My business needs money, should I get it from my home equity line if credit? Read More

Defend Yourself: Bid On Your Brand Name in PPC

Avatar Posted by JohnH under Online Marketing
From http://www.conversationmarketing.com 6105 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 11, 2008 9:05 pm
If you're spending money on pay per click marketing, you must buy your brand name! Ignore those who say otherwise. Make damned sure you're bidding on the name, mispellings, and the like.
Even if you rank #1 for your own name. Do it anyway. Here's why: Read More

How Much Choice Do Consumers Want?

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From http://www.emarketer.com 6106 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 11, 2008 7:26 pm
Sometimes it seems like giving consumers choices is what marketing is all about. It's part of why manufacturers and service providers put so much information online for consumers. Yet researchers at the University of Iowa recently found that people who have only a little information about a product are happier with that product than people who ha Read More

Why cost-per-lead budgets fail and fewer leads are better

Avatar Posted by ArmadaIG under Sales
From http://blog.startwithalead.com 6106 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 11, 2008 7:25 pm
Cost-per-lead measurements are irrelevant unless we can answer another fundamental question first, “What is our rate of lead acceptance (a.k.a. sales pursuit) into the sales pipeline” and then “What is the cost per opportunity?” Read More

The 7 Stages of a Referral Generation

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From http://www.ducttapemarketing.com 6106 days ago
Made Hot by: louienews on March 11, 2008 7:19 pm
Referrals happen, thank goodness, but for too many, they happen randomly, almost accidentally. One of the keys to tapping the systematic generation of referrals is to identify and address the customer touch points that add up to lead a customer to the logical and emotional decision that your organization is referable. Read More

Facebook CEO Admits Missteps

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From http://www.businessweek.com 6106 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 11, 2008 3:56 am
At SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg says the social network has yet to achieve its grand ambition. Plus, the lesson of the Beacon controversy
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What NOT to do when pitching a venture capitalist

Avatar Posted by entrepreneur under Raising Capital
From http://www.clubenetwork.com 6106 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 10, 2008 10:15 pm
Get the inside scoop from Guy Kawasaki of Garage Ventures & Truemors on Club E Network's new original series, "CLUB PROS", as Guy tells us what not to do when pitching a venture capitalist. Read More

Chief Marketing Technologist: Marketing in the semantic web

Avatar Posted by chiefmartec under Online Marketing
From http://www.chiefmartec.com 6108 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 10, 2008 4:27 pm
A proposal of 7 ideas for how marketing could leverage the semantic web, in a way that would benefit both organizations and the Semantic Web as a whole. Discussion of semantic marketing, semantic branding, and semantic advertising. Read More
What is one of the fastest ways to increase HR expenses and create workflow stoppages? On-boarding new associates incorrectly and not having enough candidates in your HR pipeline, that's how. Read More

Julie Aigner-Clark, Baby Einstein - Famous-Entrepreneurs

Avatar Posted by jrjr under Success Stories
From http://www.evancarmichael.com 6107 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 10, 2008 4:23 pm
Lessons from Julie Clark founder of Baby Einstein and her lessons for success. Read More
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