Category: MEDIA BUYING

Understanding Big Data: The Ecosystem

Source: Dataconomy, by Eileen McNulty, Date: 3rd of June 2014 I like this article where you kind find many new technologies but from some familiar names like IBM with Machine Learning technology called Watson. What makes this article stand out is how it breaks down the ecosystem into key categories making it easier…

Here’s Why Agencies Have To Buy Online Ads To Go With TV Ads

Source: Business Insider October 1, 2011 (With research sourced form Nielsen) Advertisers talk about the need to do cross channel marketing and publishers have caught on late to this. This chart is a message for publishers as to why they need to invest in cross channel delivery of content and…

Hidden Persuaders II

Source: The Economist (Schumpeter) September 24, 2011 A marketing guru reveals some of the secrets of his profession VANCE PACKARD was the Malcolm Gladwell of his day, a journalist with a gift for explaining business to the general public. But in his 1957 classic “The Hidden Persuaders”, he out-Gladwelled Gladwell.…

Community Sourcing vs. Crowd Sourcing

Good blog post I found from Shanelle Newton (onlineexpert.com.au) and Amy Sample Ward. Today I am simply going to regurgitate an excellent blog post that I read yesterday by my favourite social media strategist, Amy Sample Ward. Crowd or community sourcing are definitely worthy tactics in a social media strategy, but they…

L’Oreal digital spending jumps as CMO figures out where to invest

Source: Direct Marketing News Author: Tim Peterson L’Oreal USA will spend as much on digital advertising in 2011 as it has the past two years combined, said Marc Speichert, CMO of the company, on June 9. Digital advertising is a “must-have” for the brand, because one of out three consumers are researching…

Infographic: How Affiliate Marketing Works

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…

Facebook has little effect on what you buy online

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.

Infographic: Every online marketing tactic in one place

Another great visual guide to print and hang on your wall. Very comprehensive and provides context with a timeline on what to launch when. You will need to click the image a couple of times to zoom in. It gets large so you can read the detail.

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