July 2013

Jul 30 2013

Instagram video marketing for viral marketing content

video marketing clip screenshot87% of online marketing efforts use videos, with Vine and Instagram’s new video feature to generate great viral video marketing campaigns. How do you create viral content in just 15 seconds?

A videos have 4 key components:

Message,  Emotions, Satisfaction & Share provoking

Watch the potential viral video marketing  clips I gathered from facebook and see how they fulfil the 4 criterias.

PS: If you tried to click on the image that looked like a video, this image fulfilled the components to succeed.

Read more

Jul 24 2013

Internet Business – behind the scenes Part 2

internet-business-project

© Temis | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images

The most important part of any internet business (or ANY business actually) is probably the business plan. As a project management professional, having a proper plan can mean the difference between success or failure. As with all the web projects we take on at Ascend Marketing & Research, we have a plan to run by but we don’t normally bore our customers with these details.

However, if you’re thinking about starting your own internet business, you need a plan and I’ll share with you how I got started.

Read more
Jul 22 2013

Make money online automatically – behind the scenes Part 1

The truth behind make money online programmesI’m sure this thought must have crossed your mind at some point of time.  I want to make money online and it is easy, fast and automated. The people behind these making money online sites probably do nothing all day and get money presented to the automatically?  That’s what the successful people portray and it seems all legit with the income statements to prove it to you. What goes behind the scene of these successful people who made it big online like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg?

Read more
Jul 19 2013

Starting with new Google Keyword Planner

google-keyword-tool-endingSo you heard, our good and trusty Google Keyword Tool will be retiring in the next few months.  So now what? Chaos! Chill.. all’s not lost, the new replacement Keyword Planner can do (almost) everything you used to do and more! Treat it as an upgrade! You win some and well.. you will miss some of the old stuff.

Let’s get down to using the new Keyword Planner!

Read more
Jul 18 2013

How to improve your internet marketing results with targeted keywords

Using the right keywords for internet marketingThe basics of keyword research for internet marketing is pretty standard, find a target root keyword, hit up a keyword tool like Google Adwords Keyword Tool and build on your list with suggestions by Google. As this Kissmetrics blog post shows you how you can do a basic and slightly more advanced system to get your online marketing done right by choosing the correct keywords.

I use a similar system to this but with a different set of keyword systemising category for different results.

Read more
Jul 16 2013

New Content Marketing Era

If you have never considered content marketing or do not know what it is, it’s time to start. The digital age is moving towards information sharing and is the next wave to catch us especially with the rising affordability of tablets and eBook readers (like Kindle fire HD going for 149USD)

Ebooks are also (almost) costless to produce and publish. If done well, you might be able to lend yourself some millions or like this author negotiate a 6 figure traditional book deal.

 Yups, the world is evolving and many new authors are creating valuable content everyday!

Read more
Jul 15 2013

Before you start social media marketing for your business

Social Media Marketing

There are some things you need to know before starting on a new social media marketing campaign. There are some things you’ll like to know. (Apparently 20 if you read this)

Not every business will get good returns from social media, and very obviously not all products or services can be marketed by social media. Take for example “radiation hardened memory chips”.  Sure enough every computer can do with more memory but how many will require them to be radiation proof ?  Not many I guess.

So if your company or business sells such niche products what can you do?

Read more

Jul 12 2013

Best online marketing resources available

Online marketing resources for everyone. Marketing online doesn’t have to be expensive, it should be affordable and leveraging on free resources such as Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Ascend marketing aims to be the best in online marketing employing only white hat practices to help businesses achieve success online. We will be posting more information about industry practices and collating the best in the internet for you. Stay tuned and subscribe to our Feeds for the latest updates!

To your internet success!

Yan Yew Kay

Read more