December 2011

In a recent report out of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, researchers found that social media use among Fortune 500 companies has slowed down.

Why is that?

fortune 500 blogging

The researchers think that the larger companies don’t put as much emphasis on direct communication with customers. In other words, they ignore the participation side of marketing.

That’s a huge mistake. Whether they bless it or not, conversation about their companies will continue.

However, for those companies in the Fortune 500 who do use social media like blogging… they seem to be doing it right… especially the following four.

Let’s look at these corporations to see what they do to create popular and engaging blogs and how you can leverage their success for your blog. [click to continue…]

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web traffic seo

When most people talk about search engine optimization they make it sound like you just need to do a little keyword research and get some links coming to your site… and boom… you have traffic.

But having a great search engine optimization strategy goes beyond the basics… it actually starts from the very beginning.

While there is a lot of advice out there, most of it misses some, if not all, of the steps I’m going to share with you. [click to continue…]

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like

If you run a business, then no doubt you use tools to automate your marketing efforts…whether it’s email autoresponders to nurture leads or analytics to measure your success.

Having automation systems in place like this allows you to increase your customer size without having to grow your employee base. But are you really getting the most out of it? Or are you leaving money on the table?

If you want to increase your ROI, then implement the following 4 marketing automation ideas: [click to continue…]

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doina oncel

Like many of you, Doina Oncel is an immigrant. She migrated to Canada at the age of 17 for a better life. She had a rough childhood and was looking for something better.

After moving to Canada, she found a great partner and had 2 kids. They started a renovation business together and things looked great from the outside as they were landing large contracts over $50,000 that contained over 50% profit margins.

It you looked at her life from the outside, everything looked great and you think she couldn’t be happier. But if you dug a bit deeper, you would see that she was going through a tough time. [click to continue…]

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email

Email newsletters are one of the greatest ways to monetize your social media efforts. But it’s really easy to make mistakes, too.

Would you like to know how to build a great email newsletter list without making the common mistakes that can ruin your reputation and cost you money? If so, avoid these 5 mistakes. [click to continue…]

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