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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

yMarketingMatters

What a year was 2011 for social media and marketing! I watched and experienced first-hand the marketing and social media landscape change, consolidate, focus, develop and evolve all at the same time. As I’ve said before, social media needs to be INTEGRATED into your overarching marketing plan. It’s not the magic pill.

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SendinBlue Review – Small Business Pricing with Enterprise Features

Kikolani

Just recently, I saw a long conversation on Facebook where someone asked if there were any good email marketing platforms outside of the top two or three that everyone seems to be using. This person was looking for a platform that had not been pummelled by hackers lately, keeping well-known email marketers down for days at a time.

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Popup Opt-in Forms: Case Studies, WordPress Plugins, and Alternatives

Kikolani

Popup opt-in forms are no longer just for internet marketers and the make money online niche. We’re talking blogs and people that make the Technorati Top 100, Adage Power 150, Forbes Social Influencers, and other prestigious lists in the marketing world. Duct Tape Marketing. Content Marketing Institute. Quicksprout.

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The Arrogance Of Being Right

Waxing UnLyrical

Two articles have recently drawn my attention to a problem I’ve seen in the myriad posts making the rounds in the business/marketing/PR communities. Some of them have even taken companies from bankruptcy in early 2008 to billing $500K in 2012. If I bust my butt at Widgets, Inc. The first is a response to Yahoo!

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5 Facebook Ad Tools That Take The Pain Out Of Ad Creation

agora pulse

Luckily, there are a number of Facebook ad tools that make it easier for business owners, marketers, and even ad specialists to do their job. I set up my first Facebook ad in 2012. Add it to your Chrome browser and a widget appears on your toolbar. A green number will appear on the pixel helper widget.

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Monetizing Facebook

Direct Marketing Observations

For those who have never heard of ChompOn, they are a site/service where you’re able to create Groupon like widgets to embed on your website. Next we have some data by Emarketer in which it was reported that US marketers will spend $3.08 Look at the change in revenue from 2009 to 2012 in the US alone! OK last one here.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Timescapes

Kikolani

55 High Quality Free Tumblr Themes and Widgets – This post includes some stunning free themes, widgets, and applications that will permit you improve your Tumblr experience. 10 Tips for Marketing Your Brand or Product with Pinterest – A simple list of tips for marketing a product or brand using Pinterest.

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