Some may be put off on the thought of adding Facebook integration to their site. However, one of the primary benefits of using a CMS, like Joomla, is the power, ease, and flexibility of extensions. Utilizing already available add-ons, you can have Facebook comments up and running in mere minutes in your Joomla articles. Additionally, you have the power to customize the look and feel of the .. more …
I’ve subscribed to a lot of email lists in the last several months since I’ve been blogging about email marketing . And even though I spend my days discussing various aspects of email campaigns, I still end up deleting most of the emails I’m subscribed to without even opening them.There are still some emails that stand out from the crowd. They’re the ones I feel compelled to open, like a message .. more …
The social networking website has become an outlet where brides (and grooms) can plan their wedding, communicate with friends and family, get in touch with vendors and document the whole wedding process with posts, pictures, videos and more. Wedding applicationsSome of the most popular wedding accessories Facebook provides are wedding applications. Wedding apps like Wedding Wire allow users .. more …
An autoresponder program is a program that is set up on your web server. This is usually a free autoresponder that comes with your web hosting account. Many people don’t like to use autoresponder services; so instead, they use an autoresponder program that they have more control over. Some of those people don’t like the autoresponder programs that come with their hosting accounts either and .. more …
Every time you gain a fan with a click of the “like” button, you enter into a dialog with that customer or client. You begin what hopefully is an on-going on-line conversation with them. A fan page is more than a billboard advertising your business. It’s a method of connecting with your customer in a personal way, at home or on his mobile phone. That connection can be tough to forge with a plain .. more …
Facebook fan pages have been around now for a very long time, but it was only a few months ago that I saw their potential for online marketing. I was looking through my news feed and as I did, something caught my eye. I saw that a friend of mine had joined a quite humorous Facebook fan page; curious, I clicked the page’s link. To my astonishment this page had only been running for 24 hours and had .. more …
Spam filters are sensitive to image-heavy emails, as spammers have used them in attempts to disguise their message content. However, there are a few ways to show the filters you’re not spamming .As Laura Atkins from Word to the Wise says, “If you send mail that is heavy on the images and low on the text, it’s going to look like spam. This doesn’t mean it’s going to be a delivery problem .. more …
By Nichole Kelly Published March 26, 2012 onclick=”window.print(); return false;” title=”Printer Friendly”> Have you been able to turn your fans and followers into active prospects?Are you interested in monetizing the social media channel?Keep reading for five tips to turn fans and followers into a revenue channel .But first…Marketers have made tremendous strides in growing their audiences .. more …
The clouds of swarming insects on a bee farm require careful nurturing. If they get it, they’ll produce wells of golden honey.So it makes sense that Lori Titus, owner and beekeeper at the Bee Folks , applies her experience to nurture her hordes of subscribers in a way that gets results.We were able to discuss the Bee Folks’ email campaign with Lori, and five of her methods stuck with us. Read on .. more …
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SEO is about making your website attractive to search engines in a way that makes it get listed high in the search engine results pages (SERPs) whenever a user types in a query with matching keywords. Why SEO for Facebook?With the growing use of social media, Pages on sites like Facebook have almost become second Home Page for businesses and it is true that you can no longer do a good job of SEO .. more …