The ways to market real estate online seem endless. Blogging is a major part of the equation among the successful online real estate marketers I spoke to for a MarketingSherpa special report on the topic.
What I found, though, is that these marketers face major challenges when it comes to tracking the number of leads coming from blogs. Unless a Web visitor offers an email address to receive more content, there is little real estate marketers can do besides waiting for leads to call and asking how they found them. Read more…
Online consumers want a personalized Web experience, according to a recent survey conducted by MyBuys/The E-tailing Group. Out of the 1,345 consumers surveyed, 77% said they have made additional purchases based on a merchant’s personalized recommendation. Read more…
You’d think we’d know everything about Baby Boomers by now, right? Wrong.
Here some insights about the demographic you may not know. I came across them while completing a case study about marketing to Baby Boomers. Read more…
There’s a lot to be said for marketing to one of our closest neighbors, Canada – especially when their economy (and dollar) is strong, and ours remains weaker.
There is plenty of opportunity for B-to-B marketers targeting Canada. I discovered this opportunity while doing research for a special report on marketing to Canadians.
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An interview with Rick Keller, COO, Save-R-Planet Kids, a non-profit dedicated to educating children and adults about recycling in Leesburg, FL, yielded an interesting use of blogs in the nonprofit world. Read more…
I think it’s safe to say that Twitter-mania has arrived. In every other interview I do, someone mentions Twitter. Doing a keyword search for “Twitter” in my RSS reader, I found thousands of blog posts about it.
But how does this micro-blogging site help marketers and PR professionals?
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Social networking is an interesting topic, so whenever I hear about new ways people are using it I get a little excited. Listen to John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing.
John has been blogging about all things practical in marketing for the small business owner for years. After working with roughly 25,000 small business owners throughout his career, John has a pretty solid grasp of what they need. Read more…
The evolution of blogs continues to fascinate me – with marketing and PR pros leading the way in finding innovative uses for them.
Take Todd Defren from SHIFT Communications. He’s recognized as the creator of the Social Media Release. Todd has this idea that companies should create online newsrooms on a blog platform.
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Coca Cola cups were displayed prominently in front of judges Randy, Paula and Simon during the last season of American Idol. It’s consumer product placement, of course, and it’s growing.
Some recent stats by Nielsen show the growth. And it’s not tiny. Product placements grew 6% during the first quarter of 2008 alone. And product placement of the Top 10-featured brands on primetime network TV have grown by 52% so far this year when compared to last year.
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The first time I’d ever heard about social shopping sites like StyleHive.com, ThisNext.com, and CribCandy.com was when working on a special report for MarketingSherpa.
A source mentioned these sites as an inexpensive way for B-to-C marketers to get their brand name out there as marketing budgets are slashed. It made me question whether these sites are successfully generating leads for marketers in tough times.
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