Email Marketing Solutions

A fun blog to sort through for tips on email marketing.

Some of the categories include: 

·         Best Practices

·         Blogging

·         Compliance

·         Conferences and Events

·         Cool Tricks

·         Cost Savings

·         Customer Loyalty

·         Deliverability

·         Dynamic Content

Boomerang Email Marketing Tips

Rating 8/10

Social Media Marketing - Blog

Social media tips from the global head of social media at Ford.

This is his personal blog, where he shares his perspectives on social media - the convergence of marketing, advertising and PR on the Web - for marketers, agencies, the enterprise and the individual.

Social Media Marketing

Rating 9/10 - really interesting to read

Seoptimer Blog

Great information on SEO. A neat blog to follow for unique information on SEO. Something to follow in your spare time.

Seoptimer Blog

Rating - 8/10

The Beginers Guide to SEO

New to SEO? Need to polish up your knowledge? The Beginner's Guide to SEO provides comprehensive information you need to get on the road to professional quality SEO. SEO is the practice of improving and promoting a web site in order to increase the number of visitors the site receives from search engines. There are many aspects to SEO, from the words on your page to the way other sites link to you on the web. Sometimes SEO is simply a matter of making sure your site is structured in a way that search engines understand.

The Beginers Guide to SEO

Rating 8/10 - great information but a little confusing

Web Design Elements - Best Practices

A fantastic website that references all of the best practices for building a better website!

This overview features a hand-picked and organized selection of the most useful and popular Smashing Magazine’s articles featuring various building blocks of a website and published here over all the years.

Quick Overview

• Call to Action Buttons
• Image Caption Design
• Breadcrumbs Design
• The Holy Search Box
• “Read More” And “Continue Reading” Links
• Shopping Carts Gallery
• Progress Trackers
• Building An Effective ‘Coming Soon’ Page
• Designing “Coming Soon” Pages
• Maps In Modern Web Design
• Pricing Tables
• Search Results Design
• Block Quotes and Pull Quotes
• Date Stamps And Calendars
• Case Studies in Design Portfolios
• “Meet the Team” Pages
• “About me”-Pages
• Effective Maintenance Pages
• Defensive Web Design
• 404 Error Pages, One More Time
• 404 Error Pages: Reloaded
• Wanted: Your 404 Error Pages

Smashing Magaine - Website Best Practices

Rating - Fantastic! 10/10

Content Strategy and Storytelling

Here you will find posts featuring some of the best articles related to content strategy and storytelling which have been published on Smashing Magazine over all the years.
Have an issue? Need help? This site will solve almost any issue when it comes to creating great content.

Examples:

Content Meaning

Content: A Blessing, A Bubble, A Burden

When A Thousand Words Is Worth A Picture

How To Improve Your Branding With Your Content

10 Ways To Put Your Content In Front Of More People

Content strategy

Rating - 8/10

Content Marketing 101

A simple blog on content marketing.

Provides you with different links to help build your content strategic plan:

·         What are the Differences between Content Marketing and Copywriting?

·         The Three Essentials of Breakthrough Content Marketing

·         49 Creative Ways You Can Profit From Content Marketing

·         How to Use Content to Find Customers

·         Why Content and Social Media are a Powerful Match

·         The 10-Step Content Marketing Checklist

Content Marketing 101 - Scribe

Rating - 8/10