Monthly Archives: February 2008

Showing up late to Second Life

Second Life peaked in its web2.0-ishness foolishness, um, like two years ago. And for B2B it was questionable to begin with. So, when you are a components manufacturer opening a virtual corporate museum in 2008, you are likely to attract … Continue reading

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Why not allow user reviews on your B2B website?

“Why do so few business to business Web sites load user reviews of individual products online?” asks Julie Powers (The Internet Marketing Report Online: Offer user reviews instead of discounts? Maybe). She goes on: “Because all the results from consumer … Continue reading

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Adding other PPC campaigns to Google Analytics

I’ve been a Google Analytics (GA) user for a while. And I always was disappointed that it only showed paid traffic results for AdWords. Hey, what about my paid Yahoo and Microsoft ppc programs? Well, the Google Analytics blog posted … Continue reading

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Acrobat automated form hell

When launching my new company website, I added a new feature—a PDF employment application. I stumbled my way thru making it a automated form back in December. But it worked. It’s been up a while and I’ve started hearing about … Continue reading

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Engineers demand facts? But of course!

Our clients are primarily engineers. I think one of the benefits in starting in sales is that I learned that engineers want—need—the facts. Actually, with a degree in mechanical engineering, I was already ‘speaking their language’. I enjoyed this article … Continue reading

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Growing more leads with a new website

Last week I gave a little report on the success of my new company website. I’ve been asked more than once…why. Good question. First, let me point out that my AdWords and other promotions were untouched except for the landing … Continue reading

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Updated website, updated ROI!

It’s been a little over a month since I launched my company’s new website. I was able to get a full month of traffic data via Google Analytics to review for January. I decided to compare it to the average … Continue reading

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Heard this before: Vertical search is better?

I debated even posting a link to this Marketing Profs article: In Search, Bigger is not Better. I didn’t know vertical search people were still trying to justify their existence. The author is an owner of several wholesale-related vertical sites. … Continue reading

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Loved those Super bowl ads?

Hey, are we marketers or what? I haven’t seen any blog posts about last nights Super Bowl commercials. Sure they are nearly irrelevant to us B2B types, but they are fun. Or are you all out there too busy working … Continue reading

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