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Re: 31 Advertising Statistics to Know in 2018

Jim Spencer — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 23:38:40 -0000

2. Businesses make an average of $2 in revenue for every $1 they spend on Google Ads.

I don't dispute the data, but I find that reward on spend to be pitifully low. I would hope businesses could spend a dollar and earn $50 or even 100 times that. We have gone from getting lots of traffic organically, to having to pay, to having to pay through the teeth. Google has really ramped up their income over the last 15 years.

Re: Loving Them, And Letting Them Grow

Jim Spencer — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:20:03 -0000

Well said. And it is good practice for when they turn 18 or whatever age they manage to move out on their own.

Re: Is Inbound Marketing Actually Profitable or Just a Slogan

Jim Spencer — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:22:37 -0000

Great post Tom. Great title Jay.

My perspective is from working in the website / marketing space in Boston, providing services to move websites from HubSpot to WordPress (talking with business owners who are leaving HubSpot), and having many friends that are current or former HubSpotters.

I have heard story after story of HubSpot cold calling business owners, discussing marketing automation, offering demos, trying to book meetings and so forth. So, anyone that thinks that HubSpot's practice of marketing never involves an outbound call is dead wrong. They have beaten the bushes from day 1 with "outbound" marketing. Maybe they would not have gotten where they are without it.

Re: My blog is a selfie

Jim Spencer — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:53:26 -0000

Does this explain why you don't mind having links on your site to posts with titles like "12 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Asain" and "French Kissing: How to Do It the Right Way"?

Re: Driving Into the Sunset

Jim Spencer — Mon, 19 May 2014 21:38:58 -0000

Very pleased to see your hard earned success Scott.

Re: 5 Browser Extensions to Improve Your Social Media Marketing

Jim Spencer — Mon, 05 May 2014 22:44:35 -0000

Practical and useful. I just installed a few more extensions. Thanks for the great ideas here.

Re: Just Sayin App – Twitter on Steroids

Jim Spencer — Thu, 01 May 2014 10:33:41 -0000

For those that just want to hear your voice again. Marvelous.

Re: My Path Once Again Goes In A New Direction

Jim Spencer — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:15:56 -0000

Your source of inspiration is unending. Your supply of new ideas is unlimited. Your willingness to share is unbounded. So, it makes no sense to me to then conclude that this is all hard and you have to be poor. Not buying and ppl should stop selling. You have not changed. Your ability to do all that you do has been freed to be redirected, that's all. Carry on CC. All will be well and we all know it. Have no fear and keep being awesome. What great lessons your kids will learn from this.

Re: The First Existential Threat to SEO

Jim Spencer — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:18:02 -0000

So, now we call it Google AdWords Analytics.

Re: Is it time to plug the plug on RTM? #EmmysRTM #RTM

Jim Spencer — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:39:48 -0000

RTM is not dead. It is just getting going.

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

Jim Spencer — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:04:16 -0000

The startup economy. Sounds like a winner.

Re: I Think I’m Supposed To Feel Bad About That

Jim Spencer — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:46:51 -0000

Practice - A balanced life leads to a balanced life. I see a lot of people that "crushed it" for so many years that now that they don't need to any more they know no other way to live. They are crushing the PTA, the grandchildren or the local Y.

Re: @PayPal unveils @Android SDK to make it easier for devs to | LAUNCH

Jim Spencer — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:41 -0000

I think we don't want to "significantly reduce fraud prevention", we want to increase it.

Re: Automattic idiocy – Why WordPress suspended my blog

Jim Spencer — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:03:05 -0000

Jeff, there may be a great sensitivity when nearly every post is duplicated than if it was just a few. My most traffic post ever was first published on someone else's site and then later on my site. Never had a problem. But that was the only post that was duplicate out of maybe 50+ posts. Google started the trend against duplicate content. Stealing content is not cool. Your situation is strangely unique. Sorry for your troubles.

Re: 9 Ways to Improve the Impact of Your Email – The Works

Jim Spencer — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:46:14 -0000

I send out emails, but I don't send out email newsletters. This was a very helpful group of ideas, because I really could improve my subject lines. I just assume that people want to hear from me. :-) My one tip is to thank people when you can before asking for something.

Re: Announcing The Cleon Foundation

Jim Spencer — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:10:25 -0000

Very cool CC. I actually took a college course exploring creativity so it is a dear subject to me. Just yesterday I was watching a few of the Focus Forward awards http://focusforwardfilms.co... and now your announcement. So much to be thankful for this week and every week.

Re: Why Is The iPad Mini $329? Because It Is

Jim Spencer — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:42:17 -0000

Interesting. So the thesis is that today Apple prices the product however they want to this year, regardless of the competition. However, "next year... prices will vary depending on what Amazon and/or Google" decides to charge. Whoa! I just watched a back flip in print.

Re: When Did We Get So Nasty?

Jim Spencer — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:28:57 -0000

Amen Scott. I hope this message is heard far and wide and that it has the desired effect.

Re: Would you pay $500 for 5000 Facebook Likes?

Jim Spencer — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:28:45 -0000

Makes perfect sense. Let's just hope Google doesn't come up with another misleading and distracting *Rank.

Re: Your Word is Your Bond

Jim Spencer — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:54:10 -0000

It's a pity when folks grow up without knowing and acting based on the Golden Rule.

Re: The Impact of Facebook Timeline for Brands [Study]

Jim Spencer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:02:52 -0000

Something new and shiny = more activity.

Re: HOW TO Use The Brand New Buffer For LinkedIn

Jim Spencer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:44:43 -0000

Why not add Google+ of course.

Re: Six Reasons to Be Cautious when Using PayPal

Jim Spencer — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:07:23 -0000

Interesting to read about the PayPal TOS. I generally "withdraw" my funds from PayPal right away. It makes the book keeping simpler for me. I appreciate the advice to withdraw, but I wonder if PayPal could not only freeze my money in PayPal or charge a penalty and take money from my PayPal account, but could they also dip into my bank account to do the same? Does this make the withdrawal less of a safety step?

Re: Google Reader – An Update on Google’s Update

Jim Spencer — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:51:52 -0000

Thanks for the summary and a solution. I needed to catch up on what Google did with the Google Reader. Are they being a bully?

Re: Announcing My Next Book

Jim Spencer — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:22:07 -0000

Chris, I see this as a real lesson learned, from my point of view. I have watched for over four years as others created businesses or at least streams of income around Twitter. Here I see you jumping out in front of the wave (no pun intended) and setting up a kind of "first mover advantage" with the latest social platform. Great idea, even if Paul Tassi over at Forbes thinks Google+ is dead for him.