Posted on September 30, 2011. Filed under: Blogging, Blogs, Business Strategy, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Small Business, Social Media | Tags: Blogging, Blogs, Ellie Becker, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media |
When someone asks me what I do for a living and I say, “I’m an Inbound Marketing consultant and they get that blank stare, I try to help them by saying, “Online Marketing,” as a potentially more understandable explanation. Almost inevitably, they then say, “Oh. Social Media. We’re doing that.” Then I say to [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2011. Filed under: Blogging, Blogs, Business Strategy, Human Business, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Small Business, Website Design | Tags: Ellie Becker, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Online Marketing, Small Business, Web 2.0 |
In the past, if you wanted a new website – or to redesign an existing one – the first step was to find a web design firm. This was fine when your website was an online brochure. Today, if you make your first concern the design and look/feel of your site, you’re missing valuable opportunities [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2011. Filed under: Business Strategy, Human Business, Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Media, Online Marketing, Small Business | Tags: Brian Halligan, Chris Brogan, Ellie Becker, HubSpot, IMS11, Inbound Marketing Summit 2011, Performable, Youngme Moon |
My Twitter account was hacked last night, so no Tuesday Tweets til I get things back to normal. Instead, I’ll share more learning from the 2011 Inbound Marketing Summit (#IMS11 if you want to follow it on Twitter), which I attended last week in Boston. I put up a couple of quick posts while I [...]
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Posted on September 11, 2011. Filed under: Communications, Human Business, Social Media, Twitter | Tags: 9/11, 9/11 Tenth Anniversary, Ellie Becker, Meet-Up, Scott Heiferman, Social Media, Twitter |
Since 9/11 ten years ago, much has been said about the role that lack of communication played in the tragic event. Our various national security offices failed to connect the dots among various pieces of intelligence that may have led to foiling the evil plot. Simply they didn’t speak to one another. On [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2011. Filed under: Business Strategy, Communications, Human Business, Marketing Strategy, Small Business, Social Media | Tags: Ellie Becker, Jay Baer, Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media |
For the past couple of months you may have been noticing some posts here complaining about social media etiquette - lack of it, actually – over-commercialization and inattention to community that was the original hallmark of social media. These days, so much activity seems to be related to numbers over substance. Get as many followers as possible. [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2011. Filed under: Blogging, Business Strategy, Communications, Content, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized | Tags: Billy Costello, Blogging, Ellie Becker, Inbound Marketing, Music, Social Media, Twitter |
Welcome to Tuesday Tweets for August 30, 2011 — where we take a look at tweets from my Twitter feed for do’s, don’ts, best practices – and sometimes just for fun. Keep in mind that what we examine here is in no way personal. We’re all learning about building audiences online. In that spirit, if [...]
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Posted on August 29, 2011. Filed under: Business Strategy, Inbound Marketing, Jazz, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, SEO, Small Business, Social Media | Tags: Adobe Business Catalyst, Drupal, Ellie Becker, HubSpot, Inbound Marketing, Jazz, Joe Sample, Joomla, Marketing, Online Marketing, SEO, Small Business, The Crusaders, WordPress |
I was in the mood for some music today. This post is about embracing new systems for managing your own website. Listen to the upbeat, funky instrumental Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda by The Crusaders with Joe Sample on keyboards. Hope that’s not us! Today the way to reach customers, prospects and other key audiences is to connect with [...]
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