A lot of marketers like love to use the phrase “multi-channel marketing.” I’m going to come out and say right now that this term is overused. Upon seeing it, my inner English major and language teacher instinctively flash alarms that cause me to cringe: “Warning … jargon!” Let’s dig deeper: What do we marketers mean […]
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If you are a Gmail user, you may have noticed a new tab format rolled out earlier this summer. The new format separates received emails into categories and allows the user to see new emails at a glance within each category. This better allows the user to read their emails at their convenience. In the […]
Marketing automation is imperative in a sophisticated infrastructure, as it frees the marketer from being bogged down with routine tasks while improving accuracy. A recent study by B2B online: “Marketing Automation: Best Practices for the Management of B2B Digital Marketing Campaigns” reveals that 46% of marketers are already adopting marketing automation in some way, and […]
Recently, we shared how dealing with big data can be like getting lost in the woods. It’s tough to see the big picture with so much digital information surrounding you. The first step to surviving the big data wilderness is to understand what it is, now the tough part — admitting you’re lost. As is […]
It has been very interesting to watch the quickly evolving marketing technology landscape with new companies coming on the scene, Marketo launching an IPO earlier this year, Eloqua being acquired by Oracle, Salesforce.com’s recent announcement to purchase ExactTarget + Pardot and more recently, Adobe’s acquisition of Neolane. This activity underscores the rapid innovation occurring to […]
Email marketing is still at the heart of most marketing communication plans. In addition, most brands have gone social as the popularity of social media grows year over year, with customers increasingly using different social media channels daily. Not to mention, dekstops and laptops are giving way to mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones. […]
Customer Lifecycle Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Higher Ed, Marketing Automation, Social Media
How to Engage the Teenage Prospects of Colleges and Universities
Unlike most conventional marketing, directed towards a predominantly adult customer base, traditional colleges and universities aim to reach teenage prospects. Teens think differently and place different values on pricing, marketing and product selection, depending on the product or location. Therefore, marketers need to think differently, too, when engaging with younger audience. One valuable approach to reaching […]
Customer Lifecycle Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Lead Nurturing, Marketing Automation
The Key Challenges Facing Content Marketing Today
I came across the just-released 2013 B2B Content Marketing Report the other day and wanted to share some of the key takeaways: Marketers are now spending 33% of their budget on content marketing. The corresponding figure last year was 26%. There is still room for improvement as 39% of the marketers surveyed feel that there is […]
With today’s highly informed consumers, marketers are looking to build long-term relationships with their customers – directly impacting recurring and repeat business. Long term relationship are important to consider when developing a lifecycle marketing for your brand. This means providing prospects with relevant information based on the stage of the relationship they’ve developed with a […]
The changing business landscape will force marketers to focus on promoting customer loyalty. The realization that it is much easier to sell to an existing customer than a new customer is slowly settling in. It costs ten times to convert a new customer than to retain an existing customer. Data over the years suggest that […]