Contrarian view? Absolutely not. The best time to strike is when your competitors are off guard. While they gather in their conference rooms to complain about the economy, use this golden opportunity to reach out to your existing customers and find new prospects. Far too many business owners absolutely take the wrong approach. They hunker [...]
Ad Design Tactics That Increase Response Rates Online
Why are ads with pictures of people seeing higher response rates than those without? Human beings read a person’s face rapidly; the emotion and feelings are conveyed before the words are even noticed. A recent survey by the MarketingSherpa suggests using people photos in your online ads will increase your response rates. What else is [...]
Blogging Tips, AIM Custom Media Weekly Update
Those that invest years of their time gaining experience in a particular field review a vast amount of information. Translating the information into knowledge requires the skills of organization, prioritization, and collaboration. From those with both the experience and the skills, you can acquire wisdom. Blogging Tips After blogging for several years now, I find [...]
Why Companies Are Moving Marketing Online The Emerging Trends
The amount of research supporting the effectiveness of online marketing is staggering yet many business owners are still unconvinced or just inadequately informed. If you are seriously looking for reasons to justify spending marketing dollars online, here are a few facts and trends to ponder: Although most marketers allocate minuscule amounts of their budgets to [...]
2008 Marketing Trends Survey
After listening to a teleseminar this afternoon – "Search Marketing Trends and Tactics" – it appears the obvious has been confirmed by marketing research; budgets for online SEO and related online marketing tactics will continue to increase. The data for the teleseminar was gathered from: Surveys of 2,475 Search Engine Marketers and 711 SEM Agency [...]
