Paul Graham recently put together a list of 10 rules for startups, which quickly grew to 13 rules. I highly believe in rule #2 – Launch Fast, rule #3 – Let Your Ideas Evolve, #6 – Offer Surprisingly Good Customer Service, and #10 – Avoid Distractions. Here’s a complete list : http://paulgraham.com/13sentences.html
Social network marketing is all about becoming part of the conversation. The goal is to communicate with others and share information. To have real conversations, about real issues, and deliver value back to the online community. And there are right, and wrong ways to communicate with that community.
Google has created a special tag which instructs the browser not to follow a link, to combat “link spamming”. This new protocol obviously effects your online marketing strategy with regards to link building, and you should adjust your strategy accordingly.
Our friends at HubSpot have developed this great overview of the power and value of blogging for business. http://www.hubspot.com/archive/blog-webinar It is a must read! Some feedback for your consideration: HubSpot notes that including links to your website in the comment section of other blogs is usually futile, as many blogs tag links within comments with…
Lately, quite a few friends have approached me asking for advice on how to launch their first online store. This isn’t unusual, every now and then I’m brought in to lend my thoughts. And being someone who happens to know a little something about online marketing, and more importantly has a passion for marketing, I’m…
Definition: to sell (as a cartoon) to a syndicate or for publication in many newspapers or periodicals at once; also : to sell the work of (as a writer) in this way <a syndicated columnist> (Webster) With regards to online marketing, we define syndication differently. My definition is : “To distribute online content for republishing by…
How To Increase Your Website Traffic If your primary focus isn’t towards getting more traffic to your website – it should be. Traffic (aka website visitors) is one of the most important factors of any successful online marketing campaign. More important than traffic is targeted traffic. Targeted traffic are users who can reasonably be customers. …