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Social and Social can be effective tools for growing our businesses when they are part of our marketing mix. However, if they are the sole source of our marketing plan, we fail to reach the majority of our potential customers, especially if we are a B2B Let's get real! Most B2B decision makers are not present

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And , we have all been talking about over the last week or so. And while many of us are talking about the site, I think the key point here is that Plurk's emergence could validate the micro-blogging space as a Twitter, Pownce and Jaiku all offer a somewhat similar layout and functionality, and

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In this Marketing Over Coffee we discuss spinning a PR Crisis, Marketers as deceivers and liars, and the Google Dance..... all that and more in this Marketing Over Coffee, a weekly audio program sponsored by MarketingProfs that covers classic marketing tactics and what's new on the technology Direct Link to Show length Brought to you by

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There's an interesting experiment going on - well, if you're reading this any time after AM EDT on June 6, 2008, it already has finished - that involves five prominent social media marketing experts and a charitable . If you don't typically follow social media (wait - you're reading this blog; is that ?) or need

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An interesting study from the University of Texas recently showed that the typical information posted on social networking sites .... favorite books, movies, music, and quotes; major; hometown; and similar personal items .... doesn't always give others an accurate impression of When the researchers tested so called "friends" of a user on basic questions like those

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Think marketing doesn't have much to do with mathematics? An unseen mathematical world is giving some companies a competitive edge in better understanding customers. Indeed, companies across all industries are now capturing data and creating rich profiles of customers to "predict" their wants, needs and future Mathematics has left the ivory tower of academia for a

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In this Marketing Over Coffee we discuss why bulk commercial email is different from spam, what's going on with Social Media Consultants, and how to monitor your brand on the web..... all that and more in this Marketing Over Coffee, a weekly audio program sponsored by MarketingProfs that covers classic marketing tactics and what's new on

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Isn't direct mail pricey? It can be. But don't think that you have to create big, flashy mailers. In fact, when your goal is to generate sales leads, simpler, cheaper formats often work better. Here are five basic direct mail tools that you can use to generate sales leads quickly and inexpensively.

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You've probably heard phrases such as site optimization, search engine optimization, event optimization, and campaign optimization. A more recent concept with broader application to marketing is the idea of marketing optimization.

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As marketing managers seek to keep their brands fresh and relevant, many are tempted to jump on the latest trends and fads. You know: online and major media advertising with new imagery... new slogans and taglines... new product packaging... all playing to the latest pop-cult phenomena, hot colors, and new vibes. But is that really the solution? The short answer is "no."

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Marketing professionals know that careful, accurate, and constant campaign tracking and analysis are just as important as delivery itself. Your email marketing campaigns, integrated with Google Analytics, make this possible—and easier to do than ever before.

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Have you heard of Plurk? Well I hadn't, not until very early Sunday morning, when I first saw talk of the micro-blogging site being mentioned on Twitter. Over the course of the day, talk of Plurk spread like wildfire via Twitter, as users jumped over to see what the site was all Many of us tried

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Founder Aruni Gunasegaram found herself in a position that any company would dread. She had launched a new product that she had hoped would be well-received by her target audience, mothers who breastfeed their children. Unfortunately, the product was immediately reviewed, and shredded, by Jennifer Laycock, a very popular mommy-blogger who blogs at The . What

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What if you placed a call to GM and the CEO answered the phone? You would think perhaps this company is too small to suit my needs. This is why the bigger a company gets the more faceless they become because they layer on infrastructure to foster a certain But new media changes that paradigm and

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Here was a great statement in a recent Reuters article, Food makers look to health as downturn "Industry giants such as Kraft, General Mills, Sara Lee, ConAgra, Unilever and Danone all told the Reuters Food Summit in Chicago that healthy products were on top of their menus in insulating themselves from the U.S. economic malaise as

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I've got a viral sickness. This is unrelated to my recent stays in the hospital; I'm talking Viral I love– no, L-O-V-E– viral marketing. A bunch. I don't pretend to be a total expert on it, or anything (ok, well maybe a little), but I know what I like and I love the awesome effectiveness of

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Luanne Tierney, Senior Director US and Canada Channels Marketing at Cisco, has had a 20-year career in technology marketing—the past 12 years at Cisco, and before that at Apple, HP, and 3Com. She is a "Marketing Champion," because she drives cash flow for Cisco by helping channel partners market more effectively. Excerpted here is her philosophy of leadership in marketing.

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Email marketers are perpetually caught in the middle. On the one hand, we are celebrated for being the go-to resource for generating short-term revenue results. On the other hand, the applause dies down when the budget talk comes around and we continue to be handicapped by limited investment and strained resources. What's an email marketer to do? Here are five ideas.

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Building a list of responsive subscribers via a Web site that has a bit of traffic and quality content is surprisingly easy. But sometimes, when working with users, we're surprised to see low conversion rates. So, we take a look into just why that might be. Here are five factors to consider when growing your list.

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By looking at your company's readiness in conjunction with your market, your competitors, and your buyers, you'll be able to determine what the potential is (or isn't) for social media. What's more, you'll be able to assess where you should be diving in, or what's a realistic starting place.