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Learn MoreSocial marketing
Wikipedia defines social marketing: “Social marketing is the systematic application of marketing, along with other concepts and techniques, to achieve specific behavioral goals for a social good. The primary aim of social marketing is ‘social good’, while in ‘commercial marketing’ the aim is primarily financial.” According to Weinrich Communications: “Social marketing was ‘born’ as a [...]
View PostWhat did people search for in 2011?
A good marketer is constantly taking the pulse of her marketplace. Knowing what people want is a huge key to business success. Search-engine aggregator Dogpile has reported its “top searches of 2011″ list by combining results from Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines. So I am sharing that information with you. While it’s not [...]
View PostTruste Privacy Predictions for 2012
TRUSTe, an online privacy solutions company, has made these seven predictions for 2012. What do you think? 1. Congress won’t pass a privacy bill in 2012. The FTC has prosecuted an average of 10 privacy cases each year and more prosecutions can be expected in 2012. A privacy bill would be unnecessary considering FTC prosecutions. [...]
View Post50 Top Web Brands for Internet Professionals
According to Website Magazine, the following Internet brands are the 50 most popular, listed in order of popularity. 1. Google.com 2. Facebook.com 3. Adobe.com 4. Apple.com. 5. Amazon.com 6. Microsoft.com 7. LinkedIn.com 8. Ebay.com 9. AOL.com 10. Twitter.com 11. Yahoo.com 12. Godaddy.com 13.Stumbleupon.com 14. Symantec.com 15. Local.com 16. Baidu.com 17. WordPress.org 18. Intuit.com 19. Salesforce.com [...]
View PostFacebook Timeline Info Oct 22 2011
Facebook’s Timeline Legal Fight with Timelines, Inc. – Cursed Crown Facebook recently announced an overhaul to its user profiles with the creation of the Facebook Timeline. Besides whipping Facebook users into a frenzy with another change to its format, the company also managed to draw the ire of … http://www.cursedcrown.com/ — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 [...]
View PostWebsites – How Wide Should they Be?
We have all landed on websites where we’ve thought, “Gee, this page is sure narrow.” Or “Good grief, how wide IS this thing?” If you’re a blogger or website owner, you may have thought a lot about how wide your site or blog pages should be – what is too wide and what is too [...]
View PostDo you Hulu?
If you Hulu, I need not explain what that is. If you don’t, Hulu.com explains itself this way: ”Watch your favorite videos right from your browser, anytime, for free. With full episodes of TV shows both current and classic, full-length movies, web originals, and clips of just about everything, Hulu is the place to watch and enjoy premium [...]
View Post hulu.com, tv programs, videosFastest Internet Connection Speeds
Ah, the joy of lightning speed Internet connections . . . .something we all dream of but few of us experience on a reliably consistent basis. Did you ever wonder who has the fastest average Internet connection speeds in the world? There are people who spend their time figuring out such things and then release [...]
View PostTop 50 Web Design Resources
Deciding upon your Web design is not always a simle process. In fact, it can be downright frustrating. First you look at your competition and decide what you like, what seems to be working, what fits your brand and what doesn’t. (At least I hope you’re doing that!). And, no, you don’t want to copy [...]
View Post resources, top 50, web design, Web Sites, Website DesignTop 50 Social Media Sites 2010
Real-time and social searching significantly impacts how web professionals do business – for themselves and their clients. A recent study by Business.com confirms that corporate profiles on social networks, webinars, podcasts, and user ratings/reviews are the most popular social media resources used by professionals to collect information. Facebook is the post popular for business owners. 83 percent of business-to-consumer [...]
View Post social media, top 50, Web SitesTop 50 eMail Services
Research in June of 2009 by Epsilon indicates that email is actually being used more regularly than social networking for personal communication. 79% of the respondents used email as their primary method of communication while 10% used social networks in the same way. What does that mean to you as a marketer? Email has retained [...]
View Post autoresponders, email services, top 50Top 50 Search Engine Optimization Agencies
SEO – search engine optimization – has certainly seen better days. However, it still remains a core marketing strategy for many Web businesses and even social media. In February 2010, marketing Sherpa polled 2,300 communication specialists and reported that 79% of those participants in the retail and ecommerce world plan to heighten their social media [...]
View Post search engine optimization, SEO, SEO agencies, top 50Android Apps – You Gotta Love ‘Em
I love anything and everything “techy.” I have an Android phone – maybe you have an iPhone. Both have their strengths and their weaknesses. Each draws a different crowd with its own unique personalities and quirks. Neither is right or wrong. They just are what they are. So this post has nothing to do with [...]
View Post android, apps, iphone, smartphoneTop 50 Internet Sites for Professionals
It is crucial for those of us pursing success on the Web to invest our time and money on the resources that will most consistently positively impact our bottom line. This post lists the most important websties for Web professionals, according to Website Magazine. This list is based on these sites’ effectiveness but on their [...]
View Post professionals, top 50, websitesInternet Super Stars Conference 2010
I had a blast being interviewed by Mark Hendricks – THE Master of Marketing. Listen into the conversation, click the link to the Internet Super Stars Conference in January. Have fun – learn more – and come to the party in January! You don’t want to miss this amazing conference. THE big names in Internet [...]
View Post internet marketing, Internet Success System, Internet Super Stars, ISSISS Social Network Meetup Update One
I’m sitting in a conference room in Orlando with a bunch of Internet marketers – some of the most fun and interesting people in the world. They’re creative, enthusiastic and positive individuals who think big and believe in themselves. If you’ve ever met one, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t met an IM-er, [...]
View Post Internet Success System, ISS, meetup, Social NetworkingISS Social Network Meetup Day One
Rain Rain – DOWNPOUR! The 3 hour drive from Boca Raton to Orlando was absolutely beautiful – at first. Sunny, minimal traffic for a Friday; the Florida Turnpike was not full of Mickey Travelers as usual. I was happy for me but was sure Walt was rolling over in his grave about the economic downturn [...]
View Post Internet Success System, ISS, meetup, Social NetworkingBlue Haze and Black Bears
What an amazing trip I had! You should have been there . . . . A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine told me I looked tired and needed to get away to her family log cabin in the woods. Well, when one female tells another she “looks tired” – that’s serious business! [...]
View Post criss' comments, vacation50 Places to Advertise on the Internet 2009
Shopping.com SuperPages.com PriceGrabber.com CJ.Com Bidvertiser.com Local.com Miva.com Looksmart.com PayPerPost.com Shareasale.com Chitika.com Reachlocal.com FederatedMedia.net Valueclick.com Admob.com Linkworth.com GenieKnows.com MarketLeverage.com Adonnetwork.com RevenueGateway.com Maxbounty.com Mediawhiz.com MammaMediaSolutions.com IndustryBrains.com Brightroll.com BannerConnect.net Adbrite.com Clickbank.com Adengage.com Accelerator-Media.com TribalFusion.com Burstmedia.com Vibrantmedia.com 7Search.com ValueClickMedia.com TradeDoubler.com Zedo.com Blogads.com Kontera.com Revenue.net Clickbooth.com 247realmedia.com CPXinteractive.com Marchex.com Paypopoup.com Zanox.com Pheedo.com Kanoodle.com Addynamix.com AffiliateFuture.co.uk
View Post Advertising, internet marketing, top 50Top 50 Auction Sites 2009
Here we go again – in the most recent issue of Website Magazine, according to Ranking.com, the Web’s largest provider of website popularity info (on like one million Internet destinations), here are the “top 50″ auction sites on the Internet today. TOP FIVE: eBay.com, Amazon.com, Overstock.com, Bidz.com, Ubid.com NEXT FIVE: lastminute.com, liquidation.com, foreclosure.com, ioffer.com, bid4assets.com [...]
View Post auction web sites, top 50Top 50 Social Media Resources 2009
According to a Ranking.com, as of September 2008, the following sites are the 50 most frequented websites on the internet: TOP FIVE: YouTube.com, MySpace.com, Facebook.com, Bebo.com, BlackPlanet.com NEXT FIVE: Tagged.com, Imeem.com, hi5.com, Orkut.com, Digg.com THE OTHER 40: LinkedIn.com, Ning.com, StumbleUpon.com, Friendster.com, Buzznet.com, Multiply.com, twitter.com, cyworld.com, Netlog.com, livejournal.com, WikiHow.com, Squidoo.com, Flixster.com, Sonico.com, epinions.com, Technorati.com, Xanga.com, skyrock.com, [...]
View Post media, Social NetworkingNaNoWriMo – Huh?
That’s me – a National Novel Writing Month participant. Yup, I’m writing a novel in 30 days. Yikes! Am I crazy? Pretty much. I invite you to write your own novel, or check back here to see how I’m doing through November. Meanwhile, read more about it at NaNoWriMo.org
View Post NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writers Month, WritingMen and civilizations. . .die when their beliefs pass into doubt
Financial chaos, political rhetoric, blatant lies, outright disdain and prideful prejudice. I cannot contain myself any longer. At the risk of ticking off some folks, I am compelled to state my position. Philip Lee Ralph spoke a great truth in The Story of Our Civilization: When civilizations fail, it is always man who has failed [...]
View Post civilization, integrity, LiebermanWant to Get Noticed? “Be Remarkable,” Seth Godin
The one question you must answer about your product, your service, your cause, your message – even yourself. . . . Watch this the whole way through . . . it really is so obvious that people miss it all of the time!
View Post be remarkable, seth godinCostly Viral eBook Mistakes: Number Three
Posted on by Criss in Direct Response Sales Copy, eZines and Newsletters, Words that Sell No CommentsAnother no-no is to never put any information into your ebook that you don’t want all over the world. These things travel folks and they can be global in a matter of days and certainly over time you can easily have a worldwide audience. I made the mistake of putting my cell phone number in [...]
View Post Communication, ebooks, newslettersCostly Viral eBook Mistakes: Number Two
Another thing is you want to avoid using dated information by providing too specific details. Affiliate program “A” may not be offering that free 30-day trial offer any longer longer. OR the price for admission to that special site may not always be $29.95. And that site that was “just released last week” may have [...]
View Post viral ebooksCostly Viral eBook Mistakes: Number One
Did you know there are 5 Costly Viral eBook Mistakes That Most People Make Which Cost Them Major Profits? I know there are because I’ve made every one of them. But you don’t have to. Mistake #1: Never use any link inside the content that you can’t control. I learned the hard way that you [...]
View Post ebooks, linksMark Hendricks Internet Conference – Baltimore Md
Imagine, waking up in the morning and walking your daily commute (a 10 second walk down the hall to your “company headquarters” to your home office or laptop computer), check your email and find that you’ve made thousands of dollars while you were sleeping – is that great, or what! Now imagine you could do [...]
View Post coaching, consulting, Copywriting, internet marketing, pr, public relations, publicity, super stars conferenceMark Hendricks Internet Marketing Conference June 14-15
Listen up, yours truly is a speaker at this awesome conference in June and I would LOVE to meet you there. But you need to Hurry, because the price is increasing on the June 14-15 Conference of Internet Super Stars being hosted by Mark Hendricks in Baltimore, Md. This is an amazing opportunity to hear [...]
View Post conference, internet, ISS conferenceYikes! Problems – I’ve lost my posts
I know, my blog looks different. Well, there is a good reason for that: things got messed up, links were broken, posts and comments were messed up. So I am reconstructing. What a job! We hope to have everything repaired and restored within a couple of days. Meanwhile, check back with us. I’ll be posting [...]
View PostAre You a Blogger or a Blahger?
If your blog is full of information that is pretty much useless to anyone except you and your need to talk, you really don’t have a blog. You have a blahg, and you are officially a blahger. Blahger: a blogger whose message is primarily blah-blah-blah Hopefully that’s not you. And if your blog is simply [...]
View Post bloggingEight Steps to Consider Before Writing Website Copy
Super Copywriting Guru Bob Bly says you need to go through these eight steps before writing your website copy: 1 Write down your marketing objective Is it to generate leads? Build a database of names with email addresses? Give your business a storefront on the Web? Put your product catalog online to eliminate the time [...]
View Post Copywriting, website, WritingHuman Web Browsers and Your Presentation Techniques
Posted on by Criss in Internet Sales Letters, Landing Pages, Sales Copy, Web Sites, Words that Sell No CommentsCliff Blake describes the following styles: “Good human interface design should embrace all of these styles and should be redundant enough to allow people a choice of how they will interact with the system depending on circumstances. Most people use all these different browsing styles at one time or another, but one generally predominates over [...]
View Post presentations, web browsersGraphics or No Graphics, That is the Question
Posted on by Criss in Blogs, eMails, eZines and Newsletters, Internet Sales Letters, Landing Pages, Squeeze Pages, Web Sites No CommentsIllustrating Your Web Copy The Internet is a visual place, full of photographs, illustrations, videos – you name it. Visuals instantly communicate a message and add interest to your online publications and websites. They help readers quickly and easily grasp relationships, comparisons, and sequences. We often think that pictures and words complement each other, yet [...]
View Post graphic design, graphics, Website DesignSometimes Your Spelling Checker is, well, WRONG!
Posted on by Criss in Grammar and Spelling, Internet Sales Letters, Landing Pages, Sales Copy, Squeeze Pages, Web Sites No CommentsWe all just want to “get it done.” Our lives are busy, we’re trying to move forward to the next step towards our dream goals or just take care of daily living projects. But when you’re selling your product or service on the internet, people will judge YOU and the quality of what you’re offering [...]
View Post grammar, spelling, WritingOur “Unspoken Inner Dialogue” of Insecurity
No matter how confident we appear to everyone around us, deep within our consciousness fear, skepticism and insecurities are messing with our heads. This is true no matter who you are, or how powerful or every-day you may be. This Unspoken Inner Dialogue is taking place all of the time, even during the sales process. [...]
View Post Communication, conversationFrench Roast Blogs
What do passionate golfers, fanatical fishermen, shop-a-holics, racing fans, movie buffs, scrapbookers, avid readers, coin collectors, grandparents, college students, mothers of toddlers, stock brokers, personal trainers, car mechanics, financial planners, netpreneurs and EFS-ers all have in common? They each have a LOT to talk about. So do you. Everyone has a lot to say but [...]
View Post bloggingStop Selling and Create VTL
Stop trying so hard to sell something! Yep. You heard right. STOP trying so hard to sell. Nobody wants to feel like they were sold! Everyone wants to feel like they have made a wise decision to purchase something that will benefit them. Consider these words: Value Trust Loyalty They are critical to your success! [...]
View Post Copywriting, customers, loyalty, trust, value