Ian Lurie from the Internet Marketing agency Portent shared 30 helpful tips for effective online marketing in this free webinar. Ian is also the co-author of the Web Marketing All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies and blogs regularly at the Portent blog.
30 internet marketing tips you need RIGHT NOW: Portent Webinar 7 from ian lurie on Vimeo.
Key takeaways from the webinar:
-The best marketers have toolboxes.
-There’s a lot of little things you need to learn to be successful at marketing online.
-You have to learn to manage your time and be efficient.
-Read the blog Smarterware by Gina Trapani, Lifehacker, and 43 Folders.
-Google Adwords has an account history that affects bid prices.
-Make sure that your contract with an agency says you own the work that is done such as website code.
-Get a password management tool to save time like 1Password.
-If you are in marketing you have to learn how to use Excel.
-Don’t believe claims that someone will rank you #1 in Google for competitive keyword phrases for $500 a month.
-Nobody likes being told what they should think. Use terminology that your customer uses.
-Use Zeno Link Sleuth or Screaming Frog to find broken links on your site and fix them.
-You can still track conversions if you are not selling anything like email form submissions.
-Answer questions on Quora. Portent has landed 5 clients from Quora.
-Don’t require a log in at the beginning of the checkout process. It drives away potential customers.
-Buffer allows you to queue up Twitter and Facebook updates.
-Learn a scripting language so you access APIs and automate tasks.
-Learn to delegate less important tasks. Elance is a good tool for this.
You can also check out Ian’s book, Web Marketing All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies:
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