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March 2009

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About Advertising

and Promotion

 

March 31, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Seven Tips for Marketing Events with Paid Search"

Create an informative and engaging landing page. Be sure to answer the who, what, where, when, and why questions instantly when someone arrives on your site...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 31, 2009

From DM News:

"Which Is Better:  Paid or Organic Search?"

Because it can own as many keywords as make sense economically, PPC typically drives far more total business than SEO...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 30, 2009

From eMarketer:

"Search Marketing Spending and Trends"

Even if optimization's effects are not as obvious as paid search advertising, SEO delivers longer-term results that support any search marketing campaign...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 29, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"The Value of Content Marketing"

Best practices for using online content marketing to improve conversations with and among your customers...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 26, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Spring Cleaning Your Online Marketing Strategy"

Making sure that your site meets audience needs, matches all corporate and brand messaging, and is optimized for conversion will buoy the results of all efforts and maximize the value of paid media online or off...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 27, 2009

From Internet News:

"Does Search Advertising Need to Change to Grow?"

Advertisers are seeking to squeeze more out of their campaigns - namely, improving brand awareness and developing greater tie-ins with offline ads...

http://www.internetnews.com

 

March 25, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Up, Up, and Away!"

SEM spending is forecast to reach $14.7 billion in 2009...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 25, 2009

From DM News:

"Targeting High-Value Online Segments Via E-Mail"

Top spenders are more likely to be influenced by well-crafted e-mail programs, but they are also more vulnerable to the effects of over-e-mailing...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 24, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Why E-Mail Matters More Than Ever"

Five tips for making the most of your e-mail marketing efforts...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 24, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Improve Your Email Marketing Through Segmentation"

Four simple tips to be more successful with your segmentation...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 18, 2009

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Marketers Plan to Spend More Online and Aim to Measure Results Better"

43% of marketers plan to increase spending on interactive and web media by up to 5% this year, and 30% plan a bump of more than 5%...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 18, 2009

From MarketingVOX:

"Article-Based Ads Spark Most Action, Pop-ups Least Loved"

Compared with banner ads or other options, people respond better when they can read an article, evaluate it, and then decide to click through for more information...

http://www.marketingvox.com

 

March 17, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"Better Targeting = Better Leads:  Demographics for SMBs"

Applying some small business common sense to demographic targeting can bring you some great rewards, once you understand who wants to buy what you're trying to sell...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 16, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"The Future of E-Mail:

Four New Marketing Segments

You Need to Know About"

Wannabes are people who like your brand, but who need your help.  They love the offers and the deals.  What are they looking for?  For you to tell them how to best work with you...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 16, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"Setting up PPC Campaigns"

What's the desired result?  How will success be measured?  What works for one company may not work for you, so revisit your goals to ensure a custom fit throughout this process...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 13, 2009

From eMarketer:

"Trends and Best Practices in E-Mail Marketing"

Look at the activity of individual recipients on your list over the last six or 12 months, people that are fundamentally inactive - who haven't clicked, haven't opened, haven't purchased - take 'em off your list...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 13, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"Behavioral Targeting:  Profiling or Perfecting User Experience"

Behavioral targeting lacks the beauty of search advertising, which captures users in the midst of a conversion funnel, or of contextual advertising, which at least catches users when they are thinking about a certain topic...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 13, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Six International E-Mail Marketing Challenges"

Speaking to audiences individually (segmenting) substantially lifts results.  Clearly the same will hold true when sending to multiple countries, each with its own language, culture, and social mores...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 12, 2009

From eMarketer:

"Online Coupons Clipping Along"

13% of online coupons were redeemed in 2008, versus only a 1% redemption rate for print coupons...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 11, 2009

From DM News:

"How Can I Turn Anonymous Web Visitors into Leads?"

The Web is a great tool for casting a wide net and reaching millions of potential customers, and with a few simple tweaks to your site, you can take the anonymity out of the equation...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 11, 2009

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Social Network Ads Tough Sell to Gen Y Consumers"

Online marketers need to look beyond placing conventional online ads on social networks to make them work...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 10, 2009

From DM News:

"Search Shift Fuels Recession-Friendly Keyword Strategy"

Advertisers are beginning to shy away from expensive general terms because consumers are not converting at same rate that they used to...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 6, 2009

From E-Commerce Times:

"Turning Your Company Web Site Into a Marketing Automation Tool"

Make sure campaigns and events go up on a Web site at the right time and come down before they get stale...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 5, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"The Final Digital Divide"

Your Web site should be treated as the absolute epicenter of all things marketing.  Every ad should have a URL; every direct mailer should have a Web-based call to action...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 5, 2009

From DM News:

"Five E-Mail Marketing Rules to Remember"

Don't forget the nuts and bolts of smart and effective e-mail marketing - everything from using permission-based lists and good list hygiene to using clear, valuable subject lines and solid design and messages...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 4, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"The Inbox:  New Business Incubator and Laboratory"

Ten questions to assess how to improve upon past performance to get better future results in e-mail marketing...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 2, 2009

From DM News:

"Marketing to Moms"

One common mistake marketers make is expecting women to go out of their way to find out about a new product or campaign.  You can't summon them.  You have to find them where they are - the Web sites they're at, and the community groups they are part of, online and offline...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

About Customer

Service

 

March 30, 2009

From InternetRetailer.com:

"Despite Economy, Many E-Retailers Plan to Spend More on Customer Experience"

What is the biggest reason for spending on customer experience?  Making the web site easier to use...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 26, 2009

From eMarketer:

"Personalization:  Putting the A-Ha! into Online Shopping"

Even though automated recommendation systems are rapidly improving, there are situations where peer recommendations provide more meaningful results...

http://www.emarketer.com/

 

March 23, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Understanding Your Customers' Language"

Just knowing what keywords people searched on tells us nothing about actual intent and whether those keywords converted...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 18, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"Awareness and the Decision-Making Funnel"

If the visitor can't find something easily, it doesn't exist.  If you emphasize too many items, all of them lose importance.  Any delay increases frustration...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 12, 2009

From InternetRetailer.com::

"Customer Service and Site Usability Drives Online Sales"

Good online customer service can give e-retailers an edge in the market, but it must coincide with things like a transparent returns policy and a user-friendly web site...

http://www.internetretailer.com

 

March 9, 2009

From DM News:

"Web Copy Quality Can Be Much Better"

Keep it short.  Keep it smart.  And your customers will get it...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 6, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Customer Service Is Even More Important Now"

Five best practices for online customer service...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 6, 2009

From MarketingVOX:

"Reluctant Shoppers Increase Due Diligence"

Shoppers who research their purchases online look to content sources that help inspire, discover and confirm their choices, including user ratings and reviews, and recommendations based on other consumers' purchasing or browsing behavior...

http://www.marketingvox.com

 

March 3, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Top 4 Ways Smart Marketers Use Digital Branding Applications to Operate More Efficiently"

Consumers want to have their say, and this desire should be seen as the positive dynamic that it is...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

About Webstore

Management

 

March 31, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"When Is a Visitor not a Visitor?"

For site-centric measurement, cookie-based tracking is the closest that we get to the notion of a visitor...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 31, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"Easy There, Mr. Popular"

Social media stuff is great, but it's a set of tools, so you've gotta pull out of the Yippee! Hooray! cloud for a bit and look at basic selling mechanisms...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 30, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"How Analytics and User Experience Design Can Work Together"

User experience design occurs in four stages:  research, strategy, information architecture, and interaction design...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 26, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"When All Search Is Local"

For service businesses that work within a defined geographic area, brick-and-mortar businesses that exist in only one location, and those that have several different branches, location is everything and local search is the only search that matters...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 25, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Programizing Site Optimization"

Focus on business goals for the Web channel - not just things you think you can improve.  It's often easy to identify things that seem easy to change, but they may fall on a portion of the site that only impacts 1 percent of the site traffic and isn't related to a key conversion rate...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 23, 2009

From E-Commerce Times:

"How to Build a Small-Business Web Site:  Content Management Simplified"

Web content needs to be looked at on a regular basis and updated to make sure the information is current and that the right messages are getting to the right people...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 21, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Avoiding the Winner's Curse of Paid Search"

The better you are at estimating the true value of a click from a particular keyword, engine, and set of targeting parameters, the less often you'll end up with the Winner's Curse - a paid click that doesn't convert to a profitable sale or take positive steps toward a purchase while visiting your site...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 20, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Search:  No Results Equal No Sale"

If your no-results page contains nothing but a note saying No Results Found, you may as well close the browser automatically.  That user is done shopping with you...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 19, 2009

From MarketingVOX:

"Search Queries with 8+ Words Continue to Rise"

The growing length of search queries appears to be a trend resulting from growing sophistication among web searchers and the need to use more specific terms to cut through web clutter...

http://www.marketingvox.com

 

March 19, 2009

From Knowledge@Wharton:

"Time for a Data Diet?  Deciding What Customer Information to Keep - and What to Toss"

Companies should figure out what information they need to track consumer behavior.  Then, aggregate that information over a defined period such as two to four months.  With that aggregated information, a company can create histograms - graphical representations of aggregated data - and throw away original data...

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

 

March 18, 2009

From eMarketer:

"The Internet Is Getting Gray"

People ages 55 and up accounted for nearly one-third of Web audiences in late 2008, and typically spent more time online than young adults...

http://www.emarketer.com

 

March 17, 2009

From DM News:

"5 Tips:  How to Spiff Up Your SEO"

Each page on your Web site is an opportunity to deliberately target one - and only one - keyword term or phrase...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 14, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Building a Dynamic E-Commerce Team"

If you are a product company, your first hire needs to be a solid merchandiser, one that understands the product category, how to build differentiation and relevance...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 13, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Thinking Beyond the Shopping Cart"

If you're a retailer and only consider revenue generated at the instant of the sale, you may be missing huge optimization opportunities...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 12, 2009

From MarketingVOX:

"Using SEO to Manage Your Online Reputation"

The three main components of an SEO-fueled reputation management campaign...

http://www.marketingvox.com

 

March 12, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Tips to Beat the Odds for Address-Book Addition"

Five strategies to uncover questions your customers are asking and guide you in devising strategies to answer them...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 11, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Link Analysis"

The number of backlinks to a particular Web page or Web site isn't the only signal used that helps determine ranking order...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 10, 2009

From DM News:

"Strike Up the Brand with E-Mail"

For everything you do in e-mail, consistency is the underlying word...

http://www.dmnews.com

 

March 10, 2009

From MarketingProfs.com:

"How to Lose Sales with Bad Search Marketing Decisions Based on Best-Practice Web Analytics"

Focus not just on the quantity of conversions but also on the quality of those conversions...

http://www.marketingprofs.com

 

March 9, 2009

From MarketingVOX:

"3 in 5 Web Users Think Sites Track Their Behavior"

Advertisers must take concrete actions to mitigate consumers' privacy concerns and at the same time continue to deliver their message as effectively as possible...

http://www.marketingvox.com

 

March 9, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"More Local Search Tactics"

There are 54.5 million mobile Internet users in the United States, representing 25 percent of online users...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 6, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"Measuring Exit Clicks"

Exit click percentages on particular pages can also tell a story of the relative merit to a visitor of staying versus leaving...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 5, 2009

From E-Commerce Times:

"How to Build a Small-Business Web Site:  Analyze to Optimize"

When it comes to analyzing your site's performance, there are three things you need to measure...

http://www.ecommercetimes.com

 

March 4, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"SMB Link Building Without a Dime"

Many bloggers allow those who post comments to have a link back to their site.  This is a great way to contribute to your niche community as a whole and obtain a nice link back to your own Web site...

http://searchenginewatch.com

 

March 3, 2009

From ClickZ.com:

"View-Through Conversions Are Not Conversions"

View-based conversions are an indicator of banner advertising's influence on a consumer's propensity to convert, and the conversions you see being reported on shouldn't be part of your total conversions...

http://www.clickz.com

 

March 2, 2009

From Search Engine Watch:

"Local Search 101"

Reach out to your local chamber of commerce and other Web directories local to your area, and ask them to link to your Web site...

http://searchenginewatch.com

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