Interested in how to better market your seminars, conferences and online programs programs to get more “folks in seats” and “eyes on your screens?” Then, you’re invited to join me at Clemson University’s Annual Conference on How to Market Seminars, Conferences and Online Programs here in Chicago on August 25-27 at the Courtyard by Marriott-Magnificent Mile at 165 E. Ontario…
Smart marketers know that the value of their business is in the list. This post covers email list building tips for bloggers. This is one is a series of BlogHer13 posts. How about you – how do you invite and welcome email subscribers? Thanks to Laura Fuentes, of SuperGlueMom.com and Momables.com for sharing her approach. Although I…
Today, Compuserve celebrates the 30th anniversary of their debut as an online consumer service. 1979: CompuServe begins offering a dial-up online information service to consumers. CompuServe added a wealth of other features: near–real-time stock quotes, weather reports (with downloadable weather maps), lively forums, even airplane-ticket booking through the Eaasy Saabre system. And, of course, there…
Do you know what RSS stands for? Do you care? You do, if you want to get news delivered somewhere to you automatically online. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s like ordering online subscriptions to blogs, news sites, twitter updates or any content that has an RSS feed. Sounds kind of fancy to have…
It’s Friday. I just crossed the 2,100 mark update on twitter and decided to share this ecourse I wrote to go out to my MTN newsletter subscribers. Now, my newsletter wears the Wired PR Works brand. Sending out a sequenced system like this works with email providers like Aweber – affiliate link. Hope you find…
If you publish an email newsletter, you know that writing a compelling subject line is often the hardest part. So, what does it take to get people to open your email? Is there a formula you can use to up your open rates? What can you learn from your email marketing about how your community and…
Don’t email Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine. In his post. “Sorry PR People You’re Blocked” at The Long Tail, Chris Anderson claims that PR spam is to blame for his inbox overload. Then he goes on to list the offending email addresses. If you don’t want to wind up on this list, don’t email…
Here’s a scary, slimy story that happened on Halloween. They came from Poland, Paris, Russia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Estonia and Buffalo . . . When I checked my Aweber stats today, I noticed that every one of the new email addresses on one of my more dormant lists hadn’t yet confirmed their subscription. Usually…
A string of questions about email systems recently caught my attention. Because I find myself wanting to answer every one, I’m consolidating my thoughts into this reference post. For awhile now, I’ve been wanting to share the benefits of using AWeber. As a customer for over a year and an affiliate [yes, this post contains affiliate…
I admit it. I love to give stuff away. Today’s MTN free ezine subscribers got treated to a video marketing report – as my gift. Now, in our house Easter is not a gift holiday [well, no gifts over $25], but what’s nice about having a list of loyal readers is that I can give away…
Just got the approval email from New-List.com that our ezine, Markeing Transformations Network News is now included in their ezine database directory.
Yes, if you’re a teen. At least that’s what my informal survey of our in-house teen trend researchers say. A direct quote: “Why are you still emailing?” my techno-enraptured high school senior asked me as she glanced over at my Outlook screen beaming brightly on my laptop. “That’s soooooooo early 2000s. Everybody’s texting or blogging…
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