Many people decide to start a podcast based on a whim. “Hey, I have this great topic and I should start a podcast!” or “I could get a lot of traffic to my blog if I added a podcast.” Whatever your reason for considering it, creating a podcast starts way before the recording process.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
What comes to mind when you hear the word blog? Is it a bunch of words on a web page, ideally expressing a message of some sort to the reader? That is what many people first think of when they hear this word, and, initially, this is what many first time blogs are comprised of. [...]
Blog marketing isn’t confined to brick and mortar operations by any means. In fact, the role that blogging can play in consultancy is amazingly versatile. Using blogs, RSS publishing, video and podcasting gives the consultant an amazing array of tools to broadcast their expertise to their target market. Moreover, it allows the consultant unfettered freedom [...]
Niche marketing is not new but it’s application via business blogging opens a myriad of opportunities to cultivate your target market.
We posted on aspects of niche marketing here and here. The objective in developing your niche market online is to establish yourself as a thought leader or expert in your given field. This can be [...]
Really, with terms like “wiki” and “business blogging” and “podcast marketing“, it can be kind of hard to take the Web 2.0 world all too seriously. Especially if you are a CEO and the only thing you associate social media with are bratty teens on MySpace. But, as is the norm with online marketing, [...]
Podcast marketing is met with skepticism by some corporations and businesses. Certainly it is new terrain, and can often appear more like a Wild West show than a viable advertising medium. But just as a viable country emerged out of the “Wild West”, as podcast and video marketing is being refined, a very viable marketing [...]
Blog marketing through the use of videos is rapidly gaining interest as it continues to result in increased traffic and conversions for online marketers.We recently touched on the importance of optimizing the images on your website. In a recent interview, Rohit Bhargava of Interactive Marketing confirms the importance for image and video/podcast optimization.
Image, Video and [...]