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What’s the ROI on Blogging?
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This is one we’ll have to answer with an example, as a company shouldn’t be looking at any form of social media in the same terms as “old-school” marketing campaigns. Think of all social media as part of your branding, or your online presence. You want to be able to control most, if not all, ...
Either/Or Media Teaches Blogging at UCI
It’s official! Jennifer St. James, owner and creative director at Either/Or Media, has been hired to teach her favorite subject—blogging for businesses—at the UCI Extension Program in Spring 2012. The eight-week course will cover the ins and outs of business blogging, and at the end of the course, students will: Learn why blogging is so ...
Happy Birthday, Jorge Luis Borges!
The Google Doodle today celebrates the birthday of one of my favorite poets, and one of the most fun literary names to say. “Jorge Luis Borges” flows off the tongue so much better than “Shakespeare” or “Emily Dickinson”. Not that there’s anything wrong with their writing; far from it. One of my favorite works from ...
LinkedIn Pulled a Facebook
And by that, yes, we mean privacy issues. And we had to find out about this problem—get this—via our LinkedIn Today weekly email that featured an article on Yahoo! about the situation! This is important information, folks, so read carefully. Do you want your face and name to be used to promote brands–without your permission? ...
Oh Yes, Blogging IS Vital to Your Business!
It’s not a speculation or a hypothetical thought anymore—blogging is an incredibly useful tool for businesses. In the 2010 “The State of Inbound Marketing Survey”, Hubspot reported that 58% of companies claimed that their blogs helped them to gain leverage within their industry. Hubspot also reported that blogs have an average ROI of 600%! That ...
Does Bad Spelling Affect Your Bottom Line?
In a word: yes. How so, you may ask? How could a few mistakes in spelling on my website really matter? First of all, let me ask you this: would you hand out a business card that had a word spelled wrong on it? What if it was your email address? Your potential contacts and ...
Either/Or Media Offers Blogging Consulting Services
This week Either/Or Media announces that we will be offering consulting services! We realized that so many of our potential clients ask the same questions, and although it’s nice to talk over the phone, we realized that it would help a lot of people if we could actually sit down with them to answer them. ...
Secrets to a Successful Small Business
As a small business ourselves, Either/Or Media relishes in helping other fellow small business owners thrive and flourish, especially in today’s economy. The common misconception is that too often we see small businesses tanking and going under as early as in their first year of launching. However, the truth is that small businesses are on ...
Michael E. Gerber: Business Wunderkind at (almost) 75!
I was introduced to Michael E. Gerber‘s work a few months ago by my good friend and colleague Sam Nelson, of Website Muscle. I read The E-Myth Revisited and was amazed—finally, here was the road map to running an effective, productive and profitable small business! Where had this been when I started Either/Or Media almost ...
Web Copy – What NOT To Do (continued!)
Welcome back to our “What Not to Do When Writing Web Content” series! Last time we discussed what we call “egotistical” copy—web content that boasts only what the company can do, its qualifications, principals and values. Basically, ineffective written content that bores readers and serves them no purpose in terms of what the company has ...
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