- Add Some Local FlavorSearch Engine Marketing
When McDonald's launched its specialty coffees earlier this year, its banner ads inviting consumers to "McCafé Your Day" were all over the Web. Great branding, but does such online advertising send ...
- 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 ...
- We're Engaged!Email Marketing
According to DIRECT's Ken Magill, a recent announcement from AOL hints at where Internet service providers' spam-filtering techniques are headed, and "what marketers had better start doing if they want ...
- The Free-Trial BackfireHigh-Tech Mktg & Sales
It's become standard fare for software vendors to offer free trials to their prospects when they land on Web pages via search or pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. This approach makes sense, ...
- Agency DoublespeakMarketing Inspiration
If there's one thing marketers know how to do, it's to make things sound better than they actually are. Consider a drink often requested by Paul Williams at Starbucks—that purveyor ...
- Beer Budget, Champagne StyleEmail Marketing
You might not have the big-time marketing budget of a major retailer—but as the holiday season peaks, don't forget there's a secret weapon in your arsenal.
"Email marketing campaigns are affordable, ...
- 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 ...
- Same Old, Same OldB2B Marketing
Recently, we talked about what a frosty process B2B cold-calling can be. Well, the next step past the cold call can be just as icy: the cold onsite visit. Odds ...
- Bah, Humbug to the Downturn!Marketing in a Downturn
Few companies have been spared the ravages of the recession, but some strategies seem to be working to help small businesses stay afloat. In a recent article at Inc., Elizabeth ...
- 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 ...
- You Stupid Donkey!Small Business
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has built a reality-television empire with his abrasive style, ready arsenal of barbed insults and propensity for four-letter words. It all adds up to great television. ...
- Short, Sweet and Digging for GoldSearch Engine Marketing
The purpose of a pay-per-click (PPC) ad, says Nick Usborne, is "to match a thought in a reader's mind and then move that person forward to your landing page with ...
- 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 ...
- Must You Always Play It Safe?Email Marketing
Peruse the blogosphere for email marketing guidance, and you'll discover a number of seemingly inviolate dictums—rules that must not be broken if you aspire to a successful email program. But ...
- 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 ...
- Hey, Batter, Batter, Batter!Email Marketing
If you've ever pitched the idea of creating an email preference center to your team, you know what a tough sell it can be. "I had a meeting this morning ...
- 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 ...
- This One's For You, Wherever You AreSmall Business
We're very proud of the amazing marketing events produced by our MarketingProfs colleagues—they always deliver a lively, insightful experience. If you missed this year's Digital Marketing Mixer in Chicago, Matthew ...
- 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 ...
- Worth Every PennySmall Business
Why would anyone drive a BMW or shop at Nordstrom when, for a fraction of the price, they could drive a Volkswagen or shop at JC Penney? "[P]eople make trade-offs ...
- SEO Will Cure That SOSSearch Engine Marketing
Business owner Fran Murdy presented all the symptoms of full-blown Search Overload Syndrome (SOS), Microsoft's term coined in its recent commercials for Bing, when he fessed up in a forum discussion not ...
- 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 ...
- We Don't Need Another HeroMarketing in a Downturn
"Some of the most popular features in business magazines, in general, and entrepreneurship magazines, in particular, are the success stories—the articles that describe how an entrepreneur or a company achieved ...