FutureNow's GrokDotCom / Marketing Optimization Blog » Volume 125 http://www.grokdotcom.com Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Sense of Scent http://www.grokdotcom.com/2006/02/15/the-sense-of-scent/ http://www.grokdotcom.com/2006/02/15/the-sense-of-scent/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:59:36 +0000 The Grok http://67.59.138.131/2006/02/15/the-sense-of-scent/ Establishing and maintaining a scent trail is essential to providing persuasive momentum

Kudos to my heroine and comrade-in-words, Holly Buchanan, who recently presented an electrifying Shop.org teleseminar on persuasive online copywriting. We were reading through the impressive feedback when I came across this: “I would have liked more examples of scent.”Holly and…

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Kudos to my heroine and comrade-in-words, Holly Buchanan, who recently presented an electrifying Shop.org teleseminar on persuasive online copywriting. We were reading through the impressive feedback when I came across this: “I would have liked more examples of scent.”Holly and I looked at each other (she still isn’t sure which of my eyes to gaze into), and smiled. What seems so obvious to us obviously isn’t obvious to others.

So I want to be crystal clear about scent, because scent is important. Understanding what it is and how to maintain it is critical to the success of your persuasive mission. Let’s start sniffing.
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]]> http://www.grokdotcom.com/2006/02/15/the-sense-of-scent/feed/ 0 The Cooperative Marketing Waggle http://www.grokdotcom.com/2006/02/15/the-cooperative-marketing-waggle/ http://www.grokdotcom.com/2006/02/15/the-cooperative-marketing-waggle/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:57:07 +0000 The Grok http://67.59.138.131/2006/02/15/the-cooperative-marketing-waggle/ What the honeybee’s Waggle Dance and word-of-mouth marketing have in common—and how to promote it

When we talk about scent, we’re talking about setting up a trail of relevance. And as we are all (sometimes painfully) aware, businesses aren’t the sole creators of what folks find relevant. In fact, focused on…

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When we talk about scent, we’re talking about setting up a trail of relevance. And as we are all (sometimes painfully) aware, businesses aren’t the sole creators of what folks find relevant. In fact, focused on maintaining the rosy frontal view for their products and services, businesses are not always considered the most credible resources for either relevance or truth.

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