Many marketers adore social media because it’s viewed as a mostly free channel for driving engagement and sales. But a recent study from Kenshoo Social, conducted by Forrester, has findings that make a strong case to see social media more as a paid channel. Social tactics: free vs. paid According to the study, which is…
By Paul Taylor, founder and CEO of Webmarketing123 For most advertisers, the phrase "Managing your PPC Budget for Best Results" will elicit a thought response of setting a daily campaign budget in Google AdWords or maybe a monthly campaign budget in Bing Ads that falls within their budgeting constraints. This is the beginning and end…
Pinterest saw its PC-based audience grow by 1,047 percent in 2012, according to Nielsen. Meanwhile, according to comScore, the image-based social network boasted 27.0 million unique visitors in February, making it the No. 40 Web property in the U.S. Add to these impressive numbers the growing trend of all things visual, and it’s easy to…
“Big data,” “mobile marketing,” “predictive analytics,” “convergence analytics”
As far as bottom lines and some higher-ups are concerned, content marketing is only as effective as the metrics that are able to prove its true worth. The good news is that though content marketing is created with words, there are plenty of numbers that will reveal how helpful it is to a business’s ability…
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Lists featured this week include The Oregonian and Caliber Corporate Contacts.
(CMSWire) A customer journey shows how a customer progresses through buying stages—or emotions, states of mind or sentiments—toward you, your brand, or your product or service. Caring about those customer journeys helps to take a bigger perspective beyond just a transaction or conversion, helps you to focus on various segments and their particular needs, to…
