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Optimizing Your Email Campaigns
Forrester's recently published study on Interactive Marketing (email, social, dialog, banner, etc.) reveals 68% of survey respondents expect to achieve increased email marketing effectiveness over the next three years. Furthermore, survey respondents also indicated they would increase interactive marketing budgets by 60% by shifting funding away from traditional channels: direct mail (40%), Newspapers (35%) and Magazines (28%). The picture that is emerging here is one where marketers have high expectations on interactive marketing and expect to focus less on traditional channels. A lot will be riding on this reallocation of marketing budget -- so what will marketers have to do right to fulfill their hopes and expectations?
Marketing Strategies That Propel Website Traffic – Interactive Marketing Campaigns
There are several marketing strategies that propel website traffic and increase revenues. However, it is important to learn about the best way to utilize these strategies to effectively increase revenue and gain market share. Research the various methods and plan your strategy carefully. Follow through is as important as the methods utilized. Changing your path part way through a campaign will waste time and effort. In the end, nothing will work and you won’t know why. One of the most tried and true methods of driving traffic is Search Engine Optimization. It focuses on well-crafted content and keywords for the search engines.

Startups...Use Interactive Marketing
Make your marketing interactive to be innovative, strategic and targeted!
Engage Customers Using Photo Contest Promotions for a Home Based Business
Photo contest promotions are a fun and effective way to promote any home based business. A photo contest can get the attention of customers, friends and fans who will enjoy the opportunity to show off their creativity and share their love for your brand. Plan Ahead for a Fun Photo Contest The keys to using photo contest promotions for a home based business are to: 1. Find a fun or fascinating theme that highlights your products or services; 2. Write and post your rules and entry requirements; 3. Offer valuable and/or desirable prizes; 4. Broadcast your contest promotion as widely as possible; and 5. Follow-up with announcements about contest results.
Proctor & Gamble and Google swap employees
Temporary trading of employees in attempt to learn how other companies promote themselves
Beat the Bear and Outperform All Competition
When economic conditions are bleak, resourceful finance professionals and independent insurance agents ("financepreneurs") have an advantage that folks who only work for others are sadly missing. Financepreneurs have the opportunity outshine the competition and gain a greater market share by simply increasing interactive marketing and professional branding strategies. The ramp up leads to greater exposure, more quality clients and increased profitability.
Understanding Your Evolving Markets
This article gives the results of some recent research on Hispanic Marketing. Our key theme here is that we must always be aware of our different target markets and how they are continually evolving. If we make it a point to stay up-to-date in this arena, we will always be very aware of the best way to target to these important customer segments.

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Lesson #3: Creative Marketing Will Generate Sales Success
Ben & Jerry’s is not your typical company. From its bright and multi-colour painted stores to its interactive animated website, Ben & Jerry’s has consistently shown creativity and imagination in its marketing strategies. Owners Greenfield and Cohen decided early on that ice cream was a fun product, and thus so too should be their means of promotion.

Blurb Books a Great Tool for Telling Your Story
I ran into a service called Blurb at the SXSW Interactive Conference this March and think they have a tool that has some great small business marketing applications. The service lets you take written words and images and turn them into very professional looking hard bound books in small quantities.
Online Games Go Beyond Miss Pacman and Donkey Kong
Learn how to make your site more fun and interactive. Improve your website and increase the amount of time users spend on your site. Understand how to engage your customers with online games. Apply a digital strategy to your online marketing programs. Create more brand awareness through interactive games and online gaming.
What kind of Search Engine Optimization or Promotion?
People who spend their time on the Internet do not like online or pop up ads because it can be quite intrusive. Digital marketing agency have to produce original online advertising campaigns that entice web users, whether it is through online ads, microsites, websites, interactive content, viral clips, applications and emails.
Use Interactive Blog in Online Marketing Strategies
Interactive blog marketing is among the recognized effective online marketing strategies. Many website owners rely on this vehicle of product and service advertisement. They use interactive blog to reach out to their customers. Moreover, it greatly attracts web traffic.
Optimizing Your Email Campaigns
Forrester's recently published study on Interactive Marketing (email, social, dialog, banner, etc.) reveals 68% of survey respondents expect to achieve increased email marketing effectiveness over the next three years. Furthermore, survey respondents also indicated they would increase interactive marketing budgets by 60% by shifting funding away from traditional channels: direct mail (40%), Newspapers (35%) and Magazines (28%). The picture that is emerging here is one where marketers have high expectations on interactive marketing and expect to focus less on traditional channels. A lot will be riding on this reallocation of marketing budget -- so what will marketers have to do right to fulfill their hopes and expectations?
What's Your Excuse for Not Using Data Mining?!
In an earlier article I briefly described how data mining and RFM analysis can help marketers be more efficient (read... increased marketing ROI!). Data mining and RFM can significantly help with all direct marketing efforts (multichannel campaign management efforts using direct mail, email and call center) and some interactive marketing efforts as well. So, why aren't all companies using it today? Well, typically it comes down to a lack of data and/or data mining expertise. Even if you don't have data mining expertise, YOU can benefit from data mining by using a consultant. With that in mind, let's tackle the first problem -- collecting and developing the data that is useful for data mining.

Thought leadership interview with Marketing guru Dana VanDen Heuvel
In this thought leadership interview I speak to marketing consultant, author and speaker, Dana VanDen Heuvel. Besides writing regularly on thought leadership topics, Dana is a widely recognized expert on blogging, podcasting, RSS, Internet communities and interactive marketing trends and best practices. He speaks regularly on these topics at industry events around the world.

Startups...Use Interactive Marketing
Make your marketing interactive to be innovative, strategic and targeted!
How Referral Marketing Appears to Be Quid Pro Quo
Social media through its interactive structure allows for referral marketing by leaving glowing comments about businesses. Unfortunately, there are business who are taking advantage of this opportunity as reported by The Consumerist in their report on how to spot fake online reviews and it appears this is happening a lot.

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