We know we’ve been a little heavy on the blog-themed posts lately, but we embrace the irony of blogging about blogging. Or something like that. We’re confused, too. In any case, we recently discovered this ranking of the Top 10 Visited U.S. Blog and Personal Websites, and were taken aback by what and who appeared. [...]
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The Rich Don't Always Get Richer
eMarketer released an interesting study today: Apparently, the number of households in the United States with $500,000 in net worth, not including primary residences, decreased by 5% to an estimated 15.6 million in 2008. It’s the first time in six years that the number of affluent households has fallen.
Battle of the SEM Tools: SEO or PPC?
Search engine marketing (SEM) usually involves two beloved methods, SEO (search engine optimization), and PPC (pay per click). SEO involves making your website “popular” or “worthwhile” by the search engine’s standards so that it appears sooner in search engine result pages (SERP). These types of search engine results are called “organic.” The other kind, PPC, [...]
Internet Advertising Revenues Continue Apace
A comprehensive Internet Marketing firm will include online advertising (such as Google AdWords) as a part of its toolkit. It remains an integral part of search engine marketing, and it is regarded as a still underused medium for advertising. Its rising popularity may also receive a boost from an unexpected source.
New Lesson: Save Those TV Spot Dollars for Internet Ads
IDC, a global provider of marketing intelligence, recently revealed that US online users spend about twice as much time on the Internet than watching TV. Clocking in about 32.7 hours a week, American online users seem to have found their new preferred medium. Other media, such as newspapers, have adjusted to the ever increasing influence [...]
Four Keys To Collaboration Success
Carol Lukas and Rebecca Andrews have identified four keys “essential to a well-functioning collaboration”: 1) Clarify the purpose: misunderstandings can occur when people don’t recognize and agree on a way of working together. You may think you’re getting together for just a few meetings while your colleague has the whole year planned out for both [...]
Three tips for better email marketing
Here are some great tips from our friends over at MyEmma: -> Marketing to Mom? Send discounts, please. 87% of email-checking moms sign up to receive coupons, while only 6% are interested in learning more about the sender. -> Readers are more likely to open an email in the first 30 days after subscribing – [...]
