Marketing/Design Tech Tip: iPhone App For Identifying Fonts

In a previous article we discussed the benefits of using WhatTheFont.com, a free online service for identiying fonts.  I recently discovered the folks at MyFonts developed an App that delivers the same great font-matching features to the iPhone. 

What the Font App
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Author: Brian Brinkman

Marketing/Design Tech Tip: Find and Replace Fonts in Flash

When working in Flash, have you ever been greeted by the following Font Mapping screen?

Flash Font Mapping
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Author: Brian Brinkman

7 Upcoming Social Media and Inbound Marketing Webinars

If you are in marketing and want to know the best time to send out your weekly eNewsletter, post tweets, status updates or blog posts you may want to register for this upcoming webinar: "The Science of Timing" by Dan Zarella.  The webinar will be held on March 29 and will be based on his research over the past two years. HubSpot tweeted that 14,000 people have already registered!  Check out these upcoming marketing webinars worth checking out:

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Author: Steve James

Marketing/Design Tech Tip: Convert PDF Pages to Illustrator Artboards

Just received this Adobe Illustrator/Acrobat tip from the feedblitz newsletter.  Currently in Adobe Illustrator you can import PDF files, but you can only import one page at a time.  If you want to create multiple pages on separate artboards you can drag and drop your PDF file on this script created by Shane Stanley.  The script will create a separate Illustrator artboard for each page in your PDF.  This script will only work on Macs and requires Illustrator CS4 or CS5.

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Author: Brian Brinkman

Taking Inbound Marketing Practices Offline

Article originally written and published for Inbound Marketing University

Taking Inbound Marketing Practices Offline
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Author: Jeff Coon

Content Creation Tip: Get Others to Do It

content creationArticle originally written and published for Inbound Marketing University

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Author: Steve James

Inbound Marketing and Social Media 2011 Events in Milwaukee & Chicago

Jeff and I will be speaking at the WISN 12 "Drive Your Sales" Speaker Series tomorrow. Our presentation will explain how to use FREE online and social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs to drive more traffic to your website, increase your online visibility, build your brand awareness and generate more leads to drive sales. The 8:30 am session is full, but an 11:00 am has been added to the schedule. For more information visit WISN.com

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Author: Steve James

List of 20+ Social Media and Inbound Marketing Predictions for 2011

As 2010 ends, let's reflect on how many B2B corporations have been made aware that their online presence is losing out to competitors who "get" inbound marketing and social media.  For many of these corporations, the focus in 2011 will be to grow social networks, drive more quality leads online, and be able to measure and track their inbound marketing campaigns.

Here are four key topics that every marketing department will be discussing in 2011:

  • Inbound Marketing
  • Social Media
  • Mobile Marketing
  • SEO

The following articles have been taken from a few great leading web sites within each of the above categories - these are their 2011 predictions:

B2B MARKETING AND INBOUND MARKETING PREDICTIONS

Find and Convert
Why 2011 is the Year of Content Marketing
by Bernie Borges

Marketing Sherpa
New Chart: Expected Changes in B2B Marketing Budgets for 2011
by Jen Doyle

Social Media Today
11 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2011
by Paul Dunay

Blue Focus Marketing
Top 11 Ad Agency Predictions for 2011
by Cheryl Burgess

MarketingProfs
Predictions From Customer-Experience Experts for 2011
by Linda Ireland

Open Forum
5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2011
by John Jantsch

Mashable
6 Predictions for Digital Advertising in 2011
by Jesse Thomas

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PREDICTIONS

Smart Blog on Social Media
Why 2011 will be the year of social-media convergence
by Jesse Stanchak

Entrepreneur Magazine
10 Social Media Trends for 2011
by Starr Hall 

Social Media Today
Seven Predictions for Social Media in 2011
by AmithaAmarasinghe

Social Media Today
5 predictions for social media in 2011
by Trevor Jonas

oneforty.
4 Social Media Predictions for 2011
by Janet

ReadWriteWeb
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2011
by Ravit Lichtenberg from Ustrategy.com

SEO PREDICTIONS

Search Engine Land
SEM Trends For 2011: What To Expect & What To Do
by Siddharth Shah

Search Engine Land
5 Social Marketing Predictions For 2011
by Ciarán Norris

Search Engine Land
Digital Marketing Trends & Predictions For 2011
by Matt Lawson

Search Engine Journal
5 Link Building Predictions for 2011
by Kristi Hines

I Need Hits
2011 Predictions: Online Marketing Trends
by Courtney Mills

TopRank
SEO Tops Digital Marketing Tactics for 2011
by Lee Odden

MOBILE PREDICTIONS

Business Insider
Five Unexpected Mobile Predictions For 2011

by Jamie Hall

RCR Wireless
Reader Forum: 2011 mobile industry predictions
by William Dudley

Mobile Marketer
11 trends for mobile apps in 2011
By Kunal Gupta

Mashable
5 Predictions for Mobile in 2011
by  Christina Warren

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Author: Steve James

A Thank You To People Who Support Your Business Goes A Long Way

In the NFL and the business world, relationships will come to an end. In the case of Al Harris, his relationship ended when the Green Bay Packers released him a few weeks ago due to a knee injury. It's what Al Harris did next that is a lesson any business should take notice of. Harris took out a full page ad in the Sports section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and said "Thank You" to all of his supporters and fans with a heart felt note in the ad.

al harris thank you
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Author: Steve James

Milwaukee trip to the HubSpot User Group and Inbound Marketing Summit

A few weeks ago we hopped a flight from Milwaukee to Boston for the firstInbound Marketing Summit 2010 HubSpot User Group conference, as well as the Inbound Marketing Summit in Foxboro. We discussed and learned about the latest industry social media/marketing trends, inbound marketing strategies and tons of info about HubSpot software. 

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Author: Steve James