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Editor’s Note: An updated version of this article has been published here: “Inbound Marketing and the Next Phase of Marketing on the Web“ 
 
When I talk with most marketers today about how they generate leads and fill the top of their sales funnel, most say trade shows, seminar series, email blasts to purchased lists, internal cold calling, [...]

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Never in the history of the world has it been easier to get incredible content inexpensively and conveniently.  Warner Brothers seems to think that is a dumb trend and is headed in the opposite direction.
I sat down with my wife to watch a rented movie on Friday night when a Warner Brothers marketer decided to [...]

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I realize I’m going to get some flak for this post from many of you as well as my coworkers (especially that social media scientist guy). But, it has to be said…
Please don’t start a social media marketing agency.
We recently launched an application form for marketing agencies to apply for a training program that [...]

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We all have great ideas. The challenge is turning these great ideas into large successful business that can become catalysts for industry innovation.  One of the best way to do this, is to learn from others who have made this type of success happen.  That was the goal of the Momentum Summit, organized by Scott [...]

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Tonight at 6 PM Eastern, a remarkable conference will take place.  Call it a “Speed Webinar” for people that like their education in bite-sized doses.  Each of the 60 presenters will have just 60 seconds to share something profound with the thousands of webinar attendees.  The event will be over in just about 60 minutes [...]

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Any good business owner knows that a company is as strong as the people within it, and it’s important to hire smart!
In other words, stay away from the zombie temps. They’re vicious!
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Episode #5: “Zombie Temp”
Producer and [...]

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Online marketing has many components including search engine optimization, blogging, lead generation, social media marketing and many others. All of these aspects of online marketing can make it intimidating for business looking to begin leveraging online marketing strategies. HubSpot has compiled a new eBook to provide a step-by-step guide to online marketing.  Each section of [...]

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A Quick And Easy Wordpress Backup Solution
Carl Ringwall here. Do you need help backing up, restoring or cloning Wordpress blogs? Are you setting up lots of blogs – and wish for a way to set up a ‘base’ install, with all your favorite plugins, themes, etc – and then cloning that setup to multiple domains? [...]

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A new service has recently been introduced by WordPress. They have now made it possible for bloggers to publish a post through their phones.
In order to do this, users will have to enable the feature on their blogs first and generate a secret code. The code will obviously be unique for each user.
Once the code [...]

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Rumours about Google’s new social network, called Google Me, might actually be more than just rumours.
A while ago, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, mentioned that Google was working on building a full-fledged social network – Google Me. Kevin Rose says that he got his information from a “very credible source”. His tweet, though, [...]

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