It’s safe to say that Wordpress is now officially more than your basic blogging platform. Often touted as a basic CMS (content management system), Wordpress offers SMB’s a great opportunity to get a professional-looking website up in minutes – allowing for easy creation, updating and editing of content with little to no technical knowledge.
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I’m not saying it’s bad, but if you (or the marketing department you work in) insist on calling your email marketing campaigns something like ‘e-shots’, ‘mail shots’, ‘mail blasts’ or anything else similar to being expelled by force from a cannon or gun, chances are you’re viewing email marketing the wrong way.
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Woo hoo! Pretty impressed with wordpress’ new app for iPod/iphone. I shall never have an excuse not to blog from now on. Except for wi-fi. And the iPod’s predictive multitap is excellent!
Nice work Wordpress!
Lately I’ve noticed a rise in creative ways to use PPC for personal or corporate gain. Whereas I use PPC daily to market B2B or B2C products the ‘old-fashioned way’ - selecting and bidding on a keyword, using appropriate ad copy, and directing B2C traffic to a tracked landing page - savvy marketers seem to be going one better. Here are some top examples:
I think these guys are new kids on the block - and are more than welcome!
SpamMeltdown.com offer sources of inspiration to designers of HTML email. Instead of just talking about email design, they’re going one better and showing real-life examples of emails from monster retailers and brands. What’s more, they’re then analyzing and dissecting those campaigns and providing very insightful feedback. Check them out at www.spammeltdown.com, or check out their highly useful post on Welcome Messages at http://spammeltdown.com/post/Welcome-Messages.aspx
Positive Branding
I’m a big fan of companies who clearly respect their customers and understand the logic in treating them well. When done properly, it results in a real win-win scenario, especially nowadays where an internet soapbox is available to those who feel compelled, no matter how old or young you are.
Huge news from Adobe today - they have officially released optimized Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo in an effort to enhance the search engine indexing of SWF files (the output file from a native Flash file, called an FLA - the SWF files are web-optimized and are what you view on a Flash-based website).
Noupe.com have recently started to take off with great lists, but this one takes the cake (so far). Noupe have compiled a list of 13 websites, tools or resources to help you create a better website for SEO, see what your competition is doing, check your SE rankings, and a whole lot more. Check out Noupe’s list here, or here’s a quick summary of the tools on offer:
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) – America’s governmental consumer protection agency – has revised its now 5 year-old CAN-SPAM legislation with increased clarity and definitions, widening the line between valid & legitimate email marketers and their evil SPAMMER counterparts.
