that the FTC has settled with its first victim of new disclosure laws. As part of the proposed settlement (PDF), PR firm Reverb Communications and owner Tracie Snitker must remove any iTunes reviews that were written by Reverb employees posing…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Attract Followers, Don’t Buy Them
It’s not easy to develop a large follower base on Twitter. The easiest way is to cheat and waste your money buying thousands of followers from one of these online “businesses” that offer such services. What is to be gained from buying followers? So what if you have 15,000 followers who have no interest in your business and the message…
- Content Marketing
Ghost Blogging: The Antithesis of Everything Social? Really?
Wow, this is quite a statement from Avinash on ghost blogging: If you don't have time to blog then don't. Ghost blogging is inauthentic & the antithesis of everything social. #dontbeafake cc @mitchjoel— Avinash Kaushik (@avinash) August 16, 2010 It’s always interesting when someone with as much authority as Mitch or Avinash throws out a rule like this. Not only…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Desktop Email: Still The Productivity King
The only problem is that web-based email is terribly inefficient. If you want to be more productive than the half billion people who use web-based email, simply switch to a desktop email client. Here’s why:
You’re Underestimating Social Media
Roundpeg recently did a social media survey and put together a fantastic whitepaper on the results. As I read through the pages, one of the results really struck me. More than 70% of the business owners surveyed said social media generates 10% or less of their total business. In truth, I don’t believe these customers know how much of an…
