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		<title>Fort Lauderdale Web Design &#8211; Why Choose Lytron Web Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Fort Lauderdale Web Design &#8211; Why Choose Lytron Web Agency With time and technology always revolving, one has to take measures according to the norm of the particular industry. Yes, that is right! Gone are those days where you would have to send a letter to someone, as with technology has advanced and replaced [...]]]></description>
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<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">With time and technology always revolving, one has to take measures according to the norm of the particular industry. Yes, that is right! Gone are those days where you would have to send a letter to someone, as with technology has advanced and replaced the traditional methods to modern ones, such as email. If We, &lsquo;Lytron Web Agency&rsquo; say that it is the time for every small or large business to place their bet online, if not now then what do you think would be your chances of success in near future.</p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3"><b>What Makes You Different?</b></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3"><i><b>Professionals Reflect Their Expertise When It Comes To Online Presence at Fort Lauderdale Web Design</b></i></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Well, having an online presence or acquiring professional services of <b>Fort Lauderdale Web Design </b>would not suffice, you need to standout from the crowd of existing over a million websites and rising to capture just the right market share, you probably have always dreamt of. With <b>Fort Lauderdale Web Design, </b>you are one-step to the actual objective of online presence. Therefore, you need to acquire specialized marketing company that can ensure your success and ascertain online benefits.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Lytron Web Agency is an internet marketing, web design/development and web applications development company offering their professional services to businesses who wish to venture the online world. When it comes to the World Wide Web, our core objective is to provide utmost one stop professional solution to business owners. Our proficient staff offers their expertise for search engine optimization (SEO), social media optimization (SMO), social media marketing (SMM) and pay per click (PPC).</p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3"><i><b>Secure Your Place on the World Wide Web with </b></i></font><font size="3"><i><b>Lytron Web Agency!</b></i></font></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">Remember, it is not only the web presence that will bring success for you as a business owner; you will need to market your website well to attract online visitors/customers and convert them to sales. Thus, you will require a reputable internet marketing company such as Lytron Web Agency &#8211; <b>Fort Lauderdale Web Marketing </b>to help you rank well among search engines and attract online traffic that can convert giving you required return on investment. This is where <b>Fort Lauderdale SEO </b>ensure results leading to success.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">From very basics of designing a website to the very last search engine optimization &#8211; <b>Fort Lauderdale Web Design, Fort Lauderdale Web Marketing </b>and<b> Fort Lauderdale SEO </b>all under one name, Lytron Web Agency. In addition to the above-mentioned services as a web agency, we can customize your content management system, e-commerce integration and other web design related requirements to precisely satisfy your needs and at the same time completely produce a search engine friendly website.</p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3"><i><b>Contact Us! Our Professional Techs Would be Pleased to Help YOU Understand the need of our services and your limitless benefits.</b></i></font></p>
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		<title>How to Make Your Website Noticed &#8211; Miami SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; How to Make Your Website Noticed &#8211; Miami SEO If you are among those people who think to possess a website or already have a website for your business, but do not have any idea how to do its marketing that can make your website noticed by potential customers. Well, there are thousands of [...]]]></description>
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<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">If you are among those people who think to possess a website or already have a website for your business, but do not have any idea how to do its marketing that can make your website noticed by potential customers. Well, there are thousands of website being developed every day, what makes them stand a chance to compete and takeover other existing websites?</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">As we specialize in <b>Miami web design, Miami web marketing &amp; Miami SEO</b> you stand a better chance to compete and attract potential online customers. We will provide you all the basics to extensive technical services that will help you towards your online business, but how? For a website to attract online traffic your website is required to rank well among popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">This is where you need to understand the importance of a professionally designed website with <b>Miami web design. </b>A well designed website with all the right marketing attributes is essential for a website to rank well among search engines. On the other hand you are to understand the importance of <b>Miami SEO </b>(Search Engine Optimization), is a technique, strategy, set of tools or just a way to market your online presence to capture top search engine results, which in effect increase visibility of your website and attract traffic of potential customers that will eventually convert to sales.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">We at LYTRON Web Agency focus on utmost customer satisfaction and thrive to provide our valued customers all online services at one place. From very basics of developing / designing a website to performing internet marketing is all done by our experts who we have employed for their extensive expertise at what they do and how they do it, to provide effective desired results.</p>
<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">If you are still thinking, what can <b>Miami SEO </b>or <b>Miami web marketing </b>can do for you:</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">We help you compete 	well with your competitors</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">We help you rank 	well among popular search engines</p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in">To succeed in an online world you need to be determined about your objectives, as we are serious is what we do and how we do it. Contact us for more details and allow us to explain how Miami web agency can contribute to your online presence.</p>
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		<title>Lytron Web Agency: Grow Your Business Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to expand your business, turning to a web page is a great idea. Everything these days has gone online, so joining the online world is an easy choice to make. A great way to do this is to hire a web design service to do it all for you. If you live [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lytrondesign.com/web-agency-digital/2011/10/lytron-web-agency-grow-your-business-online/growing-business_/" rel="attachment wp-att-6054"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6054 alignleft" title="Lytron Web Agency: Grow Your Business Online" src="http://www.lytrondesign.com/web-agency-digital/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/growing-business_-150x81.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="81" /></a> If you want to expand your business, turning to a web page is a great idea. Everything these days has gone online, so joining the online world is an easy choice to make. A great way to do this is to hire a web design service to do it all for you. If you live in the South Florida area, a great service that can assist you is called Lytron Web Agency.</p>
<p>Lytron Web Agency is a web design and marketing company based in the southern Florida area, but it serves the nation due to the establishment of a website. Of course, primarily <a href="http://www.lytrondesign.com/web-agency-digital/web-development/services/hosting-space/">Fort Lauderdale web design</a>, <a href="http://www.lytrondesign.com/web-agency-digital/web-development/services/website-design/">Miami web design</a> and <a href="http://www.lytrondesign.com/web-agency-digital/web-development/services/domain-registration/">Boca Raton web design</a> make up the primary customer base of this company.</p>
<p>There are many different services in addition to just building your website that this company offers for you. Of course, in order to establish a website, you will need a web hosting service. Lytron does that as well. Domain registration and web hosting are offered as the first services in the process, even before your site begins to be created.</p>
<p>After the website is developed, making sure that your website gets found is a very important thing. The online marketing services offered by this company will ensure that your website is found. Traffic has to be generated to it in order for it to be profitable, and this company guarantees just that.</p>
<p>If you already have a website, Lytron can help you as well. This great company offers a no charge consultation telling you how your already established website can be improved so that more traffic will come to it. This is a great service is provided at no charge to you so that you can know what needs to be done.</p>
<p>All you have to do in order to get your website built or improved through Lytron is send them your information. They will get back to you quickly with a price quote if you need one and tell you how they can proceed with assisting you. It really is that simple, and you will be sure to get a quick reply with their great customer service.</p>
<p>Lytron Web Agency is a South Florida based company that offers a great web design service in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton areas. In addition, web hosting and website marketing are also offered by this great company.</p>
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		<title>9 Things You Need to Know About ICANN’s New Top Level Domains (TLD)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approved the creation of generic top-level domains (TLD) for brands and organizations. Historically, only 22 general use-approved TLDs, which include .com, .org, .net and a host of others, have existed across the web. A number of country code top-level domains (like .me and .ly) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="TLD" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gtld.jpg" alt="TLD" width="216" height="135" />On Monday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers  (ICANN), approved the creation of generic top-level domains (TLD) for brands and organizations.</p>
<p>Historically,  only 22 general use-approved TLDs, which include .com, .org, .net and a  host of others, have existed across the web. A number of country code  top-level domains (like .me and .ly) also exist and throughout the  years, many individuals not from those countries have used those domains  to give their domain or brand a more memorable (or in some cases,  shorter) URL.</p>
<p>The promise of more generic TLDs is immense because  it could conceivably open up new domain extensions and opportunities for  a wider variety of brands, organizations and services.</p>
<p>Still,  the entire TLD process is complicated and difficult to understand.  We’ve been sucked down the rabbit hole of ICANN and the gTLD application  process in the past, and it isn’t something we recommend for the faint  of heart.</p>
<p>We read (or at least skimmed) the 352-page draft <em>New gTLD Applicant Guidebook</em> [PDF] to get to the bottom of what the gTLD process is, how much it costs, and ultimately, why regular users should care.</p>
<h2>1. How Many New TLDs Will Be Issued?</h2>
<hr />ICANN has said between 300 and 1,000 new gTLDs could be created per year under the new program.</p>
<p>Still,  this number assumes ICANN can process and deal with that many  applications in a timely matter. Thousands of applications could take  years to evaluate and process.</p>
<p>ICANN says it is limiting the first batch to 500 applications and subsequent batches — or rounds — will be limited to 400 applications.</p>
<h2>2. What Is the Application Period?</h2>
<hr />Applications  will be accepted for new TLD between January 12, 2012 and April 12,  2012. This will be for the first round — or batch. Subsequent  application periods will become available in the future.</p>
<h2>3. How Much Will Registration Cost?</h2>
<hr />The evaluation fee from prospective applicants is $185,000. According to the <em>gTLD Applicant Guidebook,</em> a $5,000 deposit is required “at the time the user requests an  application slot within TAS, and a payment of the remaining $180,000  submitted with the full application.”</p>
<p>This is just to start the  evaluation process. Additional fees may be required during the course of  the application review process, and this fee doesn’t include additional  infrastructure fees that a gTLD may generate.</p>
<h2>4. How Long Will the Evaluation Process Take?</h2>
<hr />ICANN  estimates that the evaluation process could be as short as nine months  or as long as twenty months, depending on the application, intended  usage and other issues.</p>
<p>ICANN expects the first new gTLDs to  appear within the year, but it’s likely going to be 2013 before end  users see the new domains in action.</p>
<h2>5. What Happens if Two Entities Apply for the Same gTLD?</h2>
<hr />It  depends on the timeline. If one of the users has already completed  process before another party has applied, the TLD will be delegated on a  first-come, first-serve basis.</p>
<p>If neither applicant has completed  the process, ICANN has a more detailed resolution process in place. The  applicants will be given points in four different categories. The  applicant that amasses the most points, based on this set of criteria,  will win the domain. In the even of a tie in points, an auction will  take place and the TLD will go to the highest bidder.</p>
<p>Additionally,  community-based applications (that is, applications from an  organization or entity and not a specific brand or company) will have  the opportunity to have a priority evaluation in this process.</p>
<p>ICANN  will notify applicants who are part of a contention set. Applicants can  decide to try to reach their own resolution together (for instance, a  compromise might be able to be reached for a more generic TLD like  “soda” or “pizza”).</p>
<h2>6. What About Trademarks?</h2>
<hr />This  is going to be a very, very tricky situation for ICANN to mitigate.  Although users do not need to own a Trademark to apply for a new TLD,  the evaluation review will take any existing trademarks (from all over  the world) into account when looking at the application.</p>
<p>Users  cannot “reserve” a TLD of a trademarked name, they must go through the  same process as everyone else. In addition to checking for trademarked  names for a TLD, ICANN will also look at similar names that may be  trademarked or might be confusing.</p>
<p>Additionally, trademark owners or other interested parties can file an objection during the evaluation process.</p>
<h2>7. How Much Does Filing an Objection Cost?</h2>
<hr />The <em>Applicant Guidebook</em> is still just a draft, so we don’t have the final figures; but it will  cost the thousands of dollars to file an objection — not including any  additional mediation or court costs.</p>
<p>One of the reasons that ICANN  is charging so much for its evaluation fees is that it is doing lots of  due diligence to try to settle the feasibility of a TLD before granting  it to an organization. Moreover, ICANN wants to prevent domain  squatters from grabbing TLDs.</p>
<h2>8. If I Get a New TLD, Do I Have to Let My Competitors Use It?</h2>
<hr />Once  a new TLD is granted, the owner essentially becomes a registrar. That  means that if he or she wants to let anyone willing to pay a  registration fee get their own domain on that TLD, they can.  Alternatively, the owner could limit the use of the domain to certain  entities or prevent people without certain qualifications from gaining  access to the TLD.</p>
<h2>9. Will This Have Any Real Impact on My Life as a Web User or a Brand?</h2>
<hr />Not in the immediate future. However, it’s important to remember that it took <em>years</em> for the current TLD structure to become a viable and affordable strategy for individuals and non-Fortune 100 companies.</p>
<p>Twenty  years ago, it wasn’t common for brands, small businesses or individuals  to have their own domains. Today, a staggering number of registrars  exist. It took a long time for the TLD market as we know it today to  really start to open up.</p>
<p>I bought my first domain name in 1999, I  think I paid $45 for registration that first year. Prior to 1995 or so,  domain registration was a multi-hundred or multi-thousand dollar  investment. I now pay $8 or $9 for a .com or .net domain, and that  includes private registration.</p>
<p>It will take time for the process  and oversight aspect of the new gTLD policies to be worked out and  automated. However, we expect that community-driven TLDs for things like  .music, .sports and .film become more available in the future.</p>
<p>Yes,  actually owning a customized TLD, like .google or .apple or .facebook  might be something that only large corporations or government entities  can afford to do, but with time, we expect that even that process will  start to change, just as they did in the .com and .net space.</p>
<p>Source: Mashable</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime novelist John Locke has become the first independent author to sell more than 1 million ebooks through Kindle’s Direct Publishing program, Amazon announced Monday. The independent author, a self-described “niche marketer” who attributes much of his success to his $0.99 pricing model, has self-published nine novels through the Kindle Store, including New York Times [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="john locke, independent author" src="http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/john-locke.jpg" alt="independent author" width="225" height="141" />Crime  novelist John Locke has become the first independent author to sell  more than 1 million ebooks through Kindle’s Direct Publishing program,  Amazon announced Monday.</p>
<p>The independent author, a self-described “niche marketer”  who attributes much of his success to his $0.99 pricing model, has self-published nine novels through the Kindle Store, including <em>New York Times</em> bestselling ebook <em>Saving Rachel</em>, as well as his first non-fiction title, <em>How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months</em>.</p>
<p>Locke  pockets approximately 35 cents of every independent ebook he sells through Amazon.  He has never had a traditional agent or publisher. He joins seven other  authors, including Stieg Larsson and Nora Roberts, in the “Kindle  Million Club.”</p>
<p>Source: Mashable</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media is the cool kid on the inbound marketing block right now. Most members of the marketing community are obsessed with the toipc and are moving fast to develop new social media strategies. The problem with many social media strategies though, is that they are bloated and overstuffed with &#8220;social media junk.&#8221; The problem [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="All that social media going to the garbage" src="http://blog.hubspot.com/Portals/249/images/3744524231_d0245af6a8_m.jpg" alt="Social media" width="240" height="161" />Social media is the cool kid on the inbound marketing block right  now. Most members of the marketing community are obsessed with the toipc  and are moving fast to develop new social media strategies. The problem with many social media strategies though, is that they are bloated and overstuffed with &#8220;social media junk.&#8221;</p>
<p>The problem is that, as marketers, we have limited staff time and  budgets. Social media strategies overloaded with junk that doesn&#8217;t help  drive business objectives use up precious resources and ultimately lead  to the failure of the entire strategy.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s end the days of bloated, junk-filled social media campaigns by making a few important changes.</p>
<h2>7 Tactics to Remove From Your Social Media Strategy NOW</h2>
<p><strong>1. A Bloated Strategy Doc </strong>- Having a clear strategy is  important for any aspect of marketing (or business for that matter). The  problem is, some businesses use bloated, 50-page strategy documents as a  way to avoid actually doing anything or accomplishing real results.  Stop this today. Set a deadline for the review and approval of the  strategy document and be ready to move forward. The web moves quickly,  and being agile is more important than having a document that outline  every &#8220;What if?&#8221; situation.</p>
<p><strong>2. Product-Centric Content</strong> &#8211; Social media can  provide value in all phases of the buying cycle. That said, many  marketers primarily use it as a tool to build reach and generate leads  at the tip-top of the funnel. At this stage of social media strategy,  product-focused content should be avoided. Social media connections are  often only just beginning to learn about your business. Therefore, use  social media as a tool for building trust and credibility early in the  buying cycle.</p>
<p><strong>3. Guessing</strong> &#8211; The goal of using social media is not  just to get your feet wet. Instead, it is about achieving meaningful  business result in a defined period of time. A great social media  strategy has clear and quantitative objectives.  Another key aspect is to plan for data collection and analytics. How  will you get the data to know if you&#8217;ve met your objectives?</p>
<p><strong>4. Multiple Social Media Profiles on One Network</strong> &#8211;  Social media marketing isn&#8217;t easy. Adding multiple social media profiles  for your business on one social network makes your job exponentially  more difficult. For example, don&#8217;t create a different Twitter account  for each of your products. Instead create one, single account for your  business so you can consolidate your reach and influence in one,  centralized place. It is much easier to build a community on one profile  instead of 10.</p>
<p><strong>5. Useless Links</strong> &#8211; When it comes to distributing  links in social media, the links you share should serve a specific  purpose. Don&#8217;t send people to your home page. Instead, send them to a  landing page or a blog post that will solve a problem they might have.  Don&#8217;t make prospects do extra work. Make it as simple as possible for  them to learn and become a lead.</p>
<p><strong>6. Jargon</strong> &#8211; Using acronyms or industry jargon can be  an instant death nail in social media. This type of word choice  demonstrates you don&#8217;t care enough about your community to use words and  terminology that resonates with them. Additionally, search engines like  Google and Bing are using social media signals for ranking search  results, so you want to make sure to use words in your social media  efforts that your prospective customers are looking for.</p>
<p><strong>7. Assumptions</strong> &#8211; The social web isn&#8217;t linear. Just  because you shared a blog post on Facebook last week, doesn&#8217;t mean  everyone saw it. As a business using social media, your reach is  expanding every day. You can&#8217;t make the assumption that just because an  idea, blog post, or ebook is old that everyone knows about it. Instead  re-share content over time to reach new fans and followers.</p>
<p>Source: HubSpot Blog</p>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes on 8 Innovative Social Media Campaigns</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Behind The Social Media Campaign Series, supported by Oneupweb, Mashable took an in-depth look at the makings of eight innovative social media campaigns from Ford, Mattel, Internships.com, Old Spice, Toy Story 3, Edge Shaving Gel, The Voice and Buffalo Wild Wings. Using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Foursquare and SCVNGR, among other social tools, these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the Behind The Social Media Campaign Series, supported by Oneupweb, <em>Mashable</em> took an in-depth look at the makings of eight innovative social media  campaigns from Ford, Mattel, Internships.com, Old Spice, Toy Story 3,  Edge Shaving Gel, <em>The Voice</em> and Buffalo Wild Wings.</p>
<p>Using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Foursquare and SCVNGR, among other social tools, these brands executed successful and engaging social media campaigns worth applauding.</p>
<p>This  roundup is dedicated to outlining each campaign. If you find a  particular campaign interesting, click through to the article to read  the full story.</p>
<h2>1. Twitter + Random Acts of Kindness = A Successful Social Campaign</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Twitter.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />Edge  Shaving Gel’s #soirritating Twitter campaign spreads the word about its  anti-irritation gel through random acts of kindness. Here’s an inside  look at this creative play.</p>
<p>In its first three months,  @EdgeShaveZone gathered about 1,500 followers, the #soirritating hashtag  was used about 6,800 times, and attention from numerous media outlets  contributed to mounting buzz — all of which likely contributed to Edge’s  decision to continue the campaign throughout 2011. <em>Mashable</em> recently spoke with the team at Edelman Digital that runs the campaign, about the factors that have contributed to its success.</p>
<h2>2. How Social Media Helped Toy Story 3 Win at the Box Office</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="Toy Story 3" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/toy-story-woody-buzz-360.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" /><em>Toy Story 3</em> was one of the biggest films of 2010. As Pixar’s 11th full-length film,  the third and final chapter in the world of Buzz Lightyear and Woody  hit theaters in June 2010.</p>
<p>Months before that, Disney and Pixar  embarked in a wide-scale marketing blitz that covered television, print  and social media. Using Facebook and YouTube to help promote the film, the studio raised awareness and successfully  targeted demographics that don’t traditionally flock to Disney animated  feature films.</p>
<h2>3. Lessons Learned From The Old Spice Campaign &amp; Its Imitators</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="mustafa-wires" src="http://7.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mustafa-wires.jpeg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />Charles  Caleb Colton once said, “Imitation is the sincerest (form) of  flattery.” Obviously, Mr. Colton was not talking about the success of  the Old Spice campaign (seeing as how he lived during the 1700s), but  we’re sure he would have reiterated that sentiment if he were to see how  many spinoffs the aforementioned marketing miracle has inspired.</p>
<p>The  campaign launched just over a year ago — centered around the theme “The  Man Your Man Could Smell Like” — and captured the imagination of the  public. Case in point: The original ad has garnered more than 30 million views to date on YouTube.</p>
<p>Its  success also earned Old Spice a legion of students, as it were — folks  who cribbed ideas from the ads and applied them to their own marketing  efforts. <em>Mashable</em> chatted with a few of these businesses — who  have all enjoyed success from following the Old Spice model — about what  aspects of the campaign worked for them.</p>
<h2>4. Was the Charlie Sheen Tweet a Win for Internships.com?</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="Charlie Sheen" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Charlie-Sheen.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />When  it comes to brand building, there are basically two schools of thought:  “Build it and they will come” and  “brainwash the masses.”</p>
<p>The  latter is based on the belief that any publicity is good publicity. If  you get your name out there, the rest will fall into place. A good  example of this philosophy is GoldenPalace.com, which recently bought  Justin Bieber’s hair, and in the past has purchased William Shatner’s  kidney stone for the free publicity.</p>
<p>At the moment,  Internships.com fits the latter category as well. If you’ve heard of the  brand, it’s most likely due to a single effective marketing campaign:  An endorsement by Charlie Sheen via Twitter.</p>
<h2>5. How Barbie &amp; Ken Were Reunited by Social Media</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="Barbie on Twitter" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Barbie-on-Twitter.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />Exactly  seven years after their controversial split on Valentine’s Day in 2004,  America’s favorite plastic lovebirds reunited, sending the socialverse  down memory lane. In celebration of Ken’s 50th anniversary and just in  time for the Valentine’s Day release of its Sweet Talkin’ Ken doll, Mattel launched a grandiose marketing campaign to reunite its iconic doll couple, Barbie and Ken.</p>
<p>We spoke with Lauren Bruksch, director of Barbie marketing at Mattel, to get the inside scoop on the success of the campaign’s social media components.</p>
<h2>6. Sock Puppets &amp; Social Media: Inside Ford’s Risky Marketing Campaign</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="doug and john" src="http://9.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doug-and-john.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />On the heels of its successful and well-received Ford Fiesta Movement and 2011 Explorer Facebook reveal initiatives, Ford has crafted yet another innovative social media  campaign, this time to raise awareness and introduce consumers to the  2012 Focus.</p>
<p>At the center of the campaign is Doug, an irreverent and absurd tweeting, Facebook updating and YouTube uploading sock puppet serving as the spokesperson for the new car.</p>
<p><em>Mashable</em> spoke with Kelly extensively to get a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign and a progress report on how it’s going.</p>
<h2>7. How SCVNGR’s First National Brand Partnership Scored Big During March Madness</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="scvngr bww" src="http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/scvngr-bww-360.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />SCVNGR  is a location-based gaming platform –- there are challenges at every  venue, and businesses can also “script” their own challenges. Customers  can do challenges (take a photo, eat a certain dish) to earn points,  which are redeemable for real-world rewards, such as a free drink or 10%  off. The Cambridge-based company launched in 2008, and was founded by a  22-year old Princeton dropout who wanted to add a game layer to the world. And that he did.</p>
<p>In January 2011, SCVNGR partnered with Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) — at all 730 of its locations — for a 12-week campaign leading up to  March Madness. The competitive game layer of SCVNGR worked well with the  BWW patrons, who thrive on competition, community and games. SCVNGR’s  SVP of Marketing Chris Mahl says that what differentiates SCVNGR from other location-based services  is that it’s “not a checkin-based service, [but something] that goes  further into brand goals [and] consumer goals.” The success of the  campaign indicates that may be true. BWW was the first national SCVNGR  promotion, and in the first three weeks, the game accrued nearly 30,000  players. By the end, the campaign had 184,000 players at 730 BWW  locations.</p>
<h2>8. The Voice: How a TV Show Became a 24/7 Social Media Conversation</h2>
<hr /><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" title="the-voice-360" src="http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/the-voice-360.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="172" />First  there was scripted TV, then reality television became the “it” format.  But now that’s getting old and stale, and the audience wants something  new. <em>The Voice</em> delivers that, with a highly engaging and social  co-viewing experience that’s earned it a spot as the top-rated new show  this season. People are ready for a change in entertainment, and <em>The Voice</em> is providing a nice alternative.</p>
<p><em>Mashable</em> spoke with Nicolle Yaron, the show’s supervising producer, Andrew  Adashek, the social media consultant, and Alison Haislip, the social  media correspondent, about the show’s social media integration and why  it’s effective.</p>
<h2>Your Favorite Social Media Campaigns</h2>
<hr />If  we didn’t mention your favorite social media campaigns in this roundup,  let us know about them in the comments below. We’re always looking to  learn from innovative marketing campaigns.</p>
<p>Source: Mashable</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who have taken any sort of marketing course, the 4 P’s and the 5 C’s are nothing new. Product, Price, Place, and Promotion give us 4 dimensions over which to analyze the scope of any given marketing campaign. Company, Collaborators, Customers, Competitors, and Climate – these are important tools for evaluating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" src="http://blog.hubspot.com/Portals/249/images/frameworks%20picture-resized-600.jpg" alt="" width="216" height="154" />For those of us who have taken any sort of marketing course, the 4  P’s and the 5 C’s are nothing new. Product, Price, Place, and Promotion  give us 4 dimensions over which to analyze the scope of any given marketing campaign.  Company, Collaborators, Customers, Competitors, and Climate – these are  important tools for evaluating the background of a situation before  diving in to solve your marketing problem. But Dan Ariely, famous author  of <em>Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions</em>, has a question. Are these frameworks really all that useful?</p>
<h2><strong>A Lesson About Frameworks</strong></h2>
<p>Dan shared a video on his blog in which he tells the story of the “most interesting teaching  experience” he’s ever had. He was teaching an introductory marketing  class to MBA students at MIT, and he opened up the class by explaining  that he was not interested in the textbook, and would teach them other  things. As the class continued and he seldom referenced the textbook  principles, his students began to complain with growing frequency that  they wanted to learn marketing frameworks. So Dan decided to teach them a  lesson.</p>
<p>The students were thrilled and paid close attention as Dan spent the  class explaining that there were two important frameworks, FN and LN.  The FN framework consisted of 3 principles: design of the product,  adoption of the product, and new product cycles. The LN framework had 6  components: attitude, research, image, education, learning, and yield.  He and the students had a lively discussion about each of these  elements, why they were important, and how they help us organize our  thoughts when thinking critically about marketing.</p>
<p>Then, for the big finale of the lecture, Dan explained that, just  like all other great frameworks, FN and LN had acronyms. He revealed  that the FN acronym for Design, Adoption, and New product was DAN, and  the LN acronym for Attitude, Research, Image, Education, Learning, and  Yield was, of course, ARIELY. Naturally, FN stands for First Name and LN  stands for Last Name.</p>
<h2><strong>Frameworks Stifle Creativity</strong></h2>
<p>At this point, maybe you’re laughing &#8212; or maybe you&#8217;re marveling at  Dan’s creative sense of humor &#8212; but that’s not the lesson here. As Dan  explains:</p>
<p>“The point is that we often can create frameworks, and even though I  made fun of them, the fact is, we create these frameworks, and at the  moment when we think about them, they make obvious sense. And the way  you think about it is, what else could it be? And if it doesn’t get you  to think differently, how useful is it? And those things that look so  intuitive are often not very useful. The other point is that we can all  often force the world into some framework without it being very useful,  and by doing that, we often don’t look at the nuances and don’t evaluate  situations close to each other.”</p>
<h2><strong>Marketers: Think Outside the Box!</strong></h2>
<p>So what’s the takeaway here? Sometimes you need to think outside the  box. Broaden your perspective, and look at the big picture. If you just  focus on fitting everything perfectly into where it belongs and  following exactly the guidelines outlined for you by a textbook or some  acronym, you’re probably missing something, and it might be something  important. Dan questions how useful a framework could be if it doesn’t  get you to think differently. So take the time to reevaluate the  frameworks you use, and ask yourself, “How could I look at this  information in a new way?”</p>
<p><strong>Here are some ideas:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Instead of following a specific framework exactly, expand upon the  factors it includes. This way you can build off of a solid foundation  and still make sure you cover everything you need to take into  consideration in order to fully evaluate the situation.</li>
<li>Try to view the situation from the perspectives of others, like your  customers or co-workers. Compare what you think their perspectives  would be with your own perspective.</li>
<li>Collaborate with another person and see if you take different  approaches to the same situation. Figure out what reasoning you&#8217;re each  using and try to determine what components of the other person&#8217;s  approach you should incorporate into your own.</li>
</ul>
<p>Whatever you decide to do, just make sure you keep an open mind when  you face your next marketing challenge. Take a lesson from Dan Ariely,  and don’t let the joke be on you.</p>
<p>Source: HubSpot Blog</p>
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		<title>Who Is Winning &amp; Losing in the Tech Talent Wars? [INFOGRAPHIC]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Silicon Valley, much is made of the fabled “A team” — the crack coven of gurus who can turn even the most suspect of ill-conceived ideas into a plausible web app and who can make a great idea into a wildly profitable company. But as the best engineers, designers and marketers flock to this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Silicon Valley, much is made of the fabled “A team” — the crack  coven of gurus who can turn even the most suspect of ill-conceived ideas  into a plausible web app and who can make a great idea into a wildly  profitable company.</p>
<p>But as the best engineers, designers and  marketers flock to this tech hotbed, the competition for the brightest  minds heats up all the more.</p>
<p>Last fall, as anti-poaching agreements between top tech companies were dissolved by the U.S. Department of  Justice, the door was opened for even more competition for the best tech  employees.</p>
<p>In this infographic from online learning company Udemy,  we take a look at the facts behind the tech talent wars, including  which companies are building an all-star roster and which are seeing a  not-so-slow brain drain.</p>
<p><img title="tech-talent-large" src="http://6.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tech-talent-large.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="2469" /></p>
<p>Source: Udemy &amp; Mashable</p>
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