Social Media
Jumping into Social Media Marketing? Look for the Influencers
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Social influence is a key factor when it comes to marketing. It doesn’t matter if you are using traditional channels or not. Influence is what drives a person to choose one car manufacturer or fast food restaurant over another. Social Media Marketing which targets online influence is the wave of now.
With that in mind, inbound [...]
Keep Your Email Message in Precise Focus
Sunday, July 11th, 2010I’m a big believer in the written word. Regardless of how social media is changing PR and marketing, a quality direct response sales letter will still sway the reader. But, even with the CAN-SPAM law in effect, we still get more emails than we can handle on a daily basis, so to grab the reader’s [...]
Paid Blogging: What’s the Problem? Is it Ethical?
Friday, October 23rd, 2009What’s all the hoopla about paid blogging? Is it good for business? Is it ethical? Should it be policed by the Big Brother of the Internet, Google? Lots of ideas and opinions are running around as how to view paid blogging. Here’s a quick rundown as we look at the pros and cons of compensating bloggers to review products and services.
If You Build It, They Will Not Come - Get Marketing! Create Some Buzz!
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008"If you build it, they will not come" is the new tag line for Web sites. Long, long ago in the not too far distant past of having an online presence on the Internet it was a whole lot easier to be in the top 10 never mind the top 100 or 1000 today. There [...]
Is Social Media Making Direct Response Irrelevant?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Has social media got you down? If you are a member of the direct response marketing community you may be feeling the pinch from the pull of social media as companies shift more of their marketing budget to Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and other social media outlets.
But don’t despair. This to shall pass as Integrated Marketing [...]
