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Don’t even think about writing for the web

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

So in the last post I talked about my recent website research project and all the bad websites I ran into throughout the process. And it got me thinking.

What websites really need is better copy. And I don’t say that because I’m a writer.

The sad truth is that – in very general terms – the quality of web writing and copy is mediocre at best. I’m not calling for elegant prose. What I’m saying is that what your website reveals – in clear, well-placed words – influences what people think of you, your product, your company.

Relationships will make the difference in your copywriting business

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

As consultants, coaches, authors, or entrepreneurs, we are all in the same boat. We understand that having a clear and effective action plan for how to use social media can truly make the difference in gaining effective clients and contracts for our business.

I can tell you from my first-hand experience that Twitter can be and is a transformational tool for your business. I have made more connections and built more relationships in a very short time through Twitter than I would have through years of the “old-school” means of networking.

And I think it is very important to note that not all of these connections resulted in an immediate paying client.

Session 4 with Kathryn Hendershot-Hurd , Do-It-Yourself Marketing Teleseminar Series Wrap-Up.

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Session 4: Kathryn Hendershot-Hurd, Woo Clients and Customers and Win Big on the Web with Blogs

  • The eye reacts differently to content on a screen than on a print page
  • Easier to post what’s going on inside your head than to post what’s going on in your customer’s head- but don’t!
  • Content for content’s sake won’t build your business
  • Your personal stuff belongs on your personal blog, not on biz blog
  • Create composite customers, know who they are, where they live, what they need
  • Blog mindset = zen = channeling your customer
  • GDP = Goals Desires Problems = reasons people buy
  • Achieve a goal, satisfy a desire or solve a problem — that’s why people are buying
  • Don’t use your business blog as a form of your personal therapy
  • Your content should show & remind people why they should do business with you
  • Marketing takes 8 touches to make connection — that’s why RSS so valuable
  • The more content you have, the more opportunity you have [AMEN!]
  • Even if you post 1 new blog entry each week, you have 52 new pieces of content at year-end
  • Get a blogging schedule and stick to it
  • No ‘magic sauce’ in blogs — just easy, instant, real content
  • So much easier to create a blog post than anything else content- and web-related
  • Web about communication and content is the way you communicate
  • Content still is the way to winning big on the Web
  • As easy to change the look of your blog as it is to change the outfit UR wearing
  • Still many small biz owners who aren’t clear on what a blog is

(All notes taken from my Twitter feed @AllisonNazarian and tagged with #DIY09)

Session 2 with MaryPat Kavanaugh, Do-It-Yourself Marketing Teleseminar Series Wrap-Up.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Session 2: MaryPat Kavanaugh, The Queen of Connections

  • Social Media — each site has its own game, like a playground w/different rules
  • Re-purpose same content into: Audio, video & transcript — appeals to all types of learners
  • Share, share and share and it will come back to you
  • Create good profile to attract good people
  • When you are attracting the right people in social media/networking, you are repelling the wrong people
  • If you’re not clear about what you’re doing/looking for, social media will be a distraction
  • Your target JV partners are your Target Peers, not your Target Market
  • Be very clear about the type of people you want to connect with
  • Facebook = Your own internal search engine – you can connect w/anyone you want to connect with
  • Facebook best place to start to build your business
  • Blogs #1, YouTube close 2nd as social networking platforms per Google/Alexa
  • KLT Factor: We do business with those we Know Like & Trust
  • Social networking allows us to build relationships at warp speed
  • Community: As humans, we want to feel part of something
  • Social media: connections + information
  • Web 2.0 is the conversational component of the Internet
  • Win-win-win — for you, for me and for our collective audience
  • Common denominator in success = relationships

Learn more about MaryPat Kavanaugh at here.

Session 1 With Dave Evans, Do It Yourself Marketing Teleseminar Series Wrap-Up.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Session 1: Dave Evans, Author of Social Media Marketing An Hour A Day

  • Amazing example of integration of social media into marketing is The Brooklyn Musuem
  • Listening is for everyone, we can all be better listeners
  • Make sure social media is OK in your industry — regulatory issues matter!
  • When starting social media program, look @ biz objectives & audience. Sounds obvious, but many overlook this
  • When starting social media program, determine if you can handle someone who doesn’t like you
  • Look at all social media measurement platforms/techniques & find what makes sense for you
  • Your gut as a marketer is hugely powerful
  • Social media is “really really measurable”
  • In terms of metrics, Social Media IS very measurable,
  • Game changer for social media = Consideration Phase
  • To start in social media: Just start by listening
  • Social media is more realistic, viewing our attention as limited resource
  • Tradional media = interruptions, Social media = conversation, Do they work together?
  • Social media +marketing: mutually exclusive? No
  • Better term: Social Media-based Marketing
  • Is there a key to getting social media right? Yes: Disclosure & Transparency
  • Coming out of the purchase funnel is an actual experience that drives a conversation

Learn more about Dave Evans at http://www.ReadThis.com

Don’t miss out on this amazing teleseminar.

The pressing question you have about online marketing

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

If you could ask a top Internet Marketing expert any question, what would it be?

Personally I want to know how to incorporate online video marketing into my current marketing plan. And that is why I have enlisted the assistance of Jay Estis. Jay is an online video master who has aided countless businesses in enhancing their brand and increasing their visibility with internet video marketing.

Develop an Email Marketing Campaign that Works

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Consistently marketing your product or service is one way to increase profits. Email marketing campaigns are among the easiest and most effective ways for online businesses to promote their product or service. When you operate an online business, the emails you send take on special importance.

Consider your audience

Before you write one word of your email marketing message, you need to understand your target audience’s frame of mind. This will help you establish a rapport that allows them to trust you and like you enough to buy what you are selling.

Use an autoresponder for email delivery

How to Inject Emotion into Your Copywriting

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Emotion is a very important element of copywriting. If your words don’t appeal to your audience’s emotion, you won’t be able to sell a thing. People make purchases based on emotion even though they justify what they buy with logic.