Online Marketing – Articles To Help Your Business Succeed

More than selling a web presence, online marketing combines copywriting, SEO, social media, content creation and more. Online marketing requires the need to keep BRAND in mind, no matter what campaign you’re embarking on, or additions / changes you make. Learn what steps are needed for success.

Disturbing Trend with Big Business Points to the Failures of SEO

February 2, 2012
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Over the past year, we’ve seen an emerging trend among big business clients. It’s disturbing, this trend, because it points to the fact that a lot of businesses believed the SEO hype and didn’t pay attention to what the actual practitioners were saying. So we’ll say it again. SEO is not the end all, be [...]

SEO Tool Review: Microsite Masters SERP Tracking Tool

January 30, 2012

Our Tool ReviewA new SEO tool has hit the streets, competing with thousands of others. As SEO consultants, we’re always looking for that one tool – the one that will really help in measuring, managing and quantifying the work we do. Many SEO tools have promised the user will become a master, only to turn into something mundane. Because of this, we went to the Microsite Masters website with a healthy dose of cynicism…

Marketing Online – What Was That ROI Formula Again?

January 26, 2012
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You know ROI is a measure of your company’s success, but do you know how to go about measuring ROI? Questions plague you at night, “How do I get the most ROI? Shouldn’t I already be seeing returns? Maybe I should stop this approach and move to a new one…” Dr. Peter Drucker, Medal of [...]

Presenting Your Product as a Masterpiece: You Can’t Market a Piece of Junk

January 23, 2012
Marketing Masterpiece

Have you ever heard the phrase, “You can’t market a piece of junk?”  There are other… ahem… shall we say, more ‘graphic’ versions of the saying, but that’s the cliché sans the expletives. While this quote could be disproven (you really can market it… doesn’t mean people will buy, though), it’s a no-brainer that you [...]

Using “AIDA” Method as Part of Your Internet Marketing Strategy

January 19, 2012
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You learn a lot of things in Marketing 101. Things like “Starting sales copy with negatives is a negative thing.” You learn that meeting a customer’s eyes is important, as is active listening. By the time you’re done with the course, you can sell sand to a man in the Sahara. Of all the things [...]

So That’s What “Build Your Brand Story” Means!

January 16, 2012
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A confession: I don’t know much about branding. Oh, sure – I know words, but branding? That’s Gabriella’s bailiwick. I know more now than I did six or seven years ago, but that’s because she’s been my mentor for several years (and you can’t have a client-centered conversation with Gabriella without branding coming in to [...]

2012 Is the End of the Beginning: SEO, Social, Search, Copywriting, Et All

January 12, 2012
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So, did everyone have a good brouhaha good time for New Year’s? Are you ready to delve into 2012’s planning, marketing and magic? I don’t know about you, but around the office here, we’re ready to do more with less. We’ve taken a step back – but not a backwards step. – And if that [...]

WordPress – The Site, Blogging, Developing, Designing CMS Platform

January 9, 2012
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WordPress – it’s a content management system, a blogging platform and “that place you put your blog on”. It’s often thought of in relation to blogs, but have you ever thought of it as a “place to put your site on”? Thousands have, and many of them are big brands. WordPress is a flexible, viable [...]

Facebook Timeline – Pros and Cons for the Personal Professional

January 5, 2012
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Have you noticed how social networks are becoming more about building memories? You make friends, share events, get congratulated for happy events and condolences for sad ones. You can share pictures, videos… in fact, social accounts are like the digital scrapbooks of our lives (for individual accounts) and businesses (for corporate accounts). Now, I’m immersed [...]

Let Me Show You How Online Reputation Really Works, Mr. New Orleans Computer Repair Guy!

December 22, 2011
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For you, Mr. New Orleans Computer Repair Guy, also known as French Quarter Repair Services and iPhone or iPod Repairman: You returned my Mac Airbook in worse condition than it was before. That’s bad business. You charged me more than the agreed upon amount and wouldn’t return my possessions until I paid for it. That’s [...]