Does social media really work in business-to-business marketing? It's a valid question, especially with the mass media mindset prevailing over much of social media. What B2B marketers and the firms that represent them should really be concerned with is the quality of the social media connections they make rather than the quantity.
New Citi App Lets Loyalty Members Pool Points Through Social Networks
Not all metrics are good metrics. Merely because a brand is well "liked" on Facebook, or has many followers on Twitter, does not mean it is successfully being marketed. And collecting a fishbowl full of leads at a conference, or sending out a set quota of email blasts, is not the most productive way of…
Rather than reaching for a clever, entertaining video premise that had lots of virality but no staying power, General Foods' Betty Crockret brand looked at what people really wanted from their product online. They found the answer in kids' birthday suggestions and now dominate the cake demo space.
When people talk about social media promotions and highlight best practices from case studies, they are almost always focused on Facebook. And while it makes sense for marketers to turn to the behemoth for their promotions, there are a lot of specialized, smaller networks that are equally effective in achieving results.
The rise in popularity of social media doesn't mean the demise of email marketing. In fact, social media has the potential to elevate the effectiveness of email when the two are integrated wisely.
The editors of Chief Marketer compiled an educated but fairly personal list of the trends and tactics we expect to see driving marketing in 2012, and an equally informal list of the brands at the forefront of those efforts
Best Mobile Marketing Campaign: Smartphone App | The folks who have let you Elf Yourself for years now turned these universal Yuletide forces into a bingo game that office party-goers could play via the cameras on their smartphones
2011 IMA Award winner, Best Use of Online Contest or Sweepstakes for Lead Generation | Almost 5,000 teenage girls signed up for an essay video contest branded by Skintimate Signature Scents for the chance to become a member of one of two crews of nine girls to be flown to Hollywood to produce a film…
2011 IMA Award winner, Best Cross-Platform Promotional Campaign Using Interactive Channels | The Monopoly Promotion template continued in 2010 with some new-media tweaks to the online version
