Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Mexican flu goes viral in social media. Dutch style.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Getting a grip on the metrics of social media
Break it down into easy chunks
Many marketers are hesitant to start investing in social media, because they struggle with the metrics. Before they start they would like to know what the potential ROI is of their Facebook group, Twitter chats, blog posts and activities in forums and discussion groups.
Read full article: "Getting a grip on the metrics of social media"
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Public Relations sells!
The art of selling through informing
Throughout my career as a product marketer I tended to view Public Relations as a promotion activity. And with promotion I mean free publicity in media. As such PR is usually seen as a welcome addition to advertising.
Read full article here: "Public Relations sells!".
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Smarter marketing: don’t advertise, help inform!!
Everyone knows the purchase funnel gets narrower towards the end, right? The entire marketing process has been aligned to this principle for more than forty years.
Well, now we can think again. McKinsey’s recent global study shows a definite change in the way consumers research and buy products. And that opens up ways of smarter marketing.
Read full article here: "Smarter marketing: don’t advertise, help inform!!".
Monday, 22 June 2009
Harvesting emails the social way
Want to harvest emails? Then don’t ask for people’s email address. Not just yet. Instead, try giving them some great free content first.
It’s pretty amazing to see how much valuable stuff one can obtain via the World Wide Web. I’m talking not only about valuable content you can find on websites, blogs and forums, but also downloadable documents such white papers, e-books, case studies, trend reports and market research to name but a few.
Read full article here: "Harvesting emails the social way".