Contrarian view? Absolutely not. The best time to strike is when your competitors are off guard. While they gather in their conference rooms to complain about the economy, use this golden opportunity to reach out to your existing customers and find new prospects.
Far too many business owners absolutely take the wrong approach. They hunker [...]
Opportunities Abound During Tough Economic Times
Ad Design Tactics That Increase Response Rates Online
Why are ads with pictures of people seeing higher response rates than those without? Human beings read a person’s face rapidly; the emotion and feelings are conveyed before the words are even noticed. A recent survey by the MarketingSherpa suggests using people photos in your online ads will increase your response rates.
What else is working [...]
Blogging Tips, AIM Custom Media Weekly Update
Those that invest years of their time gaining experience in a particular field review a vast amount of information. Translating the information into knowledge requires the skills of organization, prioritization, and collaboration. From those with both the experience and the skills, you can acquire wisdom.
Blogging Tips After blogging for several years now, I find [...]
Why Companies Are Moving Marketing Online The Emerging Trends
The amount of research supporting the effectiveness of online marketing is staggering yet many business owners are still unconvinced or just inadequately informed. If you are seriously looking for reasons to justify spending marketing dollars online, here are a few facts and trends to ponder:
Although most marketers allocate minuscule amounts of their budgets to their [...]
2008 Marketing Trends Survey
After listening to a teleseminar this afternoon – "Search Marketing Trends and Tactics" – it appears the obvious has been confirmed by marketing research; budgets for online SEO and related online marketing tactics will continue to increase. The data for the teleseminar was gathered from:
Surveys of 2,475 Search Engine Marketers and 711 SEM Agency [...]
Catalog Choice Stop the Mail
Catalog Choice is a new not-for-profit operation that lets you opt out of unsolicited mailings on a catalog-by-catalog basis. Visit the website and let them know which catalogs you do or don't want. The company will contact the advertisers sending out the catalogs for you.
This is a great method to improve target marketing for advertisers [...]
The Benefits of Direct Response Marketing
Direct response marketing is a key component of any marketing plan in today's business world. When looking for immediate feedback, which should always be measured, direct response marketing strategies are preferred especially when it comes to trade show marketing.
Our friends over at ExhibitorsJournal.com posted a nice piece on the benefits of direct response marketing for [...]
