Archive for the ‘Marketing Strategies’ Category

November 13th, 2007

Social Media Optimization and a T-Bone Steak

By Matt Slusser

A study released last week by The E-Tailing Group has found that a surprising amount of online shoppers not only rely on customer reviews, but use them more so than traditional modes of product information such as retailers, sales associates, advertising, etc.
I’ll link you to the article at the end, but what it basically says […]

October 15th, 2007

The Karma Police Would Like To Have a Word With You

By Matt Slusser

So Radiohead’s new release “In Rainbows” is apparently going to revolutionize the way music is distributed, the way bands make money, what record companies can really do to save themselves from torrent sites, blah, blah, blah, but a huge issue that has arisen since the release is how fans are reacting to the download provided.
The […]

August 6th, 2007

The Name Game

By Matt Slusser

Previous to working here at WebLinc, I was a Google noob. My name, that is the Matt Slusser that actually referred to me, only came up for some petitions I signed way back in my revolutionary days. These days however, now that my Christian name rather than a handle is used, I find that I […]

June 28th, 2007

If You Don’t SMO, Now You SMO

By Matt Slusser

The Web is growing up. Casting off the shackles of spam, black-hat SEO practices, and exploitation of Google loopholes in 1.0; 2.0 marketing practices have matured and become an interconnected system linking customers and marketers in completely new ways. The prolific blogosphere and sites like YouTube, Digg, myspace, Wikipedia and other social media sources have […]

May 29th, 2007

Landing Page Effectiveness: eCommerce Conversion Funnel Part II

By Joe Devlin

This is part two in a series of six topics discussing the eCommerce Conversion Funnel. Once qualified visitors have been found, it is important to take them to a relevant and effective landing page. What is on this page will vary depending on the web site. It may be a product page, […]

May 23rd, 2007

AOL Disables Email Images

By Joe Devlin

AOL began disabling images in its web based email service today. Previously AOL set images disabled as the default setting for the desktop client, but starting today, images will also be set to disabled in their web based client as well.
This is noteworthy to anyone running email campaigns due to the fact that open […]

May 7th, 2007

10 Tactics for Successful eCommerce Websites

By Joe Devlin

Ever notice how when you run into the store to buy a certain item, you come out of the store with that item and many more? Sometimes you even forget the item you came for after being distracted and bombarded by effective marketing.
This happens because department and grocery stores use a wide array of […]

April 19th, 2007

Pay Per Click: The Tracks of My Tiers

By Joe Devlin

Let’s talk about Pay Per Click (PPC) for a moment. PPC engines are traditionally broken up into two tiers. The top tier consists of engines with significant market share and penetration. The second tier would contain the rest of the smaller and niche PPC engines. Where the line between the top tier […]

April 18th, 2007

Search Engine Optimization and the Importance of Quality Copy for an eCommerce Site

By Matt Slusser

The creation of pages on your website can no longer just be a simple explanation of your services. Traditional advertising will still help to market online products, but now that search engines are the dominant force in generating online traffic for eCommerce businesses, getting customers to your site is half the sales battle. What every […]

April 13th, 2007

Best Tactics for Increasing ROI

By Joe Devlin

The world of internet marketing continues to evolve. With so many different types of online marketing campaigns available to today’s marketers, the question isn’t how to market, but which type of campaign returns the highest ROI.
Given the depth and breadth of marketing tactics available to today’s marketers, it is imperative to utilize […]