Comments on: Email and Blog Marketing on No Budget http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:44:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: blackcaboftucson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-73849 blackcaboftucson Wed, 20 May 2009 00:10:44 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-73849 I've always liked a soft sell approach. My husband used to sell cars locally in Phoenix, AZ. He was told to push and be arrogant. I told him to do the opposite. He got the same amount of "ups" to experiment on and had a higher selling average than the pushier salesmen. He built a relationship with complete strangers and recieved a lot of his sales following on referrals, referrals by follow-up phone-calls to schedule maintanence. I've always liked a soft sell approach. My husband used to sell cars locally in Phoenix, AZ. He was told to push and be arrogant. I told him to do the opposite. He got the same amount of “ups” to experiment on and had a higher selling average than the pushier salesmen. He built a relationship with complete strangers and recieved a lot of his sales following on referrals, referrals by follow-up phone-calls to schedule maintanence.

]]> By: Gert Hough http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-50870 Gert Hough Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:31:13 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-50870 Inspiring post! If they can do it I can too... I have not really forked out much to get subscribers but I have a plan up my sleeve that I can start working at from next month. I just plan to massively beautify my mailing list promotions and then I want to add the free download link to all my related blogs. I already have all the tools - it's just a matter of time :-) <em>Gert Hough's last blog post..<a href='http://businessemailserviceprovider.com/business-marketing/business-email-list' rel="nofollow">Business email list for sale - 5000 email addresses cheap cheap</a></em> Inspiring post! If they can do it I can too…

I have not really forked out much to get subscribers but I have a plan up my sleeve that I can start working at from next month.

I just plan to massively beautify my mailing list promotions and then I want to add the free download link to all my related blogs.

I already have all the tools – it’s just a matter of time :-)

Gert Hough’s last blog post..Business email list for sale – 5000 email addresses cheap cheap

]]> By: Brendan http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-44756 Brendan Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:44:31 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-44756 With all the email, legit and spam, one receives these days is it wise to purely rely on email campaigns as ones message can be so easily overlooked? Are blogs perceived as more reliable than email in marketing campaigns? i.e. not perceived as spam etc? With all the email, legit and spam, one receives these days is it wise to purely rely on email campaigns as ones message can be so easily overlooked?

Are blogs perceived as more reliable than email in marketing campaigns? i.e. not perceived as spam etc?

]]> By: Steve Elliott http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-41568 Steve Elliott Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:48:50 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-41568 Takeabreak, I think we have something very similar in the UK. Does it help? Every little helps I guess but the Web is global, so it just means the spam comes from somewhere else. @AlanJohnson, why would posting content on a blog and in directories would be a bad thing? Isn't duplicate content more an issue when people post the same stuff within pages of the same site? Takeabreak, I think we have something very similar in the UK.

Does it help? Every little helps I guess but the Web is global, so it just means the spam comes from somewhere else.

@AlanJohnson, why would posting content on a blog and in directories would be a bad thing? Isn’t duplicate content more an issue when people post the same stuff within pages of the same site?

]]> By: Dylan Darling http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-40621 Dylan Darling Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:32:10 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-40621 Wow Takeabreak. I wonder if that will ever happen in the US. It would change things a lot! Wow Takeabreak. I wonder if that will ever happen in the US. It would change things a lot!

]]> By: Takeabreak http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39219 Takeabreak Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:18:12 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39219 New laws in New Zealand make sending unsolicited email an offence. It is now illegal to send email to people who you don't have direct provable permission to be sending to. Makes marketing much more difficult, but the overall effect will be positive. New laws in New Zealand make sending unsolicited email an offence. It is now illegal to send email to people who you don’t have direct provable permission to be sending to. Makes marketing much more difficult, but the overall effect will be positive.

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39191 Alan Johnson Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:29:29 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39191 The great thing about blogs is the fact that you can build a friendly comminity around them, it's definitely a lot more than a simple webmaster-visitor relationship. As a blogger, you get to meet a lot of interesting people and will definitely be rewarded by your readers if you provide value on a regular basis. Alan Johnson The great thing about blogs is the fact that you can build a friendly comminity around them, it’s definitely a lot more than a simple webmaster-visitor relationship.

As a blogger, you get to meet a lot of interesting people and will definitely be rewarded by your readers if you provide value on a regular basis.

Alan Johnson

]]> By: GratefullyRich http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39188 GratefullyRich Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:06:02 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39188 In blog we are explaining our ideas others and I am sure it is useful to others. And also we can get some ideas, and it sis very useful to beginners. In blog we are explaining our ideas others and I am sure it is useful to others. And also we can get some ideas, and it sis very useful to beginners.

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39139 Alan Johnson Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:41:19 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39139 If I was a visitor stumbling upon this website, why would I want to return? Your ability to answer this question will make or break your blog. As Steven has stated, writing content just for the sake of it will do you no good, since you are not providing value. Publishing quality content on a regular basis is the name of the game. Alan Johnson If I was a visitor stumbling upon this website, why would I want to return? Your ability to answer this question will make or break your blog.

As Steven has stated, writing content just for the sake of it will do you no good, since you are not providing value. Publishing quality content on a regular basis is the name of the game.

Alan Johnson

]]> By: Steven Bradley http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39095 Steven Bradley Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:54:39 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39095 While I think a blog can be a great marketing tool it does require work. There seems to be a lot of people who think they have to have one without any idea what they want to do with it. You don't need to update every day, but you do need to add new content on some kind of regular basis. You also need to have something to say. Posting content just for the sake of posting isn't going to lead to a successful blog. While I think a blog can be a great marketing tool it does require work. There seems to be a lot of people who think they have to have one without any idea what they want to do with it.

You don’t need to update every day, but you do need to add new content on some kind of regular basis. You also need to have something to say. Posting content just for the sake of posting isn’t going to lead to a successful blog.

]]> By: News Roundup Part Deux at The Internet Marketing Guide http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39078 News Roundup Part Deux at The Internet Marketing Guide Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:24:17 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39078 [...] Janet Meiners and Email and Blog Marketing on No Budget [...] [...] Janet Meiners and Email and Blog Marketing on No Budget [...]

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39074 Alan Johnson Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:07:48 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39074 Brian, while I agree that a blog which is not updated on a regular basis can do more harm to your brand than good, I'd say that, for a large company, it's fair to assume that there will be enough updates to prevent such a situation from happening. Alan Johnson Brian, while I agree that a blog which is not updated on a regular basis can do more harm to your brand than good, I’d say that, for a large company, it’s fair to assume that there will be enough updates to prevent such a situation from happening.

Alan Johnson

]]> By: Brian Chappell http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39061 Brian Chappell Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:34:18 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39061 @Edward I would have to disagree. Especially if you cannot keep up with it religiously. If your just going to set up a blog just so your "with the times", then its probably not a good idea. You need to have an appropriate angle to attack it from. Lack of posting IMO can do more damage to your brand than good. Nothing like seeing a stale blog on an ecommerce site. @Edward I would have to disagree. Especially if you cannot keep up with it religiously. If your just going to set up a blog just so your “with the times”, then its probably not a good idea. You need to have an appropriate angle to attack it from.

Lack of posting IMO can do more damage to your brand than good. Nothing like seeing a stale blog on an ecommerce site.

]]> By: GoWFB http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39046 GoWFB Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:04:55 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39046 i think it is always a good idea to explore all the ways to gain marketing mileage without spending money. People always want to find out how to do things without spending money ;) i think it is always a good idea to explore all the ways to gain marketing mileage without spending money. People always want to find out how to do things without spending money ;)

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39028 Alan Johnson Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:06:37 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39028 I wouldn't recommend submitting the exact same article you are posting on your blog to directories, since it will end up doing more harm than good and instead, create articles for the specific purpose of submitting them to such directories (or hire someone for the job). Alan Johnson I wouldn’t recommend submitting the exact same article you are posting on your blog to directories, since it will end up doing more harm than good and instead, create articles for the specific purpose of submitting them to such directories (or hire someone for the job).

Alan Johnson

]]> By: Tom At The Home Business Archive http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-39000 Tom At The Home Business Archive Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:07:09 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-39000 I have zero marketing budget when it comes to blogging.I write all my articles personally and then submit them to various article directories and on my blog of course.It works, but it takes time to get results.The traffic increases with time.Another point, always make sure to host your blog yourself. I have zero marketing budget when it comes to blogging.I write all my articles personally and then submit them to various article directories and on my blog of course.It works, but it takes time to get results.The traffic increases with time.Another point, always make sure to host your blog yourself.

]]> By: Edward http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-38991 Edward Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:30:19 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-38991 Blog has been operating as one of the most influential tool in recent years, every online business should have their own blog so that people will know what they are up to recently Blog has been operating as one of the most influential tool in recent years, every online business should have their own blog so that people will know what they are up to recently

]]> By: Alan Johnson http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html/comment-page-1#comment-38984 Alan Johnson Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:56:43 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/email-and-blog-marketing-on-no-budget.html#comment-38984 There are more than a few examples of blogs/websites which did not need to spend a fortune on advertising and have been successful. Personally, I have been more than generous when spending money for branding purposes (the design of the blog, logos, podcast intro songs) and am also running a few AdWords/YSM/AdCenter campaigns, but in the long run, the quality of the content I will be publishing on a regular basis and the value I will be providing to my readers will do the talking :) You can spend as much as you want to on advertising, but a website which is built on a shaky foundation as far as content is concerned doesn't stand a chance in the long run. Alan Johnson There are more than a few examples of blogs/websites which did not need to spend a fortune on advertising and have been successful.

Personally, I have been more than generous when spending money for branding purposes (the design of the blog, logos, podcast intro songs) and am also running a few AdWords/YSM/AdCenter campaigns, but in the long run, the quality of the content I will be publishing on a regular basis and the value I will be providing to my readers will do the talking :)

You can spend as much as you want to on advertising, but a website which is built on a shaky foundation as far as content is concerned doesn’t stand a chance in the long run.

Alan Johnson

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