Quick Tips

Quick Tip: Use Your Twitter Background as a Promo Space

I can’t believe I’d never thought of this before — it’s SO OBVIOUS!
You already know that you can use Twitter to promote events and build your community – but here’s a tip I learned from Scott Allen that you’ll just LOVE.
Use your Twitter background to promote an event or a contest or sweepstakes — whatever [...]

July 28, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Newsletter Quick Tips 3 Comments

Plinky Helps You Overcome Writer’s Block

It’s all about creating great content.  But what if you’re genius brain is running a little dry on inspiration today?  No worries – head on over to Plinky.
I just found out about Plinky from a WordPress link on Wordpress.com.  It’s the super easy way to get your writing juices flowing.  Here’s how:

Simply click over to [...]

July 26, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Marketing Tools Quick Tips 1 Comments

Quick Tip: How to Turn Ideas to Reality in 30 Minutes or Less

Are you one of those people who comes up with a million ideas and then get’s stuck on implementing because you’re not sure where to take them?
Here are some tips on bringing your ideas to life in less than 30 minutes.

Buy a domain name: If you have an idea for a potential blog, offering, product, [...]

July 23, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Newsletter Quick Tips 0 Comment

How to Find Riches in Target Market Niches

There are really only two ways to successful market yourself on the internet:

Participate in a well, targeted niche.
Identify and “own” the keywords associated with that niche.

There are lots of great free keyword tools out there.  My favorites are

Google’s keyword search tool
Aaron Wall’s SEO Book Keyword Search Tool
Keyword Discovery
Market Samurai

I’ve been reviewing and participating in Ed [...]

July 18, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Features Marketing Tools Newsletter Positioning Quick Tips 3 Comments

DIYMarketers Quick Tip: Stay on Top of Social Media Sites

We all get so busy, that we often forget that some of our most powerful marketing tools actually create updates and introduce new tools and features that you might want to try.
Here’s a helpful DIYMarketer Tip
Take a few hours a week to visit sites you take for granted- especially, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.  There are [...]

July 16, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Quick Tips 1 Comments

Great New Keyword Search Tool: The Google Wonder Wheel

It’s been nearly a year since Google released their new keyword search tool: The Google Wonder Wheel. I’m not sure how this escaped me – maybe I didn’t see it because it was hidden behind the old menu.  But in their newly improved menu — it’s easy to find — see?  Here it is!

If you’ve [...]

July 10, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Quick Tips Tags:, , , , , , ,
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7 Tips For Local Search That Aren’t Just for Local Business

CLEVELAND – GetListed.org is traveling around the country like a group of tent evangelists trying to get the word out to any small business that will listen:  Local Search is IMPORTANT and it’s important to every business and not just pizza shops and retail businesses.  This past week they were in Cleveland with SEO experts [...]

July 6, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Build a Brand Featured Work Features Marketing News Quick Tips Social Media Tags:, , , , , , ,
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Write the Best Marketing Headlines Using These Resources

It all starts with the headline.  And somehow no matter how many articles you read or how many pages of marketing copy you write -every now and then you get Headline Block.  That’s just like writers block only with headlines and with the possibility of really hurting yourself and others.
Here are some of my favorite [...]

June 15, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Features Quick Tips Tags:, , , , , , ,
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Check Out This Terrific Elevator Pitch Template

Because DIY Marketers is here to be your “Consumer Reports” of marketing, I’m always looking at tools, programs and systems that will cut the trial-and-error out of your process – and save you money too.
I’ve been participating in the OneCoach program over the last several months and I have recommended it whole-heartedly to anyone who [...]

June 7, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Features Marketing Tools Quick Tips Tags:, , , , , , ,
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Connect with Customers

Calling and Connecting with Your Customer – Just Because
I’ve been on a soapbox of “loving your customer” for over a decade now.  It got rolls of laughter from the management teams of my manufacturing company employers.  Then somewhere around the late 90’s and the early 2000’s Fast Company wrote an article called “Love is the [...]

June 6, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Quick Tips Tags:, , , , , , ,
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