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Email Marketing – The Future Is Here and 22 Other Tips

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Does your email marketing consist of drafting a sales pitch and “blasting” it out to everyone in your database? Those days are over. Today’s email marketing strategy is about personalization and segmentation and the practices are going to change even more so in the future. Actually, the future of email marketing is already here. Columnist Len Shneyder shares the landscape of email marketing is about to change dramatically, even if we don’t realize it yet. He points us down the path ahead. Now, on to the tips to better your emails and campaigns… 5 Ways to Create Winning Holiday Email… 

The Perils of a Poor Web Presence

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Climb into your time machine for a moment and set it for 1965. Ready? Push the big red button. Okay, you’re in 1965. Walk into the first small business you see and ask if they have a phone. Go into the next small business and ask the same question. Once you’re convinced that every small business has a telephone, get back in your time machine and set it for today. The point I want to make is that not having a small business website today would be the equivalent of not having a telephone any time after telephones became routinely… 

Social Media – Best Channels for Business and 45 Other Tips

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Where do we go? Everyone is on Facebook but organic reach is down. Women are on Pinterest. Kids are on Snapchat. Business is on LinkedIn. Got to get video on YouTube – the second most searched site. But that’s a lot of channels to focus on and I only have so much time in the day. Justin Sachs goes over the channels for marketing your business and acquiring new clients: The 7 Best Social Media Channels for Business Marketing Oh, but get ready. Apple reportedly working on a Snapchat-like app so they can enter the social realm. Apple Hopes to Stake Fresh… 

Email Marketing – 7 Great Reads; 24 Tips

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Email marketing is consistently ranked as the best channel in terms of return on investment. 68% of companies rate the channel as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. (1) For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI. (2) Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter. (3) Still need more convincing? Social Media Audiences Are Great, But Email Audiences Are Better Now, on to the tips to better your emails and campaigns… 10 Email Marketing Secrets to Acquire and Retain More Retail Customers How can your retail business best use email marketing to acquire and retain… 

Tourism Best Practices week of August 22

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. New Tourism App has IBM’s Watson Guide You Around Orlando The Visit Orlando app is designed to help visitors figure out what they want to do while in the city. Users can ask the app virtually any question within reason and receive helpful travel and booking tips in reply. Speaking of apps… Events Apps Take Cues from Tinder and Match.com to Engage Attendees New event apps use matchmaking algorithms… 

Social Media – 5 Best Reads Week of August 22

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. Take your social media to a new level with these 20 tips. 6 Strategies to Stand Out on Social Media How does the team behind a new guitar pick stand out on social media? “Practice ‘genuine relationship marketing.’” The article has her other best tips. 5 Highly Effective Ways to Increase Social Media Shares How can you boost your social media shares and in turn your engagement? Here are five tips to help… 

Social Media – Memes, Ads, Snapchat and 14 Other Tips

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. This week’s reads have tips on using memes in your marketing, how to better use social ads and Snapchat and 14 other tips. How to Use Memes in Your Business Marketing Memes — humorous images or videos — spread quickly on the internet. But are they right for your brand marketing? Here are comprehensive resources and examples to help you decide – and enjoy the creativity behind the web’s best memes. One of… 

Email Marketing – Infographic, Engaging Millennials, Retail Use and 15 Hacks

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Email marketing is consistently ranked as the best channel in terms of return on investment. 68% of companies rate the channel as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. (1) For every $1 spent, email marketing generates $38 in ROI. (2) Email is 40 times more effective at acquiring new customers than Facebook or Twitter. (3) So now that you’re convinced (or perhaps you were already,) let’s optimize your performance: Go for the Email Gold by Using These Winning Strategies [Infographic] Win more business by using these medal-worthy email marketing strategies. How to Make Your Email Marketing Engaging to Millennials How can email marketers engage… 

Social Media – We’re Failing At It, but Here’s 6 Helps

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You’ve started your social media accounts. You’re posting. You’re tweeting. You’re pinning. Starting to get proficient at Facebook. Even used a #hashtag in a tweet. You’re getting proficient. But, in fact, according to Nick Powills, we’re failing at social media: Agencies And Brands Are Failing At Social Media, And It’s Time For A Real Change That change is a simple one. Read about it. In that vein, here’s Five Things Your Company Should Be Doing on Social Media The list of social media “tips and tricks”… grow(s) ever longer. But when it comes down to it, there are a few best practices…