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Beyond the Click in Conversion Optimization for Marketing

If you still think that your online marketing success is defined by the number of visitors to your website, your click-through-rate (CTR) for your paid campaigns, or the open rate for your email campaigns then you may be missing a very large piece...

Social Media-Do's & Don't

A recent Washington Post article by Michelle Singletary was published in my local Sunday paper's business section titled "Watch What you Tweet". It caught my attention not only because I knew right away what the article was about, but also because...

From the mouths of babes...

Are taglines like:

If content is king, who are its subjects?

I know... it is a phrase that has been beat to death and held up as a banner to internet marketers everywhere. It is the elephant in the room wearing a tu-tu, so I felt I had to address it at least once.

Why Some Internet Marketing Strategies Are Losing Lead Conversions

"Conversion optimization, what is that and what is the point?" was a question recently posed to me. I love it when people want to get down to the basics and find out not just the what, but the why. A simple question deserves a simple answer. So...

How an Internet Marketing Plan will Keep You Sane

A house is being built across the street from me, and it does not cease to amaze me how quickly a structure with so many internal systems can be put together. Trees are cut, big heavy (and expensive) equipment wakes you up in the morning, and...

One small step for search engine marketing, one huge step for your customers...

It is always refreshing to know that you are not alone in the world, that there are others like you who think (and act) like you. This was how I felt after returning from NYC to attend Future Now's Persuasive Online Copywriting and Call to Action...

What are your online goals and objectives?

The first step for any internet marketing campaigns is to set your objectives. What do you want your website, email, blog, or pay-per-click campaign to accomplish? Are you looking for new leads, trying to populate a webinar, increase the sale of a...