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Tax season is fast approaching, and I was impressed to see both TurboTax and H&R Block using internet marketing as a way of promoting their products and services, in two very different ways.
TurboTax has partnered with YouTube and BrickFish to create “Tax Laugh” a unique online video contest.
There are two parts to this contest. The first is to submit a funny tax related video for chance to win $10,000 and open for comedian Joy Moh.
The second part of the contest is the “Taxlaugh Promoter” campaign, where TurboTax has created incentives for internet promoters to take an active role in driving Word-of-Mouth about the contest.
Continue Reading: Internet Marketing During Tax Season
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It was a well needed two week break for Nial and I. We hope all of you had a good holiday break.
This year we plan to continue bringing you the latest internet marketing news, reviews, insights and interviews.
Let’s get personal
On a personal note, I’m planning to work less and play more this year. My [...]
Continue Reading: And We’re Back…
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Today, I’m going to let you in on a little secret.
QBN.com is a community website for those interested in new media and design. It can be a great tool for internet marketers.
QBN has three main sections to it:
1. Editor’s Choice - This is where the QBN editors share what they are liking.
2. Public [...]
Continue Reading: QBN.com is an Internet Marketers Dream
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It’s time to down those jack-o-lanterns and put up some mistletoe toe.
Rebecca from seomoz wrote a great article on analyzing holiday search trends.
Just in time for the holidays, you will find many link building tips in these 15 Amazing Interviews About Link Building form Dawud Miracle.
Also, SEO experts Rand Fishkin of seomoz.org, Brian Mark of toolbarn.com, David Brown of Top SEO Consultants, and Eric Enge of Stone Temple Consulting share some SEO tips in this video from webpronews.com
Continue Reading: The Weekender: Is your site ready for Christmas?
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In addition to the free marketing magazines available, there is some big news. Virtual Marketing Blog just cracked into Alexa’s Top 100,000 websites! Also, earlier this week the number of RSS subscribers has topped 100 for the first time! And on top of all that, you can now subscribe to the RSS [...]
Continue Reading: Virtual Marketing Blog News - Some Big Stuff!
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I would like to see the current subscriber base grow to 100 users by Wednesday next week, and if it does, I’ll donate $20 to charity. If you have a specific charity you would like to recommend, then post in the comments. Thank you all and lets give a charity some money!
Technorati Tags: [...]
Continue Reading: Donation to Charity if RSS Subscribers Gets Over 100
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Today this blog broke into the top 20,000 Technorati blogs. It is currently listed at 19,388. I expect the ReviewMe and other advertising prices to increase slightly at the end of the month, so put your orders in before they sell out or raise.
Continue Reading: Virtual Marketing Blog Breaks Into Technorati Top 20,000 Blogs
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Virtual Marketing Blog is now accepting posts from guest contributors / bloggers. I’m looking for all types of posts, such as:
Reviews
Opinion
News
Interviews
This is a volunteer (unpaid) position. Those who contribute a minimum of 2 posts per week will receive a site-wide sidebar link for free. You’ll also be able to have an “about [...]
Continue Reading: Call for Guest Contributors / Bloggers
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The review this blog contest has officially ended and I am very pleased with how it went. We had a number of submissions on various blogs.
It took me quite some time to judge the entries, but the winner of the $50 gift certificate is Jenn from Fadmarketing.com! While her site statistics weren’t the [...]
Continue Reading: Review This Blog Contest Winners Announced
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If you review this blog on your blog, you’ll be entered to win a $50 gift certificate to either Amazon or GoDaddy.com! I’ll also be providing a backlink to all entries in a blog post.
I had entries come in recently by BobMeetsWorld and Disc Golf Blog. Both reviews were great and BobMeetsWorld had some [...]
Continue Reading: “Review This Blog†Contest Ending Today
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If you review this blog on your blog, you’ll be entered to win a $50 gift certificate to either Amazon or GoDaddy.com! I’ll also be providing a backlink to all entries. Click here for more details.
I had entries come in recently by LinkRambler and EarSucker and both provided solid reviews.
Contest ends May 15th [...]
Continue Reading: “Review This Blog” Contest Ending Tomorrow
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You might have noticed some changes on the Virtual Marketing Blog. I’ve been taking readers comments and feedback and have slowly been putting them to use. So far, the following changes have been made:
ReviewMe.com added
Better MyBlogLog integration
Last 8 posts on homepage
Full RSS feed
Technorati tags on posts
More personal (expanded about section as well as [...]
Continue Reading: Updates to Virtual Marketing - Input Needed
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There is only 1 week left in the Review This Blog and be Entered to Win $50 Gift Certificate contest with the prize being a $50 gift certificate to either Amazon or GoDaddy.com!
2 new reviews came in over this weekend and they can be found at Gadget 9 and Fad Marketing. They both had [...]
Continue Reading: 1 Week Left in “Review This Blog” Contest
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I’ve added a new page to the blog today, titled Free Marketing e-Books.
I wanted to offer my readers a little something extra than most blogs, so I decided to post some ebooks / plr articles for free. Normally people would pay $2-? for each article, and to be honest, it usually isn’t worth the price [...]
Continue Reading: Free Marketing e-Books
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There have been some major troubles at the company that hosts this website. The main hard drive was about to crash so they made backups of all the sites and switched them over. Well apparently the backups were corrupt and the most recent backups were from last week. All posts, comments, and site changes over [...]
Continue Reading: Hosting Problems
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Review this internet marketing blog on your blog and be entered to win a $50 gift certificate to either Amazon or GoDaddy.com! I’ll be selecting the winner based on the “best†review, with scoring from the following categories:
Depth of review (length, images, links, etc)
Feedback of review (does it offer suggestions)
Blog rating (technorati and alexa rankings [...]
Continue Reading: Review This Blog and be Entered to Win $50 Gift Certificate
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