Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Content to inform the B2B buying decision

Content used to inform decisions when researching a market


Content used to inform decisions when researching a product


Research by Marketing Automatation Software Guide

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Infographic: the state of the internet, right now

Brilliant use of animated, constantly updating infographics, which contains some mind-blowing stats about the size and growth of the web.

For example, in the 60 seconds, Amazon sold 4,423 items, and $1.6m was spent on e-commerce. During the same period there were 331 new internet users out of a total of 1.97bn worldwide.

Click on the link below to see more...

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/7773-infographic-the-internet-worldwide

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Facebook marketing - 10 tips

10 tips to getting to make sure you're in the news feed:
  1. Ask Questions
  2. Post Games and Trivia
  3. Interact with Fan Engagement
  4. Incorporate Wall Sapplets
  5. Incorporate Relevant Photos
  6. Relate to Current Events
  7. Incorporate Videos
  8. Post Content for Time-Sensitive Campaigns
  9. Include Links within Posts
  10. Be Explicit in Your Posts

Monday, 6 June 2011

Landing Page Optimisation: best page elements to test

MarketingSherpa have analsyed the top page elements that rank most consistently as having a “very significant impact” across different CTA's:
  1. Direct lead gen: The highest performing element is the form layout at 44 percent
  2. Incentivized lead: The highest performing element is the body copy at 41 percent
  3. Ecommerce: The highest performing element is the image content at 43 percent

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Internet marketing statistics

A great presentation with internet statistics showing the need to change marketing from one way to real-time dialogue. Key take outs:
  1. "Make people want stuff e.g. Educational ebooks, how to videos, online calculators, planning tools, answers to common questions"
  2. "Be Generous - the more you give, the more you get, build trust and credibility & good will, increase ~ of pages and inbound links"
  3. "Rock your keywords - http://www.hubspot.com/internet-marketing-tips/detailed-keyword-tips
  4. "Give great directions - relevant landing pages, clear call to actions, compelling offers"
  5. "Invest wisely - if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense"