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Marketing Quick Reads: Strategy

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  • Peripheral VisionSmall Business
    If we were to ask you to describe your competition, you'd probably talk about companies that do exactly what you do. The owner of an Indian restaurant will discuss other ...
  • Are You Paranoid Enough?Marketing in a Downturn
    As the economy shows signs of an upturn, it may be OK to breathe a slight sigh of relief. But only a slight one. This story from the past will ...
  • 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 ...
  • Expand Your Local HorizonsSearch Engine Marketing
    For the small-business owner, getting your name out via local search is a must. And to many marketers, that means optimizing for Google's universal results. After all, Google is the ...
  • It's a Secret (Wink, Wink)Marketing Inspiration
    According to The Wrap, ABC has chosen an unorthodox way to promote a new comedy on its fall schedule—by keeping it hush-hush. "The network is offering the sneak peak of ...
  • This Will Be on the TestEmail Marketing
    "Something that we preach at eROI is to TEST TEST TEST," says Ryan Buchanan in a post at the company's blog. "We believe that testing should be an integral part ...
  • Consultative Selling: Staying Above the FrayHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
    The economic downturn in the technology sector has put a squeeze on resellers' margins. Not surprisingly, many value-added resellers (VARs) are looking to their professional services—not just products sales—to hit ...
  • Don't Jerk Me AroundMarketing Inspiration
    If we asked you to describe the jerk in your office, we'd probably get an earful. Maybe it's a colleague, a boss or even the CEO. Perhaps we put up ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Put Your Metrics to Work for YouEmail Marketing
    In a recent article for MarketingProfs, Karen Talavera discussed the importance of measuring metrics that matter, and outlined the difference between process metrics and contribution metrics. In a follow-up article ...
  • Searchers to Subscribers to FansSearch Engine Marketing
    "If you're interested in building a flourishing online brand and website that generates links and traffic organically as part of your Internet marketing efforts, it's important to develop an active ...
  • 3-2-1 Blast Off!Email Marketing
    If you read many email marketing blogs, you've probably noticed their authors tend to hate the word "blast." Scott Cohen is no exception, and—in a post called "The Naughtiest Word ...
  • 'Oh, and Here's Another Neat Thing...'High-Tech Mktg & Sales
    Heard those words in a software demo lately? Regardless of how important the demo can be in a complex B2B sale, it's not hard for you, or your customers, to ...
  • OK, OK, so I Screwed UpEmail Marketing
    Despite your commitment to following best practices, you might still commit minor email-marketing sins on occasion. Well, take heart: You are not alone. In a post at the Email Experience ...
  • Get Out On That Dance Floor!Marketing in a Downturn
    "It seems to me that this is the time when marketers should be pushing the envelope, yet it seems like most aren't," says DJ Francis in a post at the ...
  • You Make It Easy to Stay FriendsEmail Marketing
    When your company generates revenue from annual subscriptions or memberships, renewal rates are critical to your bottom line. To keep them high, Winston Bowden recommends email programs that use date-based ...
  • It Doesn't Have to Be Either-OrSearch Engine Marketing
    A question many small businesses face when money is tight is whether to invest in pay-per-click (PPC) search marketing or search engine optimization (SEO). The answer, says Claudia Bruemmer in ...
  • Caution: This Is NOT a DIY ProjectEmail Marketing
    While enjoying a recent meal out, Richard King got into a friendly conversation with a fellow diner about his work in email marketing. "After 15 minutes our discussion [came to] ...
  • Oh, No You Don't!Email Marketing
    When David Meerman Scott signed up for email alerts about launches and events at the Kennedy Space Center, he didn't expect getaway offers from Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, ...
  • Fist-Bump Your Card-Stack Into OblivionSocial Media
    The sun is setting on the tyranny of business cards—that stack of stiffs that seems important as you add to it again and again, but which you never really get the ...
  • Why Not Quantity AND Quality?B2B Marketing
    When Melissa Marron recently checked out the lead-generation-related results of the MarketingProfs' Marketing ROI & Performance Evaluation Study, it prompted her to ask this question of her fellow B2B marketers: ...
  • Stand Up to Stand OutMarketing in a Downturn
    According to Madison Riley and Brooks Kitchel of Kurt Salmon Associates, retailers often respond to sluggish sales by slashing prices and hoping to beat the competition on value. But there's ...
  • Hey! Is This a Bait-and-Switch?Email Marketing
    In a post at the FutureNow blog, Bryan Eisenberg recalls an email from Nikon that caught his attention with the subject line "My Picturetown—20GB for just a few cents a ...

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