Muscle Marketing
By Wendy Montes de Oca
About Wendy
Often referred to as the "marketing maven" by industry peers, Wendy Montes de Oca, MBA has nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, media, and publishing with expertise in multichannel, direct response, and Web marketing. Wendy has generated more than $150 million in total revenues for Fortune 500 companies, top publishers, consulting clients, and her own firm, Precision Marketing and Media, LLC. She is the creator of the groundbreaking SONAR Content Distribution Model and author of the best-selling book Content Is Cash: Leveraging Great Content and the Web for Increased Traffic, Sales, Leads and Buzz [Que Publishing, Paperback].Online Video Marketing Deep Dive
12 Overlooked Ways to Help Your Video Rank Higher on YouTube
May 22, 2013YouTube is currently the second largest search engine on the Internet. With 1 billion unique monthly visitors watching YouTube videos,...
Think Mobility
3 Questions Before Implementing Any Mobile Solution
May 20, 2013I often get super excited when I see other businesses doing cool and innovative things in mobile. You read an...
Marketing Sustainably
Direct Mail Benchmarks From DMA
May 20, 2013In my years following the direct marketing field, one of the resources I've most appreciated is the Direct Marketing Association's...
The Power Punch
Hello, Complaint Department? My Friends Are Listening
May 17, 2013If it costs five times more to acquire a new customer than to keep one, why do brands continue to...
The Brand Matters Blog
The A-Z List of Stop That! Behaviors
May 16, 2013In the April issue of Target Marketing, I wrote about 26 verbs that sometimes get in our way when we're building brands...
Yblog
Wearable Mobile Devices Are the New Black
May 15, 2013This year's hot trend in fashion is computers. Whether at SXSW or in the tech and media hubs on the...
The Integrated Email
What Is the Best Day to Send Emails?
May 13, 2013Somewhere, in the world just on the other side of the rainbow, there is a magical day for sending emails....
Making Social Sell
Convince Prospects You Can Change Their Success Rates
May 10, 2013Is generating leads with LinkedIn proving frustrating and difficult? Probably because you're failing at tempting prospects to click more deeply...
Ruthless B-to-B Marketing
B-to-B Marketers Should Take Another Look at E-commerce
May 6, 2013E-commerce opportunity is evolving fast, but only 25 percent of B-to-B marketers are taking advantage of it, according to a...
Triple Venti Dolce Data...
The Data Czar and His Ministers
May 1, 2013I live in a relatively small, rural town of 50,000 residents spread over 61 square miles. My specific neighborhood still...
Who's Your Data?
Instagram: Does It Matter That It Will Make Money on Your Pics?
Dec 19, 2012Instagram announced the company will soon begin using your content to sell targeted advertising products to the highest bidder. Does...
The Whole Magilla
What Marketers Can Learn From Maine's Political Email Idiocy
Feb 24, 2012It finally happened. Politicians' idiotic email practices had a measurable negative effect. "Maine Republican Party chairman Charlie Webster has admitted...
Denny Hatch's Blog
The Internet Can Make You a Chump—Forever!
Sep 25, 2010Trouble is, the Internet is rife with misinformation and if you get caught advertently or inadvertently propagating this nonsense in...
SEO & Content Marketing Revue
5 Tips for Top Positioning (And Converting) Page Titles
Aug 11, 2010Wondering about a SEO content strategy that offers the biggest impact in the shortest time? Try tweaking your page titles....
List-building 2.0: 7 Tips for Using ‘Power’ Polls For Prospecting
Most people know Web 2.0 is simply the evolution of the Internet into an environment of interactivity, reader participation and usability. Web 2.0 opens up the dialog between user and website or blog. This connection can help generate traffic and a viral buzz.
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The 10 Rules of Social Media Marketing Engagement
As the social media landscape grows with both mainstream and specialized sites, so will the creative ways to communicate to friends, followers and fans. Although the current social network behemoths are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, other venues like Pinterest and Google+ are also carving out a niche for themselves. And MySpace still has a strong foothold amongst the younger demographic. But don't forget that social marketing isn't just for networks. Forums, chat rooms, message boards and...
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Are You Buying ‘Smart Media?’
Media buying, or online advertising, is more than just a Web strategy to help grow your business. It's both a science and an art. It involves a bit of finesse, competitive research, creativity and good negotiation skills.
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4 Methods of Maximizing and Monetizing Mobile Marketing Efforts
A recent study by Google showed nearly 75 percent of consumers surveyed said they want to see mobile-friendly sites. And if you're site isn't one of them, you may be losing leads and sales. The fact that we're a nation that is on-the-go and pretty much living on our smartphones or tablets means that your website should be adapted to these mediums to help monetize your business. It also means that thinking about mobile marketing and how to incorporate various forms of that into your marketing...
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6 Insider Secrets to a Winning Affiliate Marketing Program
Affiliate marketing has been a viable way to help build ancillary revenues by having someone else market your products. It's generally cost effective and could involve little work. You can go about this through affiliate networks, such as Commission Junction or LinkShare, or simply start an affiliate program on your website and track sales and commissions with affiliate software, such as DirectTrack. Software costs could range anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars …...
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