The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Should we be rethinking the content we’re producing?”. Peter Meinertzhagen says, “I was prompted to write this post after a Twitter conversation was initiated by Simon Penson by asking:  “How long is too long for a blog post before people switch off? 1000 words, 2000 words? Trying so hard here to cut this one off…?!” You can follow the strands of the discussion yourselves by clicking the link above, but the general consensus was that longer blog posts can work, provided that they’re a) interesting,... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Fury At Amazon Over Fee Hikes”. Alistair Barr  says, “A brewing conflict between Amazon.com Inc and its merchants over fee hikes could benefit rival eBay Inc, and provide an opening for Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Google Inc, which are just getting into the space. Amazon’s online bazaar generates margins many times higher than traditional retail as the company takes a cut of every sale on its site made by a merchant, known as a third-party seller, and charges extra fees for handling logistics”. Fury At Amazon... [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Five cost effective SEO tools for SMEs and digital startups”. Pratik Dholakiya says, “SEO Tools are a time saver for everyone. However, the majority of the tools are too costly for small businesses or digital startup. So, here are five cost-effective SEO tools that would be beneficial and helpful to them”. Five cost effective SEO tools for SMEs and digital startups ‘Econsultancy’ Blog  [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “Pinterest Introduces Web Analytics, and Other Marketing Stories of the Week”. Lindsey Kirchoff says, “Email. Search engines. All those social networks. These channels and platforms are what make inbound marketing possible. Think about it. Without search engines, how would prospects find the content they’re looking for? If there were no such thing as social media, how could businesses still have scalable interactions with thousands of customers and prospects? Sometimes it blows my mind to think how far marketing has come just in... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “32 Advertisers Doing Amazing Things With Facebook’s Timeline”. Jim Edwards says, “Facebook‘s Timeline feature — which arranges your entire history of photo uploads and status updates into a scrollable continuum  —has been around for more than a year now. It offers advertisers a big, bright palette onto which they can pour the most creative imagery they’ve got. We highlighted those companies who were best at it last year. When Facebook rolls out its new News Feed redesign, many of these photos and videos... [...]

The latest ‘Aweber’ blog post is titled “Tim’s Ebook Marketing Success Story”. Amanda Gagnon says, “Last fall, I talked to customer Tim Brennan, chess tactics master, about his marketing plan for the holidays. He’d written an ebook – his first – and had a fresh list-building tactic to try out. He just followed up with me to report, 3 months later, “This has been a HUGE success.” Here’s Tim explaining“. Tim’s Ebook Marketing Success Story Aweber Blog  [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “How to Center Align Your Embedded Tweets [Quick Tip]”. Pamela Vaughan says, “We love us some embedded tweets. They’re a great way to give your content a little pizzazz, and they help to enhance engagement with it, too — among other use cases. But a couple of months ago when we went to embed a tweet into one of our blog articles, we noticed that Twitter no longer included an out-of-the-box option to specify the alignment of embedded tweets like it used to. And since then, every time we’ve gone to embed a tweet,... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Business Insider Is Hiring A Marketing Designer”. The BI team says, “We are looking for an experienced Marketing Production Designer to assist in the day-to-day production of marketing and promotional materials for Business Insider, including BI Intelligence and BI Events. You will be working on the cutting edge of digital media at a dynamic and thriving company that offers an excellent work environment”. Business Insider Is Hiring A Marketing Designer Business Insider  [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Facebook, LinkedIn, And Google Reveal Their Mobile Strategies at IGNITION Mobile”. Megan Knapp says, “Business Insider is gearing up for IGNITION Mobile next week, March 21, in San Francisco. We’ve assembled the mobile and product leads from some of the biggest players in the industry, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google. Join us next week for bleeding edge insight on new mobile technologies, growth markets, consumer behavior shifts and new business models. Learn from some of the best minds in the industry,... [...]

Offline businesses may have a customer email list, but many don’t don’t know how to effectively use it. They need an online marketer to help them create targeted email campaigns to their list. Otherwise, they may do nothing with it, or just spam it with a myriad of offers. Zesh Ali has created Offline Email Doctor to show you how you can be that email marketer for them. In this new training, Ali shows you how to find potential offline clients, and how to them this email service, through his copy and paste swipe files. With Ali’s guidance, you will be offering your own email marketing... [...]