I hope you have heard the famous words of John Wanamaker “I know half of my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.”
Today the phrase should be something like “Half my Advertising is wasted because I do not advertise responsibly” or “Half of my advertising is wasted; I can stop that but [...]

If you’re looking for an easy and inexpensive way to market your business, you should consider article marketing. Articles are, hands down, one of the most powerful low-cost marketing tools out there. Partly because they let you share your expertise with lots of people and give them a taste of what you do…And partly [...]

The graph below illustrates a point I’ve often wondered about  email marketing – too many people who do it seem wholly without care about who they’re reaching out to.

One thing that should always be a focus of you marketing campaign is developing long term visitors and customers by creating an email marketing campaign.
I have been absent from this blog for about a bit because I have been working on a project that I have kept secret until the day it was finished. [...]

This is a slightly taboo subject because with many product launches there is a launch competition not only for sales, but also for pre-launch opt-ins.
If you are offering an incentive for people to just opt-in, there is a high possibility that that lead might be worth less than a lead that has viewed some launch [...]

A recent MarketingSherpa survey of email recipients found that 58% of those who stop
reading, disengage, or unsubscribe after cite “lack of relevance” as a key factor. This is hugely important because most marketers rely on email as their main lead nurturing tactic.
As B2B marketers, we should have it drilled into our brains that relevance [...]

The old model of interruption advertising is over. Content marketing and telling brand stories by  offering interesting, useful entertaining content that engages your audience and provides information they want to read is what works today.

Trying new things won’t always get you too far. Where food is concerned, a bad choice can lead to an empty belly. With sports, think injuries. And if something like karaoke’s at issue, lifelong nicknames are a possible result. Fortunately, the following newsletter tips have been well-tested.

With the economy in the crapper, all sorts of people are spouting off advice that either boils down to or precisely repeats the clich “think outside the box.” But at least one person believes you should think inside the box - the mailbox, that is - by printing newsletters and sending them through the [...]

Do you consider yourself customer-friendly? Always looking to start the conversation-or continue it? You might be surprised to find that a common practice is undermining any friendly sentiment your e-mail recipient might receive. I’m talking about donotreply@ e-mails. Often, with today’s smartphones and e-mail preview panes and popup alerts, the sender’s name and first lines [...]

Let’s be honest: if there were 100 email marketing tips in this article, you’d read the first 15 or so, skip down to the last five, and call it a day. So, for a more digestible rate of advice, we’ll suggest you turn to a new site put together by Campaigner.