From: Duct Tape Marketing Woody Allen was attributed with the quote – “eighty percent of success is showing up” but I would add that in marketing it’s all about following up. Most marketers get that at the most basic level – you send out a mailing, someone asks for more information, and you jump on the phone and try to sell them something. That’s not really what I’m talking about when it comes to follow-up. Follow-up is a...

From Techcrunch.com: Twitter’s lead engineer for its International team, Matt Sanford, just posted an announcement detailing the microblogging network’s global growth. According to Sanford, over 60% of registered Twitter accounts come from outside the US. The growth in accounts internationally isn’t surprising, considering that we’ve seen Twitter’s worldwide unique visits rise as U.S. traffic plateaus. Twitter also said that...

From Clickbank.com: Written by: Beau Blackwell, Community Manager Successful marketers have known for a long time that the more often you can get your product in front of potential customers, the more likely they are to buy. For traditional marketers, this has usually been accomplished by methods such as print, radio, or TV advertising. In a move that should benefit affiliate marketers and vendors, Google announced that they’ve brought...

From Clickbank.com: Written by: Mark Ling, Guest Author Since I’ve been a successful affiliate marketer for a long time and have coached many affiliates on how to be more successful, I thought it could be helpful write about the key differences that I see between the mindsets of super affiliates and struggling affiliates. If you have dabbled in affiliate marketing but aren’t making a killing yet, then you might find that some of the...

Comprehensive 7Search ‘New Advertiser Training’ Program Teaches How to Succeed in Pay-Per-Click DES PLAINES, IL – Live support, online videos, detailed FAQs and social media have always been integral parts of advertiser education offered by 7Search. A more detailed program now gives first-time 7Search advertisers the hands-on attention they need to understand pay-per-click and how to optimize a 7Search campaign for maximum return...

From: Duct Tape Marketing One of the biggest road blocks facing small businesses when addressing social media is the question of return on investment. With so little time devote to what’s crying out to be done, adding something else or something new like social media can feel like a real burden. Sometimes the only way to rationalize and prioritize something new is to understand the benefits in relation to everything else your doing and...