The Marketer’s Antidote for Consumer ADD: Reducing the Digital Distance

By Michael Weissman, chairman and CEO, SYNQY Corp. To overcome the limitations of the Internet, marketers rely on practices that unwittingly feed consumer ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). It's a scenario that both marketers and consumers have learned to live with but not necessarily like. Because third-party websites limit a brand's presentation, marketers resort to enticing…

Small Businesses Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Sell on Social Media: Q&A With QWIQQ

QWIQQ is a Texas-based company that aims to help small businesses master the art of social selling via a mobile app. Among other things, it eschews the idea of daily deals in favor of flash sales. To find out what the difference between the two is, along with why the idea of refraining from selling…

Infographic: The Retailer’s Email Marketing Holiday Calendar for 2013

ExactTarget, a marketing solutions company, has put together an infographic to help marketers know what the coming months should mean for their holiday email marketing campaigns. Those who think it’s way too early to start thinking about, planning for and sending emails about the winter holidays should know that some retailers are already ahead. Here’s…

The A-to-Z Guide to Link Building, From ‘Anchor Text’ to ‘Zzzz’

If you’re new to search marketing, you might be a bit overwhelmed by all the acronyms and jargon bandied about by more seasoned professionals who talk about link building. Thankfully, Julie Joyce, director of operations at Link Fish Media, has written a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to link building. Here are some of the entries: –