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In this issue youll find our newest articles and more....
1 - "Usability"
for Better Customer Relationships
2 - In the Service of One-Night Stands?
3 - How to Commit Brand Suicide
4 - Search Engine Marketing: Can You Afford Not To?
5 - Credentialism
6 - Tap into the Viral Power of 'Tell A Friend'
7 - Do Customers Trust Your Brand? - from the archives
8 - Advertising Information for MarketingProfs.com
9 - + the top articles from our last newsletter - in case you missed it
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Note: This
is the first anniversary issue of the MarketingProfs
newsletter. It is also the final issue of 2001. We will not be publishing our
next regularly scheduled newsletter that, this year, would fall on Christmas Day.
Thanks to all of you who supported us during this past year. We wish you a safe
and prosperous 2002!
Go make yourself
useful!
"Usability"
for Better Customer Relationships
"Usability"
is a concept that's caught fire in many professional circles lately. Unfortunately,
there's little consensus on what it actually means: maybe you think of "usability"
as that last-minute QA test done just before launch, or perhaps you picked up
a book on usability, and feel inspired to redesign your home page.
Regardless
of what you've heard about usability, set it aside for now, because what's important
is the concept's overarching principle: the goal of usability, or user-centered
design, is to build useful products and usable websites by a) researching customer
needs and b) building solutions based on those needs.
Ok. How do I make
my products more "usable?"
Find out
In
the Service of One-Night Stands?
What kind of a customer
are you REALLY dealing with?
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How to Commit Brand Suicide
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Search Engine Marketing: Can You Afford
Not To?
CEOs and marketing
managers use many marketing strategies to achieve their sales and profit goals,
but many are unaware of the power of search engine marketing. As a result, search
engine optimization (SEO) sometimes gets short shrift. That's unfortunate because
it's a very effective marketing strategy and gives you an excellent ROI.
CyberAtlas reported
only 24 percent of e-businesses surveyed receive the majority of their site traffic
from search engines, which means three-quarters of them could benefit from search
engine optimization services. Most traffic comes from search engines, so when
your site is not correctly optimized to attract these prospects, this represents
a lost opportunity.
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Credentialism
The weakest of credentials
can influence a person's behavior.
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Tap into the Viral Power of 'Tell A Friend'
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or passage of content.
Ecommerce sites
may add the Tell A Friend link on a product purchase page. "This product
isn't for you? Then maybe you know someone who would like it."
And from time to
time you'll see that Tell A Friend link in an email or newsletter.
What is surprising
is that companies don't use the power of Tell A Friend more often - and that they
don't do a better job of it.
Yes..I've seen
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it?
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