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Target Builds ‘Dollhouse’ In Grand Central

(Ad Age) The glory of Grand Central Terminal got a little touch of Target this weekend when the retailer built a life-size dollhouse in the middle of the station to promote its Threshold home décor line. There are somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000 products on display in the house. Check it out.

Social

5 Questions to Keep Your Social Campaign on Track

(memeburn) What can you do to make sure you can complete your social media marketing strategy without running out of steam? Here are five questions you can ask yourself to put your social media strategy into perspective and keep your social media campaign on track.

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Coca-Cola to Stop Marketing to Kids

(Wall Street Journal) Coca-Cola plans to offer low- and no-calorie drinks in every market in the world and put calorie counts on the front of all drinks it sells. It also said it would stop marketing to children under 12 will work to encourage more physical activity programs in every country it operates. Get the […]

Infographic: The 7 Kinds of Digital Marketers

(Optify) This infographic from Optify offers an amusing and educational overview of the digital marketing realm. In it, the company describes seven types of digital marketers, including The Data Whiz (loves testing email campaigns and The E-Artiste (favorite social network is Pinterest).

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How to Get More out of Conversion Confirmation Pages

(Search Engine Watch) Conversion optimization focuses on compelling visitors to take a specific action on your site or landing page, but marketers shouldn’t overlook a low-hanging fruit: the purchase/lead confirmation page. Joseph Kerschbaum, senior client strategist for PPC Associates, shares seven tips to improve the confirmation page to set a good foundation for lasting customer […]

How Privacy Policies on Forms Affect Sign-ups

(ContentVerve.com) Placing a brief note about your privacy policy to assure visitors that their information won’t be shared or abused seems like a good way to boost sign-up rates, right? Yes and no. While this is a good idea in general, there are important caveats marketers should know about, illustrated by four A/B tests for […]

Data & Analytics

Key Metrics for Determining Your Marketing ROI

At face value, it may seem like some marketing activities should be eliminated due to a high initial cost per lead.

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Texting with Grandma: 5 Facts You Should Know About Seniors 55+

The cliché of a senior not knowing how to use a cell phone is prevalent in pop culture and advertising, but is it true? Five facts you need to know.

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Evaluating MailChimp’s Mixed-Media Campaign

(The Daily Egg) It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that “marketing” is synonymous with “digital,” but companies need to remember that tangible interactions are a great way to change things up a bit, in a pleasant way. Kathryn Aragon, of The Daily Egg, offers a look into how MailChimp ran a mixed-media […]

Digital

Snickers Runs PPC Ads to Target Misspellings by Hungry Searchers

(AdAge) Snickers found a creative way to target hungry searchers with a PPC ad campaign in the U.K. that used the top 500 search terms on Google and found the most common misspellings of those words, yielding a grand total of 25,381 words to bid on. The brand and its agency also ran “Snickers Foosball,” […]