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Study: 62% of Online Audiences Pay Attention to Online Ads

According to Ipsos OTX’s Socialogue, 62 percent of online audiences pay attention to online ads. Of this group, 46 percent of worldwide respondents say they have looked at or read an online ad for a brand or product in the past month, 42 percent say they have watched an online commercial for a brand or…

How to Improve Organic Search and PageRank With Link Building

By Laurie B. Beasley, president, Beasley Direct Marketing When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), it all comes down to the 800-pound gorilla: Google. Google is the main arbiter of value in the universe of Internet websites. Google changes how it weighs and assigns value on a regular basis, which means that what you…

Infographic: How Small Businesses Can Experiment With Social Media During the Summer

Constant Contact, a multiplatform marketing company, has created an infographic that’s perfect for small businesses wondering how they can take advantage of the summer. “What Today’s Social Landscape Can Offer Small Businesses Tomorrow” uses the company’s data to offer a look at how small businesses can experiment with some bolder social media tactics during the…

Groupon Goes Upscale, Sets Sights on OpenTable

If its stock price is any indicator, Groupon is in the midst of a comeback. As the company climbs the ranks of Wall Street, it appears to be cozying up to more affluent consumers. On Monday, Groupon announced Groupon Reserve, “the premiere destination for the finest things to eat, see, do and buy.” This new…

The Conversation Prism: The Social Media Landscape in a Pretty, Colorful Nutshell

Back in 2008, Altimeter Group principal analyst and author Brian Solis teamed up with Jesse Thomas of visual design agency JESS3 to create The Conversation Prism to serve as a helpful map of the social media landscape. Version 4.0 of The Conversation Prism has been unveiled, and it’s more expansive than ever. Before your eyes…

Is Marketing a Strategic Tool for the Chief Strategy Officer?

By Debbie Qaqish, principal partner and chief strategy officer for The Pedowitz Group This is the seventh article in a series of articles taking the CMO back to school to learn how to drive repeatable, predictable, scalable revenue performance from marketing. In our prior article, we discussed how revenue marketing is innovation, so this leads…

The 10 Most Common Reasons Why Leads Don’t Convert

Generating tons of leads is well and good, but it doesn’t mean much if they don’t convert. If companies want to earn their coffee, they have to convert their leads to sales, and that requires a comprehensive perspective, a well-informed strategy and proper training, among other things. That’s no small order, which is why there…

5 Things to Avoid in a Series of Autoresponder Upsell Emails

Autoresponder emails can serve a variety of purposes, including lead-generation and lead-nurturing campaigns. But when it comes to using autoresponders for offering products to subscribers and customers, here are five things to bear in mind, according to GetResponse: –

Study: Reward-Based Mobile Ads Yield Improved Brand Engagement, Purchase Intent

People’s affections for their mobile devices far exceeds their sentiments toward mobile advertising. The solution is the “Rule of Reciprocity,” according to a study from Millward Brown and SessionM. The problem According to Millward Brown’s 2012 AdReaction report, only 9 percent of consumers have a positive attitude toward mobile advertising, an improvement of two percentage…