You sat back, sighing with relief that your website was running faultlessly, optimized for search engines, and producing traffic, leads, and sales. Maybe you ventured into e-mail marketing or pay-per-click advertising to generate new customers. Then you thought with satisfaction, “I’ll just let the money roll in.” Instead, you were inundated with stories about Facebook and fan pages, Twi…
Friends know Scott Hanson as an affable native Texan with a pen- chant for computers, cars, and poker. But to thousands of technol- ogy professionals around the world, Hanson is a celebrity. By day, he and three other technologists at Dell manage the Dell TechCenter, an online community that helps enterprise information technology (IT) professionals unravel the thorniest problems that occur whe…
The fundamental task of marketers is to spread the word about their products and services in order to get people to buy them.To accomplish thist ask,marketers use a combination of out bound techniques including e-mail blasts, telemarketing,direct mail,TV,radio,and print advertising,and trade shows (or expos) in order to reach their potential buyers. The problem with these traditional marketing …
A couple traveled to the Boston area to attend a wedding, and their host—who lived in the area—booked them a room at a gor- geous bed and breakfast. The B&B’s website featured fabulous photography of its stunning location, so the bride felt good about choosing this particular B&B. She requested a room on the first floor and informed the person handling the reservation that the husband had…
Social media marketing solutions help businesses launch effective, profitable social media campaigns. Credit: Social media marketing image via Shutterstock Social media marketing is an art form, and with the right social media marketing solution, business owners can master it. Although social media platforms offer their own marketing tools — Twitter targeted ads, Facebook Pages, Google+ Loc…