Digital Marketing: How-to articles covering the latest marketing tactics, tips, and strategies.

• How Small-Business Owners Are Using Mobile TechnologyAyaz Nanji
  Some 66% of small-business owners are using mobile devices and/or mobile solutions as part of their operations, according to a recent report.
  Digital Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Research Summaries, Small Business
• 50% of Moms Would Engage With Brands on Facebook If RewardedAyaz Nanji
  Some 81% of moms would buy more from a brand if rewarded, and over 50% are willing to engage with a brand on Facebook and other social media platforms if ...
  Brand Loyalty, Customer Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Facebook, Gamification, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Research Summaries
• 4 in 10 CMOs Feel Unprepared for Challenges Ahead [Infographic]Ayaz Nanji
  Nearly four in 10 chief marketing officerssay they do not have the right people, tools, and resources to meet their marketing objectives, according to a recent report.
  Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing, Marketing Budgets, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Operations, Research Summaries
• When Did Social Media Lose Its Way? [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  In the early days of social media, users interacted like real people do. However, in time, social networks evolved into pits of broadcast messages. Here's how companies lost their way ...
  Brand Management, Customer Relationships, Customer Retention, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Social Business, Social Media, Twitter
• Average Value of a Facebook Brand Fan Increases 28%Ayaz Nanji
  The average value of a brand fan on Facebook in key consumer categories increased to $174 in 2012, from $136 in 2010, according to a new report.
  B2C, Brand Loyalty, Customer Acquisition, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Interactive Marketing, Research Summaries, Retail Marketing, Social Media
• #SocialSkim: Social Media This Week, Including a Content Marketing Children's StoryAngela Natividad
  Learn why Facebook's blue and how eBay plans to data-woo advertisers. Get the scoop on paid YouTube subscriptions, a better way to manage B2B expenses, and Yahoo's winning content deal. ...
  Advertising, B2B Marketing, B2C, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationships, Digital Marketing, Digital Theory, Facebook, Marketing Strategy, Pinterest
• Seven Steps You Can Take to Capitalize on the Mobile Video Viewing ShiftFrank Sinton
  Through apps or the mobile Web, on a phone or tablet, consumers are watching more and more video on mobile, and now you have some figuring out to do lest ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, High-Tech Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Smart Phones, Videos, YouTube
• How to Use Google Analytics to Increase E-Commerce SalesMor Friedman
  Google Analytics is a great free tool for e-commerce websites. It can allow marketers and webmasters to record specific data about items purchased, learn how a user navigates the website, ...
  Business Intelligence, Customer Behavior, Data, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Email, Google, Google Analytics, Keywords, Landing Pages
• Social Sharing Boosts Email Results [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  Think social media killed off email? Hardly. If anything, social media has boosted the power of email. To help marketers understand how important social media is to email, GetResponse put ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Email, Email Campaigns, Email Marketing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media
• Digital Video Advertisers Up Budgets, Shift Spend From Display and TVVahe Habeshian
  As online video becomes a part of the marketing plans of a growing cross-section of advertisers, 72% of video buyers' budgets increased in the past year; moreover, 48% of those ...
  Advertising, Digital Marketing, Digital Theory, Marketing Budgets, New Media, Research Summaries, Television, TV, Videos, Web Content

Digital Marketing: Podcasts containing in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life.

• Content, Customer-Centricity, and the Power of Data: Acxiom's Tim Suther on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  This week's guest on Marketing Smarts is Tim Suther, chief marketing and strategy officer for Acxiom, a firm that Tim referred to as "the original Big Data company"; FRONTLINE called it "one of the biggest companies you've never heard of."
  Advertising, B2B Marketing, Content, Customer-Centric, Data, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Segmentation, Technology
• How to Build a Testing Culture: Justin Rondeau of Which Test Won on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Testing your online campaigns, landing pages, forms, website, and so on can't be an every-now-and-again thing. Testing must be iterative and ongoing if it is to produce results. Which means, among other things, that your organization must institute a culture ...
  Benchmarking, Customer Behavior, Data, Digital Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Smarts, Measurement, Metrics, Testing
• Surrender to the Chaos of the Internet: The Atlantic's Bob Cohn on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  The Atlantic magazine has made a highly successful transition to the digital world. To understand what has led to its digital success and uncover what content marketers might learn from its example, I invited Bob Cohn, the magazine's digital editor, ...
  Blogging, Content, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Social Media, Writing
• A Passion for People: Intel's Ekaterina Walter Talks Entrepreneurial Success on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  "All of us want to belong, and all of us really want to make an impact, and some of us... we invent Facebook," Ekaterina Walter, social media strategist at Intel and author of Think Like Zuck told me during this ...
  Community, Content, Content Marketing, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Facebook, High-Tech Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Personal Branding, Social Media
• Did You See That? EyeTrackShop's Jeff Bander Talks Eye Tracking on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Before we can effectively communicate with our customers, we need to get their attention. According to Jeff Bander of EyeTrackShop, this means that when evaluating the effectiveness of our ads or calls-to-action or emails or whatever, we need to answer ...
  Benchmarking, Customer Behavior, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Smarts, Measurement, Online Marketing, Research, Web Analytics
• Think Like a Producer, Not a Publisher: Andrew Davis on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Marketers need to think and act more like executive producers, those people behind the scenes of movies and TV shows who spend all their time "trying to find the resources to create the right kind of content for the right ...
  Brand Management, Content, Content Marketing, Customer Evangelists, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Web Content
• Satire, Politics, and Marketing Fake News: Baratunde Thurston on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Stand-up comic, author of How to Be Black, and former director of digital at The Onion, Baratunde Thurston has a lethal sense of humor—and an uncanny ability to meld business sense and humor to both build an online audience and ...
  Advertising, Digital Marketing, Humor, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Smarts, Social Media, Websites
• What Is the Secret to Social Media Success? LoveTheCool's Michelle McCormack [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  In this week's episode of Marketing Smarts, social media consultant Michelle McCormack shares four key lessons she's learned about social media success—and what it takes to attain it.
  Digital Marketing, Facebook, Marketing Smarts, Public Relations, Social Media, Social Networking
• The Changing Agency/Client Relationship: Glenn Engler Talks to Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Senior-level marketers don't seem to believe their digital partners are adequately extending their service capabilities in the digital age. So how does an agency demonstrate that it "gets" digital? Glenn Engler, CEO of Digital Influence Group, answers that question in ...
  Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing, Market Research, Marketing Smarter, Marketing Smarts, Podcasting, Social Media

Digital Marketing: Online seminar broadcasts from the best minds in marketing

• Marketing Campaign Strategies for the Social and Mobile WorldBroadcast on 5/16/2013 with Rebecca Wardlow
  This PRO seminar will help you get your mobile-first plan in place by teaching you how consumers are using their mobile devices to connect with businesses!
  Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing
• Shopping Made Smarter: Employing Smart Marketing in E-CommerceBroadcast on 3/19/2013 with Doug Broujos, Tim Brechlin
  Join us to explore strategies and tactics you can use today to improve your e-commerce efforts. You'll learn the elements of a smart online commerce program, from planning and deployment to evaluation and refinement. Sponsored by WhatCounts.
  B2C, Customer Behavior, Data, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Web Analytics
• Three Tragic Flaws That Might Mean Curtains for Your Digital StrategyBroadcast on 3/5/2013 with Jason Thibeault
  Learn how to fix three basic digital marketing mistakes and attain a winning digital presence for your online story. Sponsored by Limelight Networks.
  Content Marketing, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Videos, Websites
• How to Successfully Break the “Rules” of Email Marketing and Get Better ResultsBroadcast on 10/25/2012 with DJ Waldow, Jason Falls
  Join DJ Waldow and Jason Falls as they highlight individuals and companies who don't follow the "best practices" of email marketing and have still found incredible success.
  Digital Marketing, Email Campaigns, Email Lists, Email Marketing
• Using Crowdsourcing to Develop and Enhance Your ContentBroadcast on 9/27/2012 with David Bratvold
  In this PRO seminar, you'll learn what crowdsourcing is, why it's important, and how you can use it to beef up your content.
  Community, Content, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, Feedback, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Inspiration, Research, User-Generated Content
• Landing Page Tips to Lift Your Conversion RateBroadcast on 9/20/2012 with Chris Goward
  This PRO seminar will teach you how to get the most out of your landing pages' design, copy, and layout.
  Digital Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Landing Pages, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Online Marketing
• MarketingProfs University: Why Your Online Strategy Really Is Your Business StrategyBroadcast on 9/13/2012 with Vanessa Fox
  In this PRO seminar, you'll learn why SEO is still important, how to seamlessly build it into your strategy, and how to step into your customers' shoes and understand their thinking to improve traffic, and ultimately, revenue.
  Digital Marketing, Keywords, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engines, SEO, Social Business
• MarketingProfs University: The Fundamentals of Paid SearchBroadcast on 8/9/2012 with George Michie
  In this PRO seminar, you'll learn the ins and outs of paid search, including how to set the foundation for an effective strategy, how to set budgets and goals, and much more.
  Advertising, Digital Marketing, Keywords, Marketing Strategy, PPC Campaigns, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engines
• The 10 Most Common SEO Mistakes Marketers MakeBroadcast on 6/14/2012 with Stephan Spencer
  Learn how to fare better in organic search, outrank your competition, and improve your overall SEO results.
  Digital Marketing, Keywords, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engines, SEO
• How to Get the Most Out of Your Facebook AdsBroadcast on 5/17/2012 with Eshwar Belani
  Learn how to dramatically improve the effectiveness, reach, and ROI of your Facebook campaigns and how to use ad targeting and optimization tools outside of Facebook to create, launch, and test thousands of ads targeted at just as many (if not more) micro-segments.
  Ad Copy, Advertising, Brand Positioning, Community, Customer Behavior, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Interactive Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking

Digital Marketing: Tutorials — tactical marketing know-how in just 10 minutes from subject matter experts

• Take 10: How to Build a Socially Savvy BrandReleased on 2/15/2013 with Heidi Cohen
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to define all aspects of your brand, from colors to images, sound, video, the tangible and intangible elements, and more.
  Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Take 10
• Take 10: How to Monetize Your Website with Google Ad SenseReleased on 1/25/2013 with Chloe Spencer
  In just 10 minutes, you'll discover important tips on how to get your site approved by Google.
  Ad Copy, Advertising, Digital Marketing, Google, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Take 10, Websites
• Take 10: How to Create Custom URLs for Better Campaign TrackingReleased on 10/5/2012 with Dan Soschin
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to create custom URLs for your campaigns that will improve your Google Analytics tracking tenfold and, ultimately, improve your campaign performance.
  Digital Marketing, Google, Interactive Marketing, Landing Pages, Measurement, Metrics, ROI, Take 10
• Take 10: Five Secrets of Successful Mobile App Landing PagesReleased on 9/28/2012 with Brian Klais
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to power-up your social engagement with smart phone users. Brian will share with you five cutting-edge tips for deel-linking traditional web, email, and ad media directly into pages inside of today's most mobile apps.
  Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Mobile Marketing
• Take 10: How to Design a Website That Resonates With Your UsersReleased on 9/21/2012 with Jon-Mikel Bailey
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to design a user-centric website that performs better and gets the response you’re looking for from your audience.
  Customer Behavior, Digital Marketing, Online Marketing, Website Design
• Take 10: How to Increase Website ConversionReleased on 8/17/2012 with Sherice Jacob
  In just ten minutes, you'll learn how to optimize your website to increase your conversion rate right away!
  Digital Marketing, Keywords, Landing Pages, Online Marketing, Take 10, Web Copy, Website Design, Websites
• Take 10: Three Tips for Creating a Great Mobile WebsiteReleased on 7/27/2012 with Heather Clancy
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn three simple and fool-proof tips to help you create an effective mobile website.
  Digital Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Take 10
• Take 10: Five Key Ways to Optimize Your QR Code PerformanceReleased on 7/20/2012 with Brian Klais
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn five keys to great QR code execution, including how to use QR codes to help build a stronger brand, how to entice users to scan your code, and how to measure the success of your campaign.
  Digital Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Measurement, Metrics, Mobile Marketing, Strategy, Take 10
• Take 10: Five Powerful SEO Tips for Getting Your Mobile Apps RankedReleased on 6/15/2012 with Brian Klais
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn five powerful SEO tips that will help get your mobile app ranked in the search engines.
  Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engines, Take 10
• Take 10: How to Effectively Use Traditional Marketing in the Digital AgeReleased on 4/6/2012 with Elaine Fogel
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how you can use traditional marketing (print advertising, direct mail, etc.) as the perfect complement to your digital marketing strategy.
  Advertising, Brand Management, Branding, Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Tips, Print Collateral, Take 10

Digital Marketing: Marketing downloads for the busy professional

• Slowpoke's Guide to Digital Marketing
  Feel like the digital marketing race began without you? Don't worry—you can still catch up to the social media superstars. The Slowpoke's Guide to Digital Marketing puts rocket fuel in your engine to propel your digital marketing campaigns.
  Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Facebook, Keywords, LinkedIn, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Social Media, Twitter, Websites
• The Obama Playbook: How Digital Marketing and Social Media Won the Election
  Want to create a veritable army of customer-advocates to champion your brand? The Obama Playbook: How Digital Marketing and Social Media Won the Election shows you how the Obama campaign masterfully used new media to build awareness, engage prospects, and start a movement. It takes you step-by-step through the new media strategies of the campaign and provides actionable guidance on how you can modify each to benefit your business. Both entertaining and useful, it's an invaluable resource for the savvy marketer who wants to take full advantage of the amazing powers of new media.
  Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Obama, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Videos, Websites, Word of Mouth
• Benchmark Research: Marketing in the Economic Crisis
  These economic times have everyone concerned and asking, "How does this effect marketing?". Well we surveyed our very own members to help give marketers a sense of how others are dealing and adapting to these tough times.
  Digital Marketing, Economic Crisis, Marketing Budgets, Marketing Plans