Monday, March 15, 2010

The pros and cons of microsites @ Geary Fresh

The pros and cons of microsites @ Geary Fresh

The New 4 Ps of Social Marketing | iCrossing Digital Marketing Blog, Search Engine Advertising Blog: iCrossing

The New 4 Ps of Social Marketing | iCrossing Digital Marketing Blog, Search Engine Advertising Blog: iCrossing

7-Ps - Extended Marketing Mix - Booms and Bitner

7-Ps - Extended Marketing Mix - Booms and Bitner

Marketing Mix 4P's model

Marketing Mix 4P's model

comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share - comScore, Inc

comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share - comScore, Inc

The young, the old, and the female drive 34 percent mobile web spike, study says | Managing Mobile Devices News | Mobility Management News and Blogs

The young, the old, and the female drive 34 percent mobile web spike, study says | Managing Mobile Devices News | Mobility Management News and Blogs

Study: Smartphone users more inclined to use devices for social media | Managing Mobile Devices News | Mobility Management News and Blogs

Study: Smartphone users more inclined to use devices for social media | Managing Mobile Devices News | Mobility Management News and Blogs

InformationWeek.com

Google Gains While Palm Loses Smartphone Share

InformationWeek.com

Google Gains While Palm Loses Smartphone Share

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Segment Migration: Where Your Customers Were, Where They Went, and Why : MarketingProfs

Segment Migration: Where Your Customers Were, Where They Went, and Why : MarketingProfs

A 12-Step Guide for Driving Marketing Action With Data : MarketingProfs

A 12-Step Guide for Driving Marketing Action With Data : MarketingProfs

Ten Steps for Creating a FANtastic Facebook Fan Page : MarketingProfs

Ten Steps for Creating a FANtastic Facebook Fan Page : MarketingProfs

A 10-Question Lead-Generation Checkup Checklist for Your Website : MarketingProfs

A 10-Question Lead-Generation Checkup Checklist for Your Website : MarketingProfs

MarketingSherpa: Improve Your Email Programs: 5 Test Ideas

MarketingSherpa: Improve Your Email Programs: 5 Test Ideas

MarketingSherpa: New Chart: How Much of the Online Budget is Social Media Getting?

MarketingSherpa: New Chart: How Much of the Online Budget is Social Media Getting?

MarketingSherpa: New Research: What Motivates Buyers to Receive and Engage with Vendor Email?

MarketingSherpa: New Research: What Motivates Buyers to Receive and Engage with Vendor Email?

Top 10 Obstacles to SEO Success in 2010 « Lucid Agency

Top 10 Obstacles to SEO Success in 2010 « Lucid Agency

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Making Your Email 'Social-able' : MarketingProfs

Article:
Making Your Email 'Social-able' : MarketingProfs

Favorite line:
Just because you include a "post to social" link in your email doesn't mean anyone is going to take you up on it.

Summary:
We have to motivate our customers to interact with us through self expression, status achievement, altruism and self interest.

In practice:
Self expression - send an email that encourages customers to craft their ideal day at a resort community and then pass it along to their friends. Options for the ideal day could include picking from a bank of ideas from playing golf to cooking dinner with friends.

Status achievement - create a points based system where customers earn points for completing a range of sales funnel specific activities. Open an email - 1pt; comment on a Facebook post - 2pts; visit a sales center - 3pts etc. Point leaders could be showcased and rewarded.

Altruism - develop a referral program where for every referral a customer provides we will make a contribution to a charity or build up a carbon offset bank. This could live solely online where the referral gets logged when the new customers email address has been submitted; this action would also auto contribute to the good cause.

Self interest - thinking about using email to spur social action; have an ongoing contest that for every 10 friends a customer sends the email to, they will get a $10 coupon for use at a store.