Over time, marketers have developed unique and innovative methods to generate leads. But online ads still retain a dominant position in the marketplace. Appssavvy’s study, “Social Activity Index – Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Advertising” conducted in April 2011, reveals that advertising integrated into social activities that is spread across social games, applications, and web sites is 11 times more effective than paid search, and twice as effective as rich media. Traditional Internet ads, in the social media or elsewhere, are box or banner ads. While effective initially, such ads … Continue reading
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Infographic: 10 Ways to Increase Sales in 2012
It’s always great to see an infographic that simply spurs some ideas… and this one does just that. There are so many strategies to increase sales out there but marketers are the ones stuck with the decision of which way to turn. Rarely do we have the convenience of doing it all. I always encourage clients to adopt a technology that’s on the rise – in this case both mobile and marketing automation are tactics that I’d deploy because of their marketing effectiveness and cost effectiveness. Customers are always the … Continue reading
Staying Power: How long will you last?
Each medium you select has its advantages and disadvantages – one of them that’s not discussed very often is the staying power of a campaign. Seth wrote about Reebok a couple weeks ago and how they have a fully active campaign that they’ve, unfortunately, abandoned. Derrick Daye nominates the series in the Top 5 Best Superbowl Ads ever! Go to the site, though, and you get a 404 error. Today, we logged into one of our vendor tutorials and found that the video no longer matched the upgrades that have … Continue reading

