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Entries from March 2009

Marketing Posts I'm Reading

Date March 30, 2009

I spend a lot of time reading other marketing blogs, so I thought I’d share some recent posts I’ve enjoyed. Drew McLellan: The Marketing Minute – Wow…Gutsy TV Spot! But Will It Sell? Chris Brogan – Say What You Want Shama Hyder: Click to Client – Why I Quit Auto-Following on Twitter John Jantsch: Duct [...]

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Find Me on Dell's Small Business Blog

Date March 27, 2009

I am thrilled to announce that in addition to reading The Marketing Eggspert Blog, you can now get one extra dose of Susan each week on Dell’s Small Business Blog. It’s chock full of great advice for you business owners, and I’ll be contributing weekly entrepreneur tips on Wednesdays. Check out my first post, 5 [...]

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More Email Marketing Tips

Date March 25, 2009

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEVf84_LdE8[/youtube] Here’s another video with email marketing tips. Other links: Email Marketing 101 Defining Your Target Market Constant Contact Flickr or Stock.Xchng for free photos for your emails. DIY Email Marketing Ebook: Enter ‘egg’ at checkout to save 20%

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Make Your Contacts Smile

Date March 23, 2009

Just before Saint Patrick’s Day, I was pleasantly surprised to find a green package on my doorstep. It was from IZEA, the Orlando-based social media marketing firm (well, the other one. The really big one). I’ve attended events they put on, rubbed elbows with a few employees, and bugged the CEO Ted. Anything I could [...]

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Are You Using the Right Marketing Message?

Date March 20, 2009

As I was driving today, I imagined a comical scene. Egg Marketing billboards would dot Orlando’s I-4 corridor. We’d have marketing ads on bus benches. Ads in Yellow Pages. On plastic cups in restaurants. On baseball fields. This thought made me giggle. Clearly, those places aren’t ideal for an internet marketing firm. Not to say [...]

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Defining Your Target Market

Date March 18, 2009

Sometimes I overlook really obvious topics to cover on this blog, such as target market. My apologies. If there’s ever a marketing term or concept you want to learn more about, please contact me and I’ll blog it. I want to talk about your target market. First off, do you know what I mean by [...]

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Target Your Pitch or Suffer the Consequences

Date March 16, 2009

A few minutes ago, I received an email asking me to promote a book. I get these a lot. I love books, so I read the email. It started out, “I know your work through Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop…” Put on the brakes. I do? I didn’t know I was on Alltop. I spend the next [...]

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5 Ways Social Media Could Have Improved My Life

Date March 13, 2009

In thinking about social media and technology and how it has become ingrained in my life, I think back to past events and think how it could have helped. 1. I could have used Skype and Facebook chat to fawn over my long-distance high school boyfriend, rather than racking up hundreds in long-distance charges (yea, [...]

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