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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

(The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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JUNE 24, 2010

That’s what builds loyalty and advocacy. At the end of the video, you’ll see my question as to whether the king of the infomercial and the king of social media are really the same guy? I’m just working through this tie between infomercials and social media. Yep I see the connection with Social Media.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison.

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APRIL 28, 2010

I could just as easily say that the telephone, email, direct mail or frequent shopper/loyalty cards has already enabled companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. At the same time, word of mouth marketing IS important, and effective. link] jeff_molander Fascinating, Mike.

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JULY 14, 2010

Because online advertising began as a direct marketing tool that was highly focused on tracking, marketers may assume that because digital media is 'digital' it should be easy to see the exact impact of every dollar spent in increased sales volume.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Email marketing's end goal is to promote repeat business or engagement from the merchant's customer base.

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