Digital + Social
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Social
Facebook Advertising Offers Real, Measurable Results
Facebook is commanding an ever-increasing piece of advertising budget pies, thanks to the measurable results it provides marketers in terms of new fans and website conversions. While Facebook’s auction-based bid and cost-per-click pricing structures are similar to Google’s, they are much more valuable to marketers for a few key reasons—namely, the interest-based targeting, immediate gratification opportunities and the potential for viral activity they offer. Here’s how each of these serve marketers:
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Social
Social Marketing a Growing Part of the Media Mix in 2011: Survey
Asked how they’ll approach Web video this year, three-quarters of marketers said they will increase their use
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Social
National Guard Facebook App Lets Users Make Their Own Music Video
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, the Army National Guard is hoping that a music video is worth a whole recruitment speech—especially if it’s directed by individual users
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Email
Data Helps Indiana Tourism Org Boost E-mail Relevancy
Killing the print edition of its visitors guide may have been the best database-augmenting action Indiana’s South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority ever took. In doing so, the group put itself in a position to deliver better-qualified leads to its member organizations by focusing on online communication.
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Email
New Bill Takes Permission Beyond Opt-in in EU
For email marketers operating in the European Union, getting permission will soon extend beyond getting customers to opt-in to letting them into the inbox.
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Email
Email Timing: Consider Mailing on the Weekend
On behalf of Hubspot, social media specialist Dan Zarella looked at over 9.5 billion emails sent using MailChimp, analyzing clickthroughs, open rates and what times of day/week worked best.
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Social
Kenmore Looks to Get Moms Talking with Blogger Campaign
Everyone knows the Kenmore appliance brand. And that’s both an asset and an obstacle for the appliance brand, which is retailed in Sears and Kmart stores and Web sites
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Email
Sense of Urgency–Or Sense of Confusion?
No matter what your marketing medium of choice is today
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Email
Indianapolis Indians Hit Home Run With Email
The Indianapolis Indians have increased online ticket sales 64% so far over last season, thanks in large part to an email campaign with an over 30% open rate.
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Email
More Marketers Using Email for Prospecting: Survey
Eighty-five percent of respondents to this year’s annual Chief Marketer Lead Generation Survey plan to use email in 2011 as a prospecting tool, compared to 80.2% in 2010.