People keep talking about getting ‘visual’ with Facebook page updates. Don’t know how to get started? Here's a list of major types of visual content you can experiment on your Page (from wchingy.com)a. Hope they will trigger your inner creativity to engage with your audience better with graphics, images and photos.

Grade your own website with this free, online tool from Hubspot, the Inbound Marketing Experts.

Hubspot is one of the original "Inbound Marketing" blogs and companies on the web. Read their blog to tap into a wealth of online marketing material you can use for your business.

I've just uploaded the week 3 documents in PDF format to the Downloads page of our class website. If you are unable to attend this week then you can see what we covered.

If you have any questions or comments about anything, please feel free to post a comment here on the blog.

Thanks,
Curtis

This is a must-read, free document about writing to pre-sell. We WILL be discussing it in class! Let me know here of any comme

I just found another cool site that shows you the latest trends online. According to the Trendspottr Website:

"TrendSpottr is a real-time viral search and predictive analytics service that identifies the most timely and trending information for any topic or keyword. Our core technology analyzes real-time data streams and spots emerging trends at their earliest acceleration point -- hours or days before they have become "popular" and reached mainstream awareness."

Dex Online is good for promoting your local business. Go to DexKnows.com and register online with them. I think you will get a phone call from a Rep. But I think this could be a good Inbound Link for your website.

They have some great resources online also that are free. One I just found is their Marketing Articles page.

Just a tiny example of some of their articles:]
Increase the Effectiveness and Visibility of Your Advertising
A Super Simple Guide to SEO
How Reputation Can Affect Your Findability
How to Use Social Media for Holiday Promotions
Promoting Your Business Using Hashtags on Twitter

Free Upcoming Webinar 8/30 10am PST: 7 Things Every marketer should be doing with LinkedIn.  Register here.

With over 161 million members, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional social network. And it’s also an amazing place for innovative marketers to connect with their audience.

Welcome to the Marketing and Sales Blog. This is the class blog.

You should try to read this regularly, looking for new content posted by the instructor. 

You should post comments here about lessons, or post questions.

Anybody in the class may post here and it is hoped that there be some good marketing discussion.