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Marketing a Small Business on a Tight Budget

It’s been a rough year for everyone in this economy, but business must go on. For people with a small business, that may mean finding a way to reach new customers, with a minimal marketing investment. So if you find yourself looking for way to grow your customer base on a tight budget, don’t despair [...]

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Blognet Award

HiringTheInternet has been nominated for an acclaimed BlogNet Award for January! Help us in our quest for blogging glory by voting for our blog in this month’s contest. With over 1,300 monthly viewers we are extremely excited about this nomination and appreciate the abundant support we’ve received over the years. Thank you. Quick! Easy! Vote [...]

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A Little Holiday Gratitude Can Go a Long Way

UPDATED:  WE thought we should add our own holiday greeting email for you to see: Internet marketing at holiday time isn’t just about percentages off and free-shipping coupon codes. Sometimes (biiiiig emphasis on sometimes), customers are content with a greeting that simply shows a measure of gratitude for their loyalty. Take a look at our [...]

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Take Our 2008 Online Marketing Survey

Recently we conducted an in-person survey at the 2008 NY XPO, where we asked passersby – mostly SMB owners – about how Internet marketing is helping them meet their business objectives. The results were varied, but the survey itself was such a success that we decided to open it up to a larger audience. So [...]

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The Best Day to Send Your E-mails? It’s All Relative

Statistics compiled from all users of AWeber Communications’ automated e-mail marketing system this past April reveal Thursdays as the optimum day of the week for e-mail open rates. And here you thought Tuesdays or Wednesdays were the most promising. So much for believing everything you read, huh? That’s why you shouldn’t believe this either. The [...]

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Litmus Puts Its 'Fingerprint' on E-mail Client Stats

Whoa! Color us impressed. A new service from Litmus’ Fingerprint e-mail analysis system offers accurate, up-to-date statistics on e-mail client usage. Until now, the Internet marketing industry had to rely solely on suspicion when it came to who was using what e-mail client, leaving us to test our e-mails blindly. Even then it was anybody’s [...]

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Online Video Advertising Killed the Television Commercial Star

Hear that sound? It’s eMarketer trumpeting the future of online video advertising in two new reports issued in as many days. In one report, the daily trend-analysis newsletter projects video ad spending to reach $5.8 billion by 2013, an increase of more than 1,000 percent from 2008. In another projection, eMarketer suggests that 183.3 million [...]

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Truth in Social Marketing Will Set You Free

Honesty is the best policy. It’s a tired expression, for sure. But when it comes to social media marketing, there’s not a cliché you’ll hold dearer when the whistleblowers come a-calling. Just ask Wal-Mart, whose never-ending PR problems worsened when a blog called “Walmarting Across America,” allegedly dedicated to the RV travels of an American [...]

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When is the Best Time to Email?

Do you take email with your coffee? According to an AOL-sponsored survey conducted by Beta Research Corporation, almost 1 in 4 people check their email when they wake up in the morning. And nearly one-third of the respondents reported that they checked their email throughout the day, even at work. In fact, more than 70% [...]

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