Posts Tagged ‘marketing’

A Successful Corporate Blogging Strategy Isn’t A Mystery

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Corporate blogging is quickly coming into its own. The Internet is an awesome medium because it’s so good at putting people directly in touch with one another. Solid corporate blogging strategy takes advantage of this ability, but if not executed well, the results can be disappointing at best, and disastrous at worst.
Corporate blogging is just [...]

Are You Ready For Microblogging?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Although many people are now turning to blogs for information and opinions, blogging has been around for about ten years. If you blog, you know that one of the benefits of blogging is the RSS feed that alerts your readers to a new post. Depending upon your niche, you and your readers may benefit from [...]

Using Web 2.0 To Collect Consumer Feedback

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Earlier this month, Starbucks launched a new Web site. Launching a business Web site is nothing new, but this Starbucks site was established to capture consumer feedback and ideas about how the company should modify itself to perk up its US coffee sales. The comments have rolled in by the hundreds to the MyStarbucksIdea.com.
The site [...]

Universal McCann Study Shows Strong Growth In Social Media Uptake

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Adweek covered a recent study conducted by Universal McCann that shows some interesting things about US consumers and social media. The survey was a repeat of one done in September 2006 by the research firm. The second survey showed that the number of survey respondents who regularly read blogs jumped from just over 50 percent [...]

The Power Of Blogging As A Marketing Technique

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Blogging has been around for a decade or more and businesses are beginning to see the value of blogging as a marketing technique. In the Internet age, businesses are now beginning to see the value in blogging and working with bloggers to promote products. Many consumers turn to blogs when seeking out information and product [...]

New Bloggers Wonder: “Do Trackbacks Help?”

Friday, April 18th, 2008

New bloggers and bloggers who are new to blog marketingmay not use or understand trackbacks. A trackback is an automated notification that someone has posted a link to your blog in their blog. The notification appears in your blog in the comments related to the post being blogged about. So the question is: “From a [...]

RSS Marketing Benefits For New Bloggers

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has been around for about ten years and it is used to syndicate data that is published on a Web site. Today, many Web sites are built with RSS marketing in mind. Most blogging platforms also routinely publish an RSS feed, which Web browsers and news readers will recognize. (You’ll often [...]

Growing Your Business In A Slow Economy

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

You may have just started a business or you may have been in business for a long time. Either way, in today’s economy, you’re looking for effective strategies for growing your business. It’s no secret that growth will help your business thrive, but that’s much easier said than done in a lagging economy – especially [...]

Using Blog Directories

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Blogging is an essential component of a new marketing strategy, but how do you let the world know about your blog? If your blog is part of your Web site, some readers may find your blog by looking at your Web site. That’s one way to generate traffic, but a more effective way to promote [...]