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15 Copywriting and Content Marketing Blogs that Will Make You More Money

adriancb — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:58:27 +0000

As you may have seen on Tuesday, we were disappointed to see that there were no copywriting blogs in last year’s Top 10 Blogs for Writers.

We think persuasive writers — content marketers and copywriters — are as worthy of cheers and accolades as our fiction-writing brothers and sisters.

So today I put together a list of 15 writing blogs I think you’ll get a lot out of.

Silicon Alley 100

adriancb — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:24:24 +0000

New York City had a break out year in 2011, riding a wave of tech enthusiasm to heights it’s never seen before.

Right now, New York, or as it’s often called, Silicon Alley, is home to one company with a billion dollar valuation — Gilt Groupe — and 28 others with valuations of $100 million or over.

Despite a weakening stock market, and deep fundamental problems with the economy, this time next year we expect more billion dollar companies in New York.

But, before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s take some time to look back at the fantastic year that was.

30 Funny and Eye catching Print Ads

adriancb — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:26:11 +0000

Print ads must be eye catching as they get only one chance to influence the viewer’s opinion. Designing a clever print Ads is very challenging task. Funny print ads can help to draw viewer’s attention and these days most of the big brands prefer to use humor in their Ads.

Here are 30 funny and eye-catching Print ads for your inspiration. They will definitely inspire you with their creative and clever ideas.

20 ventures that earned tons of money from loads of strangers

adriancb — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:47:25 +0000

You can’t make money without money, and there are a lot of ways to get cash for a venture.

Kickstarter is a startup that helps creative projects get crowdsourced funding. People post their ideas and others can contribute as little or much as they like to support the projects.

We found 20 projects on Kickstarter that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from thousands of people. The most popular projects were documentaries and iPhone accessories.

6 tips for providing better online customer support

adriancb — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:15:00 +0000

Customer satisfaction has long been the Holy Grail for retailers. Social media now brings a whole new significance to customer satisfaction. Rants and raves reach friends, and friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends at an unprecedented scale. It’s word-of-mouth on steroids.

5 ways to measure return on investment for social media

adriancb — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:14:50 +0000

Do you know how to measure the return on your investments in social media? Every day we measure returns on our marketing investments. We create e-mail campaigns, attend trade shows, hire SEO consultants—and measure results. Social media are no different. Social media have many uses, including brand building and customer acquisition and support, all of which are of great importance. If you’re not measuring success, you won’t know whether you are wasting time and money.

Here are ways to measure returns on your social media efforts.

30 tips for making your corporate blog stand out

adriancb — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:28:55 +0000

Writing an article for your company blog is not for everyone. Just trying to come up with ideas for the blog can be a challenge. At the end of the day there is one important element that is absolutely essential and its name is “Passion” with a capital P…. I couldn’t write about cooking, it bores me.

77 Inspirational Example of Pricing Page Designs

adriancb — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:04:56 +0000

One of the interesting trend which I noticed recently is to representing the pricing info in creative manner. Modern age designers love to experiment with things and observe how people interact with our work. Even though this is not a common trend to follow but still as the new design styles come up, and as more and more designers notice them and make use of them in their work, this kind of new trends emerge.

5 ways to lose your customers’ trust online

adriancb — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:09:39 +0000

5 ways to lose your customers' trust online

8 Steps to a Successful Sales Call

adriancb — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:50:56 +0000

t’s always good to have a plan for your sales visits that can serve as a quick reminder of the essentials. You can use this checklist as a review before and after each sales call to make sure you cover all the bases. Leaving a sales call and wishing you had remembered to ask a specific question or show the prospect another product idea is a horrible feeling; using this checklist may help you avoid that. Edit this list based on the type of sales cycle you’re involved in.

15 Pictures BP Wished Didn’t Exist

adriancb — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:34:39 +0000

BP Marketing will have a blast… x

10 Rules For Writing Multiple Choice Questions

adriancb — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:11:26 +0000

This is a back-to-basics article about the undervalued and little-discussed multiple choice question. It’s not as exciting as discussing 3D virtual learning environments, but it might be just as important. If you need to use tests, then you want to reduce the errors that occur from poorly written items.

The rules covered here make tests more accurate, so the questions are interpreted as intended and the answer options are clear and without hints. Just in case you’re not familiar with multiple choice terminology, it’s explained in the visual below.

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50 Informative and Well-Designed Infographics | Inspiration

adriancb — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:03:10 +0000

It’s impossible to comprehend complex data or analyze large amounts of information, if we only use words or texts. Information graphics or better known as infographics are visual explanation of data, information or knowledge. These graphics are excellent visual tools for explaining huge amounts of information where complex data needs to be explained immediately and clearly. Let me show you how Rick Mans explain how infographics ease the process of communicating conceptual information

10 rags to world’s richest stories

adriancb — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:01:03 +0000

Cirque du Soleil first took on rock legends The Beatles and Elvis. Now the circus-inspired spectacle is turning to the late King of Pop. In April Cirque, founded by billionaire Guy Laliberte, announced plans to produce a Michael Jackson-themed show to start touring in 2011.

Before captivating Las Vegas crowds with famed music-inspired acrobatic shows, Laliberte was playing the harmonica and eating fire on the streets of Europe and Canada.

5 basic stories that can give your speeches a boost of power

adriancb — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:17:53 +0000

The culture we’re all immersed in together gives you a great gift as a presenter–a wealth of stories that already lie deep in any audience’s consciousness. Use these stories to give your speeches power and to connect immediately and deeply with your audience.

There are five of these basic stories: the quest, the stranger in a strange land, rags to riches, the love story and the tale of revenge. Each has its own structure and its own situations where it’s useful.

10 ways to build trust with online customers

adriancb — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:54:07 +0000

Building trust online is just like any other kind of web marketing: it’s a marathon, not a sprint. You build your social capital one interaction at a time. If you’re personal, personable and genuine every time you meet somebody on the web, you’ll go a long way toward earning their trust. Here’s a list of ways to make strangers into friends and friends into a customers online.

Top 10 Coal-Burning Countries on the Planet

adriancb — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:53:50 +0000

When it comes to air pollution, coal is enemy #1. We were curious to know which countries burned the most, so we compiled a list of the top 10 coal-burning countries in the world based on the latest statistics from the U.S.

8 Horrifying Uses of Branding (Feat. Hello Kitty Pads)

adriancb — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:54:13 +0000

Product licensing is big business. If Disney couldn’t put every single princess they have on paper plates, party hats and topical ointment, how would any little girl have a birthday party ever again and how would Robert Iger afford another layer of solid gold on his lawn? Lord only knows. But sometimes, in the fervor to give the average consumer what they want, you get that one marketing whiz kid who just figures any product can be made fun and two months later you’ve got a whole aisle in Wal-Mart full of Woody Woodpecker herpes medication.

10 landing page tips for selling more stuff

adriancb — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:53:47 +0000

Jill Mitchell wants to increase awareness and sales of her one-of-a-kind French vintage objects that she sells on Etsy and Ebay. She also wants more visiblity and sales for her buying tours of Provence.

She doesn’t actively market her site, although she does enjoy a responsive newsletter following. She doesn’t have a handle on her site metrics — traffic, blog readership, click-through rate from blog to Etsy/Ebay.

Listaurus » Business and Finance

15 Copywriting and Content Marketing Blogs that Will Make You More Money

Top 10 most bizarre tech stories of 2011

Silicon Alley 100

30 Funny and Eye catching Print Ads

20 ventures that earned tons of money from loads of strangers

6 tips for providing better online customer support

5 ways to measure return on investment for social media

30 tips for making your corporate blog stand out

77 Inspirational Example of Pricing Page Designs

5 ways to lose your customers’ trust online

8 Steps to a Successful Sales Call

15 Pictures BP Wished Didn’t Exist

10 Rules For Writing Multiple Choice Questions

50 Informative and Well-Designed Infographics | Inspiration

10 rags to world’s richest stories

5 basic stories that can give your speeches a boost of power

10 ways to build trust with online customers

Top 10 Coal-Burning Countries on the Planet

8 Horrifying Uses of Branding (Feat. Hello Kitty Pads)

10 landing page tips for selling more stuff