- Don't Hate the PlayaSmall Business
Companies in the high-end service industry often do much more than turn a blind eye to the extramarital escapades of their guests. "[T]he owners and managers of the world's most ...
- Glamp It UpMarketing in a Downturn
Warren Katz uses a post at the Elephant Bites blog to discuss the recession-driven microtrend of "glamping"—a freshly coined portmanteau for glamorous camping. In essence, its proponents want the low-budget ...
- Fly a Mile in Their ShoesCustomer Insight
In a recent post at the Church of the Customer Blog, Jackie Huba offers a few quick stats about airline revenues in September '09. First, a couple of positives: Southwest ...
- Who Invited You?Email Marketing
Last summer, Morgan Stewart of ExactTarget quizzed 2,400 people on their attitudes toward marketing and made an interesting discovery. "70% of consumers who visit Facebook at least once a month ...
- ¿Habla Español?Marketing Analytics
Not all Spanish speakers want the same thing from a website—many more factors than just language are at play.That's why, Tamara Barber explains in a post at the Forrester blog, research on ...
- Talk to the HandSmall Business
If you blog, you've certainly encountered your share of bizarre, offensive or spammy comments. It comes with the territory. Each of us has our own standard, and you've probably developed ...
- Getting Hot, Hot, HotterSearch Engine Marketing
Does the URL to your Web page sizzle? In a recent Bloggapedia post, online marketer Bill Hartzer reports on the Alexa Toolbar's popular Alexa Hot URLs list. According to Hartzer, ...
- Outside the Box, Inside the PocketMobile Marketing
Mobile marketing isn't the unicorn it used to be. Most folks in your demo probably have a real, live phone within immediate reach for most of their waking days. And ...
- Reports of Email's Death ExaggeratedEmail Marketing
While some believe that the rise of Twitter and Facebook has sounded email's death knell, Jordan Cohen, writing at the Pivotal Veracity blog, disagrees. He takes issue with statements like ...
- Successful Selling: Hitting the TrifectaHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
There are three elements to selling: access, influence and delivery. Whether you work in sales or marketing, whatever you do must impact one of those elements—that is, give you access to ...
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest WordMarketing Inspiration
"AT&T customers have been complaining for months about dropped calls, spotty service, delayed text and voice messages and slow download speeds for the iPhone," says Jackie Huba in a post ...
- Want Spam With That Spam?Email Marketing
A few years ago, Neil Schwartzman downloaded—but never used—the trial version of an anti-spam software program. "It turned out it was Windows-only," he explains at his blog, "so I never ...
- Enjoy Some Good Holiday CheeseSocial Media
As the goblins and ghouls out there munch away on their Halloween bounty, fond memories arise of one apparition we saw a lot of this season—the Monster Mash JibJab "sendable."
The ...
- Is He a Searcher or a Sleaze?B2B Marketing
As B2B companies boost their search-marketing efforts, SEO experts are in greater demand. And why not? With search one of the few bright spots in advertising these days, it stands ...
- Cut the LoopholesSmall Business
Knowing that Hilton Hotels offers a best-rate guarantee, Hilton HHonors member Randall Gellens booked a room in Rome at the lowest available rate of €168. When he found a better ...
- So, the Recession Is a Good Thing?Marketing in a Downturn
While acknowledging the damage this recession has done to the personal and professional lives of so many people, Freddie Laker also argues that our dark economic cloud has brought with ...
- Polish Your Brand With Co-CreationCustomer Insight
"A revolution in both marketing thought and practice is at hand," say three researchers in an interesting new report on brand marketing.
In their research, these authors examined "consumer co-creation in ...
- D0n't Do T.hisEmail Marketing
If you visit political blogs, you may have noticed that some bloggers try to outsmart content filters that flag incendiary words by substituting numbers and symbols for letters (e.g., pr0p@ganda), ...
- Oh, so That's How It WorksMarketing Analytics
It's happening less often these days, but you probably still encounter executives or colleagues who have trouble wrapping their heads around newer technology—how something works, for instance, and what it ...
- Don't Leave Me This WaySmall Business
It's the bane of every retailer with an online store—somewhere between adding products to shopping carts and finalizing their purchases, some customers vanish into thin air. According to Brendan Regan ...
- I Prefer a Smooth BlendSearch Engine Marketing
To be free or not to be free? That is the question many content providers are asking these days.
Says SEO Book author Aaron Wall in a Search Engine Land article: ...
- Mind the Big Three Be'sMobile Marketing
Fun fact: Only 13% of the mobile market has an iPhone. That sounds like plenty when you consider how long the phone's been available, but it merits remembering that the ...
- Are You That Into Me?Email Marketing
"During the sales process [with potential email service providers] you will meet rainmakers, executives, subject-matter experts, high-level technical support, and creative directors and so on," says Bryan Stapp in a ...
- Why Salespeople FailHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
"It's a battle of the plans, and the person with the stronger plan wins," says Steven Kraner at Hightechguru.com, and it's the main reason why high-tech salespeople fail. Technology buyers ...
- You Lie!Marketing Inspiration
A recent viral video opens on a pretty blonde, who sits at her desk while cradling an infant son. "Hi, my name is Karen and I'm from Denmark," she says. ...