The 15 Best Online Marketing Quotes from This Week’s Blogosphere – 8/24/07
1. While I’m talking about getting clicks, I’ll address the fact that there is no question that results on the first page with keyword repetition in the title do get clicks, but my contention is that they get the clicks because they are on the first page NOT because the message offers value or has a clear call to action. – Bob Massa on How a Newbie Can Kick an SEO’s Butt and Steal Their Clicks
2. If you can’t think of ten simply miss number 8 out, people wont notice and those who do point it out , you know to avoid them at parties. – Lyndon Antcliff on 10 Reasons to Keep Writing Top Ten Lists
3. If you have aspects of yourself that are holding on to limiting or negative beliefs and emotions, they will manifest. They will limit success, reduce opportunities and help create chaos in your business. – Dawud Miracle on Letting Fear Control Your Business
4. Currently, I have a great business book by my toilet, a fantastic audio CD in my car stereo and have bookmarked a list of favorite websites and blogs to check when I have a few minutes of down time. This makes it easy to stay motivated and inspired because I always have great material close at hand. – Heather Ledeboer guest blogging on It’s Never Too Late to Invest in the Growth of Your Business
5. Building a brand is often easier than keeping it from being destroyed by internal forces. – Derrick Daye on Of Branding and Greed
6. In fact, despite the claims of an internet “echo chamber,” one of the things that makes the internet such an interesting medium, is the idea that anyone can respond and discuss stuff. If someone disagrees with our interpretation of the facts, we want to know about it, and we want to discuss it. – Mike Masnick on People Want Analysis Of The News, Rather Than Just Facts
7. Opportunity is everywhere. The trick is in noticing and finding the most appropriate opportunities for you. – Steven Bradley on Link Building Opportunities Are Everywhere If You’re Paying Attention
8. When you have a better idea of your audience then the best advice is to follow the lead set by Ben & Jerry’s. Rather than stick to the old, tired, formulas, they created remarkable ice cream. – Chris Garrett on Why Your Blog is Like Ice Cream
9. Participation and not consumption or work is the key organizing idea of the present and increasingly the future. – Valeria Meltoni on The Mass Participation Economy and Your Brand
10. Positioning is something (perception) that happens in the minds of the target market. It is the aggregate perception the market has of a particular company, product or service in relation to their perceptions of the competitors in the same category. – Derrick Daye on Great Moments in Marketing: Ries, Trout and Positioning
11. Very few websites or bloggers will link to the “products and services†page on a corporate website. People don’t link to corporate advertisements. On the other hand, a good blog article is an industry-specific insight or a thoughtful critique. Blog articles garner links because they are interesting, informative, and not overly corporate or sales-focused. The benefit to you is that more links means better search engine rankings and more site traffic, which translates into more sales leads. – Jonah Lopin on 6 Reasons Every Small Business Should Be Blogging
12. The biggest mistake online marketing can make is trying to accomplish too much at once or rolling out with a complete redesign without knowing any metrics or benchmarks from the previous website. By jumping in all at once, you will never fully understand what factors were responsible for which result, wasting money and time.The biggest mistake online marketing can make is trying to accomplish too much at once or rolling out with a complete redesign without knowing any metrics or benchmarks from the previous website. By jumping in all at once, you will never fully understand what factors were responsible for which result, wasting money and time. – Bobby Hewitt on The Online Marketing Game
13. You can’t scale Everest in a day. Going for the “big break” is a sure way to fail. Choose the slower path of daily action instead. Putting one foot in front of the other, you’ll actually get somewhere. – Ryan Healy on Give Me a Chisel
14. Inspiration isn’t something you can always summon at will, and good writing doesn’t naturally occur after four cups of coffee whilst chained to your desk. – Matt Ambrose on Why Copywriting Shouldn’t be Rushed…or Cheap
15. You can’t stop the momentum of social media and anyone who thinks it’s a fad is living under a rock. – Toby Bloomberg on You Can’t Stop the Beat
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What a fun post. Thanks for including the quote from Diva Marketing.