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Remove Filter  | Hello I have used a combination of Word, Excel, and Gliffy to map out marketing plans. What about you? |
| | Hi Let say you or your client wants to create a wiki. I am familiar with pbwiki but it charges if the wiki has more than 3 users. What other wikis have you used? |
| | We all know Youtube is a frequent videosharing site, but I wonder how often do you actually use YouTube to promote your services and products? Has it actually helped refer visitors to your site? Has it helped you get new business? |
| | Which metrics do you monitor to measure your promotion/marketing success? Which metrics do you really dont care about? |
| | WordPress allows customization of blogs into informational business related websites. As I am exploring this for myself, I am wondering what has been your experiences of creating a non-blog on WordPress rather than creating a website on HTML/Flash. Would you do it again? Any recommendations? Thanks  |
| | We all are aware that social media is now a very important part of internet marketing. But what about measuring it? I found this on the Forrester blog - [url]http://blogs.forrester.com/marketing/2009/07/why-i-like-the-sim-score.html[/url] 1. Calculate the number of positive, negative, and neutral conversations happening for your brand 2. Use the formula (Positive + … |
| | Im working with a client who is moving away from traditional marketing to digital. Other than the basics and social media, which recommendations or advice do you have to share? Thanks |
| | Mashable wrote a post on Tweetblocker tool which allows users to identify top Twitter spammers. Have you used it and how has it helped your Twitter experience |
| | I read on a blog that it is a great time to advertise since it is lower cost CPC. "According to Efficient Frontier, advertisers have "capitalised on this price reduction and achieved more click volume" while at the same time boosted ROI. Specifically, advertisers in the UK were able to … |
| | This new finding released by Nielsen reflects that consumers trust virtual friends and strangers' reviews the most. Thus, for business owners, this means that one has to pay constant attention and minimize risk damage to what reviewers have written about your service or business. One interesting statistic was regarding trust … |
| | Hi I am always on the lookout for resources to strengthen my knowledge and understanding of this ever changing online landscape. I do have my list of blogs I visit often like Mashable and CNET but I wonder if anyone else have other "hidden gems". Thanks |
| | What questions would you ask a social media consultant who you or your business wants to hire to grow your brand's online pressense/community? |
| | Many sites have used Google Analytics to measure online engagement. Yahoo Analytics is also another free tool that also have received good buzz. Like Google, Yahoo now has its network of Yahoo Analytics Consultants. Thus, knowing this, would you be more inclined to use Yahoo Analytics on your site. |
| | One aspect of life that is constant is change. Thus, this change occurs everywhere and anywhere, especially when executing a marketing plan. You may encounter unforeseen pebbles on the road. Hence, you may need to change course to improve chances of your marketing success. So when this happened to you, … |
| | Im trying to add new blogs to read on internet marketing and will appreciate any suggestions. I subscribe to Mashable and SEOMoz. Which ones do you recommend? |
| | Im thinking of setting up a phone line to provide internet marketing advice. Before doing that, I am wondering if anyone on this board have used Skype Prime or Ether and what do you think? Did it helped you build credibility on your field or even made some revenue? Please … |
| | I know there are many podcasts and online radio stations and if the producer accepts advertising, it provides an opportunity for businesses to advertise. I have seen display ads on Pandora on my Ipod Touch and one PSA on my broadcast. Would you advertise on Pandora or use Targetspot? What …  |
| | Hi If you dont have an invitation for your Google Voice, try get one. [url]http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html[/url] You can select your own numbers and letters. Thus, from an advertising sale perspective, would it help to pick your number, keeping it in mind that the area code may not reflect your business area. … |
| | You may have heard already but Google will release their own Operating System based on open source coding. This OS will be Netbook friendly. Google has been THE Leader for search marketing. Now that Google will have a OS in the market, it can potentially transform search marketing to a … |
| | How do you optimize for mobile search? Do you think that mobile users will use more precise or defined search words to find the type of results they are looking for? |
| | I just read a blog today about how Google has introduced video ad previews in its SERPs. Nevertheless, the video help engage the visitor to learn more about the product/service and spend more time. Would you consider this advertising tactic for your product? [url]http://www.steverubel.com/advertising-embedded-video-previews-in-google[/url] |
| | Hi I just read a blog report about how News Corps lost millions with Myspace. Myspace have changed its branding in the past year or so and have the same colors as LinkedIn and Facebook yet it has not really helped regain its market space. So do you use Myspace … |
| | As you might have heard, Apple's new IPhone 3GS has an option to IProd in its control. I wonder if Iprod is going to be a new online community, similar to me.com, to upload and share contacts and friends. Perhaps this is a new online community for mobile users. What … |
| | As we all know, online conferencing has been around for some time though it is mostly used by vendors doing a demo on their product with potential clients. My question for you is : have you effectively used web conferencing to increase your online consumer/business reach? I know I have … |
| | I read this blog post today and it made me think on how behavioral data have allowed advertisers to "personalize" certain types of advertising. [url]http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2009/08/future-of-direct-marketing-and-newspapers-is-personalization/[/url] Unlike the blogger, I do read the political pamphlets on my mailbox but I also wonder if I will become more engaged if I knew … |
| | I read on a blog that Yahoo and Bing will be combining forces against Google and it will be announced sometime this week. From a SEO and PPC perspective, I wonder what changes and challenges this union can present to internet marketers. What do you think? |
| | I often see on this board requests for white papers and best practice guides. Thus, when I saw this one I thought members of this board would benefit. [url]http://www.porternovelli.com/media/pdf/pnid-news.pdf[/url] |
| | Paypal released is new Adaptive Payment API which now competes with Amazon's Flexible Payment Services. It is supposed to be more flexible for adaptation. Which API would benefit most to e-commerce sites? |
| | Have you used vvoice search on your mobile? Or have you employed mobile voice search in your tactics? Have you heard of Vlingo, Tellme, and Sensory? |
| | Hi Let's say you are in the process of creating a startup or small business but you dont want your competitors to obtain too much information on your company. Which approaches do you take to prevent this? What have you done? |
| | The reason on why I am mentioning this topic is because I have noticed that many links that are listed by users here have security warnings. Despite the warnings, a study published by Carnegie Mellon mentioned that the majority of visitors ignore those warnings. So if your business site have … |
| | We all know that the US is in a financial recession, thus, this will impact on buying behavior and advertising/marketing spending. For myself, I am more conservative and thinking thrice before spending on additional monitoring tools and nice to do advertising but may not directly impact the bottom line. So … |
| | Which model/s do you use to conglomerate your search campaigns and web analytics? I am trying to understand more about this and appreciate any insights and suggestions. Thanks |
| | I do believe that the recession has motivated many users to tap into online communities to network and increase their professional growth. This may be a big reason on why LinkedIn has much more momentum than a few years ago. So how do you think the recession has affected online … |
| | There are many sites that provide the opportunity to become a sponsor. Has anyone on this board have done it and if so, what lessons have you learned or any recommendations do you have to share? Thanks |
| | As entrepreneurs and consultants, I do believe that blogging is a good way to increase our reputation and visibility. There are numerous plug-ins and tools to help the blogging experience and I just found out of Zemanta. Have you used Zemanta or other blogging assistance tools? What are your recommendations … |
| | One of my Facebook friends posted that he added himself using related tags on wefollow.com. I checked it out and it looks like a twitter directory. Perhaps this is a good new avenue for businesses and entrepreneurs to promote themselves online. What do you think? |
| | Hi Many companies focus on blogger outreach as part of their PR campaign. Do you use blogger outreach for your marketing campaigns? If so, which lesosns have you learned. Or are you a blogger and got turned off by these unsolicited requests, what do you recommend companies to approach bloggers? |
| | One of my clients is thinking of creating discounts. My question for the membership is which percentage usually work for your business to help increase ROI? What has been your experiences? |
| | I am looking for a shopping cart template for WordPress. I want to set up my own store and not go through ebay all of the time, just for the first run of the product. Thus, I am looking for an easy to use template. I found a few but …  |
| | Both companies thinks of creating a twitter account and let users become Followers. But I read a very interesting post on Jeremiah O's (Forrester) blog on the types of corporate twitter accounts. link: [url]http://bit.ly/3fZOHt[/url] Below is an excerpt of the above mentioned blog. So what do you think? From Corporate … |
| | Pew Internet Study just released a report today stating that first the amount of people viewing online videos have doubled since 2x and also that men spend more time on YouTube than women. To see the report: [url]http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/13--The-Audience-for-Online-VideoSharing-Sites-Shoots-Up.aspx[/url] So knowing this insight, let say you are launching a new game … |
| | Would you add Facebook Connect as an option for members to sign in and share their activity on your site to their facebook wall? Or why not? As a user, I personally opt out of Facebook connect at times and prefer to sign in as a new member. Why? Well, … |
| | What are my options to advertise on mobile other than text message and the small text ads that come out when Im visiting AP news or some other news module? Please do tell. |
| | I found a the best practices and case studies in this site and wanted to share it to the members of this site: [url]http://business.twitter.com/twitter101[/url] What do you think? |
| | In this economy, coupons have become very popular. Thus, have you thought of using coupons to promote your business? Or have you used coupons for your business? Which lessons have you learned?  |
| | How have you used the Freemium model on your site? As I am researching it for a client, I found that looking through the journalism/news sites was a good place to start. For example, Financial Times has a freemium model and after the user visits the sites on the 10th … |
| | We all know pop up ads were not welcomed by many but what about pop unders or ads in an unintrusive ways, like small bottom lines on a video or on a free mobile app. What do you think? |
| | Seth Godin helped popularize the crowdsorcing concept. For growing an online community, do you think crowdsorcing helps communities grow? I do think it does help but I do believe their should be designated ownership/s as well. What do you think? |
| | How often do you check on the quality of the sites you are linked to and you link to? Do you think it is necessary to help with your website's SERPs? What do you think? I personally have check sites that included a link to my site and in some … |
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