Monthly Archives: September 2011
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Connecting Through Online Marketing
Content marketing online, gives you the power to educate, communicate, influence people and attract a continuous stream of potential customers. But you must have a strategy. Jumping in without thinking rarely works. You must be realistic and understand that results won’t happen over night. To make it work you need patience and perseverance. As […]
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How to Write Great Headlines for Articles
Your headline is the make or break of your article. If it doesn’t immediately grab attention, a reader is unlikely to read your article – regardless of how many hours you slaved over it. Many online marketers write articles because they know they are a great way to build backlinks which are vital to […]
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How To Improve Your Conversion Rate
First off, do you know what your conversion rate is? If your marketing is to be effective you not only need to know your conversion rate, you must also understand your conversion goal. Everyone’s conversion goal will be different. It could be: Newsletter sign-ups Brochure downloads Sign-ups for a free trial Email enquiries Phone […]
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Writing Press Releases With Clout
Press releases are a valuable marketing tool for any business. So how come so few businesses use them? They are fairly easy to write, you can even publish them online so avoiding the impenetrable newspaper editor. Yet many companies turn their backs on them in favour of other forms of marketing. Whether you write them […]
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Using Social Media Effectively
Once upon a time, customers could only get in touch with you by telephone, letter or by visiting your premises. If they were unhappy, they’d probably moan about you to a friend or two and you’d be non the wiser. How times have changed. Now, if they’re unhappy they’ll tweet about it or post […]
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Social Media–Connect, Don’t Spam
Everyone uses social media these days – or at least it seems like it. As a copywriter I use it a lot. Whether it’s tweeting for help (usually IT related problems), offering advice, promoting my blog posts, or just general chit-chat, I love using it as a way of connecting with other people. Did you […]
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