When presenting a social media program, people want to know about the numbers. Who’s on what network? How old are they? How much do they make? Quoting stats gives perspective. For example, there are still people out there who think that Facebook is only for college kids. Or, that you […]
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I love silent auctions. Bidding on donated items is fun, especially if you’re the winner. At the event, charities or organizations raise funds and awareness. And, donating items to be displayed online or at an event is good publicity. Everybody wins: the organization raises funds, your business gets promoted and […]
Google is global. Now that searching for local businesses and services is moving away from the phone book to the search bar on the screen, it’s not too surprising that marketers are rating local search as being a highly effective marketing tool. Check out this chart and then take a […]
Thanks so much to Mari Smith for interviewing me for a teleseminar for the International Social Media Club Association. Because lots of people out there want to know about LinkedIn, I offered to answer the questions that came up in the forum. Today I’m sharing them with you, too. Special […]
MarketingSherpa’s chart of the week shows that social media’s share of the online budget is now at 11%. According to MarketingSherpa’s Social Media Marketing Benchmark Survey, here’s how the budgets break out: 27% Website 21% Pay Per Click [PPC] 19% Email 11% Social Media 10% Search Engine Optimization [SEO] 6% […]
Three out of four marketing and PR workshops for IAPD IPRA went well: lots of space, time and room for conversation. When I saw the room for my Social Media Sampler presentation, I got a bit concerned. Fifteen minutes before I was set to start, it was already almost full. […]
Today’s guest post comes from Ernest Nicastro, a direct marketing consultant, copywriter and lead-generation specialist who heads up Positive Response, an award-winning marketing firm based in Dublin, Ohio. We’re members of the same mastermind group. When I asked if anyone wanted to be a guest author, I was delighted to […]
I’ve been searching So long To find an answer Now I know my life has meaning Chicago What if your search engine asked: Did you find every thing that you were looking for? Of course, there’s no need to do that. Why? We’re in constant search mode. Do you agree? […]
Want to know how marketers really feel about social media? Check out these statistics from Alterian’s seventh annual social media marketing survey. – 70% work with 3 or more suppliers to accommodate marketing services such as digital marketing, database marketing, data hygiene, creative & brand, strategy, web analytics etc. – […]
So, where is all this digital stuff going? Edelman’s Digital team gives us a preview of their opinion of what’s to come in their recently released white paper, Digital Visions: Ten Ideas for the New Decade. The bigger opportunity for clients, we believe, is to identify the global societal and […]
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