You can easily find scads of articles written about Internet marketing, but using the Internet as a productivity tool isn't written about nearly as much. Why? Because it's not as sexy as an article or book that's titled, "Make a Million Dollars in Twelve Minutes on the Internet." Yes, some companies are making money on the Net, but it's a more practical proposition right now for most firms to use the Net as a productivity tool that helps them run a tighter ship. You too can use it as a weapon for managing the internal affairs of your firm more cost-effectively. Think about it: if you bring your overhead down, the savings turn up as profits. If you make your profits turn up sooner than your rival's, then you've got one heck of a competitive advantage. Read on, and you'll find six ways to trim your costs and enhance your profit margins. >> Click to continue
As you may know, your humble publisher (that's me) has other lines of business in addition to WDFM. One of those other revenue streams is public speaking. In fact, I often draw on WDFM as a case history, and show firms how to set up their own content marketing vehicle.
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By now, you've probably read too many articles on Social Media and the promise it holds. But you rarely get a window into how major campaigns are done and exactly what that looks like.
The interview below shows you how Ford lent 100 Fiestas to videographers who uploaded videos on their experiences driving the car. Also, see how Ford got hundreds of thousands to design their dream Mustang, share that design and use it for their online wallpaper. >> Click to continue
Mike Grehan knows more about Search Marketing than most people on the planet. That's because he's VP, Global Content Director, for Incisive Media. In other words, he sets the agenda for
the SES conferences held worldwide.
For a solid hour, I pelted him with questions that I think you want answered. In the process, we got some unexpected answers and an early heads-up on social analytics coming from
Google. Enjoy. >> Click to continue
For those of you who are interested in polishing your speaker skills, I thought I'd share a few impressions of the National Speakers Association annual conference recently held in Washington, D.C. The tapes of the speeches mentioned below are available here. >> Click to continue
Genevieve Javellana of the American Marketing Association asked me for the spookiest ad campaign I've seen recently. She was preparing her newsletter to go out for Halloween. Without hesitation I said it was the Harley Earl commercial that is currently running for Buick. >> Click to continue
Search is now the No. 1 activity on the Internet. You need to know how search is evolving and where it's headed.
I interviewed comScore's Search Evangelist, Eli Goodman. Below he offers fascinating insights into how our search habits are shifting and getting more sophisticated. >> Click to continue
In these changing times I see two kinds of people. One kind keeps doing things the way they always have. Let's call these (and these kind of companies, for that matter) the "Stuck-in-the-Rut" people. The successful type I see are what I call the "Survivor Shifters." >> Click to continue
Let's face it, much of the income for zines like WDFM is from advertising. However, WDFM has and does syndicate it's content. WDFM reviews have been in Ad Age, DM News, and B2B,(formerly known as Business Marketing magazine). Currently you can syndicate these reviews from ScreamingMedia.com. >> Click to continue
Reputation. That's what branding really comes down to. It's not merely what you say about yourself, it's what others say about you, and what others say about you has much to do with how they experience you first hand. All the fancy slick-o jingles, taglines, and logos that a retail outlet can muster will never make up for that sales clerk that bit your head off. >> Click to continue