Archive for the 'Online Marketing' Category

Craigslist is indeed a “Classified Advertising Site” but that doesn’t mean the ads have to look boring.Some graphic designers are known for their work that specializes in creating ads that pull in orders for Craigslist advertisers. One of those web designers is LonzoDesigns.com. You can click the link to see more of their custom work.

Bob Leduc of BizTipsLetter.com  “What was the best response you ever got to a marketing postcard and is it something that is still working now?” * Answer: To be accurate, I have to answer your question twice …first for postcards sent to existing customers then for postcards sent to complete “strangers”. (1) The best response [...]

I found this interesting as someone who purchases dozens of used books on Amazon.com and to a lesser extent Half.com. I find that many of the books can be purchased for the price of media mail shipping $3.49 + a few bucks making my average book purchase $6 to $10 and most of that going [...]

Many small businesses use MySpace and other social networking sites to bootstrap their marketing. One tool to automate My Space marketing is SpaceAdder.com Test it yourself. I’m not a My Spacer so can’t comment on its relative virtues but thought you might want to know about it. Promoting on Myspace? – SpaceAdder.com Promoting on Myspace? [...]

Here’s an article for new online entrepreneurs. By Pam Lindsay Like many people, you may have been dreaming of the day when you can start your very own online business. You’ve got a great idea waiting to explode, and you know that it’s going to be a winner. The vision is there, as are the [...]

Wal Mart’s latest online move is to cash in on the Teen Scene with their own MySpace clone… The Hub The power of social networking sites is such that even the biggest retailer in the world had to take a look. From AdAge: Desperate to appeal to teens with something other than pencils and backpacks [...]

Here’s the latest “Mentos and Diet Coke” video that brought in $30,000 of ad revenue so far. Click to see it for yourself… I think my children and will get some mentos and diet coke and see what we can do for fun after watching these videos… and to think people are making money from [...]

David Frey of Marketing Best Practices had a recent ezine giving an example of a “Breaking News Postcard” from the “Copywriting Chiropractor”, “Doc Nielsen” The effectiveness of this campaign hinges on 5 factors… 1. “News” format attracts attention… a post card might do the same thing depending on your business. 2. Designed to be read [...]

Local business owners don’t have time to figure out internet marketing. They just want to make money. Yellow Page ad providers who are losing revenue to online ads had to do something… they have the time, resources, and expertise (or can buy it) to give the business owners what they want… clicks without having to [...]

Major Newspapers chains seeing their revenues dwindle precipitously are are jumping on board with Yahoo. Yahoo hopes the joint venture will provide unique content and more exposure for their HotJobs.com job listings. Newspapers hope to get a share of the revenue from the contextual ads Yahoo will display with their content. And Yahoo’s penetration into [...]