Comments on: 6 Ways to Get More from Your Marketing https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11931 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:55:35 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11931 I see that on LinkedIn groups too, Krista. In one case, the woman is constantly prattling on about how FABULOUS this one association is. She never once mentions that she's an officer and sells both books and courses through it. I'm not inclined to believe her.

You're smart to be skeptical.

]]> By: Krista https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11930 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:40:31 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11930 Yes! Especially when he stands to make 100% of the profits if I sign up for his course and buy his book. I would have been more likely to value the input if he had suggested resources not developed and being sold by him.

I guess the skeptic in me wonders if the "licensing division" is real or merely a way for him to get contact info for potential customers.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11929 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:09:35 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11929 Oh, Krista. That sucks! I'm with you. Happy to have the feedback, but when you start selling me on something, I question the value of your suggestion.

]]> By: Krista https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11928 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:42:30 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11928 This is a little off topic but still related to marketing, specifically how NOT to market (in my opinion).

I have some photos kicking around and I'm wondering whether they're good enough to sell, so I figured "what the heck, I'll just send out a few submissions to magazines and licensing agencies." I woke up this morning to a reply from one agency. The first sentence was that the photos weren't strong enough. Okay, good to know. Then he gave me a few web links to see what's selling. Also valuable.

But, most of his email was devoted to selling me a course and a book. Guess who is selling the course and also happens to be the author of the book? Yup, him. Apparently this place has a licensing division and an education division.

It may not be an outright scam, but it sure doesn't feel "right" to me.

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11927 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:03:52 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11927 I like that, Anne. It's how I've managed to get some gigs.

Cathy, I'm about to jump on the SlideShare train. It looks so cool…

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11926 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:32:26 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11926 My new obsession is SlideShare. Because I like doing PowerPoint, I convert many of my blog posts and freebie stuff into presentations and post them to SlideShare. It's too early in the process for me to make any real assessment of the value, but one definite effect has been large bumps in the # of views.

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html#comment-11924 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:05:18 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2013/03/6-ways-to-get-more-from-your-marketing.html/#comment-11924 Well, you know we're working together on AboutWritingSquared and the 5BuckForum… I'm considering doing some stealth marketing in LinkedIN… maybe to a group of CEOs or something… by commenting on posts… time consuming and I'm feeling short of time right now.

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