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1.	How-To: Three Simple Ways to Create a High-Converting Email Subscribe Form
2.	#SocialSkim: Amazon Launchpad for Startups, Plus More Stories in This Weeks Roundup
3.	PRO Online Planning Tool: Blogging
4.	My View: Forget the Funnel: Why the Sales Process Is More Like a Pinball Machine
5.	Survey Says: How Many People Are Mobile Addicts?

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How-To

Three Simple Ways to Create a High-Converting Email Subscribe Form

By Megan Van Vlack

When people fill out your email subscribe form, they're showing a strong indication of purchase intent. Forms are also a first step toward gathering vital data for targeting customers with relevant information. Read More

FOR PRO Members

Online Planning Tool: Blogging

This online toolkit gives you a step-by-step blueprint for creating and marketing a successful blog that attracts new business and serves as a dynamic hub for your customers to engage both with you and with one another. Read More

MailChimp's marketing automation tools make it easy for you to send relevant and timely information to your customers, whether you're sending to one person or one million. Take advantage of pre-built workflows if you're just getting started, or create completely custom workflows from scratch.

Survey Says

How Many People Are Mobile Addicts?

By Ayaz Nanji

Some 280 million people worldwide are "mobile addicts" who launch applications on their devices 60 times or more per day, on average, according to a recent report by Flurry from Yahoo. Read More

Quick Take

#SocialSkim: Amazon Launchpad for Startups, Plus More Stories in This Weeks Roundup

By Angela Natividad

Learn about Amazon's support for startups launching products. Also: Yahoo Livetext, managing relationships with short-form content creators, and the socnet growing the fastest. And is Twitter really cracking down on stolen jokes? Read More

My View

Forget the Funnel: Why the Sales Process Is More Like a Pinball Machine

By Lisa Shepherd

The traditional sales funnel no longer applies to the reality of the buying process. Today's buyers carom between stages like a ball in a pinball machine. Read More

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