Direct Marketing Observations

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Todays #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: The Social Media RFP: How to Get the Best Results

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If you want to purchase an accounting system, customer relationship manager (CRM) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for your company, it’s a pretty established process. But if you are a company who needs external help, how do you weed through this entirely new industry?

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Competing with Free

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How do other companies compete when Nike, Gatorade and AE give stuff away for free? I think part of the reason why case studies on organizations that do it differently are written is because the majority of marketers and companies do it the same way over and over with predictably average results. Do they just give away free stuff too?

Compete 162
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The Social Customer

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You did not worry about their greenhouse effects, the videos their employees were making behind the scenes or how much the same product cost at other stores within a 7 block radius. B2C Customers: You were able to make purchase decisions simply based on how the product tasted, handled, or felt.

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This Weeks #Social Media Topic: Managing the Marketing Mix: Which Channel is More Effective?

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The majority of companies today are not set up to handle this new consumer. Decades of closed systems and legally approved content are getting in the way of companies trying to interact with the consumer. Even though consumers are changing their behaviors by the second, companies can not move that quickly.

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The Random on Social Media, Music, Sports, Books and Movies

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How come companies are undeterred by the fact that the average CTR (clickthrough ratio) for web based banner ads is nowadays around 0.2% Ironically, he says try the Cupcake Vineyards Red Velvet… It was good,(see no headache) and it cost 11 bucks. Only 3 tipped over. and yet continue to pump millions into it? Last 2 thoughts.

Sports 170
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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

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The cost of reaching a targeted customer will only decline in the years to come. The capabilities are ubiquitous and the cost is next to nothing. With that, think about your company for a minute and the brand/s you represent. The new Internet has flipped the economics.

Industry 143
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I have a client…

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Though they are a national company, a good chunk of their business is in the Northeast. Problem is, it’s an ocean, it’s salty and we’re gonna have to look around for an oasis and it might take some time, and might cost some money. Plus they sell a frivolous type of product. Both of which are in short supply right now.

Wiki 170