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The Weekender: Subliminal Insight
2008-03-28 20:52:00
A subliminal message study by Duke University found that we are influenced by branding even when we are exposed to a logo for only 30 milliseconds (a subliminal flash that was can not actually see). Ohio based Director of Digital Marketing, Matt Dickman, gave a speech last Monday to the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association and to ...
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Funny Video Friday: Ernie the Klepto Starburst Commercial
2008-03-28 17:26:00
This weeks funny video is a Starburst commercial featuring Ernie the kleptomaniac. I Hope you don’t run into Ernie this weekend. “I gotta go…”
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Ask Aaron Wall Anything You Want!
2008-03-24 15:24:00
Aaron Wall of SEO Book has been kind enough to do an interview with us. Instead of me asking him questions, I thought it might be nice for you to be able to ask him whatever you wanted about SEO. Submit your questions for Aaron Wall on our contact form. You have until the end of ...
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The Weekender: 1/4 of all Web Users Cannot Perform a Simple Google Search
2008-03-21 21:18:00
Wordpot recently updated its free online keyword research tool. The update includes a monthly keyword trend chart (I love how it animates), synonyms, related and associated words and the new keyword basket. The two best things about Wordpot, is that it’s free and its fast. Today youTube announced the 12 winners of the 2007 youTube Video ...
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Funny Video Friday: SNL Taco Town Skit
2008-03-21 13:56:00
Ian McFadyen sent me this weeks funny video. Saturday Night Live created a very funny skit spoofing the Taco Bell Double Decker Taco. SNL created their own masterpiece of a taco: A crunchy all beef taco smothered in nacho cheese, lettuce, tomato, and special Southwestern sauce; wrapped in a soft flour tortilla with a layer ...
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Real Time Twitter Search With Tweetscan
2008-03-19 08:15:00
If you're like me and you read a lot of blogs and listen to a lot of podcasts then you have probably noticed that there has been a lot of discussions going on about Twitter . Twitter is quickly establishing itself as an alternative communication medium that may soon become as common as email, instant messaging and blogging. Twitter was designed as a broadcast medium that makes it easy get short text messages out to friends and fans. All you have to do is type a short message, and anyone who is watching your Twitter feed will immediately get the message. If you want to have a quick peek at what Twitter is all about I recommend trying out Tweetscan. Tweetscan is a search tool, that gives you real time access to public Twitter streams...
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Why Web Hosting Is So Very Important
2008-03-17 14:51:00
One of my friends has close to 20 websites hosted on a reseller account at eHostpros. Their biggest site, the one that makes them the most money gets over 2000 visitors a day and any interruption in hosting could really hurt their business. It’s a good thing that eHostpros uses secure servers, or so their ...
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The Weekender: Finding Your 1000 True Fans
2008-03-15 17:30:00
I’ve read many times that one trick to getting traffic from Yahoo is by participating in Yahoo Answers, answering questions that are relevant to your niche, then linking back to your site. Duncan Carver of Internet Marketing Today has developed a new piece of software called Answer Sniper that will alert you in near real ...
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Funny Video Friday: Jackie Moon sells Old Spice Deodorant
2008-03-14 15:02:00
This weeks funny video is a collection of all 8 Old Spice Deodorant commercials featuring Jackie Moon (Will Ferrell) from the movie Semi Pro. Some of the commercials are pretty funny, others a little less funny. You gotta cut Will some slack. He had to do 8 commercials. Enjoy your friday! Old Spice Deodorant Commercials:
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Internet Marketing With Adobe Products
2008-03-12 20:43:00
Todays post is not necessarily about endorsing one companies line of products, but more importantly how internet marketers can use a variety of products and mediums to enhance their internet marketing. Using design, photography, and video can significantly increase the effectiveness of an online marketing campaign. And now that Google and the other major search engines are embracing universal search, both images and video will begin to have a greater impact on search engine optimization. Adobe was already a leader in design and photography applications, but when they bought Macromedia in 2005, and acquired Flash, Dreamweaver, Director and Fireworks, they instantly became the leading provider of website creation applications as well. Becoming familiar with the different tools that are available can be useful to online marketers, even if you never plan to be hands on with them yourself.
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5 Reasons Why Affiliate Marketers Should Live In Fear
2008-03-10 04:12:00
The internet can be a great place to make a living, and affiliate marketing can be a great way to do it. Unfortunately there are many reasons why affiliate marketers should be living in fear. Here’s five. 1. For every original idea there are at least 100 copycats Competitions on the internet is inevitable. If you come ...
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The Weekender: Scrabulous Facebook
2008-03-07 15:23:00
Marketing Lens has a great case study on how Matt Griffin of the Boston Celtics used email marketing to sell 3,500 tickets in 30 days. Today Youpark has launched a new Facebook application that allows users to download software and games onto their mobile phones, and it also allows users to send these free mobile games ...

Funny Video Friday: Facebook Anthem
2008-03-07 04:59:00
Are you getting annoyed with Facebook? Well some people are, and they made a music video to tell you about it. Facebook Anthem is another Web 2.0 inspired music video with the music from Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’. Enjoy your Friday and this funny video. Facebook Anthem
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5 Internet Marketing Trends To Watch For
2008-03-05 09:07:00
Over the last two months I have read dozens of lists predicting the top internet related marketing trends for 2008. Most comment on a rise in social networking, an increase in internet cell phone use as well as an increased focus in all things local, including local search and local search engine optimization. Here are 5 of ...
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Save 25% at Best of the Web
2008-03-03 18:54:00
For the month of March, you can save 25% off all new submissions and sponsorship advertising in the Best of the Web Directory and BOTW Blog Directory. Use promo code SAVEBIG during the sign up process. The promo code may be used multiple times for multiple products and services during the month of March.
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Get Ready For StoreStacker
2008-03-03 04:13:00
A good friend of the Virtual Marketing Blog, Scott Trimble of Half Again will be launching a new product for web site owners, bloggers and affiliate marketers later this month. It’s called StoreStacker and here’s what Scott says we can expect from it. StoreStacker will allow website owners to make more money and increase traffic to their sites. StoreStacker can be added to any existing site OR its user can build a new site exclusively with the software – complete with products, images, content, affiliate links, etc, ready to go for traffic and sales. StoreStacker enables users to get more, low fruit search engine rankings (and subsequently, more targeted traffic). StoreStacker allows a website to quickly update and keep on top of new product offerings in its market (also increasing repeat visits). Users can add their own products into the system, marketing them among other, respected products in their category. It’s the only software anywhere, that does what it ...
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The Weekender: Look But Don’t Buy
2008-02-29 08:55:00
Avenue A Razorfish released their 2008 Digital Outlook Report yesterday. The report on consumer behavior explores social marketing, media spending, mobile web usage, search, and behavior targeting. Patrick Gavin, founder of Text Link Ads has just started a blog. His first two posts History of TLA and How To Grow Your Online Business 4X Overnight are worth reading. This is the product page for Dutch department store HEMA. You can’t order anything and it’s in Dutch but wait a couple of seconds to see what happens.

Funny Video Friday: Teddy For President
2008-02-29 04:35:00
The National Parks Conservation Association recently launched a campaign to elect a bear for president, in hopes of getting the presidential candidates to address national park issues while on the campaign trail. The NPCA has relied heavily on viral videos, and the internet to promote the campaign. Y&R Chicago created several pro-bono videos for the campaign. The humorous videos offer testimonials, by people and animals alike, supporting Teddy’s position on the national parks… and urging voters to ignore the fact that he does not wear pants. While the campaign videos are clearly tongue-in-cheek, the message to make national parks a national priority can be heard throughout each video. NPCA has posted Teddy’s new campaign videos on the candidates’ website, on his MySpace page, and on YouTube. The videos help to engage a younger audience and build support for a continuously growing campaign. The NPCA is also using the videos as a call for action. There is a “Take Acti...
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Yahoo! Buzz (Beta)
2008-02-27 17:34:00
Yesterday, Yahoo launched its social news site Yahoo! Buzz . It has immediately been labeled a Digg clone, but the one major difference is that all the stories will not be user submitted, but instead, they will be selected from a set of pre-approved publishers. The list of publishers will include both large news sources and niche blogs. The buzz rating of a particular story will then be determined by a combination of users clicking on the "buzz up" button next to the story, as well as search patterns and trends. This may not generate the same variety of stories that are found on sites like Digg, but it will probably help weed out stories that are obviously spam. Each day a few of the top Yahoo! Buzz stories will make it to the Yahoo's main page. This would mean huge traffic boosts. While testing, Yahoo reported that a wired.com story it had promoted to its homepage, generated over 2 million unique hits in 2 hours...
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7 Internet Marketing Statistics Relevant To e-Retailers
2008-02-25 01:54:00
Let’s start the week off with another round of statistics that should be relevant to internet marketers and e-retailers. 1. The top 10 retail product searches for November 2007 were wii, aqua dots, xbox 360, ipod, Pokemon, digital cameras, artificial christmas trees, furniture, ps3, guitar hero. 2. The top 10 retailer name searches of November 2007 ...
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The Weekender: For Wine Lovers
2008-02-22 17:24:00
Kevin Nalts over at Will Video for Food, wrote a great 8 step road map for marketers interested in trying out viral video called The Marketeter?s Cheat Sheet to Viral Video. Copyblogger has released a 5 part guide to Keyword Research for Bloggers. The guides include information on how keyword research can help you choose a ...
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Funny Video Friday: Deal No Dog Commercial
2008-02-22 05:27:00
This weeks funny video comes from Norway. It’s a commercial for Deal.No projectors. The dog thinks the picture quality is very good. Enjoy your Friday.
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Adding Podcast Advertising To Your Media Mix
2008-02-20 19:14:00
Even though podcasting is still a relatively new and unknown medium eMarketer forecasts that spending on podcast advertising will grow nearly tenfold in the next five years. To start things out, let me state that I am a huge fan of podcasts. I definitely spend more time listening to podcasts than I do with any other ...
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How To Choose A Domain Name
2008-02-19 03:14:00
When starting a new website choosing a domain name will be one of the most important decisions to make. There are a few things to consider before registering a new domain name. A good domain name can increase your websites traffic; hence there are a few simple strategies and basic factors to follow for this to become a reality. Match Domain Name with Website One thing that people tend to forget, even though it may seem obvious while reading about it, is to choose a domain name that matches your websites name. As your site become a household name it’s important that the vistors quickly can type in the address and find what they are looking for. If the domain name doesn’t match your website you risk the chance of loosing your visitors. Think about choosing a domain name which is easy to remember. There are free domain registry tools to use in order to determine the availability of a domain name. Using Keywords in the Domain Name One great way to increase traffic to your website is...
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Non-Compete Agreements: The Other Side Of The Story
2008-02-18 04:08:00
During the course of the last few months I’m sure that I’ve read at least a half dozen articles discussing non-compete/non-disclosure agreements. In my opinion these articles, which were all from major business related magazines, did a great job telling the story from the perspective of the business owner. Unfortunately they did a poor job of ...
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The Weekender: Google Online Marketing Challenge
2008-02-15 16:23:00
Jason Lee Miller over at web Pro News wrote a simple yet effective list of the Top 10 Ways To Raise Your Site In Google . These 10 points could be used as an SEO checklist at the beginning of any web development project. Maki over at Dosh Dosh has written a great post on How to ...
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Funny Video Friday: ?My Fast Likes The Windows Down?
2008-02-15 03:30:00
This week’s Funny Video Friday features a GTI driver who insists on driving with the windows down, which is to bad for his girlfriend and her hair. “Hunny, its kinda hard for me to enjoy the sound of the engine with all that yackin.” Enjoy your Friday!
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Internet Marketing During Tax Season
2008-02-13 20:04:00
Tax season is fast approaching, and I was impressed to see both TurboTax and H&R Block using internet marketing as a way of promoting their products and services, in two very different ways. TurboTax has partnered with YouTube and BrickFish to create "Tax Laugh" a unique online video contest. There are two parts to this contest. The first is to submit a funny tax related video for chance to win $10,000 and open for comedian Joy Moh. The second part of the contest is the "Taxlaugh Promoter" campaign, where TurboTax has created incentives for internet promoters to take an active role in driving Word-of-Mouth about the contest.
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Biodegradable Diapers and Online Video Marketing
2008-02-11 04:04:00
In the February 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine there is a short article about how gDiapers is using online videos to help promote their eco-friendly diapers. As a new dad I was very interested in the product, and as an internet marketer I was interested in the marketing side of this story. I had to investigate ...
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The Weekender: 8 Seconds of Awesome
2008-02-08 21:10:00
Julie Ruvolo over at iMedia Connection wrote a great post called 5 tips for stellar branded video. It includes some great examples from Toyota, American Express, Delta, Gmail, and Hugo Boss. Copyblogger shares his 5-Step POWER Copywriting Method that he came up with while teaching a copywriting class for a special program at Ohio State University. ...
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