Saturday, December 18, 2010

Blog Spoon Graphics - This site rocks!

Photoshop & Illustrator tutorials that are spot on with what designers need to know. Freebies and a member area for extra downloads and tips / tricks.  I've been a fan of this site for some time now, let alone being a member, keeping up with the latest and greatest with Photoshop and Illustrator. Keep it up Blog Spoon, with over 50,000 subscribers, how can you go wrong? Nicely done.
- Mark Richmond - itweet.info writer

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Hollis Thomases & Twitter Markeing


For her industry longevity, wide-ranging experience, and practical insights, Hollis has built a reputation as online marketing’s “Voice of Reason.”  In January 2010, Thomases’s first book, Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day, a 478-page business text on the application of Twitter in marketing, was published by Wiley/SYBEX.  Since 2005, Thomases has bi-weekly authored the “Planning the Buy” column for top Internet marketing resource site, ClickZ(.com).  Thomases has appeared on television (local ABC, NBC and PBS stations) and on TechTV’s “Working the Web” and in such print publications as the Business Week, Advertising Age, Baltimore Sun, DM News, and The Examiner. She frequently speaks at industry and trade conferences such as the American Marketing Association, Search Engine Strategies, The Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association, The Kelsey Group, the Laboratory Product Association, The Direct Marketing Association of Washington DC, and the Vocus Worldwide User Forum.



Scott Stratten & UnMarketing


Scott Stratten & Un-Marketing for twitter!
From one of the leading experts in viral and social marketing-market your business effectively to today's customers
For generations, marketing has been hypocritical. We've been taught to market to others in ways we hate being marketed to (cold-calling, flyers, ads, etc.). So why do we still keep trying the same stale marketing moves?
UnMarketing shows you how to unlearn the old ways and consistently attract and engage the right customers. You'll stop just pushing out your message and praying that it sticks somewhere. Potential and current customers want to be listened to, validated, and have a platform to be heard-especially online. With UnMarketing, you'll create such a relationship with your customers, and make yourself the logical choice for their needs.
  • Shows how to create a mindset and systems to roll out a new, 21st century marketing approach
  • Marketing expert Scott Stratten focuses on a Pull & Stay method (pulling your market towards you and staying/engaging with them, leading them to naturally choose you for their needs) rather than Push & Pray
  • Redefines marketing as all points of engagement between a company and its customers, not just a single boxed-in activity
    Traditional marketing methods are leading to diminishing returns and disaffected customers. The answer? Stop marketing, start UnMarketing!
http://twitter.com/unmarketing

MOJO Themes - Premium WordPress Themes


It’s simple really—MOJO themes is a marketplace for everyone to BUY or SELL themes and templates. We sell themes for the most commonly used CMS and e-commerce platforms on the web such as WordPress, Tumblr, Joomla, and Magento. Our templates range from basic PSD templates to complex HTML site templates.
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Friday, December 17, 2010

The PRWeb Interview: SEO Tips, the Difference in Wire Services

The PRWeb Interview: SEO Tips, the Difference in Wire Services

Hey PR professionals, do you know the specific differences between the various wire services — PRWeb vs. Marketwire vs. PRNewswire vs. Business Wire — when it comes to distributing a press release?
If you do, you’re likely in the minority. For most people, it’s a black box — meaning nobody knows how it all works.
I’ve always been interested in this topic, and one of my best read blog posts of recent years, is a small post focused on examining the differences between PRWeb and Marketwire in terms of distribution and delivering web traffic. A recent retweet of the post by @mbaltrusaitis led to a call from Frank Strong, head of PR for Vocus and PRWeb, who wanted to talk. So I fired off nine questions about PRWeb’s differentiators, tips for SEO optimization, and his thoughts on the once-popular “social media press release.” I plan to send similar questions to the other services.
Enjoy and let me know what you think.