A Contrarian's View of Marketing, Media and Branding
Internet marketing is more complex than developing a branded website. Today web marketing encompasses a lot of different tactics and what is really required is expertise in all areas to excel and integrate your online marketing and make it relevant to consumers who often don’t have the time to engage you or listen to your [...]
Your company or branded website communicates who you are to your target audience. The question is now whether it works for you the question is “how many sales are you losing because of your website ?” Today the best websites are one which are clean and functional and communicate your key brand messages within [...]
Internet users don’t really read content online, at least according to a study by Dr. Nielsen on reading behaviors of people on his website. His analysis shows that people only read 28% of the text on a web page and decreased the more text there is on the page. Here are some rules to follow when you have a [...]
Content marketing has become a hot topic among brand marketers but once again there is a lot of hype vs. reality. Can great content really help you achieve great online marketing results ? Yes but it can also lead to increased costs and website visitors consuming your content and purchasing from your competitors. The bottom [...]
Note to marketers: You can’t develop a great branded interactive marketing experience without spending money. When I review interactive marketing programs that have failed to live up to expectations more often than not the number one reason is lack of budget and or process (i.e. cutting corners). Your online brand experience is often the [...]
From Harvard Business Review comes this gem: Marketers see today’s consumers as web-savvy, mobile-enabled data sifters who pounce on whichever brand or store offers the best deal. In response, they’ve ramped up their interactions with customers. But for many consumers, the rising volume of marketing messages isn’t empowering—it’s overwhelming. Rather than pulling customers into the [...]
Follow the crowd seems to be the directive for most brand marketers when it comes to digital marketing. They read some data about how mobile spending is increasing and without thought they say “we have to get into mobile”. The fact is that you can have all the nice looking data charts and points you [...]
According to Blair Reeves “Millennials, we’re told, have the attention span of a hyperactive squirrel. They cannot think more than 140 characters at a time because they’re addicted to multitasking. They want mad lulz, not substance. They are overconfident in themselves and need constant stimulation and affirmation. And boy, are they into this social media [...]
There are a lot of free reports available via the Internet. Some of them have great information, if they’re not a sales brochure is disguises, but who the hell has the time to read all these reports when most marketing executives just want the bottom line and “what’s in it for me” summary ?
Today brand marketers have to recognize that we’re dealing with groups of empowered consumers or business customers that have the ability to ignore our brand messages, recast them to suit our own needs or perceptions, and also the ability to “broadcast” them to other potential prospects and customers well ahead of our own attempts to [...]
I love the challenge of marketing today because consumers have a wealth of information at their disposal 24/7/365 via the Internet. Over the last 17 years I have worked on some great brands including Sony's Discman, Canon Video products and consumer pharma brands like Cialis. I have learned a lot and continue to apply what I have learned via new learning.
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It’s been said that Millennials want to change the workplace and I can see why. It’s more important to know that you left your mark on a business and actually did something than to come in everyday and just do “work”. If an executive in your company says he wants change beware that when you start to implement change he will be there to have your back.
Stephen cannot have hit the nail on the head more soundly but social media “experts” and social media analysts who have never developed or implemented a social media marketing program would have you believe otherwise. A comment on this BLOG by a reader said something which stroke a chord with me; “you can have all the data you want but if you don’t use common sense with your marketing...
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