- That's Mine! My Name's on It!Social Media
Let's say you sell trendy furniture for family-friendly prices. What's the best way to push product and spread brand awareness? Well, you could try developing and offering:
A showroom. Pros: People ...
- I Just Love to See RedMobile Marketing
Finally, a barcode-scanning app that works like a charm. For a mere $1.99 at the App Store, RedLaser, an application developed by Occipital, turns any iPhone into a functional barcode ...
- Picture Yourself at the TopSearch Engine Marketing
Major search engines now have their own image-search functions that provide image-search listings in regular Web-search results, writes Pandia Search Engine News in a recent article. And although searchers may ...
- Sounds Good to Me!Email Marketing
"I know I have said it a million times in speeches, articles and in person," writes Dylan Boyd at The Email Wars blog, "but telling someone 'thanks' is one of ...
- Where Everybody Holds Your NameMobile Marketing
If there's anything Second Life has taught us, it's that people like having a place to come back to—a virtual hideaway where you're always well-coiffed and surrounded by friends, and ...
- Naughty? Nice? Get the List.Social Media
In late October, Twitter launched its Lists feature, which might just improve your life in a panoply of organization-friendly ways. The new feature helps you sort your own contacts based ...
- Lying Liars and the Lies They LieEmail Marketing
"Every once in a while," writes Ardath Albee at the Marketing Interactions blog, "I get a bit irked at the irresponsible email practices of companies that play fast and free ...
- Window-shopping, Parisian-styleMobile Marketing
Get this: 8 in 10 smartphone users say they have trouble accessing content from their handhelds. What's more, they swear they'd spend at least $9 more per month on purchases if ...
- Joking Your Way off the Hot SeatMarketing Inspiration
One way or another, the story was going to get out: a late-night talk show host, his rumored affairs with staff members and an alleged extortionist who wanted $2 million ...
- We Can Make Music TogetherSocial Media
In a video at TED.com, Israeli conductor Itay Talgam gives a spirited 20-minute talk on what modern leaders could learn from great conductors.
Interestingly, a lot of the principles he presents ...
- Stop Flaunting ThatMarketing in a Downturn
"Before the current recession," writes Mark Dolliver in an article at Adweek, "popular wisdom said wealthy people tended to be relatively untouched by the ups and downs of the economy ...
- This Smells PhishyEmail Marketing
As phishers (criminals masquerading as trusted entities to grab usernames, passwords and credit card info) become more sophisticated, and your subscribers become more cautious about online commerce, it's important to ...
- Bring the Mayor to Your DoorstepMobile Marketing
Few things are as irresistible as a mobile game that lets players rack points up during waiting-room or bus-ride lulls. But if you're a brick-and-mortar shop, or a restaurant, there isn't ...
- Give It to Me StraightEmail Marketing
"Looking for a way to punch up your email campaigns and get subscribers more engaged with your site?" Julie Waite asks in a recent post at the Bronto blog. "Product reviews ...
- You're Like the Air to MeSearch Engine Marketing
In a recent post at the Online Marketing Blog, Adam Singer summarizes Charlene Li's keynote at Search Engine Strategies San Jose last summer. Co-author of the business bestseller Groundswell: Winning in ...
- I Just Want to Help YouMobile Marketing
You're in the business of communicating, and in the age of Internet-and-mobile, your platforms for doing so have expanded almost exponentially.
But here's a down side: From fielding phone calls to checking email ...
- Risky BusinessEmail Marketing
"Having an offer for your products or services that is truly risk-free might be just the ticket you need to really make a difference in your email marketing campaigns," says ...
- Don't Sow It AloneSocial Media
Kevin Nalts, a marketing director who produces hi-lar-ious videos on YouTube under the handle nalts, once joked that after cutting a bazillion notches into his belt, he still has no idea ...
- So Hot You're Cool, So Cool You're HotSmall Business
"A hot brand ends up in one of two different ways," writes Laura Ries at the Ries' Pieces blog. "It burns bright too fast and fizzles. Brands like this are ...
- Come Tweet With MeSocial Media
Hoping to position Lufthansa as bigger than just a German airline, digital agency Profero has helped it create MySkyStatus—a tool that has brought Lufthansa's branding catch-phrase, "passion for precision," to life ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Teaching an Old Brand New TricksSocial Media
Good news: You don't have to lose sight of your brand's tried-and-true persona to participate in the quest for deeper engagement at the new social sites. Just think of the ...