marketing

Facebook vs The United States

April 6, 2010

Info-graphics have definitely been the trend this year, and I have yet another one to share with you. Muhammad Saleem broke down Facebook’s user base and compared it to the population of the US. Demographic information is important when deciding how you are going to market to Facebook users. I have been focusing my marketing [...]

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Just How Powerful is Facebook You Ask?

March 30, 2010

Facebook has became what those who were here before it couldn’t have dreamed of becoming. With 400 Million users spending an average of 55 minutes logged in every day it’s apparent why there is so much hype surrounding this website. Almost every day I get asked the question, “What can I do to use Facebook [...]

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How Does A 70 Year Old Company Stay Relevant?

October 14, 2009

They create great, short, compelling media that is relevant to their brand and inject it into the social web where us users can see it. I’m talking about Old Spice, which when I was young had a bad wrap for being the after shave and cologne that your Grandfather wears. They embrace this by saying: [...]

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Are You Textually Active?

May 11, 2009

If you are reading this blog then you are probably in a similar boat that I am in. Much of my online success has came from communicating with others. I use most of the popular social networks to do this and it is a 24 hour a day job. When you create a product to [...]

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Top 10 things I have learned from years of reading marketing blogs

September 27, 2008

Besides reading as many books as I can get my hands on about marketing I read several blogs, 14 to be exact, on marketing. I also subscribe to other blogs that fall under other categories. I believe I subscribe to about 65 blogs total. There are some real gems out there in the blog world. [...]

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My ad showed up on Myspace

June 19, 2008

I have a Google Adword campaign going that I have had up for about a year now. On average it cost me about $35-$45 a month. I have a daily budget set of $10. As you can see in the picture below I average about 115 clicks a month from Google Adwords. I get at [...]

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How to get clicks advertising on Facebook

February 20, 2008

Marketing on Facebook is challenging. Ads can run and receive thousands of impressions but receive no clicks. I myself have began advertising on Facebook in my local market to promote my web design and photography business. I have to admit, the interface and options are great. Facebook did a good job with their advertising module. [...]

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Top 10 reasons you should be using LinkedIn

February 15, 2008

There are a lot of social networking sites out there that can help you network with other people on the internet. Some of them are there to share stories, images or video. LinkedIn is there to help you share yourself with other professionals. You can get endless amounts of work on LinkedIn if you simply [...]

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It's never to late to start selling online!

February 15, 2008

According to recent publications, consumers spent more than $100 billion online at U.S. based e-commerce sites last year, which does not include online auction sites, travel spending, or corporate purchases. That’s a significant increase over last year – more than 20%. There has never been a better time to be on the receiving end of [...]

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No longer a good marketing tool, Phonebooks are only good for strong man competitions

February 5, 2008

When I was 20 years old (8 years ago) I started a business online and months later opened up a store here in the town I live in. Back then I thought I knew everything I needed to know about marketing. Just get a yellow pages ad and people will start calling. That is where [...]

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