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Google’s latest algorithm update is supposed to resolve the issue of some search results turning up lots of pages from the same domain, but it remains to be seen if it will have a significant impact. Meanwhile, app marketers have some things to consider regarding the iPhone 5, and Groupon is looking to become more […]

B2B prospects may wait longer and longer today before contacting a salesperson, but that doesn’t mean marketers should just sit back until customers come to them.

There seems to exist two definitions of performance. One is the definition that our industry has used almost since the inception – a sale or a lead. Performance for us has been about risk further down the funnel. It has been about getting paid when the other person makes money or at least defined by […]

By Philip Friedman
Often times as articles are written in various publications including this one we are made to focus on a topic that is trending now or one which empirical research shows us that the market is moving in such a way where we need to take a moment of pause to reflect if what we are working towards is the correct path or this data provides the affirmation of where we are taking our businesses.

JKY by Jockey debuts “It’s Time to Change Your Underwear” campaign at Target stores, using insights about who buys it (women) and how.

Those in performance marketing operate in an interesting world. It’s all about scale – more clicks, more leads, more sales. It’s a constant balancing act between volume and quality. In an ideal world, every lead would turn into a customer. It would make for a simpler world, but it doesn’t scale. And, when you get […]

Buyers of high-tech offerings within organizations are a highly sought market, and a new study from Bernice Grossman and Ruth Stevens offers insight into the various sources of prospecting data available on them.

“An [information technology] buyer is a big buyer,” says Grossman, president of marketing database consultancy DMRS Group. “They buy a lot, and multiples of the same. And those are becoming such important titles as we move into a digital world that those titles are becoming databases in and of themselves.”

How does your marketing team ensure that your brand is being prominently placed in search results and appropriately considered by consumers near your brand

One of the bigger topics taking place in lead gen is the idea of moving beyond the lead. As we wrote about in our “What Is Lead Gen” piece, it’s all too easy to confuse lead gen with a form. It’s not about a form. It’s about intent.

U.S. consumers spent $194.3 billion online in 2011, yet Forrester Research notes that for every $80 companies spent driving traffic to their sites, they spent only $1 trying to convert those visitors into customers. Given how much revenue is up for grabs, and how little companies are spending to stake their claim to it, there are huge opportunities for marketers willing to commit to rewarding, incentivizing and personalizing their visitors' experiences.