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Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Kate — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:44:35 -0000

David

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Jignesh Padhiyar — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:36:07 -0000

I Think Search Engine Optimization & Social Media are the best way to promote your site.

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val — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:23:10 -0000

Se voc

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Chris Kovac — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:57:14 -0000

Wow, I appreciate the rank-order of all 41 Interactive marketing tactics. Very interesting.

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Pattie Simone — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:01:42 -0000

It's hard to narrow down to three! There are MANY digital to-do's on my personal list, which I will recommend in my columns and to my clients, especially: SEO, twitter, branded microsites, webinars and podcasts.

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Lee Odden — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:56:11 -0000

When we finally get to 400 respondents, the poll results will be published.

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Behzad — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:00:28 -0000

SEO and blog bring color to your site!

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Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:21:23 -0000

Hmm...

If I chose 3 of the top 4 ranked results it might mean I'm going the right thing, or it may have revealed that I'm doing the wrong think, like everyone else!!

I'm just saying that we may all share the lowest common denominator, for argument's sake!

Perhaps the real "gold" is somewhere down in the long tail where most of us are not looking :)

-Alister

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Jefry — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:53:27 -0000

yeah.. i choose blogging and SEO cuz i like blogging.. i'm so happy if i do it.. and i don't know if blogging have 2 rank in the top blog

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Maria — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:30:34 -0000

Hmm, many of my top priorities weren't listed. Marketing automation- automating all email campaigns and ensuring a full closed-loop program is in place. Also, lead conversion analysis will be high on my list.

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Janet Johnson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:17:50 -0000

It's very satisfying to see the responses here - in a recession, the most important function marketing can provide is lead generation and deal support. The top tactics all support both with awareness thrown in. Thanks for the post!

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Gina Kay Landis — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:52:36 -0000

Well, I couldn't pick just 3 since many of the others are under investigation as to how substantial the ROI would be and if they will be used over the next 6 months. Still out for the final vote, I'd say. Nice list though!

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Robert Kingston — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:41:11 -0000

This is great, Lee.

As with my entry on LinkedIn, I picked email marketing first. Second to that I picked SEO and PPC as I think they're fantastic for lead generation and attracting new visitors.

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JAMESEO — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:31:24 -0000

that was horrible and mean. It was extremely hard to only pick 3. I had like 15.

bright side though, it helped me realize that I should narrow some of my tactics down to a strong few (or more :) ).

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Richard Burckhardt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:12:35 -0000

No way can I just pick three. Pretty much everything is on the table these days.

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Lee Odden — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:35:33 -0000

That's an interesting clarification Dana and after reading I would agree NewsForce product appearance and format is different than advertorial like AdFusion.

However, it's still payment for visibility and not editorial and not like any other kind of advertisement.

Also, I'd like to find a journalist anywhere that would consider paid placement "real PR". Paid placement is no more real PR than advertorial is real editorial.

You're doing something new, no doubt, but I wouldn't call it public relations because it's not. It's advertising.

Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Dana Todd — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:36:35 -0000

Hi Lee,
Thank you for including Newsforce Network in the poll! But, I do want to clarify for your readers that Newsforce is not an advertorial placement.

The difference between paid placement and advertorial is the

Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Juile Roads — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:12:23 -0000

Just one thing...while Twitter is microblogging - it is still a HUGE social networking source!!!

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Kim — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:09:50 -0000

I think he said it right "What 3 internet marketing tactics will you emphasize most in the next 6 months?"

He ask what you will emphasize most in the next 6 months. Not what you are doing or what works.

It clearly stated to check 3!!!

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paisley — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:03:01 -0000

Lee,
I think your poll is a bit slanted.
Being able to touch 50+ clients Internet Marketing, at first i went thru and checked all but:
Link bait (9%, 16 Votes)
Virtual tradeshows (1%, 1 Votes)
Rich media avatars (0%, 0 Votes)
Virtual worlds (0%, 0 Votes)
No holds barred spam (0%, 0 Votes

Then i saw.. "check 3"

Where company website, SEO, and Email marketing are staples of an advertising/pr/internet marketing/SMO firm, those are where most companies will continue to budget.
Me thinks your poll for traditioonal people may not show accurate results.. had you said.. pick 3 NEW things you are going to do.. then maybe you might get the results you are looking for.. because the website retainer for multiple clients will be the constant, but the MySpace/Facebook Campaign will be the biggest expediture.

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Carla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:15:37 -0000

Given the nature of the business I'm starting I choose:

Blogging - something I recently started and need to keep up
SEO - Something I haven

Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Larry — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:08:59 -0000

Great List. It was hard to choose just three, but I think the the key is getting more visitors which brings in the SEO and other white hat methods.

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Engago Team — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:28:34 -0000

What can be done in B2B without spending money:
- SEO is obvious, but that is a continuous process
- Blogging: Ok but difficult to draw the right audience in B2B
- Social networking - more difficult for B2B
- E-mail marketing: in case you don't have lists, it costs money.
- Micro blogging: short interesting content. However in many cases the content is a link to your last blog post. And those on Twitter are not your B2B customers.
- Link bait: there is little chance to get link bait going on a B2B subject
- Free content: the more content the higher the chance people will find your company.

All in all: it is mainly pulling people to your company or product website.
Thus you need to identify the website visitors by company name. As only 2-3% completes a form online, you need other tools.

Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Paula (NetBooster Asia) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:09:06 -0000

SEO takes the cake. While excellent FREE content and link building comes second and third, respectively.

SEO is definitely staying for good while marketing tactics such as content creation and link building will be the norm that continously needs improvement and development.

Thanks for the article. ;)

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Neng — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:05:53 -0000

SEO, blog relations and blogging are my three choices.
I guess it really has to do with the preferences made by the website/business owner.

The list has given me additional internet marketing options too!