Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to see how the “older generation” views Facebook, how there’s so much information and networking on the site. As the conversation went on, I was thinking about the major changes Facebook has made since it first launched in 2004.
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.
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:
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:
The following articles have been taken from a few great leading web sites within each of the above categories - these are their 2011 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
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
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
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
A few weeks ago we hopped a flight from Milwaukee to Boston for the first
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.
Our flights and hotel rooms have been booked and today four of us at Stream Creative are flying (gotta love AirTran Wi-Fi) to Boston for two inbound marketing events this week.
A couple of weeks ago, a new book "Empowered" hit the store shelves. They also included free downloads during the premier week for U.S. Kindle users. I was made aware of this promotion through my Forrester enewsletter subscription (which I signed up for after reading Groundswell). In this past year, using free ebooks, whitepapers, research data, etc has become the norm for companies looking to increase leads by using this inbound marketing technique. However, I haven't seen anyone give away a Kindle book like this before! Even if you don't have a Kindle, why not download the book and read it on the Kindle App for your iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Mac or PC?
Litmus has launched a free tool to help email marketers craft the perfect subject line. The tool previews your draft subject line across several common email clients.
Everyday I get so many e-newsletters that I've created a script in mac mail to filter them right away out of my inbox and into a different folder (here's the blog post on how to filter mac mail). However, when these three email subscriptions below come into my inbox, I have to stop and read the headlines and see what they have to say. These are great sources of marketing information and tips/how-to's for any marketing professional looking to keep up with social media and marketing.
In the past year, I've been reading more and more about how companies are testing and using barcodes in offline marketing campaigns. You can add these QR codes or barcodes to anything where you can place an image, so you have an endless amount of ways to add them to your marketing material. I created this image to the right by using qrstuff.com. After scanning, it will take you directly to our Facebook page (give it a try!). This last week I've noticed mentions in two local publications that allow the reader to scan a barcode, or QR code, with their smartphone to receive some "bonus" information.
