What happens when you mix a contest, school spirit, and moms together? You get a special branding campaign wrapped up in a pretty “I will help you” bow right in the midst of the second largest shopping season; Back to School.
Kudos to Kohl’s for throwing money at schools that draw the most support and using [...]

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News today focused on Overstock.com paying 350,000 for 0.co. Being an owner of domain names suffixes besides the ubiquitous .com suffix.Personally I think its a waste of money.  Oprah owns the O, not Overstock. I could think of so many ways they could have spent the 350,000 to build their brand and help their business [...]

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I recently had a conversation with a local Bozeman business about their social media strategy. They dabbled in it, but the business owner was concerned that it was a waste of time. Were employees doing social media or were they doing personal web surfing on company time? The list below from  Econsultancy is very similar [...]

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This article from Neil Patel is profound. It shows a very legitimate way to get seo backlinks without resorting to black hat seo tactics. Given the viral component, these competitive challenges can create good backlinks when tied to a simple entertaining app. The bunkbed game is very inspiring.  The story about Judy’s books reminds me [...]

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L’Oreal turned in a great quarter recently after suffering a sales and market share slump in 2009. Given that the recession is still a reality for many people, it is impressive to what L’Oreal has done to its top line growth. L’Oreal makes Garnier shampoo, Lancome face cream, and Armani perfumes like Emporio.
What did they [...]

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Successful internet marketing does not close the sale. You also need to make sure the landing pages at your e-commerce site exudes professionalism. Internally, we would debate whether phone numbers listed at the top of a web page were necessary or not. A post about website design from Entrepreneur.com does list contact information as important. [...]

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How to Leverage Your Article Marketing Efforts to Build Your Business

writing articles is a great way to promote your business

So, you’ve written your ezine article and published it in your ezine. You have followed the tips to writing great articles. Now what ? Do you write another article, and let the other articles age gracefully in one location, or do you repurpose it and let it really work for you to grow your list?
Experts would  say the [...]

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15 Tips to Improve Your Article Marketing Skills

Best ways to get traffic to your website: Article Marketing

Your article titles make a huge impact on your article marketing success. Here are 15 tips from Eric Gruber for writing profitable article titles.
1. Use an Unusual Angle. A pet website editor who sees dozens of article proposals about which dog fence is best and why will likely notice this title, “The medical downside of [...]

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Tips on using Twitter for Business Marketing

Twitter is easy to incorporate into your marketing plans

I am working with a client on a social media strategy for their business and a key component is Twitter. The key to twitter is to treat it similar to facebook and other communities, be a contributor – not a commercial.
When it comes to social media, Twitter is like having a great database of email [...]

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Increase Landing Page Conversion Rates with Strategic Optimization

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” Learn how One Business Increased Their Landing Page Conversion Rate
by 400% with Conversion Rate Optimization”

Do not make the same mistake online retailers have done for years. They spend money on paid search and land them on a page without a plan to lead to a conversion. After absorbing a 1% conversion rate (ouch), [...]

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