From our social media ROI studies, analyzing the investment, popularity, practices and results of social media marketing for the Fortune 500, and select small / medium companies, a key indicator to social media ROI success was level of engagement. MORE

Jeff – Moving the business model from broadcast to a narrowcast model. MORE

The infographic emphasizes the power of SMS in terms of the concept of "narrowcasting." You can think of narrowcasting as sending more targeted, relevant messages to a smaller group of contacts -- the opposite of broadcasting a general message to a larger audience. MORE

But if you really want to look at what’s going to be the most disruptive force for marketers, it’s still how we’ve moved from broadcast to narrowcast to segments, and more specifically, to segments of one. by Jesse Noyes | Tweet this Jeffrey Hayzlett knows his marketing. The best-selling author, former CMO and keynote speaker at the upcoming Eloqua Experience conference. Hayzlett knows marketers face challenges, but his edgy argument: What’s new about that? MORE

database marketing, or, more poetically, narrowcasting. Summary: marketing has shifted steadily over time from passive to active consumer engagement. Social media is the latest stage in this evolution. Marketers need to master new skills at each stage; as they do, advertising budgets will shift to take advantage of the new medium's increased effectiveness. Of all that research I mentioned last week , two pairs of facts stood out. MORE

They separate the two into what they call Narrowcast and Broadcast. Narrowcasting is the sharing of information directly to it’s intended recipient, thereby breaking through all of the clutter. MORE

In the detailed guide we walk you through: What the term “narrowcasting” means and how your video strategy will benefit from it. • by Amanda Batista | Tweet this Video marketing: You know you need it. Your audiences love it. But for many marketing organizations it’s difficult to strategize. MORE

Circles enable you to ‘narrowcast’ messages…Suddenly, Google+ can enable micro-targeting via circles.”). Google+ (or Google Plus) is many different things, depending on who you ask. It’s the fastest-growing social network ever. MORE