Is This the Death Knell for Traditional Advertising?

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Recent studies further question the effectiveness of traditional advertising for reaching organizational goals. If this the death knell for traditional advertising? Models and Celebrities Not Performing Maybe we all suspected this, and the Dove “Campaign for Real Beauty” underscored our discontent, but skinny models DON’T sell product. Researchers at Warwick Business School found evidence dispelling [...]

Creating Sharable Social Media Content

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Yesterday,  I posted my overview from the Facebook Marketing Conference session on Insights for Facebook.  Facebook pointed out that only about 16% of our friends, subscribers, and Fans will see each post.  That makes it hard for businesses using Facebook hoping to amplify their online message and grow their business.  But, there is a solution [...]

Marketing Strategy: Segmenting Consumer Goods

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Building a successful marketing strategy is hard because it combines quantitative knowledge and skills with experience and intuition — a blend of art and science. Developing your marketing strategy based on what your competitors are doing means you’re competing in the red ocean (full of blood from the dead bodies of those who didn’t survive [...]

Roadmap to Social Media Marketing Success: Convert Traffic Through Fit

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Social media marketing success requires a combination of elements working together — both bringing traffic to your website and converting that traffic.  Today, we’re going to talk about matching your offer to your target market as a means for creating social media marketing success. Last post we talked about target marketing, which is one of [...]

Attracting Social Media Fans: Give ‘Em What They Want

  We all know the value of social media fans: they spread your message through their networks, acting like word of mouth on steroids. defend your brand when others complain answer consumer questions and share satisfaction about your brand influence others to buy your brand You want to generate MORE social media fans and keep [...]

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