Source: Business Insider SAI Author: Jay Yarow | June 1, 2011 As Facebook grows, one concern for Google is that users could eventually turn away from traditional search and instead ask their friends for advice and answers. So far, that’s not happening according to the chart below from Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. When consumers want to…
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The 8 Stupidest Management Fads of All Time
Posted: 02/06/2011
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Source: BNET.com Author: Geoffrey James Into the life of every office worker, some rain must fall… and often that rain takes the form of the latest jackass fad that your management latched onto. In most cases, a new management fad means endless meetings, new buzzwords for the office toadies, and…
Infographic: How Affiliate Marketing Works
Posted: 31/05/2011
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Affiliate marketing is one of the shadier but legitimately useful marketing techniques for acquisition. The diagram below provides a nice visual representation of how the process works and how compensation is attributed for lead generation. Click the image to enlarge it and click here to read a great article on how to prevent…
Key Digital Trends for 2011
Posted: 24/04/2011
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Interesting insights with a continued trend of more projected spend on social media with a majority of advertisers not able to clearly measure ROI on it.
Forget Social Media ROI
Posted: 19/04/2011
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Are you tracking social media ROI? If so, you’re part of a small minority. Currently, there’s a lot of talk about social media ROI and monitoring, which by itself is an indicator that social media marketing is maturing. That doesn’t necessarily translate to action, however, since there’s a lot of confusion…
10 measures of Facebook ROI for your brand
Posted: 16/04/2011
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It is essential that companies clarify success metrics before launching their social media marketing and advertising initiatives. Here are ten measures of social media marketing ROI. There are others and, of course, these are mix-and-match based on your brand strategy.
Facebook has little effect on what you buy online
Posted: 15/04/2011
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While Google is “super nervous” about the growth of Facebook, here’s one data point to put the search company at ease for right now. According to a Goldman Sachs survey, social sites have very little influence over online shopping decisions. Search engines, and recommendation engines have a much greater influence.
Europe’s Online Advertising Industry Releases Self-Regulation Framework
Posted: 15/04/2011
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Brussels, 14 April 2011: IAB Europe today released its cross-European self-regulatory Framework for Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA). The Framework, outlining good practice aimed at enhancing transparency and consumer control, has been signed by the online industry’s leading businesses
Talking to Your Customer: Leo Burnett’s Behavioral Archetypes
Posted: 15/04/2011
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Companies struggle with what to say to potential customers and consumers. Too often, they fall back on a recitation of facts and claims: We are the leading…For over 40 years, we have been…Drawing on deep industry expertise, we…Headquartered in New York City, we are the… Messages like these are not…
Marketers Aren’t Sure About ROI but Will Spend More on Social Media, WFA Says
Posted: 15/04/2011
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Companies Often Don’t Post Enough or Fail to Express a Brand’s Personality Online All but one of 24 marketers surveyed in a new report from the World Federation of Advertisers and WPP research firm Millward Brown is committed to increasing the time and money they spend on social media in…