We’ve talked before about the Three Rs of Internet Marketing—to be real, relevant, and responsive. One way to be both real and relevant is with fact-based marketing. I spoke with…
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Blog influence is growing
Not every company believes they should be writing blogs, but that doesn’t mean they don’t find blogs important. Just listen to Steve Swasey, Director of Corporate Communications for Internet video…
Read MoreIs your marketing a conversation?
I’ve spoken before about how the Internet turns marketing into a conversation. Lots of people have. But it’s not a new idea. In fact, I was lucky enough to work…
Read MoreValuing your customers
What are your customers worth? Sure you may be able to put a monetary value on transactions, but do you know the value of each new customer relationship? If you…
Read MoreWill manufacturers show product reviews?
Last year I talked about the Three R’s of Web Marketing, to be real, relevant, and responsive. But the truth is that being real is challenging. Let’s take a real-life…
Read MoreSpeedy in any language
In the past, we’ve urged marketers to do it wrong quickly. But how can you make quick content changes when you have to translate into other languages? For global companies,…
Read MoreHow can I check my navigation?
If you’re like most companies, you spend a lot of time obsessing over your home page, but maybe not enough time on your destination pages. As a proponent of doing…
Read MoreGrowing better customers
Yesterday, we talked about targeting your best customers by identifying those who score highest in recency, frequency, and monetary (RFM) measures. But what about those customers who do not have…
Read MoreHow do you target your best customers?
So much otherwise good marketing is misdirected at the wrong customers. “Free shipping” is a great offer for someone almost ready to buy who needs just one more reason to…
Read MoreMultichannel portfolio management
Most of us know the term portfolio management, maybe as it is applied to investment portfolios—by diversifying your investments among stocks, bonds, bank accounts, and other investments you reduce your…
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