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As the forces of globalization continue to connect and intertwine commercial and financial markets, and new technologies come online in the marketplace, the time between "event" and "action" is rapidly In the past, managers could take weeks or days to make important decisions, however to effectively compete globally, some companies are making critical decisions in hours,

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Here are a few companies in alphabetical order I thought had shown some real promise at the Web 2.0 Ascentium .... A model for the agency of the I spoke to the CMO, Romi Mahajan who explained 's go-to-market strategy to me. They are the nexus of a digital marketing company mixed with a technology firm

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Marketers responsible for lead generation are all too familiar with some common challenges—getting closed-loop feedback from the sales organization, measuring marketing effectiveness beyond just lead quantity and cost per lead, and building strong alignment with the sales organization. As presented in the MarketingProfs' research report, "B-to-B Lead Generation: Marketing ROI and Performance Evaluation Study," effective lead-generation marketing is very much tied to overcoming these challenges to prioritize lead quality over lead quantity.

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Kodak has invested people, energy, and two years of dedicated effort into building its social media program, and has met with great success. Here, Amber Naslund talks to the people behind Kodak's efforts to find out why their social media program is so valuable to their business, and how they've defined success.

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Good email design is a critical part of ensuring a high response rate. A major frustration within the industry is the lack of standards to guide designers when creating HTML email. Though there isn't one email-marketing design bible, there are fundamental design rules that should be applied. This article reviews some of the high-level design principles as well as more in-depth rules affecting some of the most common issues email marketers face.

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There's a new kid on the social media block that's starting to garner a lot of attention from companies. Microblogging sites, such as Twitter, are increasingly becoming a companion to an existing blog—or a standalone strategy for businesses that are using social media to connect with their customers. But many companies aren't sure what the microblogging "rules of the road" are. This is where Connie Reece comes in.

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As in The Committee of , a group of highly successful and highly influential female professionals. Last week, I was a guest speaker at The Committee of 200's (C200) annual conference outside of Dallas. Have you ever heard of the C200? Probably not - membership is by invitation only for women who either own businesses larger

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This is a recap of a presentation by Michael Lazerow of Buddy from the Web 2.0 Social Networks are clearly here to stay with almost of the population is using these sites of Social Network have all opened up their platforms which means that brands have cost effective access to more than 500M engaged users (250M

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Why do some ideas go viral and others don't? Here's one People who are "bored at work" are a network bigger than any major network, including CBS, NBC, and so on. If ordinary people see something online and start passing it around THEY decide what is popular out of main stream media. And today they can

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Greetings from Yerevan, Armenia, where I am "posted" with a Fulbright grant. My original assignment was to teach graduate school-level marketing. However, after a bit of confusion, the assignment was changed and I am now teaching public Public relations in a post-Soviet world is an interesting proposition. Before starting, I read Martin Nunn's International Public Relations

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Drop.io's CEO Sam Lessin presented "A Brief History of Privacy in this Data-Deluged World" at the Ignite II kick-off of Web 2.0 in I loved Sam's thought captured in the following "For the first time in history it is now cheaper and easier for people to be public than to be private. What I mean by

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A recent book review caught my attention. The book being reviewed, Obsessive Branding , was authored by Lucas . With a title like this, I figured the author would have plenty of controversial statements to make. Talk about an In all fairness, I have not read the book in question. Still, it raises several important points

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Two years ago less than half of all consumers used search to find a local business. But today that number is upward of However, most small businesses today still don't have a website in fact less than of small business owners are online. For them the problem is not just that they don't have a website

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Rohit Bhargava is a well-respected marketer and blogger and frequent speaker at conferences, including the upcoming MarketingProfs Digital Marketing Mixer. Here, he shares advice on how to get the most from the conference experience and discusses where social media is headed, as well as how businesses can make the most of it.

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Although more than 80% of high-tech marketers say they have a lead-nurturing strategy, 64% say their strategy needs improvement, according to a February 2008 survey by TeleNet Marketing Solutions. As for which areas of overall lead-generation strategy tech marketers would like to improve in the next year, nurturing of long-term leads was the No. 1 response. Nurturing shortens the sales cycle and improves return on investment from lead-generation activities, so it is important to reconsider your nurturing strategy frequently. Consider the following three recommendations to enhance your strategy.

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The top 10 challenges facing the interactive marketing community are very much the same as those facing the entire marketing community... in that almost every marketing professional must address the interactive/online marketing medium. When they are asked about top challenges, many marketers say things like "social media" or "search engine optimization" or "integrating online and offline." But I think the challenges are much more fundamental to the individual and the organization. Here's my list of the top challenges, and my recommendations for dealing with them.

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Many people think the power to restore our environment—to curb greenhouse gases, to clean up our air and water, to cut down on precious resources' ending up in landfills—lies in the hands of scientists and engineers, or lawyers and legislators. But the real power of green lies in the hands of marketers.

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The number of brands on a growing list of social media marketing . Just under two weeks ago, I posted a list of about 120 examples of brands either using social media for marketing or being impacted by users exerting influence in the channel. Since then, the list has almost doubled based on the contributions of

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A new Association of National (ANA) study this summer shows that of ANA member respondents believe their overall marketing budgets will be reduced up to with almost a third saying it will be in the range. What else is new? Isn't marketing seen as a luxury in some organizations? Are you battling the Big Cheese to

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With global sourcing strategies in place, companies often assemble finished goods from raw materials from hundreds of suppliers. However, not all suppliers act ethically, and some take short-cuts in quality control. In order to properly manage our brands and take ownership of the "customer experience"–marketers need visibility into the supply chain. Do you know what's in