Wall Street Journal (and me!) on Holiday Marketing
By Matt McGee on Oct 13, 2008 in Small Biz Marketing
Today’s Wall Street Journal tackles the topic of holiday-season marketing for small businesses, with the idea being that, if holiday traffic and sales are a key part of your business plan, you better be thinking now about your holiday online marketing plan.
The article covers and expands on four main themes:
- Polish Your Web Site
- Work the Search Engines
- Tap Into Social Media
- Keep Up With Email
And get this: I’m quoted in the “Tap Into Social Media” section, talking about the need for local businesses to encourage online word-of-mouth:
A strong presence on review sites “encourages other shoppers to become customers, it’s good word-of-mouth marketing and can have long-term impact in the search engines, which often award better rankings to well-reviewed businesses,” Mr. McGee says.
Even without my own quote in there, it’s a good article.
Stephan Spencer is also quoted in the article, along with several other smart folks. Here’s the link:
Wall Street Journal: Help For The Holidays
For the sake of new readers, I should probably mention that I’m now an independent marketing consultant available for hire. Oh, and if you’re looking for more holiday marketing/optimization ideas, I might also point you to an oldie-but-goodie that I wrote for Search Engine Land: Tis The Season To Optimize For The Holidays.
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7 Comment(s)
By David Mihm on Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
Great going, Matt. Seemed to me to be an intelligently written, albeit simple, article. But given the difficulties of traditional media in understanding SEO and social media, that seems to be a winning combination
By MiriamEllis on Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
Awesome, Matt! I’m delighted for you! And, you gave very good advice.
Miriam
By Tammy on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the advice. We’re always looking for ways to optimize our site.
By Allan on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
Wow – congrats for all the positive attention you’ve been getting.
By Jesse Heap on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
Great article Matt! Well deserved quote as well – Congrats!
By Matt McGee on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the kind words, gang. David — I agree with you. Sometimes you just have to be happy when the MSM gets the basics right and doesn’t cause any harm.
By Linda P. Morton on Oct 16, 2008 | Reply
Congratulations on this good publicity for your blog.
It is time to be thinking about Christmas shopping.
In fact, I wrote a post about it almost a month ago. I’ve linked to it above.