Build Your Company’s Reputation In The Blogosphere

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Companies put the majority of their marketing efforts into creating content that they can distribute via their websites, brochures, online newsletters and other platforms they control. However, what they fail to consider is how well they are reaching out and targeting their core demographic in media they don’t control. This is starting to change as companies build their presence on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, but the focus is still on direct communications with people that already know about their brand.

At the same time, companies are becoming increasingly vulnerable to online reputation damage from negative sentiment – some of which is real, and some of which is a result of malicious activity. Online smear campaigns are common, for instance, and result in significant commercial consequences for their victims. One example of this is the recent negative astroturfing – posting fake reviews – that Samsung carried out in Taiwan against its competitors, but there are many, many more. [Read more…]

Richard Gorman – Email Marketing Made Easy

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Communication is evolving, likewise marketing. Product sellers and service providers don’t seat back, waiting on the consumer to demand for their product(s). Instead, they take it to them, anticipating a favorable response. What better way is there to taking your product(s) to the consumer than sending it straight to their inbox? Email marketing is a sure bet. And according to online marketing expert, Richard Gorman, it is an effective and reliable marketing technique

Email marketing is as simple as it sounds; there is no “technical know-how” involved. A computer, an internet connection and email account are the basic tools needed. However, to get good result, which is the goal of every marketer, you need to know your onions, says Gorman.

With several unsolicited mails invading the inbox of consumers daily, they are always in a hurry to click delete. So, you need to come up with emails that won’t only escape from getting deleted, but also push the consumers to consider buying the product(s) you are offering. [Read more…]

6 Effective Marketing Tips that Directly Impact Sales

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Agility

While the concept of being agile in order to respond to a rapidly shifting market has been around for quite some time, it’s never been more important to be agile than in today’s market. With a rapidly shifting digital landscape as well as shifting trends in social media.

Social media is an extremely fluid marketplace that requires constant maintenance as well constant customer engagement. What is different in this day and age is the speed at which consumers communicate with each other and share their opinions. With this shift in the dynamic consumers are much more likely to act as a flock or a herd than ever before. Please them and they will flock to your door but if you ignore them they will stampede to the competition.

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