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Going Green & Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Going Green – Corporate Social Responsibility – Sustainability – Whatever you want to call it – Prior to the current economic climate, companies big and small were all buying into the concept that going green could improve their bottom line.
The general thought behind this belief was that a large enough segment of consumers cared enough [...]
Jay Leno, Habitual Behaviors and Niche Marketing
NBC confirmed today that they are pulling the plug on the Jay Leno Show prime time experiment.
The experiment started when NBC had to figure out what it could do to keep Leno in their line-up while still promoting the up-and-coming late night show host Conan O’Brien.
Moving Leno to prime time seemed logical. NBC could produce [...]
The Breakdown on RSS Feeds
RSS is a technology that allows for content to be delivered online automatically to those who subscribe to it. Blogs and microblogs(Twitter) utilize this technology to deliver content and updates.
A 2008 study showed that only 11% of consumers had adopted the technology, which has steered many marketers away from really utilizing the technology.
Despite these numbers, [...]
Strategic Social Media Marketing in 2010
In 2009, I encouraged marketers with no idea how social media works to simply get out, create accounts and post information they are already creating.
I hope they did that because in 2010 I think it’s time for marketers who were just getting acquainted to take things a step further by creating a strategic content plan.
Creating [...]
Social Media Success and Product Differentiation
The driver behind successful social media campaigns is no different from the driver behind successful traditional marketing campaigns.
Success in social media marketing starts with product differentiation. Companies must first examine what makes their product or service better than the competition. Hopefully this should come easy. Examples of product differentiations could be the features and functionality, it could [...]