7 Tips on Writing Irresistible Subject Lines for your E-mail Campaign

On June 8th, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

An E-mail marketing campaign is a great, cost-effective way to communicate your messages to a target audience – but only, of course, if you get them to actually open the E-mails that have come from you. Which isn’t guaranteed: sometimes you spend hours crafting a message for your campaign and when it finally gets to [...]

Why You Should Outsource Content Creation and Copywriting

On May 14th, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

One of the more interesting trends in Internet marketing today is the idea of outsourcing content creation and copywriting. Here’s how it works: you run a small business, you become too busy with work, and on top of that – as though your calendar wasn’t crazy enough, as though you actually had time – you [...]

How to Fix the Magento Gift Message Bug

On December 30th, 2010, lakeshorebranding wrote:

Magento is a young community and the core code only keeps getting better. But now and again we come across small bugs that have not yet been addressed in the community edition of Magento Commerce. One of our recent clients, Morkes Chocolates, came to us with an issue we have fixed for a few of [...]

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What Your Web Content Writer Should Have

On October 5th, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

Establishing – or enhancing – the presence of your business online will require a lot of text. Let’s see: website copy (with multiple pages), product and service descriptions, blog entries, tweets, Facebook wall posts, E-mail newsletters, pay-per-click ads, etc. So who’s going to do all that writing? Hire a web content writer. That’s the simplest [...]

Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Start Guest Blogging

On September 22nd, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

Often lost in all the talk about creating content in the world of social media is blogging. Specifically, guest blogging. Sure, we have all heard about how wonderful Twitter is, and how viral success on YouTube and Facebook can propel you and your business to greater heights. But guest blogging is right up there, too, [...]

E-mail Etiquette in the Time of Social Media

On August 22nd, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

E-mail: it’s one of the earliest and most widely used forms of communication on the Internet, even in the age of Twitter, Facebook, mobile apps, and social media. It can also be one of the most scandalous – and potentially one of the most embarrassing – sources of personal information, or just plain bad manners. [...]

Anatomy of a Retweetable Tweet

On June 29th, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

“Retweetable tweet”? Okay, we’ll be the first to admit it’s a silly title. Five years ago no one would have had any idea what we’re talking about. But if you’ve been keeping up with what’s happening on the web, chances are you have heard of the many positive, non-silly things social media can bring to [...]

Tips on Developing a Killer ABOUT US Page

On May 22nd, 2010, Ryan Powszok wrote:

The impact of many About Us pages has pretty much been underestimated throughout the growth of the Internet. If you own a small business or run an e-Commerce site, chances are that you haven’t paid as much attention to your About Us page as to your product catalog or company blog. But make no mistake: [...]