Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2011

Blogger outreach, when done correctly, can be a powerful way to get your name or product out into the blogosphere and in front of your target audience. Anyway, here are the big two no-no’s when it comes to reaching out to bloggers to help spread the word about you, products, or services. Photo Credit. Mass Emails.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If you are a blogger trying to make money online and the recommended powerful ways to make money with advertising, affiliate marketing, and creating products is not working out for you, then you need to focus on doing something you’re already probably good at – creating content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This is not the case with posts where someone has been given a demo of a product. Here are my thoughts: 1) Ideally, brands/agencies would never pay bloggers and never even give them product or pay for trips, lunches etc. 3) As you alluded to Jaxx, we do the product review/giveaway arrangements with bloggers. What do you think?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

During May of this year, rumors surfaced about Proctor & Gamble’s Pampers causing diaper rash after the company introduced its new Dry Max product line. Companies must protect their reputation in light of rumors, especially those that are defamatory. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Usually most people use social media to promote their website, product, or business that they are generating income from. Answer: I started with banner ads from affiliate marketing products to fill the space and added an advertiser’s page on my blog (you can see it here – [link] ). Answer: Good question.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And as this story is told over and over again, that people will use our services, buy our products, donate to our causes, etc. Once they do, we hope that they will find that connection so powerful, that they’ll tell a couple people, and those people will tell a couple people, and those people will … and so on. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

None of them were asked to do any product endorsements. I want to emphasize the fact that CRN’s selection process for the SMAB was very carefully done to bring in credible voices who are very familiar with the FTC guidelines. They only helped us by taking our key messages online. If so, how did you address it? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Sure, it’ll be seen by millions of people, but who knows if they have any impact and actually propel people to use those services/buy those products? And if consumers cannot remember the companies or the products, the commercials do not lead to sales. Now thats what I call productivity. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I came across a great post by her on work/life balance on Constructively Productive, and was fascinated by her clarity of thought. So, without further ado, here’s this week’s roundup. Give a goat this Christmas , from Steff Metal. Why: this woman is amazing. When I clicked through to her blog, I was even more enchanted.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

I wasn’t sure what to expect as I only found out about it last Friday, thanks to Annette at TwoZen Productions. Exclusive Products – offering exclusive products to a particular channel. minethatdata – helps CEO’s understand the relationships between customers, advertising, products, brands, and channels.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

There are at least five economic productivity outcomes will resulting significant GDP progressing from a “Health Olympic Australia” as follow: 1. Reduction in lost productivity cost; 4. Increase from “Health Olympic Australia” creation in goods/products exportation. Where productivity motivation to voters?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 1, 2011

getting the rest I need when I need it, and being heretically productive. That means eating right (which means cooking as often as I can), exercising regularly (whether on my elliptical machine or by taking my dogs for a walk, or by taking dance classes – yes!), Work smarter, not harder. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

A leader, on the other hand, ascribes importance to the productivity of a group. While they feel that they accomplished their tasks, no one reads the finished product; it is safe, sterilized, and boring. Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Steve Crescenzo observes this problem in corporate communications. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

I contacted a small biz owner whose products I really liked, and had come across unexpectedly, to see if shed be willing to do an interview with me for either WUL, or. Mark as read Approve comment "Many people dont consider how people unfamiliar with blogs (or the internet in general) will interpret the word blog.". Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Trust me, I can walk away from the Twitter when I need to, be productive. And by going to fewer events, Im getting more done for my job and Im more productive. Ive made great contacts in the industry online, but need to make more contacts in my own backyard with potential clients. It is a catch, one Ive yet to solve. Read All About It!

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 7, 2011

I’m not a heavyweight tech blogger, and tend to be somewhere above average on most of the ranking services I’m registered on – e.g. AdAge, Technorati, Wikio, PostRank etc, etc. Offline recommendations: How much would you value someone’s friend recommending your product? And the benefits? Linkbuilding: $10,000.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

affiliate marketing: how do you pick a product and make it worthwhile? Obviously, you don’t want to cut off your nose to spite your face and stop selling your own products to do this, but, again, it positions you as someone who takes how you work with brands seriously. Google just downgraded content farms.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Maybe the intern gives the inside scoop on how new products make it to the customer. Determine what the benefits to blogging will be. Are you trying to create community? Are you hoping to help along your SEO efforts? Then live it. your own set of metrics.

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Kikolani

JUNE 28, 2013

3 Marketing Tools I Miss (and Their Alternatives) – If you used PostRank, Formulists, or Google Reader, here are the best alternatives. Revealing the Highest Earning Blogs that Sell Advertising – Some of the biggest earning blogs (and a few non-blogs) on the web that don’t rely on affiliate links or selling products.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

An Enormous Opportunity The huge (and expanding) reach of social media, and its relatively low cost (at least from a production fees perspective) makes it an incredibly attractive proposition for marketers. Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. There’s an optimal time of day and day of week to tweet. Between bit.ly

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s a marketplace for buying and selling handmade products. The Lesson If you put something on your website, you’re telling your customers that you support that product. Etsy is in one way or another representing themselves with each and every product on their site, and they should see this as an opportunity to define their position.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The footage was better, the words clearer, the editing easier, and overall, we were happier with the final product. But social media doesnt require achingly high production values. Instead of taking 7 hours, it took 3 hours to shoot because we had remembered every locale and shot. And of course, it worked. Probably not.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Tracking sentiment around a brand and its competitors might be important for a product manager. Don’t collect the number of positive, negative, and neutral mentions of your brand in thousands of posts just because that’s what the monitoring tool was designed to do. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

What you should do is to be insightful, insightful, insightful… and then “New price reduction on our favorite product, “X”. Some tools you can use are Social Mention , Trackur , and PostRank. Some (OK, most) of them I have not been asking myself, nor have I been checking out PostRank, which I should. Have a nice one.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

Thanks to a very productive hour I spent last week, I’m now no longer worried in the slightest. While the service was a little too basic to pay for, I do still enjoy the company’s Postrank tool. Here are some good tips I didn’t know about (like Postrank), so thanks for sharing!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

But all of a sudden, S0-And-So is no longer available… but you still want me to do a book review/product giveaway that So-And-So is promoting. Same thing goes when I look for instructions on the internet - there are so many different ways to write a press release, no wonder the end product is a jumbled mess. , Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Case study #1: Sainsburys The first focused on engaging a very niche community for major UK food retailer Sainsburys , to support the launch of a new allergy-friendly “Free From&# range of products; i.e. products that are free from wheat or gluten or diary. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is the natural progression in the market, and the signs are already showing up that we are approaching the climb up towards the “plateau of productivity&# as Gartner calls it. This is when it starts to be fun. Nicely said, Esteban.-= Esteban Kolsky´s last blog. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

It would be one thing if a marketer referenced the fact that 100 people liked a product, but to use the names of the "likers" is a different ballgame, especially when the marketer is using the names to potentially profit - albeit indirectly - from the sale of its goods or services. Read All About It!

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ProBlogger

MARCH 17, 2011

Whether you’re selling your own product, promoting affiliates, offering a service, or advertising, your ability to make money is dependent on your ability to successful convey to your audience the value you offer them in such a way that they take action. PostRank is a great service to measure influence in an effective way.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We are currently in the “Relationship Era” of marketing, and even though I know PR isn’t marketing, it does make sense that in order to sell a product or gain a good rapport, professionals must first develop and maintain a relationship with consumers and with the media. Thank you for posting! Read All About It!

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