30 Minute Marketing

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 Increase Sales to Existing Accounts Using This EASY Account Plan Template

I think it’s funny how we all talk about increasing sales to existing customers and building relationships — yet much of our marketing time and money still go toward converting prospects to customers and fishing for new prospects.
While I don’t normally advocate having more than 25% of your business come from a single account, chances [...]

July 22, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Butt Savers Featured Work Features Marketing Tools 2 Comments

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

No Web Site? No Problem. Use Facebook Fan Page or LinkedIn

One of the hottest trends in building a list for your blog or newsletter is to ask people to become guest contributors to your blog.  What I’ve come to find out in this process is that there are quite a few experts out there who don’t have a web presence.
One of the best reasons to become [...]

July 14, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : Features Heard on the Street Marketing Tools 2 Comments

How to Build a Targeted Online Community: Deciding on a List Building Strategy

I’ve been playing with DIYMarketers for over a year and now it’s time to finally start building an online community.  I’ve read lots of articles and gotten lots of tips.  But it’s been hard to move from just reading and learning to actually doing.
As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to interview Victoria [...]

July 12, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Build a Brand Features Marketing Tools Tags:, , , , , , ,
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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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Pretty Link Offers WordPress Bloggers An Extra Tool to Build An Audience

If you’ve got a WordPress.org powered blog (meaning that you are hosting it yourself) and you’ve not heard of “the Pretty Link” plugin — then you are really missing out on a wonderful self-promotion and audience building tool.
Pretty Link is a FREE plugin that you can get from WordPress that turns any link that you [...]

July 8, 2010 By : Ivana Taylor Category : 30 Minute Marketing Build a Brand Features Marketing Tools 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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