- Good Design Doesn't Just HappenSearch Engine Marketing
Ever wonder how great search results end up that way? Well, in a recent post at the User Interface Engineering blog, Jared Spool says there are no shortcuts to search-result ...
- What Would We Do Without You?Mobile Marketing
You've probably heard a lot that the days of "push" messaging—a mythical golden age when marketers could feed passive viewers whatever rigmarole the ad department pleased—are dead.
So true. But for ...
- Does This Look Like Spam to You?Email Marketing
"We all have opinions about what constitutes spam," begins a post at the Marketance blog. Indeed, while some would argue that meeting the letter of the CAN-SPAM law puts you ...
- Lessons Learned From a BackpackMarketing Inspiration
"Let's imagine it's this afternoon, and I suddenly have cause to fly to West Virginia," writes Peter Hartlaub in a post at The Poop blog. "Airline X has a non-stop ...
- Cheer-in the Holidays!Email Marketing
"The pumpkins come out, the days grow shorter, the weather cools, and there's no mistaking that the holiday season is upon us," says Karen Talavera in an article at MarketingProfs. ...
- You Don't Drive Me Nuts Anymore!Social Media
What makes Twitter so useful is also what makes it difficult to navigate: everyone is spewing what they think, all the time, about anything imaginable. This is good for tracking ...
- Till Death Do Us PartSmall Business
If you were to visit the subscription page at The Atlantic magazine's website, you'd find an important note beneath the form for payment information. It reads: "By paying with a ...
- Prepare to Face a Brave New WorldMarketing in a Downturn
When dealing with the fallout from an economic downturn, we may try to find comfort in the idea that everything will go back to normal come the upturn. But what ...
- Tell Them a StoryCustomer Insight
A recent post at Bazaarblog touts the power of customer outreach through story-telling. The blog offers an inspired effort by CVS Caremark as an example.
The CVS outreach campaign ...
- Just Give Me the Facts, Ma'amEmail Marketing
When your email campaigns encounter deliverability issues—especially those for which you are not at fault—you might think the best way to resolve your problem is to make friends with an ...
- Small Is DutifulSmall Business
"Ask most people what they like about working with [small B2B companies]," says Steve Adams in an article at MarketingProfs, "and you'll hear answers such as 'their personal approach' or ...
- Just Show Me What You WantEmail Marketing
When you have products or services that customers don't buy on a regular basis—for instance, big-screen televisions or luxury excursions on the Orient Express—targeted email offers based on previous purchases ...
- They Like Us! They Really Like Us!Social Media
Research coming out of Penn State reports that 20% of tweets—those wee messages published on Twitter—are brand-oriented. And not the way you'd naturally expect. While researchers originally thought they'd find ...
- Must We Really Move Up to Three?B2B Marketing
Just when B2B marketers felt they had mastered Web 2.0, along comes talk of Web 3.0. Yikes. So what's the talk all about? And must you listen to it?
In a ...
- Would You Like a Tattoo With That?Marketing in a Downturn
"Hoping to keep its 119 rooms filled," writes Hugo Martín at the Los Angeles Times, "Hotel Erwin on Venice Beach is offering an unusual promotion for its countercultural clientele: an ...
- I Just Want to Say Thank YouCustomer Insight
Retailers know that offering customers a little something extra with their purchases is always a crowd-pleaser. Unexpected better deal, happy customer.
Now comes research that digs a bit deeper into ...
- Is This Stamp-Worthy?Email Marketing
"Stamps (remember those?) make direct mail work," says Seth Godin in a post at his blog. "Because it costs money to send a piece of junk mail, you'll think two ...
- Death by Email: A Quick How-toEmail Marketing
There are infinite ways to destroy an email marketing program. And in a recent humorous post at the Deliverability.com blog, Andrew Kordek explains how to ruin your reputation in nine ...
- Oh, Yeah? Give Me One Good Reason.B2B Marketing
"Marketers who embrace demand generation and lead nurturing programs must generate a lot of content to keep those programs running," Ardath Albee notes in a recent post at the Marketing ...
- Wow, They Go on Forever!Customer Insight
Last week, we explored how merchants offering fewer product selections this holiday season may want to stress the quality of their selections to keep customers interested.
Now comes interesting ...
- Get Out That RakeEmail Marketing
"Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan had a problem. With an abysmal delivery rate of 81.29 percent, his email campaigns weren't getting through to many of the people who wanted them. "The ...
- Anecdotally SpeakingEmail Marketing
Not long ago, the friend of a MarketingProfs colleague—we'll call him Pete—sighed in annoyance as he tapped furiously on his iPhone's keypad. He was visibly angry as he explained he ...
- Don't You Dare Dis My Babble!Social Media
This summer, Pear Analytics released a study that got plenty of play in the Twitter/blogosphere.
According to the Pear research, 40.5 percent of the messages published on social-media-darling Twitter are ...
- I Don't Care What You Think, I Call a Do-OverSmall Business
It's going to happen sooner or later—a misprint will offer your product or service for a ridiculously low price that's too good to be true. Not long ago, writes Jackie ...
- Daft Punk Plays HereMarketing in a Downturn
It's not just the recession; the digital revolution has wreaked havoc on traditional music retailers, who can rarely match online juggernauts like iTunes or eMusic on price or convenience. "As ...