Archive for October, 2009

Lots of Tweets Coming From Very Few Twitterers

October 30, 2009

Here’s a very good PowerPoint Presentation from The Pew Research Center that will tell you everything you need to know about Twitter users at this point in time. One point that Pew...
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The value of Pay Per Click (PPC) versus SEO

October 29, 2009

I had a burning question finally answered last week during a conference session.  Kevin Lee, author of “The Truth about Pay-Per-Click Search Advertising” and other search marketing books led the DMA...
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Winners and Losers in 2009 Marketing Budgets

Winners and Losers in 2009 Marketing Budgets

It was standing room only at Bruce Biegel’s Outlook 2010 presentation at the DMA Conference last week.   Bruce shared a boatload of research and stats on trends in media spending and marketing budgets.   ...
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Martha Stewart’s Omnimedia Message

Martha Stewart’s Omnimedia Message

I attended the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) annual conference last week and got to hear Martha Stewart speak about her “omnimedia” approach.  She addressed a DMA audience struggling to find its sea legs in a volatile marketing...
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SMBs are Thinking About the Internet, They Get It

October 23, 2009
SMBs are Thinking About the Internet, They Get It

I keep my eye out for studies that give us some indication of what small and medium sized businesses are doing on the internet. This chart is from the BIA/Kelsey Local...
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Newspaper Publishers Still Believe in Print…and Mobile

October 22, 2009
Newspaper Publishers Still Believe in Print…and Mobile

A recent report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows that newspaper publishers definitely believe that they will still be printing newspapers in five years. I agree that they still will be printing in...
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Consumers Want More Dealer Information Online

October 21, 2009
Consumers Want More Dealer Information Online

TMP’s recent study about how consumers look for product and service information online vs. offline has some really interesting insights into the way consumers use online vs. print. There is a lot to look...
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Consumers Of All Ages Look for Local Information Online

October 20, 2009
Consumers Of All Ages Look for Local Information Online

TMP Directional Marketing released their annual study on how consumers find information about local businesses, do they go online or use printed Yellow Pages?   The quick answer is both but...
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Dealers Admit They Need Help in Buying Local Search

October 16, 2009
Dealers Admit They Need Help in Buying Local Search

Here’s are the key points from a recent Microsoft sponsored study about why small dealers need help with local search: The interesting part is that if a small-business tried it, they...
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Direct Mail is Dramatically Losing to Email

October 15, 2009
Direct Mail is Dramatically Losing to Email

A few months ago I read a report that predicted direct mail would be the next traditional medium to fall by the wayside, at a much quicker pace than what is happening to...
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