There are two new technologies that professional marketing types are all a-buzz about:
1. Social media2. Marketing automation
Social media is something you can experience for yourself and decide where you fit in.
Marketing automation is a bit more vague. What am I automating? How does this replace what I already do? Or is it a whole new [...]

Maybe these are useful to some readers:
1. Trade your contacts with others with the Reach Lead Network ala Jigsaw. Cool feature is that they can resolve ’social media’ contacts (i.e. Twitter followers) into real contact info.
2. If you are looking for new product/brand/company names to trademark, searching out conflicts is a pain. Well, until you’ve [...]

I’ve found that certain words can garner Google-gold.
Having trouble with your computer? Be sure to add the word ‘problem’ to your search.Have a cold-caller on the line, add the word ’scam’ to your search of their company.
Here’s an experience with a directory-service company…
Second run-in:Two months ago I received a call to renew my vendor-directory listing [...]

Okay, I keep coming back to the discussion about whether it is advantageous to have pricing on your website. High-minded folks say you should because that is the #1 thing visitors are looking for, and will leave if they don’t find it.
But what would really happen? Brendon Sinclair, in the latest Sitepoint Tribune newsletter, tells [...]

Some of my posts slowly collect comments over time. A number of those regard certain companies and scams. I let them live as dialogs for those who are interested in those things.
Somehow, the comment someone posted earlier today on one of my posts from 2007 gets the lucky distinction of being linked back-to by me. [...]

2009 Big List of B2B Marketing and Sales Blogs by Galen De Young & Mike Marn

“It’s been more than two years since anyone had tried to pull together a list of B2B marketing and sales blogs. Jon Miller of Marketo did it in early 2007. When we reviewed that list, we found a lot of [...]