Practical Simple Marketing in the News - 5/27/11

For those of you in the US, are you ready for the long Memorial Day weekend? I am. I'm actually surprised how ready I am for it and I'm delighted to have started noticing yesterday the slowdown in web based traffic.... Before you shut down completely, though, you may enjoy this week's links and resources shared on Twitter and tagged #practicalmktr grouped together in Practical Simple Marketing In The News.

Simple & Practical Marketing Data

• The 50 best blogs for PR pros http://ow.ly/50iIr #practicalmktr  

Practical Marketing Advice

• Lots good ideas in Friday Fives: five common website mistakes fr @neicolec #practicalmktr http://ow.ly/4Z64q
• Secrets behind successful landing pages: http://ow.ly/50ivP What have you found works best? #practicalmktr
• 5 must haves for a successful social media initiative fr @heidicohen http://ow.ly/50iQY #practicalmktr
• 7 steps to disciplined business blogging http://ow.ly/50iYp #practicalmktr
• Pay attention! Facebook call to reality for fan pages: 7 big mistakes http://ow.ly/5453T #practicalmktr

Simple Marketing Inspiration

• Considering writing a book? Here are #CMI 11 steps to creating successful business book http://ow.ly/50izK #practicalmktr

Brands Being Practical With Social Media

• I'm very excited about having Square set up: http://ow.ly/52hZt #practicalmktr
• Have you watched this 20 min video re: how HP created its social media center of excellence http://ow.ly/50i4v #practicalmktr

Here's a link to previous editions of Practical Simple Marketing In the News.

Thank you for reading!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, too!

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C.B.

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