Online Marketing


Recent Online Marketing Articles

Blogging: More Than Idle Chatter

Do it--and do it as if you mean it.  Read more

Social Networks: Ready to Join the Party?

Marketing your small business on Facebook and MySpace.  Read more

The New Basics of Marketing

What you need to know about: websites, email, mobile phones, social networks, viral video, blogging.  Read more

Social Networks: Up And Down The Social Register

For companies that market to niches, one of these specialized social networks may be a better value.  Read more

E-mail: On Messages

6 questions to every small business should consider before creating an e-mail marketing campaign.  Read more

What a Microsoft/Yahoo Combination Means

For small businesses, the pairing of technology giants could be a positive because it would give that other Internet advertising and search powerhouse – Go...  Read more

Google Launches Online Marketing Challenge

Students will help local businesses create an AdWords online marketing campaign.  Read more

How to Get Profitable Sales Leads Online

The online lead generation industry has recently come under scrutiny. Here's how to make sure you get the best leads for your buck.  Read more

Turning Point 

Every entrepreneur has an experience that puts them on a new course and ultimately proves instrumental in their success. For Michelle Tjelmeland, founder ...  Watch video

MySpace to Launch Advertising Service

MySpace, a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS), has plans to launch a self-serve advertising service targeted at small and midsize businesses and anyone els...  Read more

What's the Harm? Allowing Ads on Your Website

It seems like a tempting way to make a little extra cash, but is allowing advertising on your business website worth it?  Read more

Is Facebook Really Worth $15 Billion?

Maybe not. Microsoft's $240 million investment in the wildly popular social networking site is turning heads, but some insiders describe the valuation as "ri...  Read more

The Independent 

Clint Greenleaf, the founder of Greenleaf Book Group, gives authors an alternative to the stodgy New York publishing industry. So what does it take to pen...  Watch video

Beyond YouTube [Audio] 

Online video is transforming the way companies communicate with customers and employees. How can your company take advantage of the trend? Associate edito...  Watch video

Microsoft To Offer New Web Marketing Services

Following the rebranding of Microsoft Office Live Small Business earlier this week, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has teamed up with The Search Agency to offer ...  Read more

55-Alive! Wants to Be MySpace for the Baby Boomer Set.

Can it raise $250,000?  Read more

How E-mail Marketing Works

While avoiding spam like the plague, integrating legitimate e-mail marketing with other advertising strategies yields best results for small and mid-size bus...  Read more

Helping Customers Help Each Other Online

A growing number of companies are creating online community forums, or other ways for customers to interact. This not only improves customer satisfaction, bu...  Read more

How I Did It: Mike Walrath, Founder, Right Media

As told to Sarah Goldstein Industry: Advertising & Marketing 2007 Inc. 500 Ranking:...  Read more

Turning Browsers Into Buyers

How to improve conversion rates.  Read more

The Push to "Pull" in Online Marketing

In the Internet age, businesses no longer need to focus on "pushing" marketing information to potential customers. But they had better know how to make sure ...  Read more

Can You Spot the Real Utube?

Millions of Web surfers couldn't, so now there's a lawsuit.  Read more

Survey: Smaller Firms Prefer Google Ads

Small and midsize companies prefer to run ads on Google over Yahoo, according to a study on advertising strategies by Outsell, a Burlingame, Calif.-based ...  Read more

Search for Tomorrow

An army of fledgling companies is lining up to take on Google. Could the world's biggest search engine possibly be vulnerable?  Read more

The Monster Dilemma

Posting jobs on the Web is easy. It's sifting through hundreds of resumés that's a pain.  Read more

What's Next: Beyond Facebook

There are people who have the answers you've been searching for. Here's how you'll find them.  Read more

Beyond Facebook

There are people who have the answers you've been searching for. Here's how you'll find them.  Read more

Think Employees Are Fudging Their Timesheets? Try Fingerprinting Them

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read more

Online Keyword Prices Easing

Feb. 7, 2007 -- The average keyword price paid by online advertisers in the fourth quarter of 2006 was $1.41, a 2 percent gain from the p...  Read more

Does Google Enable Trademark Infringement?

What small businesses need to know about the legal risks involved with advertising online with search engines.  Read more

How to Learn Search Engine Optimization

Every business wants to be found. Figuring out how to get your business to show up in the rankings when a potential customer uses a search engine is an art f...  Read more

HedgeStop Wants to be the MySpace of the Financial Community

Now it needs $2.5 million.  Read more

New Tool for Opt-in E-mails

Jan. 24, 2007 -- Global IntelliSystems, a Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based e-mail service provider, announced Wednesday a new service to help ...  Read more

The Outsider [Audio] 

Some companies are now employing outside bloggers, to chronicle almost everything that goes on behind closed doors. Can it really help your business? Arti...  Watch video