The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Digital Marketing: The Lure of False Promises”. Kellie Sheehan says, “My pet peeve of the week: engaging with “Live Help” that isn’t actually “live.” It’s a rare occasion that I’ve initiated a live chat for help with something online; mostly, because I feel like it’s not going to be a “live” person on the other end and I’ll just walk away annoyed”. Digital Marketing: The Lure of False Promises Business2Community.com [...]
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The latest ‘Web Marketing Today’ blog post is titled “Recipe for Creating Infographics”. Kunle Campbell says, “Infographics are popular. They offer the ability to transmit information in a more digestible form than blocks of text and they’re particularly good for explaining ideas. They are especially popular on image-driven social media platforms such as Pinterest, Flickr, and Google+. So what makes a good”. Recipe for Creating Infographics Web Marketing Today [...]
The latest article on Business Insider is titled “How 4 Major Companies Revitalized Their Brands By Being Great To Their Customers On Social Media”. John Heggestuen says, “Most brands offer dreadful customer service on social media. A study from Socialbakers, a social media analytics company, found that response times have actually worsened recently, instead of improving, as the chart shows. But a few companies are doing great things with social media, and helping to recast their companies as customer-centric organizations. In several cases, companies facing crises or PR disasters... [...]
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Five Behaviors You Need To Track In Order To Improve Sales Forecasting”. Frank Donny says, “Sales forecasts have been misleading companies for years. The wildly different numbers that they present from one period to the next should be analyzed with care, as they are more likely to be numbers that lie than actual reliable predictions. But why is it so difficult to come up with accurate forecasts and reliable performance data? Consider the following scenario: You currently use a CRM system, but the standard reports are... [...]
Jay Baer‘s latest ‘Convince & Convert’ blog post is titled “Facebook is Getting More Two-Faced By the Day″. Baer says, “In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about two new announcements from Facebook that appear to come from opposite ends of the philosophical spectrum. Maybe. Or Maybe Not. Within 96 hours, Facebook made two pronouncements (I like to imagine them being made via scrolls read in a town square, preceded by trumpete”. Facebook is Getting More Two-Faced By the Day Jay Baer’s ‘Convince & Convert’ Blog [...]
The latest article on the ‘The Future of Ink’ blog is titled “On-Camera vs. Off-Camera – What’s the Right Type of Video for You?″. Lou Bortone says, “These days, video ismuch more than talking heads. With so many tools and resources at your fingertips, there are dozens of ways to create great videos. (Here are 16 Types!) So the question is not whether you should be making videos for your business (you should), but what is the right type of videobest suitedto your needs“. On-Camera vs. Off-Camera – What’s the Right Type of Video for You? ‘The Future of Ink’ Blog [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How to Convert Casual Blog Visitors Into Dedicated Subscribers”. Pamela Vaughan says, “You probably know all too well by now that content creation is a very necessary function of successful inbound marketing. And for the inbound marketers who embrace that, abusiness blog is one of the most reliable and effective platforms for publishing much of the content they create. But if you’ve been consistently blogging for a while, you probably have all the business blogging basics down pat”. How to Convert Casual Blog Visitors... [...]
Jeremy Schoemaker’s latest blog post is titled “Should you submit your dirty laundry to the Google spam team?”. Schoemaker says, “In case you missed the news, Matt Cutts has solicited webmasters to submit their poorly ranking websites to them, so they can have a look exactly why your website isn’t ranking as well as should. No, that’s not a joke. Really. Matt Cutts had everybody aflutter when he tweeted “If there’s a small website that you think should be doing better in Google, tell us more here” Now, looking at the responses it is clear I wasn’t the only one who thought... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “How To Design A Landing Page That Converts”. John Paul Mains says, “As marketers, getting quality traffic to our websites has never been easier. We have SEO, PPC, social media, email marketing, display ads, photo marketing, mobile ads… and the list keeps growing. Consumers, however, are learning to automatically tune out anything that isn’t interesting. This drives businesses to spend even more, becoming more creative and pulling out every tactic they can think of to capture consumer attention. So, with all... [...]
Noah Whitmore was unhappy with the limitations of pop-up software for WordPress. The existing plugins didn’t work well with mobile devices and were restricted in what they could display. So he created his own pop-up builder, and he calls it: Popit Plugin. Here’s what it can do for you: • Instead of limiting you to a boring rectangle, it can pop up a balloon or thought bubble with your message • When the visitor hovers their mouse over your message, it becomes animated. • Besides text in the pop-up window, Popit Plugin supports a clickable image and video • It lets... [...]