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• 2014: The Year of Li...

  
  I realize it's a tad early for the obligatory end-of-the-year prognostication piece in which marketers and advertisers alike provide their fearless forecasts Read more...

• Self-Serve Customers

  
  Once upon a time, pulling into a gas station meant that a uniformed attendant would dash out to pump your Read more...

• Hashtags Have Helped...

  
  Hashtags have been around for some time now, and you’ve probably used them a few times to hook up to Read more...

• How Many Zombies?

  
  Have you ever felt that you might be in the presence of the living dead? Even if you are not Read more...

• Cyber Monday Is Comi...

  
  Cyber Monday falls on 2nd December and marks the busiest online shopping day of the year. With millions of shoppers armed Read more...

• The Criteria of an E...

  
  B2B marketing is always challenging, but even more so when you are in a crowded market space filled with tough Read more...

• 5 Amazing Twitter Ch...

  
  Twitter is a great source for locating influential people and conversations relating to numerous industries and ideas (with an average of 5,000 Read more...

• Preparing Your Lead ...

  
  Businesses have enjoyed immeasurable success in digitally targeted marketing campaigns up through 2013, especially with social media giants Pinterest and Read more...

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  Some of the content presented in this demonstration website is from: http://socialmediatoday.com/. Fore more exciting news visit their website. If you want Read more...

• 20 Statistics That W...

  
  As 2013 draws to a close, marketers are looking ahead to next year when social media marketing will begin to Read more...

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  If content is king, then social media is queen. And let's just say the king doesn't get much done without Read more...

• Should Feedback Be G...

  
  Feedback is critical to any business, and an increasing array of social tools have entered the market to allow the Read more...

• Big Brand Theory: Bo...

  
  Social media tactics and strategies that work for one industry often don't work in others. In one, a focus on Read more...

• Mobile Is The New Bl...

  
  Are you reading this on your mobile device? The probability is likely, considering there are currently 6 billion (and growing!) Read more...

• Evolution of Logo De...

  
  Here is another great infographic from my good friends at Glow New Media based in Liverpool called The Evolution of Read more...

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  Running a contest on Facebook is one of the best ways to get and keep fans. Let’s face it – Read more...

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• 20 Statistics That W...

  
  As 2013 draws to a close, marketers are looking ahead to next year when social media marketing will begin to take center stage. No longer a luxury, it will become a must-have in 2014 marketing strategies. Digital asset management firm WebDAM found that marketing on the social Web will move toward critical mass over the next few years as more budget is allocated by brands, and custom content will become increasingly import as companies fight to develop awareness and win customer mind share in the marketplace. In 2014, marketers will use dynamic content to deliver targeted, highly-personalized experiences to the right audience at the right time. What to expect 78% of CMOs think that custom content is the future of marketing. Marketing teams will spend $135 billion on digital marketing collateral. Internet advertising will account for 25% of the entire ad market by 2015. Trends in the marketing mix Social media: Social media marketing budgets will double over the next 5 years. Content: Nearly 50% of companies now have content marketing strategies. Email: Social sharing buttons in mail increase click-through rates by 158%. Events: 67% of B2B content marketers consider event marketing the most effective strategy. PR: 73% of reporters think press releases should include images. PPC: 72% of PPC marketers (those who use pay-per-click advertising) plan to increase their Read more >>

• Self-Serve Customers

  
  Once upon a time, pulling into a gas station meant that a uniformed attendant would dash out to pump your gas, wash your windows, and give a quick check under the hood. After your tank was full and payment rendered, a wave and smile sent you away. In the 1970′s, things changed. Self-service stations started appearing across the country. Maybe it was the gas shortage that created long lines and short tempers that made station owners reconsider the full service approach. Maybe it was the realization that less service meant more profits. Whatever started the trend, it was the beginning of our self-serve customer society. The pioneers of this movement knew that their customers would rebel if they were required to go cold turkey from full to self-service. Their solution was to provide both options with a self-serve discount to encourage people to make the shift. They also provided lessons on how to use the equipment until their customers were comfortable with the process. The full service option slowly faded into history with only a few stations left offering it. Now, forty years later, self-serve is the norm across industries Not only have people accepted it, they prefer it. According to a survey of 75,000 Read more >>

• The Criteria of an E...

  
  B2B marketing is always challenging, but even more so when you are in a crowded market space filled with tough competitors. There are ways to stand out from the crowd, such as having a strong and differentiated product and precise targeting of the potential audience. But one of the most neglected weapons in the B2B marketing arsenal is an offer that gains attention and drives action. In simple terms, an offer is what you propose to give to the prospect, and what you are asking for in return. The offer is the “What’s in it for me?” part of the marketing equation. The offer wraps the product or service in with the delivery method, terms and pricing. It may be a one-step offer, where the purpose is to directly sell the product or service; a two-step process, where the purpose is to connect the prospect with a sales rep; or a 3+ step process, where the purpose is to put the prospect on a drip marketing list for later conversion. Offers can range from “soft” to “hard.”  A soft B2B offer requires little from the prospect—for example, a free information download without requiring any contact information. By contrast, a hard B2B offer Read more >>

• Preparing Your Lead ...

  
  Businesses have enjoyed immeasurable success in digitally targeted marketing campaigns up through 2013, especially with social media giants Pinterest and Facebook offering exciting platforms for targeting audiences, and YouTube innovating In-Video marketing campaigns to draw attention to niche video watchers.  Investments in mobile applications have grown well over 140% since 2011 while over 60 hours of video being uploaded every minute is a major contributing factor in how $1.8 billion in revenues have been generated since the same time period. With staggering figures being reported, it comes as an even bigger surprise the inefficiencies which accompany growing branding efforts throughout marketing campaigns around the world.  As B2B spending trends head upward, tracking needs to grow equivocally, which it’s not.   As we sneak our way towards 2014, incremental strategic changes need to be implemented into what we’ll dub as B2B lead nurturing strategies for 2014, highlighted below. Putting Data Out There Your business, inherently, wants to place viable bits of useful data across the internet, whether locally or globally, so the word about your initiatives is clearly searchable.  You’ll use PPC advertisements, social media marketing advertisements, email marketing, video marketing and perhaps a slew of other data bits out there.  One problem, however, is Read more >>

• 5 Amazing Twitter Ch...

  
  Twitter is a great source for locating influential people and conversations relating to numerous industries and ideas (with an average of 5,000 to 10,000 new people joining Twitter each day, you can be certain someone is tweeting about your industry).  A great way to locate brand relevant conversations while learning new skills and meeting like-minded users is joining one of the hundreds of Twitter chats. Twitter chats are organized conversations via Twitter that revolve around a particular topic, and are usually led by an industry thought leader and/or brand within that topic's niche. They are typically organized by a unique chat hashtag and are held during a specific time period, often weekly. We’ve created a list of super helpful and informative Twitter Chats for those in the marketing industry – perfect for those small business owners and marketers looking to brush up on their social media marketing skills. Here are our 5 Twitter Chats worth tweeting about: 1. #BlogChat #BlogChat is held by social media expert Mack Collier, and takes place every Sunday night at 9pm EDT. This chat covers a variety of different general blog topics, and at an average of 800-1,000 weekly participants, it’s the most popular chat on Twitter today. 2. #MMchat #MMchat is held every Monday night Read more >>

• Mobile Is The New Bl...

  
  Are you reading this on your mobile device? The probability is likely, considering there are currently 6 billion (and growing!) active mobile devices in the world, and companies continue to tailor their marketing to the small screen of your iPhone. The simple concept of e-mail marketing is old school; connecting via mobile and through social media is the new way to reach your consumers and get results. But who’s surprised? This is the most direct and immediate form of communication and the attachment we have to our smartphones is getting serious. These devices will always outnumber e-mail accounts for communication, convenience, and versatility. Even if your consumers prefer e-mails from their favorite brands, which is likely as marketing schemes are tiptoeing into still stigma-ed SMS marketing, this medium should be mobile-friendly and social media outlets should be at the forefront of your platform. If not, you could be losing current and potential customers. Looks like it’s time to adapt. Here are a few commonly overlooked points: Resize your Facebook posts If the majority of your likes are coming from users on mobile (this number can be found with Facebook Insights), make your photos fit perfectly on a mobile screen. A photo post should Read more >>

• Big Brand Theory: Bo...

  
  Social media tactics and strategies that work for one industry often don't work in others. In one, a focus on customer service can be effective, while in another, a focus on content marketing, influencers, or community might work best. Brands that attract fanatical devotion - what you might call "love brands" - often play by yet another set of rules. This was emphasized recently when Peter Stringer, head of the Boston Celtics social media, shared some of the team's social media tactics at SMX Social. I was able to catch up with Stringer prior to his keynote, as well as hear his conversation onstage with Matt McGee. The first thing that was emphasized is that basketball fans aren't your average customers. While they love the brand, they can get pretty passionate when the team fails to deliver the goods. Even though the Celtics brought home 17 NBA championships, they sometimes lose. When that happens, you can see tweets taking the team to task. Stringer said, "Anything I put out there on Twitter or social media is akin to a public statement. I'm not going to get into a dialogue with an individual fan because they're upset we lost a game." With over seven million Read more >>

• Evolution of Logo De...

  
  Here is another great infographic from my good friends at Glow New Media based in Liverpool called The Evolution of Logo Design: How famous brand identities have developed. The infographic shows how some of the World's most iconic logos began and have developed over the years into the recognisable brands we know today. The infographic displays logo evolution for the following brands: Internet Explorer, IBM, Nokia, Ford, Apple, Pepsi, Microsoft, Cannon, BBC, Kodak, Atari, Volkswagen and British Airways. Please let me know which is your favourite logo featured in the infographic by leaving a comment or by posting on Facebook, Twitter or Google plus. Here you go: Read more >>

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• How Many Zombies?

  
  Have you ever felt that you might be in the presence of the living dead? Even if you are not a horror movie fan, it might be worth taking a closer look at your organisation’s sales pipeline. The things you are likely to uncover could disturb you. That’s because many of today’s sales pipelines contain deals that are destined to never close - and yet the sales people responsible seem strangely unwilling to acknowledge the fact. Many of the deals were never alive in the first place - and many more are beyond any hope of resurrection. Suspended animation It’s no wonder that CSO Insights report that sales forecast accuracy rates have hovered below 50% for years. Sometimes it’s because of a genuine change in circumstance on the part of the prospect. But more often than not, the unclosed opportunity was already dead - or at least it was in a state of suspended animation. I can remember joking about it years ago when I was a sales leader myself. You’d see sales people put the same deals up every month as certainties for closure. The opportunities even came to be known as “the usual suspects”. But somehow, another month went by, and the Read more >>

• Cyber Monday Is Comi...

  
  Cyber Monday falls on 2nd December and marks the busiest online shopping day of the year. With millions of shoppers armed with their credit cards and primed to buy, making sure you are ready in time to take advantage of the day, and indeed the whole festive shopping period, is critical. A new report by the British Retail Consortium suggests that sales volumes are showing an upward trend and are already up by 0.8% this year. In addition, industry group IMRG and consultants Capgemini are predicting that this year, consumer spending in December will exceed £10bn for the first time. With this in mind, Christmas 2013 looks set to be a bumper trading period for online retailers. Millions of shoppers are primed and ready to purchase, and website owners will need to take steps in order to capture their attention. As online shoppers become ever more savvy, and big brands increasingly dominate the search results, finding ways in which to stand out out presents an ever bigger challenge. There are a range of tactics that can be used that will help you to differentiate and stand out, allowing you to attract shoppers to your website, and convert them into buying customers. The following steps will Read more >>

• Hashtags Have Helped...

  
  Hashtags have been around for some time now, and you’ve probably used them a few times to hook up to the thought of the moment or find content related to a certain topic. According to a recent study by RadiumOne over 70% of users on social media sites use hashtags in their posts. More and more companies are using hashtags to unify their promotions across social media, increase the discoverability of their content and stimulate user engagement. Here are six businesses and events that have used hashtags to join popular streams of conversation that were relevant to their goals, which helped them expand their social reach and acquire new followers. The following campaigns were hits for generating conversation, engaging users and increasing brand awareness. Let’s see why they worked so well: Photo Credit: Ken Varnum (Flickr) 1. Brisk Iced Tea: #briskpic In celebration of the South by Southwest events, Pepsico’s Brisk Ice Tea created an Instagram campaign where users were encouraged to tag their photos with the hashtag #briskpic for a chance to have their photo featured on one of the 4,000 limited edition Brisk Ice Tea cans. This campaign was successful because of its fundamental approach: people simply needed to take a picture and get the chance to win the next Read more >>

• Should Feedback Be G...

  
  Feedback is critical to any business, and an increasing array of social tools have entered the market to allow the regular flow of feedback to course throughout an organisation.  Foremost amongst these have been the kind of performance appraisal systems developed by companies such as Work.com. I’ve written previously about the way to deliver great feedback, and indeed on how to build a feedback culture.  For this blog though I’d like to explore the thorny issue of delivering negative feedback.  It’s something most managers struggle with, yet is essential if we are to improve what we do, both individually and collectively. Doing this well is essential, for when it’s done badly it helps to foster a poisonous culture of blame and back-biting that drags the organisation into the mud.  The opposite of course is that people become afraid of speaking up for fear that doing so will damage their prospects.  So, in order to do things right, here are a few tips to help. Build the culture One of the great things about software like Work.com is that it helps to develop a feedback culture.  This communicates to employees that feedback is an expected part of their role, and that sharing thoughts is a Read more >>

• 5 Tips for Sharing Y...

  
  If content is king, then social media is queen. And let's just say the king doesn't get much done without the queen's nod of approval. The same principle applies to your business blog. You need great content to capture attention and interest, but you need great promotion to get people to consume your content in the first place. This blog post offers some quick tips for sharing your blog posts on social networks to get more traffic, more leads, and more customers via your website. 1. Create custom headlines and copy for your social media shares. The copywriting doesn't end after you publish your blog posts. You should craft custom announcements and headlines for each social network and each share. For example, if you're sharing your new blog post on Twitter, don't use the same copy/text when you share on Google Plus. Take time thinking about your audience on each network and your format. Again, Twitter and Google Plus are very different types of social networks with different text restrictions and different "sharing norms" at play. Be strategic with every share but more importantly, put thought into each social post. 2. Share each post multiple times. Simply announcing your new blog posts on Twitter Read more >>

• How to Run a Contest...

  
  Running a contest on Facebook is one of the best ways to get and keep fans. Let’s face it – many people are fans based on what they can get out of it… and there is nothing wrong with that. What would be wrong is not responding to what your customers are demanding. But here is the problem. Facebook terms are notoriously confusing and some businesses shy away from doing contests because of this confusion. Others proceed ignorant of the rules and find their Business Page shut down by the powers that be. Don’t make either of these mistakes. So go ahead and run contests… just do it by the rules. Here are a few things to keep in mind (although it is always recommended to check the latest Facebook Terms before running any contest – Facebook can, of course, revise them at any point). 1. If you use Facebook to communicate or administer a promotion (ex: acontest or sweepstakes), you are responsible for the lawful operationof that promotion, including: a.   The official rules; b.   Offer terms and eligibility requirements (ex: age and residency restrictions); and c.   Compliance with applicable rules and regulations governing the promotion and all prizes offered (ex: registration and obtaining necessary regulatory approvals) 2. Read more >>

• 2014: The Year of Li...

  
  I realize it's a tad early for the obligatory end-of-the-year prognostication piece in which marketers and advertisers alike provide their fearless forecasts for the coming year. Well, truth be told, this is not one of those articles but rather an observation of something I just came across. For the record, I do plan on producing the aforementioned end-of-the-year prognostication piece at what I think is the appropiare time: sometime in mid-December. And while I won't give away the details, I will tell you the article will come with a twist, and will leave it at that. Ok, so why I do refer to 2014 as potentially being the year of living socially? First off, the title of my article is a paraphrasing of the title of the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously, starring Mel Gibson. In the movie, Gibson plays a young reporter who is trying to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia. (Thank you, IMDB). Based on what I read, it appears the number of marketers who will be trying to navigate not the turmoil, but perhaps the terrain that is marketing and advertising, will be at an all time high when it comes to their use of social media. The "what" I am referring to is a recent eMarketer report, “Social Media Advertising: Seven Read more >>

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Popular Custom Random Listing Posts is a very powerful plugin/widget for WordPress which displays your posts and pages with or without thumbnails based on popularity for each post/page (visitors or visits), your custom settings or a random listing. It’s the perfect solution for any kind of website, eCommerce or simple blogs and it comes with full customization options.

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Popular&Custom&Random Listing Posts for WordPress is a great little plugin that gives you the ability to display your content the way you really want. The plugin has a large array of features that gives you full control over what and how should be displayed in your WordPress website. You can choose to display every combination of Title, Content, Excerpt, Thumbnail. Personalize every aspect of the way the content is being displayed, starting with the entire box, down to every single link. Unlike most of the similar widgets out there, PCR Listing Posts allows you to select the order in which the posts will be displayed based on number of comments, title and date, or you can leave it to random ordering.

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• Full Content Display
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