Marketing accountability
Feb13
Josh Bernoff: Strategies For Interactive Marketing In A Recession
“Many economists now believe we are in, or approaching, an economic
recession. In the last recession, online spending cratered along with
the rest of the advertising industry. But since interactive marketing
programs are now fueled by measurable results, not dot-com madness, we believe that they can thrive in a recession. […]
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Aug13
[Insight from ViaMetric] 10,000 Marshmallows: Is Marketing Like Dating or Dating Like Marketing? It’s all Good When You’re a Geek
“So as metrics-driven marketer, I first determined the size of the market, then set the goal and created a strategy with measurable benchmarks. Then I executed and then measured, measured and measured again each program […]
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Aug10
By Steven Phenix, ViaMetric Principal
Is marketing like dating? This site declares:
“To be able to sell effectively, they should have enough confidence in the product to believe that they are doing the customer a huge favor by telling them about the product. They should believe that it’s in the customer’s best interests to learn about the […]
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Aug9
[Insight from ViaMetric] 10,000 Marshmallows: Grabbing The Long Tail
“Nobody has the time or profit incentive to chase down millions of tiny, special niches, one by one. Nobody, that is, except other tiny interest groups and individuals. Where’s there’s one, there may be a few others. Web 2.0 will eventually bring these like-minded folks together […]
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Aug8
By Steven Phenix, ViaMetric Principal
My post last week left us on a cliff edge: I mentioned that it was a long-tail world without going into detail. Here now, for that silent majority who wait on my words, is a quick explanation of long-tail targets, and the Web 2.0 marketers who love them.
Long-tail refers actually to […]
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Aug8
InternetRetailer.com: Customers raise their voices
“It can take a while to ferret out useful customer feedback from user-generated content in Web 2.0 settings like online forums, blogs and social networks. But it can be worth the time and effort when that feedback can be transformed into strategies that make customers happy.”
Marketing ROI: The ROI […]
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Jul23
Marketing Pilgrim: Mobile Email: Skimmed While Driving?
“Among US mobile email users, as reported today from ExactTarget’s ‘E-Mail Marketing for the Small Screen’ by eMarketer Daily, there should definitely be a higher mortality rate: 39% of them read their email while driving. In all honesty, I have attempted to text message while driving—sufficeth it to […]
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Jun21
By Steven Phenix, ViaMetric Principal
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Marketer: But I am listening! Customer: You suck.
“Sure, you think you’re […]
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Jun20
[Daily Post from ViaMetric] 10,000 Marshmallows: Why the Name 10,000 Marshmallows?
“‘How do you eat 10,000 marshmallows?’ he responded. ‘You eat one at a time.’”
SearchEngineWatch: Are IT Buyers and Marketers Search-Aligned?
“According to a recent survey of 3,000 IT buyers and marketers, some 83% of buyers actively use Google to find tech information. About 65% […]
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Jun19
By Steven Phenix, ViaMetric Principal
Everyone I talk to loves the name of our blog. It’s an unusual name and it prompts people to ask what a puffy confection has to do with marketing.
Here’s an excerpt from CEO Allen Finch’s explanation:
“Back in a former life, I worked in the communications office of a United States Senator. […]
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