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7 Questions Marketers Must Face in 2012
February 1, 2012
From Today @ Target Marketing
Every marketer has an opinion about what constitutes marketing success. Every brand has its own reputation among its peers and loyalty among its customers. It has its own starting point, as well as its own sophistication level in multichannel marketing. However, there are common challenges and opportunities—themes we hear in the conversations we have. Here are some key questions and insights to shape your marketing strategies in 2012 and beyond.
US Online Ad Spend to Close in on $40 Billion
January 20, 2012
From eMarketer
US online ad spending will post growth well above 20 percent again this year to reach nearly $40 billion, eMarketer estimates, as the Internet continues to prove its worth to advertisers in a tough economic climate. “Advertisers’ comfort level with integrated marketing is greater than ever, and this is helping...
5 Strategies for Creating Magnetic Online Content
January 16, 2012
From Mashable
Traditional advertising worked through distraction—an interruption to our sitcom, a page between magazine articles, a banner teasing our attention at the top of a webpage. Then entertainment channels fragmented as digital moved to the center of culture. “The goal now is to attract rather than distract, to...
Benefits of Social Sign-In Must Offset Privacy Concerns
December 1, 2011
From Bank Marketing Strategy
One of the most important yet tedious components of opening a new account account at a bank is completing the new account form. Whether done at a branch or online, the new account registration process is the first (and sometimes only) time when a bank can learn about a customer's...
Executives Fail to Focus on Social Media Marketing Strategy
July 21, 2011
From eMarketer
Social media marketing has gained its place at the table. eMarketer estimates 80% of companies with at least 100 employees will use social networks for marketing this year, up from nearly three in four last year. By 2012, usage will be even greater, and, in turn, efforts...
4 Rules of Engagement for Mobile Marketing
June 17, 2011
From Mashable
Smartphones, the most powerful data-collection tools ever created, don’t just tell brands what consumers want but where consumers are. Sometimes they even tell brands what consumers are doing at different times of the day....
Twitter’s Awareness vs. Usage Problem
June 15, 2011
From eMarketer
The Pew Internet & American Life Project announced this month that Twitter usage had risen from 8 percent of U.S. internet users in fall 2010 to 13 percent in May 2011, a 62.5 percent increase in penetration. Twitter usage does seem to be growing, but is...
Top 14 Things Marketers Need to Know About QR Codes
June 14, 2011
From Search Engine Watch
I recently spoke at SES New York on best practices for mobile marketing with QR codes. Here's a follow-up crash course on tools, tactics, and best practices to confidently help you jumpstart a 2D barcode marketing campaign.
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Will SMA Beat Out SEM?
June 2, 2011
From MediaPost
While there are certainly parallels between SEM and SMA, they're more like the uneven bars and should be approached with very different techniques. Not unlike SEM and SEO, for that matter.SMO = Social Media Optimization. This refers to the fashionable buzzwords "earned" and "owned" media that cover...
Search Marketing To Grow 16 Percent This Year
April 15, 2011
From Mashable
Search marketing will grow 16 percent this year to $19.3 billion and 74 percent of North American ad agencies say their clients use Facebook, according to a study released Wednesday. The report, from the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization, is based on an online survey of 920...
2011—The Year Social Media Marketing Grew Up
January 13, 2011
From San Diego Source
Social media as a promotional tool is officially on the radar screen for U.S. businesses in 2011. And as more consumers are using online tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, this is the year that "marketers have transitioned from cautious engagement to full deployment," according to...
Valuing Facebook's Ads
November 11, 2010
From Wall Street Journal
Facebook Inc. is attracting more advertising, but marketers are still trying to figure out the value of those ads. New data from comScore Inc. show that in September 24 percent of all online display ads in the U.S. appeared on Facebook—more than twice as many as any other...
Using Social Media To Rev Up Holiday Sales
September 17, 2010
From Webinars & Virtual Events
While your holiday promotion plans are surely in full swing, there's still time to incorporate new social media strategies into your marketing mix.
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