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Competing with the Big Names If you have ever been in an industry with long established, big name companies then you know it is hard to beat them in the search engine rankings. So you go to their pages to see how they are ranking so high, but they are not using the techniques... Is Blogging and RSS ALL THAT? Yes, and a bag of chips! Copyright 2005 Jack Humphrey In a very popular marketing forum recently I saw a post that blew me away. It was from someone asking if having a blog was really that big a deal in marketing their website! Let's put it this way: simply putting... Paris Hilton? Your online marketing fails because you market as if you were Ms Hilton Are you Paris Hilton? Is your name instantly recognizable when mentioned anywhere in the world? Is your name always at the top of search engine’s most popular key word lists? Are people bound to react at the mere mention of your name anywhere? Are... Why Blogs Have Become the Search Engine Optimization Equalizer ALEXA WEIGHS IN... Those who are unaware of Alexa, it offers an interesting tool to webmasters. The service is designed to value websites based on the number of people who visit those sites and the activities of those people while they are on a... Why Building Affiliate Websites Are the Way to Go It seems that everybody is into making money online these days. By far, the largest market place in the world is right there in front of you within the cyber world of the internet. But what is the simplest and easiest way to make money online? Well,...         7 Reasons to Add Podcasting to Your Business Marketing Mix Copyright 2005 Rodney Rumford Leveraging podcasting technology can give you a marketing edge that will allow you to increase your online visibility, increase your client acquisition rates and improve customer loyalty. The smart businesses and marketing companies will add podcasting to the marketing mix for their business. Adding podcasting to your marketing mix can have tremendous positive impact on your business. Many small and large businesses are still trying to understand the basics of podcasting technology. There are many articles and white papers that can educate people on the basics of podcasting 101. If you are looking to educate yourself more on podcasting for your business you can read the 6 blogs that are available at http://blog.podblaze.com So exactly how does marketing with podcasts work? Think of podcasting as a communication tool for your business. How do you currently use marketing tools such as: your website, newsletter and email marketing? You probably use these mediums to communicate messaging to your target audience. But there are some problems with trying to market through these communication channels. People don’t always get your email due to overly aggressive Spam filters. They don’t come back and visit your website, or read your newsletter. People actually have to make an effort to read your content. If you have a podcast, they can actually stream the audio and let it play while they are doing other tasks at their computer. People tend to multitask in order to be more efficient with the use of their time. Additionally, most users tend to prefer value added audio content that is specific to their areas of interest. Your quality audio podcast content also tends to have a higher perceived value by your target market. Providing value added content is what your business should be focusing on. Podcasting is only a communication tool, and your podcast is only as good as the content that you provide to your audience. Make sure that you produce relevant content and not just a rambling piece of audio. Follow the best practices that I wrote about in my last article. Most businesses need to be made aware of the increased online visibility that podcasting can provide. Your podcast could be in front of 40 million iTunes listeners if you have made an iTunes compatible RSS podcast feed; multiple Blog directories or specialized podcast ping directories such as http://www.freshpodcasts.com or http://audio.weblogs.com Verify that the major podcast ping directories receive a ping every time you add a new show to your podcast RSS feed. Additionally, the search engines will look at the RSS podcasting feed and spider the show notes that are tied to your podcast as well. Here are 6 of the 7 reasons that your business should be podcasting and some of the business benefits that you could derive from a properly executed podcast... 1. Increase your marketing reach and online visibility 2. Improve your sales & conversion rates 3. Regular line of communication with subscribed listeners 4. Value added content increases loyalty 5. Industry news and trends sets you apart from the competition 6. Interviews with leaders in your particular niche will establish your business as a respected leader in your niche or industry. You can get the 7th reason and learn even more about using podcasting as a business marketing tool by reading these 6 podcasting business blogs at http://blog.podblaze.com So don't wait any longer; start podcasting today and leverage this audio technology for your business About the Author Rodney Rumford has 18 years of sales, marketing and technology experience and is the founder of http://podblaze.com