marketing
How to generate leads online
For many companies, trade shows and cold calling no longer suffice to drive the right leads and sales opportunities in a scalable way. Here are some tips for how to generate leads online. (1) Define your target audience and buyer group …
Tagged analysis, business, digital marketing, marketing, web
Integrating New Marketing Practices – Europe vs North America
The misconception that European marketers are at least 12-18 months behind the North Americans when it comes to integrating new marketing practices can be put to rest. In the recently released 2014 State of Inbound report, numbers show that European …
Tagged digital marketing, marketing
The 2014 Holiday Season and Top Social Media Marketing Trends
Despite Halloween barely just around the corner, the holiday season will quickly amp up after the calendar changes to November. Marketers will need to begin their planning for holiday strategies if they haven’t already. For example: Cyber Monday. Looking at …
Tagged digital marketing, ecommerce, marketing, social media
Fortune 500 Blogging Down for the First Time since 2008
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research has recently found that blogging among Fortune 500 companies has dropped for the first time in seven years. As it is currently, 31 percent of Fortune 500 companies have corporate blogs. …
Tagged business, marketing, social media
Using Real Time Digital Marketing For B2B
New data from Econsultancy’s B2B Real-Time Marketing Report suggests that marketing has become far more reactionary and much less planned. Digital marketers have had to conform their businesses (and sometimes, their personal lives) to accommodate the “real-time” marketing strategies that …
Tagged digital marketing, marketing, social media
B2Bs, Not Just B2Cs, Should Adopt Real-Time Marketing Practices
Many businesses have embraced digital marketing and social media marketing, but what if simply having a presence on the web is no longer enough? That’s what a new study from Monetate and Econsultancy proclaims. Real-time marketing has done exceedingly well …
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Cross-Channel Marketing Approaches Should Be Prioritized [Study]
When it comes to integrating marketing ploys across multiple channels, a new study shows that 67 percent of digital marketers say it is their current priority. With almost 1,000 marketers participating, Oracle Marketing Cloud researched how brands and businesses are …
Tagged digital marketing, marketing, online advertising
Data-driven marketing is a thing of the present
A measurement and analytics report conducted recently by Econsultancy and Lynchpin looked at the current era of data-driven marketing. The partnership studied nearly 1,000 digital analysts and marketers about a broad range of topics. In terms of analytics driving business …
Tagged analytics, digital marketing, marketing
Consumers More Likely to Purchase Items from Websites with Product Reviews [study]
Thanks to the unending supply of information consumers can acquire with only their fingertips, people looking to buy products online only have to go a short distance to find all the information they need about the product. It may not …
Tagged digital marketing, ecommerce, marketing
Best web analytics tools for sorting digital marketing data
Big data is an immense part of digital marketing, so how exactly are digital marketers sorting the data and keeping up with all its uses? What are the best tools for sorting digital marketing data? A recent survey by Econsultancy …
Marketers Will Have to Work Harder to Get Millennials’ Attention: study
A recent study by Razorfish, DigitasLBi, Yahoo, and Tumblr found that 45 percent of millennials simply have no interest in what marketers are trying to push. This insight is especially important when one realizes that millennials will be spending $1.4 trillion …
Tagged business, digital marketing, marketing
Digital Analytics Skills Gap, 2013 – 2014
With digital marketing flourishing in many sectors, businesses are reportedly raising their digital analytics and consultancy budgets to accommodate a wide variety of uses. Out of 1000 companies surveyed in a recent study, 61 percent said they have or are …
Tagged analytics, business, digital marketing, marketing
23% of Consumers Open Mobile Email Twice
An extensive study by Campaign Monitor, a service that allows businesses to attract new subscribers by sending attractive email newsletters, helps to reveal the mobile email habits of consumers. From data collected in 2013, they reviewed 780 million email opens on …
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Senior Employees Have Greater Digital Marketing Knowledge: Study
If you had to guess who in your company had the better digital marketing skills and knowledge, would you guess yourself? Perhaps a colleague? Or what about your boss? It might be a good idea to give your boss credit …
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Is Instagram the Best Social Channel for Brand Engagement?
Global research and advisory firm Forrester recently released a study that looked at the user interactions of over 3 million users with brand posts on social media. Through studying roughly 2,500 brand posts, Forrester concluded that users don’t often interact …
Tagged branding, marketing, social media
Study: Positive Online Shares Result in Greater Purchases
Positive Online Shares Result in Higher Purchase Incidence ShareThis, a social data and sharing tool, and the Paley Center for Media recently came together to examine the significance of high-rated social reviews in a new study. Brands that receive positive …
Tagged business, marketing, online advertising, social media
Burt’s Bees Infiltrates Electronic Calendars in Marketing Push
Burt’s Bees Electronic Calendars Natural beauty and cosmetic brand Burt’s Bees is taking digital marketing to another level. Most digital marketing strategies involve ads incorporated into social media platforms, but the Burt’s Bees brand will be slightly more personal. After …
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How Upcoming Changes to Google Adwords Affects Mobile App Advertising
Changes in Google Adwords Affects Mobile App Advertising Google announced last week changes to Adwords which are to come into affect over coming months. Acknowledging it’s no longer about devices but about connecting consumers with content anywhere, anytime and on …
Tagged digital marketing, marketing, mobile, online advertising
Recent challenges with paid content amplification
Numbers have indicated that the growth of Facebook has been declining as of late, which is bad news for marketers. In fact, recent reports show that there has been a sharp decline in the organic reach of posts of Facebook. …
Tagged business, marketing, online advertising, social media
Secrets for Successful YouTube Content Revealed
At the close of March, YouTube released content that they denied existed since 2008: the secret formula for creating viral original content. Suzie Reider, Google’s managing director of brand solutions, was the keynote speaker at the 2014 ANA Media Leadership …
Tagged digital marketing, marketing, social media, video, youtube
