YOU ASKED: What format of Email broadcasts, ezines, and e-newsletters works best? HTML with color, pictures and graphics (Fancy) or just PLAIN TEXT (simple) versions?
ME: My opinion has changed over the years. Currently, I send most of my ezines and email promos in plain text, BUT… we are seeing more and more success in HTML versions of email broadcasts.
Social Proof is a Critical Factor of Influencing Buying Decisions
You see examples of social proof everyday… beyond client testimonials, case studies and customer reviews; it’s in the star ratings on Amazon, the number of likes of Facebook, the video views on YouTube and followers on Twitter.
Be recognizing how social proof affects buying behavior, you can look for ways to leverage it to establish trust and credibility for your products and services.
Check out this new search engine called blekko! Here’s a quick video explaining how to use blekko to slash the web! It’s sort of like wikipedia for search-engines.
Syndicate your content using a social media dashboard like Hootsuite
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “I know I need to be using social media, but I just don’t have the time.” Or “I have Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts but I can’t manage them all.” I have a simple answer for them: Aggregate and Syndicate.
Social Media Statistics that you just can’t ignore… Watch this Video.
Compelling facts from the video. While it was no doubt Erik Qaulman had it created to promote his book Socialnomics, (no I’m not an affiliate) it opens your eyes up to the massive opportunities created by these new web 2.0 mediums. Social media isn’t a fad. It’s growing exponentially and you better get with the program or get left behind.
I remember way back in the CompuServe and AOL days when people thought that the Internet was a fad too. They waited to get their website going. Same thing happened again with blogging. Now it’s Social media that has so many business professionals confused on the best practices to use to grow their business.
Improving your website visitor’s experience through effective website design that works cross-platform and on a wide range of Internet devices, smartphones, iPhones and iPads.
Businesses today need to think about how their customers will use their website and respond to their customer’s needs.
No one would argue that their prospects are checking them out online before doing business with them. The problem (and opportunity) is they are viewing your website through multiple devices and formats.
You would think that by now there would be more universal standards for website design, but actually it’s grown tougher each year.
For example, have you looked at your website using an iPhone, iPad or smartphone? What about through different website browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Explorer? And then there are different versions of the web browsers, plug-ins, add-ons, and widgets. Let’s explore smartphone website designs and why it’s important for your business…
There are two categories of Internet Marketing Speakers
Those that earn the majority of their income from selling products and services teaching others how to be internet marketers and those that show other companies how to utilize Internet marketing to grow their business.
One helps others become Internet Marketers and the other type offers services to grow through leveraging the power of Internet marketing. They differ widely on their experience and expertise.
If you’re looking for an Internet Marketing Speaker to help you grow your business, increase conversions, get higher rankings in the search engines and make the most of your social media efforts then I can help you.
You want results. You want more targeted website traffic. You want better conversions from your landing pages to subscribers and sales.
You hire a website design firm or web designer and pay them hundreds or thousands of dollars and expect them to deliver results. Right? Of course you do and so have millions of others. The problem is that there are so many different kinds of web designers offering a wide variety of services and expertise.
Here are five tips to help you find the perfect web designer.
Duplicate website content… This is a simple concept, mostly misunderstood and easily fixed. I’m going to approach this from a few perspectives and give you the links and tools that can help you.
First, understand that it’s the search-engine’s goal to provide the best search results for the user. While Google, Bing and Yahoo rank website pages a bit differently they all have the same outcome of a positive and relevant user experience. That experience comes from listing unique pages on their search result pages (SERPS).
For this blog posting, I’m just going to use Google as “the search engine”.
Duplicate content generally refers to blocks of text or entire pages that are virtually the same.
Syndicate your content using a social media dashboard like Hootsuite
No one would argue that their prospects are checking them out online before doing business with them. The problem (and opportunity) is they are viewing your website through multiple devices and formats.
Those that earn the majority of their income from selling products and services teaching others how to be internet marketers and those that show other companies how to utilize Internet marketing to grow their business.
You want results. You want more targeted website traffic. You want better conversions from your landing pages to subscribers and sales. 
First, understand that it’s the search-engine’s goal to provide the best search results for the user. While Google, Bing and Yahoo rank website pages a bit differently they all have the same outcome of a positive and relevant user experience. That experience comes from listing unique pages on their search result pages (SERPS). 
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