Your Business Plan for Failing Social Networking Sites
In recent weeks social networking services seem to be maxed. Twitter continues to have struggles as the fail whale has returned in full force, I've found posting updates to the site has become slow and challenging, and as a result I haven't been updating as frequently. Facebook has it's own share of issues with the ...
3 Rules of Using Twitter for Business
A lot has been made of Twitter as its popularity grows (significantly, I might add), so have the reasons for having a solid Twitter marketing strategy. In this post you'll learn the three rules every online and small business entrepreneur should know when using Twitter for business, and why. Without these in place, your experience ...
Business Blogging 5 Sites for Starting in 5 Minutes or Less
With the pervasiveness of blogging technologies, many of which are free, the bar has been lowered so that any aspiring small business marketer with minimal technical skill can get started in 5 minutes or less. In this post I'll share with you 5 resources to get your business blog rolling fast. For the small business ...
How to Advertise on Facebook in 10 Minutes or Less
04 Feb 2010 / Comments
Pay Per Click advertising is the quickest way I know of to get traffic, and test a product idea, conversion page, or just get market feedback. Earlier this week, there was a question posed asking you for feedback on your experience advertising on Facebook. In this post, we’ll discuss how you can get you first ad campaign up in (about) 10 minutes or less. Read the story »
What’s Your Experience with Facebook Advertising?
02 Feb 2010 / Comments
Some social media and internet marketing topics on the web get a ton of buzz, Facebook advertising isn’t one of them.
I did a search on the topic, and I think I can still hear the echoes on my computer from the search engines.
In reviewing the Facebook stats page, there are over 350 million users, and 50% of active users log on in any given day. Fan pages alone have created over 5 billion fans. Read the story »
3 Ways I Use Mindmapping for Marketing Online
28 Jan 2010 / Comments
There are many things that can be done to market a given product or service online. Whether you are big business, small business, or solopreneur, you have limited resources and can’t do everything. I find mind mappping is very useful when it comes to organizing my thoughts on businesses, and online marketing efforts. Chris Brogan’s recent post on how he uses mindmapping to write got me thinking of new ways to use mind mapping. I’m a novice mindmapper, but have found you don’t have to be awesome at mindmapping to benefit from it. Read the story »
3 Impacts Google’s Personalized Search Has for Marketers
26 Jan 2010 / Comments
It’s important to understand what the leading search engines are up to, so that you, as a marketer, can make informed decisions. Google is a search engine that gets a lot of attention, and for good reason, they are by far the leader in serving search results. In the YouTube video below, there are several points I think worth mentioning as it pertains to the implications personalized search has for marketers. Read the story »
Review of Infusionsoft’s New Features
21 Jan 2010 / Comments
Yesterday there was a webinar which presented an overview of new features of Infusionsoft which are set to start rolling out next week. If you aren’t familiar with Infusionsoft, you might benefit from reading the 21 Ways I Use Infusionsoft to Automate My Business. Essentially they provide a hosted software (SaaS) engine enabling small businesses to have automated follow-up marketing. This latest update will speed up the use of the application (less clicks is better), and import enhancements will make it easier for new customers to get up and running. Read the story »
Bill Gates – Welcome to Twitter!
20 Jan 2010 / Comments
Every once in a while a celebrity joins Twitter and makes news. What happens when the founder of Microsoft, who is also the richest, and most generous (financially) person on the planet signs up? Let’s just say, it makes quite a buzz. Mashable reported today that he surpassed 100,000 followers in 8 hours. At the time of this post he is over 200,000 followers. Not that numbers are that important, but at that rate he will surpass one of the top Twitter celebrities… Read the story »
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Hi, my name is Travis Campbell, I operate this site. I'm here to share what I can from my lessons marketing online. With sizeable investments in continuing education, various software products and services, I have had some winners, and some losers. One way I can extend what I've learned is by writing about it, here... and helping you along the way.
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