- That's Too Fwd:Email Marketing
When he saw a reputable marketer praising the use of Fwd: in the subject line of an original email, Matt Hill decided to explain why he disagrees. "[E]ven selectively this ...
- Write? Right!Search Engine Marketing
How many times have you heard the phrase, "Content is king"? When it comes to search marketing, it's not hyperbole. Content is, well, the key to keywords. "This is the ...
- Enough, Already!Email Marketing
In a post at the ExactTarget blog, Nate Romance recounts a visit with his tech-savvy mother, a woman who makes frequent online purchases through sites like Craigslist and Amazon. While ...
- Just Call It the YouHouseSocial Media
Barack Obama wowed the nation with his social media savvy when he won the bid for President on November 4—but he surprised us again when he didn't stop there.
Just ...
- A Tale of Two EmailsEmail Marketing
In a post at the Emma blog, Jim Hitch tells the story of two emails he received within 20 minutes of each other. "They're similar at first glance," he says. ...
- Love the MIMEEmail Marketing
In a wide-ranging video interview with BNET, strategist RJ Talyor of ExactTarget discusses a range of email marketing issues, and provides insight on the best way to handle messages sent ...
- Mobile Marketing Mavens, Oh My!Social Media
Ah, the mobile phone: we know it well as consumers, and as such are in a perfect position to approach it from a direct marketer's POV. Here are a few ...
- Too Much of a Good ThingSearch Engine Marketing
A prospective customer does a search for a product your company carries, and your brand appears in the number one, three, five and seven spots. Terrific, right?
Not necessarily.
As Shari Thurow, ...
- Make the Most of Your SpotsMarketing Inspiration
Like most of us, Christina Kerley (a.k.a. CK) will admit that she uses her digital video recorder to whiz past commercials on recorded programs. "So when I find a commercial ...
- Check This OutEmail Marketing
"Do you ever get that nervous feeling when you click to launch your email marketing campaign?" asks Janine Popick in a recent post at the VerticalResponse blog. "You do it, ...
- Bear Market? Change Your Tune!Social Media
Last year, Google and MediaVest reported on a brainwave-tracking study about banner ads. According to the ad giants, banner ads rated a 6.3 in effectiveness—which was said to be a ...
- That's Definitely Worth the Price!Search Engine Marketing
You can always find someone willing to sell you a solution for boosting your keyword effectiveness. But in a recent blog post, search marketer PotPieGirl offered her favorite free keyword ...
- It's a Brand New Day!Email Marketing
If you've made some recent improvements—whether to your product, service or customer experience—now is the time to trumpet those changes! A new year, with consumers anxious for a new start, is a great time ...
- Go gif in a Jiffy!Email Marketing
"It can be done, I've seen it," says the Email Karma blog of Goodmail's email certification platform, which now enables users to include video in email messages. "However," the blog ...
- Don't Just Use It, USE It!Social Media
On the weekend it launched, Apple sold one million iPhone 3Gs—and not just to early adopters and hipsters: stats from ChangeWave suggest iPhone's moving in on the smartphone (read: ENTERPRISE!) ...
- The End of TV Ads? Not so Fast.Customer Insight
The advent of DVR technology struck fear in the hearts of advertisers worldwide. Suddenly, viewers were able to fast-forward through TV commercials! A sad truth quickly emerged: when given the ...
- Boost That ROI Right Now!Email Marketing
"The news regarding investment in marketing is not good, with many firms cutting their marketing budgets left and right," reports Neil Anuskiewicz in an article at MarketingProfs. Before taking such ...
- You Want to Cut What??Search Engine Marketing
It’s no secret that when the economy goes south, the first cuts companies often make are from marketing. That could mean "bye-bye search budget" if you don’t take steps now ...
- I Resolve to Treat You RightEmail Marketing
Cost-effective, and just plain effective, email communications are quite possibly the one sure thing to cling to in the current downturn. So, are you treating them—and your subscribers—right? In a ...
- Another Email? Great!Email Marketing
"In the holiday email season of 2008, retailers turned up the gas on their email campaigns, hoping to salvage what was predicted to be a flat or down consumer spending ...
- Start It Off With a Bang!Search Engine Marketing
As the calendar page flips to a new year, now is the perfect time to re-evaluate and refine your search campaigns' lead gen capabilities. In a new MarketingProfs article, William ...
- This is Only a TestEmail Marketing
"A great way to capitalize on the democratic medium of email is to put your burning questions, late-night hunches, and out-of-the-box ideas to the test with an A/B split test," ...
- Hocus-Pocus, Keyword FocusSearch Engine Marketing
The secret to success in the new year may lie in divining the right keywords. As Christine Churchill says at Search Engine Land, the words you buy in pay-per-click, the terms you ...
- Cool Cloaking Device!Search Engine Marketing
Is your website invisible? If it's not designed to be found by search engine spiders, it might as well be. The key to visibility? Keeping content clear and simple. An ...
- Smart Phones, Smarter Marketing Marketing Inspiration
"To date," writes Rob Hof in a post at BusinessWeek's Tech Beat blog, "mobile advertising hasn't taken off partly because it's a hassle for advertisers to create special campaigns for ...