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…
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…
Posted: 14/03/2011
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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.
Posted: 11/09/2010
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We live in a time where the good guys can win — Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos (CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR HIS PODCAST) I enjoyed this podcast discussing the extraordinarily successful online retailer Zappos. Why care about Zappos? Amazon bought them for a very cool $880 million in late 2009. Zappos was…
Posted: 03/09/2010
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Nice summary piece by LeadSloth for assessing the vale of your leads. SourceComplexity of sales processRecencyActivity level – leads who respond to what you sendFatigue – list fatigue or too much email/promotionsOpportunitiesFit with ideal customer profile
Posted: 25/08/2010
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The following is adapted from Success Secrets Of The Social Media Marketing Superstars by Mitch Meyerson and 22 other top social media marketers, including Ann Handley from MarketingProfs
Posted: 24/08/2010
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Article from Focus.com 23-August-2010 Author: Paul Greenberg Introduction The discussion around Social CRM continues. According to a large amount of anecdotal evidence I hear, a significant number of senior executives, when queried about it, ask what it is, when the idea is brought up. Meaning, despite all the buzz and…
Posted: 17/08/2010
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A recent consumer study reported in Brandweek confirms many of my suspicions. “As the economic downturn has persisted, marketers have comforted themselves with the thought that a lot of pent-up demand must be accumulating. But a survey issued this month by Deloitte and the Harrison Group gives reason to wonder…
Posted: 16/08/2010
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I like this article from Socialmediatoday not only reviewing the stages of integrated marketing but touching on the disconnect between organisational expectations and time frames for returns vs. what the customer’s expectations are. According to this piece, the process is said to take 2 years! Considering the high turnover workforce, how many…
Posted: 15/08/2010
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IBM is making some exciting moves into the marketing and analytics space. They have already purchased Cognos (TM1) and the SPSS statistical software company. Now they have also acquired UNICA, a company offering software my colleagues have termed as a more usable mechanism for conducting sophisticated analytics and predictive modeling. Unica…