Return on marketing investment is all the rage right now. Every CFO wants it and every CMO wants to deliver it. But when I look around, I mostly see more…
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Coordinating your digital marketing teams
I had so many appearances last week that I am still posting things I did last Thursday. I’m finally caught up today by posting my slides from last week’s Webinar…
Read MoreThe plight of the CMO
The biggest issue for Chief Marketing Officer is that the average CMO lifespan is right around 23 months, a short time put your stamp on a company’s marketing efforts. That…
Read MoreThe danger of internet marketing autopilot
One of my kids approached me, book in hand, asking, “What’s the difference between a possum and an opossum?” I was busy doing something else, so I languidly replied, “They…
Read MoreUse caution when buying search marketing services
This will not be an unfamiliar cry from people who have read my posts before, wherever that may have been. I am sure I have used the words caution, sales,…
Read MoreThe Internet: The thing that ate marketing?
Sometimes I think that traditional offline marketers look at the Internet like the title character of some monster movie–the Internet is the thing that ate marketing. It doesn’t have to…
Read MoreWhy Internet marketing is just getting started
Someone said to me today, “It must have been great to be part of Internet marketing from the beginning.” Well, it has been. But in truth, we’re still at the…
Read MoreAre you scaring PR people away from social media?
If you’re reading this blog, I suspect that you “get it.” Maybe you’re not an expert at Internet marketing, but if someone asks you about, you don’t involuntarily drool as…
Read MoreIn Internet marketing, does the song remain the same?
I am going to act as if you care about my musical tastes (you may skip directly to the next paragraph rife with Internet marketing wisdom if you don’t want…
Read MoreDo you measure social media with sales?
Does even the question seem odd to you? I mean, how can a blog entry or a social bookmark lead to a sale? I know that lots of social media…
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