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4 Old-Fashioned IM Strategies That Still Work

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It may seem odd to call any Internet marketing strategy an “old-fashioned&# or “traditional&# strategy, but we are now over 20 years since the invention of the World Wide Web and commercial Internet marketing. Hare are 4 old-fashioned Internet marketing strategies that still have the power to work some magic.

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How Consumers Use Social Networking Sites

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Clothing/fashion = 42% consumer researchers. I’m actually surprised that music is so far down the list, but you can understand that clothing and fashion are so high because we’re talking about social networks where a large percentage of the time is spent on personal business. So what industries are represented?

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2 Things Good Online Reputations Need

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Trustworthiness is an old-fashioned word, but it still holds true. Wise Advice is another old-fashioned term, but it also holds true. That word-of-mouth factor is difficult to assess and impossible to predict with accuracy. There are some things within your power, though, and these two are a good start.

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Make It Fun: Gamification & Marketing

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But this is a general idea: People want to feel important enough to have a choice — let them customize the experience in some fashion. If you haven’t developed an empathy map and buyer personas, your marketing doesn’t have a focus. People want to feel rewarded for their behavior — let them win somehow.

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E-Mail Marketing For Small Business Still A Winner

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In effect, they replace the old fashioned mail-order catalogs, and to a lesser extent, the junk mail catalogs used by offline businesses. Blasting your list is not going to win business. Rather, e-mails that are ‘newsy’ in nature are often welcome as are catalog type e-mails.

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Why SEO Is Getting Harder

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They’ve abandoned the old-fashioned Internet marketing channel of search engine optimization in favor of the easier to manage social media channel. Many website owners have given up on SEO entirely. But I don’t think that’s a wise choice.

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Traditional Marketing Strategies And Small Online Businesses

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When it comes to marketing, many of the good old-fashioned strategies still work. As your reach broadens, the old-fashioned strategies may become less effective – let’s face it, having a paper-based catalog drop around the world could be expensive. Where the online business may differ is in its reach.