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Re: How to Market Your Business With Email Marketing

Robw — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:48:12 -0000

Here's a tip I've realized: using text-based emails can have better results (click thrus, opens, etc.) than HTML emails. I've sent batch text-based emails from some of our sales guys and they look super personal, as if the sales guy wrote it himelf.

Re: Five Things I Learned in One Month at Trada that I Didn’t Learn in Four Years of College

Keith Jensen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:31:11 -0000

Just saw the SF tweet...wow! Thanks Joe.

Re: Five Things I Learned in One Month at Trada that I Didn’t Learn in Four Years of College

Keith Jensen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:30:14 -0000

Glad I could help, and thank you for the good vibes. Best of luck to you as well!

Re: Five Things I Learned in One Month at Trada that I Didn’t Learn in Four Years of College

Joe Hamlet — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:18:13 -0000

Great article, wise words that I wish I knew years ago. Got it re-tweeted by Salesforce for you :)

Re: Google AdWords Certification: Passing the Test

Rachel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:52:09 -0000

These are very good tips, but could I also add that a bit of pre exam testing may also help. We have sample exam questions that cover all of the syllabus from the Fundamentals to Search to Display. It definitely helps to do some mock exams, it does give you a good idea on how the exam is going to go. http://www.ipassexam.com

Re: Webinars are a Legitimate Lead-Generation Channel: 10 Strategies to Monetize Your Webinars

AnnaFSawyer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:10:19 -0000

Hi Kelly! Thanks so much for coming to the webinar! I hope we'll see you at future events :)

I love love looove Readytalk. We used GoToWebinar for several months after launching our webinar program in 2010, and while it was serviceable for a while, there were some features that drove me nuts. (Primarily, we couldn't record webinars on a Mac, and the only file format available was .wmv - essentially uneditable. And once we started getting more attendees the price wasn't so great.) Anyway, Readytalk does a great job holding your hand for all the technical stuff (essential when you're focusing on throwing a party for hundreds of guests) and they have a lot of great reporting features. Plus, they'll work to make it affordable and the service is impeccable. If you are interested in giving them a try, I'm happy to connect you with someone!

Re: Webinars are a Legitimate Lead-Generation Channel: 10 Strategies to Monetize Your Webinars

Kelly — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:32:52 -0000

Hey Anna - I was in your webinar yesterday and thought it was the best run webinar I've participated in to date in terms of maximizing your opportunities. Everything from encouraging conversations about it to the follow through was well thought out. Quick question for you, I noticed you were using ReadyTalk (which I'm not familiar with). Do you prefer that platform over Go-To-Meeting? How do they differ? Thanks and great job!

Re: Five Things I Learned in One Month at Trada that I Didn’t Learn in Four Years of College

Milton H. Camilo — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:07:08 -0000

Awesome article, Keith. I'm a college student myself interning for a startup and this certainly comes in handy (marketing-wise).
Best of luck in your internship!

Re: How to Survive in a Click-Fraud World

John Bates — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:38 -0000

Great article. Do you have any current statistics with sources that you could share?

Cheers,
JB

Re: Crowd Mechanics

per — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:57:19 -0000

Very interesting post. Looking forward talking more with you about this space.

Re: 2012 Marketing Predictions

Scott in San Diego — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:31:39 -0000

"...your marketing efforts are a revenue center, not a cost center."

This is a fundamental truth that most business owners cannot grasp, as they see marketing as a cost. Great statement.

Re: 2012 Marketing Predictions

Jeremiah Andrick — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:11:24 -0000

hmmm... Can I reconsider my prediction to include t-shirts? Mostly because all my web 2.0 t-shirts have gone the way of the buffalo and I think we are due for another round.

Re: Marketing Tools: Crowdbooster

Rachael C — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:40:41 -0000

Ricky,
Thank YOU for providing a great tool for marketers! We had a "social media hour" last week for Trada employees and introduced them to Crowdbooster! They loved it! Can't wait to see what's coming!

-Rachael and the Trada Marketing Team

Re: Marketing Tools: Crowdbooster

Ricky Yean — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:29:05 -0000

Thank you so much Rachel. Our product is constantly changing and updating. Look forward to bringing you some new features soon.

Ricky
CEO, Crowdbooster

Re: 5 WordPress Plugins To Get Your Blog Started

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Re: A New Model for Newspaper Advertising: Pay Per Call

Leigh Ann Kristiansen — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:38:07 -0000

From a media buyers stand point, I don't believe that pay per call really works. Years ago I did this for a client when I actually worked at a newspaper. Years later, we ran a campaign for a full quarter and found that neither paid out even close to what we hoped it would. I think the payouts are set to benefit the advertiser. The advertiser often captures the lead whether they answer the telephone or not and they can still follow up on them by phone or even snail mail with land lines. The newspaper never gets paid for those leads.

I think pay per lead is great if you're the advertiser, but for the publisher of the ads, it doesn't work at all. I think that as time passes, we will see support for publishing print ads on a ppl basis diminish.

Re: How Does the Search Alliance Quality Score Work?

lumin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:51:32 -0000

It did work to make in to Ranked Top Search Engine Optimization Company. This article is very well explained.

Re: How to Market Your Business – Twitter

Chirag — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:06:10 -0000

Nice One,
Thanks for Sharing!

Re: What is a Long-Tail Keyword?

Posicionamiento de web — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:14:41 -0000

the good thing of using long tail words is that users who do their search with these, are commonly determined
buyers. That is if im looking for something really specific, is because i know what i want, right?

thanks...

Re: Facebook for Small Business Owners

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Re: Google AdWords Certification: Passing the Test

Mike Lewis — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:01:50 -0000

This is very helpful advice. How much time do you have to take the exam? I did not see that info on the website.

Re: [PODCAST] Internet Ads Update: Google’s AdWords for Video

Anna — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:52:04 -0000

Hi ibn8! We hosted on SoundCloud until our podcast was approved on iTunes. We'll be shifting everything over soon.

Re: Foundry Group

pjmChicago — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:45:41 -0000

cool Co. - i'm helping a full team that spun out of Motorola. Tech enables markters, brands, advertisers to send rich content (images, videos, coupons, bar codes, etc) to virtually any mobile phone over any operator's network- thus higher ROI. Have some customers - looking to grow. Any Interest in talking with them?

Re: 5 Ways to Use Google+ for Small Businesses

Antonio Minuta — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:18:47 -0000

The integration of Google maps, places, and Adwords will be great ways to use Google + for a small business..