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Table of Contents

  • 1. Naming:What's At Stake? A Lot.
  • 2. Marketing Differentiation:How to Get the Message Right
  • 3. Your Visual Identity:Creating Your Logo and Visual Brand
  • 4. Product Launches:Adding Some Sizzle to Your Steak
  • 5. Marketing ROI and Metrics:Keep It Simple
  • 6. Customer Satisfaction Surveys:Is Everybody Happy?
  • 7. Your Strategy Strategic Marketing Planning:Know Before You Go
  • 8. Editorial Calendars:Get Ready for the Year Ahead
  • 9. Your Marketing Mix:How Mature Are You?
  • 10. Win-Loss Analysis:Find Out What's Working and What's Not
  • 11. Sales Resources:Follow Up Fast and Keep Things Moving
  • 12. Competitors:Do They Really Matter?
  • 13. A Website Makeover:Is It Time?
  • 14. Web Forms:How to Avoid Flushing Money Down the Toilet
  • 15. SEO:White Hats, Black Hats and Herding the Spiders
  • 16. Web Analytics:Know How People Use Your Website
  • 17. Your Social Media Social Media:You Can’t Fight It
  • 18. Blogs:Do More than Post YouTube Videos of Monkeys Driving Go-Karts
  • 19. Web 2.0:Do I Really Need To Be on Twitter?
  • 20. Video:The Show Can Help You Tell
  • 21. House List Sucks?Here Are Your Best Alternatives
  • 22. List Segmentation:Behold the Power!
  • 23. Testing:Take It One Variable at a Time
  • 24. Getting Email Out:Why Your Server Is the Worst Option
  • 25. Readership Surveys:When "No" Means "Yes"
  • 26. Research Surveys 101:Find Out What People Are Thinking
  • 27. Lead Nurturing Campaigns:Messages Targeted at the Level of Readiness
  • 28. White Papers:Bigger and Longer Isn't Always Better
  • 29. Webinars:'Cause the Airport Ramada Just Ain't Cuttin' It
  • 30. Incomplete Offers:Hey, There's Only One Golf Club!
  • 31. SEM Audit:What's Broken and How Do You Fix It?
  • 32. Direct Mail:Kicking It Old School
  • 33. Guided Voicemail:More Useful and Less Annoying Than It Sounds
  • 34. Print Advertising:The Perfect Ad