Integrate Search Marketing with Offline! (for cryin’ out loud!)
Tuesday, 09 September 2008
My heart bleeds with tears of sorrow at the discovery by iProspect and JupiterResearch that nearly half (45%) of search engine marketers do NOT integrate their search marketing efforts with offline channels. diable pensez-vous?!? (pardon my french) How can we be doing this when evidence consistently shows that a majority of searchers are driven to
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Paid Search, Search
The Value of Product Placement – iPhone and Calamari
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
We have all heard of product placement on TV; the ever present Ford trucks in 24 and the interwoven Toyota Yaris in the animated Smallville Legends on the WB hit are a fact of life in our TiVo world. Should we place blame on the early Bond films for having spawned this marketing channel? The
- Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Fun, Insights / Research
Marketers are Catching On
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Rejoice! According to the DMA, Brand and mass marketers are now using direct techniques in their campaigns in much the same way I’ve advocated before. More than half use one or more direct marketing channels such as search, email, or SEO in conjunction with their brand advertising. According to Peter Johnson of the DMA, “We
- Published in Brand Marketing, Insights / Research, Search