This marketing update brings some important articles for graphic designers, media people, and those in marketing and advertising that you may not have already seen … Old “Dinosaur” Internet Marketing Methods that Still Work * Marketers Up Spending on Digital, Social in 2011 * What iPad’s Slick New Features Mean for Marketers * From SEO To Social Media, Getting All Channels To Drive Traffic * Facebook Marketing: Six Reasons to Approach With Caution
This marketing update brings some important articles for graphic designers, media people, and those in marketing and advertising that you may not have already seen … * What Makes a Link Target a Bullseye? * Mobile Marketing: No Longer a Tradeoff Between Reach and Targeting * 3 YouTube Advertising Options for Small Businesses * Evidence print advertising can excel as a direct marketing vehicle * QR Codes * Display, Mobile Top Priorities for Marketers * Mail Has Power to Move Minds * … and more
What Makes a Link Target a Bullseye?
There can be a substantial expense of time and resources involved with getting some really good links. A lot of the best methods take a long time and a lot of effort. So if you’re going to bend over backwards to go after one, you better be sure that getting it is worth risking a visit to the chiropractor.
We’ve recently discussed different ways to find potential linkers and some of the more undesirable link partners. But what are some of the factors you can use to determine what actually makes for a killer link target?
Full story : searchenginewatch.com
Mobile Marketing: No Longer a Tradeoff Between Reach and Targeting
Consumer marketers are naturally drawn to tactics that offer the greatest reach. Brand marketers, in particular, are reliant on distribution channels. As a result, the largest audience of possible buyers usually dictates where marketing dollars flow.
Yet a universal truth has emerged: The best return on investment (ROI) comes from targeted, personalized, and (often) one-to-one marketing methods.
3 YouTube Advertising Options for Small Businesses
Online video has gone mainstream. Thanks to sites like Hulu, Netflix, iTunes and Amazon, more people are watching full-length movies and TV shows online than ever before. But no site has the video audience of YouTube.
Consider these facts, which are from YouTube’s Statistics page:
Evidence print advertising can excel as a direct marketing vehicle
In an era when proving marketing ROI is of paramount importance, it’s no secret that many doubt the effectiveness of trade publications.
“Magazine advertising has this reputation that it doesn’t work anymore,” said Paul Feldman, publisher of InsuranceNewsNet, an insurance industry trade publication.
QR Codes – What They Are & What They Can Do for Your Business
The QR or “Quick Response” code (pictured to the right) is a code that is made up of black blobs (technical term) arranged in a square pattern on a white background. It is used by many retailers to track inventory, used by airlines to check you in at the gate, but the most exciting thing for small businesses is that these codes can help generate business!
Display, Mobile Top Priorities for Marketers
More than two-thirds of marketers (67.5%) say they plan to invest more dollars in display advertising over the next 18 months, and 59.0% plan to invest more in mobile over the same period, according to a new survey from Bizo.
Asked to rank their top 3 priorities over the next 18 months, marketers also cite paid search and SEO (55.4%), social media (48.2%), and email (31.3%).
Mail Has Power to Move Minds, Study Says
Marketing has always been about trying to anticipate consumer behavior, of course, from deciphering buying patterns to studying life cycles to deducing which discount offers work best on which age groups.
Given such efforts at prognostication, it seems only fitting that marketers are now turning to mind reading. Neuroscience technologies like eye tracking and functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) appear to be shouldering their way into marketing studies with increased frequency, and as a result, mailers are learning a lot about how the brain reacts to messaging.
A recent neuroscience study conducted jointly by research firm Millward Brown, Bangor University and the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail shows direct mail makes a deeper and longer-lasting impression on people’s brains than digital advertising.
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