By Danyl Bosomworth 19 Aug 2011 Are we failing to create digital impact? Creating a balance between sales optimisation and marketing When did you last run a campaign that sought to engage a market, to really engage and inspire potential customers rather than focusing on selling to those already in buying mode? We …..
By Danyl Bosomworth 18 Aug 2011 Which network is useful for building brand loyalty – Twitter or Facebook? This is a great question to ask since it’s easy to get lost in the accumulation of Likes and Follows. I’m not sure of how actionable this info-graphic is though it useful to ask the question. A few observations: 10% …..
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By Dave Chaffey 17 Aug 2011 Implications for your brand of the new Google “mega sitelinks” feature 8 questions to ask to help get your brand messages across in Google Importance: [rating=3] Recommended link: Official Google announcement on sitelinks Our commentary on new mega site links Folks have been discussing Google’s experiments with Google Sitelinks through August, …..
By 15 Aug 2011 Practical customer engagement examples #1 Pizza Express’ multichannel QR code Nothing makes an idea or concept come to life better than a story or an example. So I’ve decided to create an ongoing series of posts simply showing some of the best examples of engagement …..
By Danyl Bosomworth 12 Aug 2011 7 ideas for marketing with the customer in mind How do you really approach your marketing planning? After my recent post on marketing with the human factor, I’ve been thinking that most marketing today is still very product or category orientated – based entirely on what the business has …..
By Dave Chaffey 11 Aug 2011 New research and advice on using Twitter for Business Why do Twitter users follow brands? Value: [rating=4] Recommended link: Econsultancy Twitter Best Practice Guide Our commentary New research from Toluna and Econsultancy of 4,000 UK and US respondents has shown that over a quarter of consumers now have a …..
By Mark Brownlow 11 Aug 2011 Why email marketing is about more than ROI Can email marketers learn from how social media marketing is evaluated? In a recent article on evaluating social media, Jay Baer argues that our obsession with high-visibility numbers like “Followers” or “Likes” leads us to make false assumptions and wrong …..
By Chris Soames 10 Aug 2011 Yahoo-Bing update Yahoo now using Bing search results in UK and Europe Importance: [rating=3] (Given the dominance of Google) Recommended link: Summary of countries affected Our commentary The Yahoo & Bing alliance is old news from this time last year, but it …..
By Mel Henson 09 Aug 2011 Cutting the cost of copywriting Four tips to get better quality copywriting for less There are certain things in life that we think of as free even if they aren’t. Water – turn on a tap and out it comes Motorways – drive as far …..