Online Marketing


Recent Online Marketing Articles

Best Counterintuitive Email Marketing Advice

What's the best time to reach out to potential customers? One expert's answer turns conventional wisdom on its head.  Read more

4 Tips for Using Social Media to Sell

You can use social media to land a sale--but only if you're following these key principles.  Read more

6 Keyword Search Strategies to Grow Your Business

Consumers search the web billions and billions of times each month. Here's how you can use that information to grow your business.  Read more

Most Important Clicks to Track on Your Website

That SEO strategy is all for naught if you're not watching the right metrics. Here's how to measure success.  Read more

Are You Violating Google's New Copyright Policy?

Avoid becoming a victim to Google's new policy of penalizing the organic rankings of websites suspected of improperly posting the copyrighted materials of ot...  Read more

Does Your Content Suck? Here's How to Tell

According to Twitter's co-founders, the Web is awash in bad content. Are you part of the problem?  Read more

A Facebook Ad Campaign That Actually Works

Tough Mudder CEO Will Dean has found Facebook advertising is a cost-effective way to drive people to hardcore obstacle-course events.  Read more

Dos and Don'ts of Facebook Marketing 

Social media advice from Soraya Darabi, co-founder of Foodspotting, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

7 Promotional Stunts That Work

Check out these simple and affordable ways to shine the spotlight on your business--no highflying gimmicks required.  Read more

OtterBox CEO: Why I Don't Use Social Media

Social media has become a powerful tool for all businesses, but a firm belief that 'if you can't do it well, you shouldn't do it at all' is behind my absence...  Read more

Finally! A Way to Calculate Social Media ROI

Shares, likes, links and retweets are all great, but what's their impact on sales? Here's a new way to get the metrics you need to measure your online market...  Read more

What Customers Say--and What They Really Mean

Knowing what users really want is critical to your business. Here's a translation guide for some common comments.  Read more

Online Advertising: Surprising New Finding

Research suggests you might be using the wrong metric to measure the success of Web campaigns.  Read more

5 Reasons People Unfollow You on Twitter

Curb these top five annoying Twitter habits. Your followers will thank you.  Read more

11 Reasons a 23-Year-Old Shouldn't Run Your Social Media

Sure, she understands Instagram. But do you really want a new grad controlling your brand online?  Read more

11 Tips to Find the Best LinkedIn Groups

If you're using LinkedIn only to make connections, you're missing out.  Read more

6 Sales Tips From Istanbul's Grand Bazaar

Competition is fierce inside this ancient, 5,000-shop market. Here's how the best merchants stand out--and what you can learn from them.  Read more

Boost Sales Using Social Influence

Who in your network is more likely to influence the buying decisions of others? A study reveals the group you should be advertising to online.  Read more

5 Rules: How to Avoid a Spam Filter

Does your role involve emailing people you don't know? Make sure you're not landing in the junkmail box.  Read more

5 Reasons to Build an In-House Creative Team

It's tempting to take creative responsibilities off your shoulders and hand it over to an agency, especially when you're growing. Here's why I decided to bui...  Read more

How to Make $2 Million in One Day

This little start-up hit the jackpot by playing all the right notes in an online campaign. Here's how you can, too.  Read more

7 Tools to Get More Out of Pinterest

If you're going to use the photo-pinning platform, turn those "pins" into sales. Here are a few tools that can help.  Read more

Time to Fix Your Marketing Strategy

Everyone wants digital bells and whistles. But too often, what a client really needs is a solid online strategy.  Read more

Top 5 Social Media Fails

Think you're pretty great at Twitter? A pro at Facebook? Fact is, your social media strategy could use an upgrade. Here are five ways to fix the little thing...  Read more

Are Your Facebook Fans People or Bots?

One company learned that 80% of its clicks came from spammers. Have you checked your Facebook ads lately?  Read more