Tools

Confessions of an Online Tool Junkie

September 26, 2011

As many of my readers know, I have been a tool junkie for a long time. Every year for the past several years I have shared my favorite free and low cost tools to improve your website and online marketing efforts. Last year I published a list of 99 tools and this year I was [...]

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99 Excuses For Your Digital Marketing

September 23, 2011

Let’s get right to that list…. 1. Online Marketing budgets aren’t allocated to enable you do to the job right. 2. Because of #1, I am sure you could list 98+ more reasons! Too often the C-Suite has not figured out that your digital marketing (I include web, email, mobile & social here) activity is [...]

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Social & CRM: Don’t Forget to MRC

March 30, 2011

Big news today in the social analytics & CRM space as Salesforce.com has acquired social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock. This will definitely blur the line between social and CRM. I wonder who will be next to be acquired. As I was reading the acquisition news, and seeing [...]

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How to Prove That Your Designer Is Costing You Money {4:00 video}

January 14, 2011

Often times, marketers approach me to tell me they think something is wrong with their page but they aren’t sure how to convince their designer or management that their are any issues. In this four-minute video, I share a simple technique and how to use attention mapping software like Feng-GUI.com to prove to your designer [...]

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99 Free (and Low Cost) Tools to Improve Your Website

November 22, 2010

1. MobiReady More and more visitors are arriving to websites using mobile devices today. Is your website ready for it? Evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards. 2. Treepodia Other than mobile, video has been the other big demand from customers. Treepodia alows you to submit your XML product catalog feed to them and [...]

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2 Ways to Legally Spy on Your Competition

July 30, 2010

Last week, I had the pleasure to present a webinar sponsored by Compete titled “How to Legally Spy on Your Competition.” Many people on that webinar requested a list of the tools that I mentioned on the call. I thought I’d share them here as well. For specific examples on how to use each of [...]

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