Marketing

When Rightmove wanted to be the first to provide an innovative and engaging mobile app that would move millions of iPhone users to access extensive property search functionality, they turned to 2ergo. Learn about the challenges Rightmove faced, the solution 2ergo provided, and the unbelievable results that were achieved, including how the app ultimately ranked in the top 30 Apple "Best Apps of 2009" chart.

The Pro's and Con's of Frequency for online retailers. There is a happy medium for the frequency of an email newsletter or special promotions. The more you mail in the short term, the more revenue you will see, but what are the long term effects?

As direct marketers, you know "the devil is in the details." Being able to drill-down on results is important to determine future strategies. It takes discipline and the application of direct marketing tenets. But you can fine-tune your results, target better and reap the rewards.

eCommerce Marketers who want to exploit the full potential of e-mail should develop plans to consistently grow their permission-based e-mail lists of customers and prospects. This allows them to build loyalty and promote cross-sell and up-sell opportunities.

Reggie Brady shares some of her favorite e-mails and explain why they're tops in her book. As you read them, think about how you might incorporate these tactics in your own e-mail programs.

It always surprises me that as eCommerce marketers we give lip service to the importance of testing, buy many of us don't take the time to fine-tune our email programs. If you are able to identify a few elements through testing that resonate with your customers and then employ those insights in your ongoing program, the improvements may be sustainable over time.

Lincoln, a division of the Ford Motor Company, was launching an integrated marketing campaign as part of its efforts to revitalize the brand with more contemporary vehicles. The goal of the campaign was to attract a younger demographic. Use of the web by car companies has become more and more important, but Lincoln was setting out to create a new benchmark for consumer involvement and participation. Download this paper to read more.

Hearst-Argyle Television , Inc. owns 26 television stations and manages an additional three television and two radio stations owned by Hearst Corporation, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The Company's television stations reach approximately 18% of U.S. TV households, making it one of America 's largest television station groups. Download this paper to read more.

Open Source solutions present not only a cost alternative, but also an innovation alternative, to proprietary enterprise software products. This paper compares the total cost of ownership of the Open Source Drupal to various proprietary Content Management systems.

More and more, Open Source presents not only a cost alternative, but instead an innovation alternative, to proprietary enterprise software products. This paper compares the total cost of ownership of the Open Source Social Publishing Drupal solution to various proprietary Content Management systems.

Read this paper from Acquia and learn about the underlying drivers for enterprise social software; key requirements and how Drupal meets those; how open source development outpaces proprietary alternatives; examples of communities built with Drupal and Acquia.

Not doing Social Publishing? You’re behind. Social technologies on the web have changed forever how organizations of all sizes interact with their customers to gather feedback, improve customer service, and protect and grow their brands. Effective web content management must now include social and community capabilities.

This case study, published by DM News in July 2007, explores how email helped top-ranked ad agency Radarworks succeed in a changing market in developing a marketing campaign using a mixture of media channels with a set budget to maximize brand and event awareness and drive participation, and be able to measure the ROI from each marketing channel.

This opinion piece, published by DM News in November 2007, addresses a common but less talked about problem with email marketing – over-mailing to positively effect otherwise mediocre results; which is likely the result of an acquisition email provider using a compiled response file, and guaranteeing high open and click rates in addition to a positive ROI. This article provides insight on what the marketer, broker or agency can do to ensure they are maximizing the ROI from a given campaign, while disincentivizing over-sending behavior.

This article, published by DM News in June 2006, begins, “As sure as the spring is followed by summer and succeeded by fall, online marketing options, Search, Lead Generation and Email, seem to enjoy a cyclic season in vogue.” This article describes how for many, the use of email cost effectively has driven sales and built brand awareness; however, for the majority, email has not delivered on the promise.

This article, published by Target Marketing in April 2008, examines principles and practices associated with acquisition e-mail, which also apply to CRM programs, that are often overlooked by marketers when building their e-mail strategies. These fundamentals serve as strategies to consider and employ to yield higher response rates and a more effective e-mail marketing effort.

This white paper suggests there is no doubt that email marketing can be an extremely cost-effective marketing tool, and when used properly can significantly improve a company’s bottom line. It explains that email can be used in every element of the marketing process, and presents a number of benefits that email can deliver as part of an overall marketing strategy.

This article addresses one of the biggest challenges associated with e-mail marketing programs – establishing meaningful contact with customer targets in order to increase sales, while protecting and enhancing your brand. It illustrates that successful e-mail marketing designed to drive sales and build brands requires adopting a methodology that includes more precise prospect targeting, better permission-based models, a better overall consumer experience and better quality lists.

For 6 months we evaluated leading PPC technology platforms including Marin, Kenshoo, Aquisio, SearchForce, Omniture, Clicable and others. Using a SWOT analysis, we compared their capabilities for small clients, as well as clients spending more than $1 million a month. We also explored their value for both lead generation and ecommerce clients.

In this comprehensive 17-page guide from Smart Selling Tools, you will learn tips and techniques to help you:.Collect and Deliver Meaningful Lead Data .Cultivate Leads Beyond the Top of the Funnel .Uncover Opportunities Within Channels Already in Place .Create a Larger Impact with Your Email Marketing Initiatives The top 10 strategies for each category, plus a marketing tools success checklist is also included.

This new Raab Report transforms marketing automation adoption from a demanding leap to a manageable flight of steps. In this five-page report, you'll learn an incremental approach that lets companies adopt marketing automation - without the pain and cost of a massive deployment project. .

Do you wish your email marketing system delivered just a bit more functionality? Are you spending lots of time managing multiple tools and correlating the data they provide? Would it be useful if your CRM and email were tightly integrated? Maybe it's time to consider a marketing automation solution. This new report from Gleanster Research will help you.

This paper will present case studies and research from industry analysts to highlight the areas progressive marketers are tracking, as well as the metrics they are able to move with as a result.

Discover how to get maximum response from your next e-mail Webinar invitation. Learn how to make your event stand out from the crowd, and how to avoid the common mistakes that doom most Webinars to mediocrity.

A Chief Marketing Officer's Roadmap. In this paper Acxiom shows how Media Mix Optimization can help overcome the complex challenges of today's marketing. Herein we not only detail both the "Journey" of MMO and its rewards but also how to avoid several key hurdles along the way.