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Monday, February 8, 2010
We asked Rebel Brown "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?" quot;
Rebel Brown is go-to-market strategist and Spin Doctor specializing in start ups, turnarounds and start-around.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Summary: a new survey from ExactTarget shows that digital marketing is growing faster than database marketing or mass media, and that agencies have a harder time adding digital capabilities than their clients. It also suggests that marketers are moving into digital channels even when they can’t measure their value very well. No surprises in any of this, but good to see confirmation
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Monday, February 8, 2010
I’m not afraid to admit that when I watch any TV program, I always watch the ads with as much enthusiasm as the show itself. But I am a marketing geek. Super Bowl Sunday is the one day of the year that the media and your average Joe unabashedly admit that ads can be fun and entertaining – not just a convenient break in the action for you to get a fresh beer or visit the restroom.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Time 18:10
Alleluia the Mass Market is alive and well, we have rediscovered the masses. This is good news for all those companies that watched their mass market target disperse like cockroaches when you turn on the lights. Now the bad news, the path to reach them is through 1 percent of the people that participate on-line in social media – content creators, commenters, and communities.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Since the advent of email marketing in the mid-1990s, companies have embraced the misconception that email is virtually “free” as a marketing medium. This false impression often leads to over-communication, which, in turn, triggers diminished response rates, spam complaints, and unsubscribes. Even marketers who are sensitive to email recklessness sometimes face internal pressures, such as of year revenue numbers, to send “one last blast to the
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