I'm in Boston and I'm walking in the Hynes convention center to see Seth Godin as the first Keynote speaker of Inbound 13.  This is THE conference for internet marketing and creating marketing that people actually want.

I walk in the center and join all the people half my age moving towards the escalator.  I'm finally here when I get stopped on the second floor and asked for my badge which is still deep in my bag and my hands are full with the walking breakfast.  Got up a bit too late for a sit down breakfast.

You’re crazy to ask the question, Why Blog because the statistics are overwhelming.  Blogging, when done as part of an inbound marketing campaign, produces 4 major results for you and your company.

If you are working hard to grow your business using internet marketing, your website conversion, and link building traffic from Google, then listen up.  For a long time people have been looking for quick fixes to get a better ranking in Google through paid link building. People have also been trying to avoid doing the hard work to make interesting content.  Now Google has come up with one more way to enforce their main intent. 

If you are a smaller company doing your first bit of research regarding lead generation techniques to improve your marketing results and increase sales then you’re in the right place.  Let me give you a few basic things to think about as you continue your research.  First, it’s important to know what we mean by lead generation techniques.

Do you ever wonder if email marketing is still effective or is it dead?  The short answer is a resounding NO, it's not dead.  Not by a long shot. In today's, “Ask your email marketing consultant” I’m going to give you some food for thought, with hope that you will not only see the value of email but actually decide to use it more.

Today’s blog isn’t about social media or search engine optimization or any form of Internet marketing. Today’s blog is just to remind you to stop and smell the roses every once in a while and give thanks for the people in your lives, and the blessings you have.  There will always be more work and there will always be too little time to get it done. Marketing seems to be one of those beasts that always wants to be fed and is never full.

If you want to know the down and dirty truth about how to add keywords to a website (your website) that will give you the best chance to attract more people, then get ready for these 5 facts.  If you don't fully understand the power and purpose of keywords then here is the short of it. 

If you’re looking for some quick lead generation techniques for your blog then here are 5 simple ideas, because when ever you’re doing business online or off you need to find customers.  The first step to new customers for your small business is to find the leads to talk to.  The next step is to convert more of those leads into paying customers.  Inbound Marketing or what some people call it Content Marketing, is really good for helping to find those leads online.

If I were to say, you could increase website conversion, would you know what I meant? 

Do you know what happens on your website when a conversion happens?  Some people do but most of the time the answer is a hesitant “yes” while defining the term with the word “conversion” included. This would have been a sure fire way to get a red mark on your paper if you were still in high school.  (Which my daughter just graduated from so I speak with some assurance).  So here is what I want to do.  I want to give you a short clarification of what people mean when they say, increase website conversion, so you can be prepared for the conversation and maybe I can even help you improve your website conversion.  It’s good stuff, let me show you.

I try and let our clients and readers know when something important and relevant to Internet Marketing is happening and today is one of those days. Yahoo bought Tumblr, a major online blogging software company, for $1.1 BILLION.  Once again an internet company has sold for a lot of money and some say it might be too much.  You think?  The reason this is significant is because it's a blogging company and Yahoo is investing heavily because they believe it will be good for their business.  The fact is that blogging is becoming more and more popular and as an industry is maturing quickly.  So, Why Blog? You should blog in your business because it works and the Yahoo acquisition is evidence of the value of blogging.