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Social Media: Marketing Darling of the Moment or Just a Shiny New Tool?
I’m back from my West Coast trip spent visiting clients in LA and, of course, attending the DMA 2010 in San Francisco. For me, the biggest take-away from this year’s conference was a big affirmation that ICS is on the right track with our product/service mix and integration of online and offline marketing tools… and [...]
Webinar_Google Analytics: Insiders’ Tips & Tricks to Get More from Your Online Search Marketing Campaign
Find out how to use Google Analytics to get more out of your online search marketing campaigns. Join Joe Ford and me for our webinar on Thursday, August 26 at 2 p.m. EST. How effective is your Online Search Marketing Campaign? You’ve done the front end work: keyword research, website optimization, keyword saturation, ad text, URLs [...]
The Marketing Big Bang Theory: Online & Traditional Advertising Collide, Yielding Better ROI
Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts needed to increase event attendance. In addition to traditional advertising, MSU sought ICS’s online marketing guidance. We integrated sponsored search listings and banner ad placements into their existing advertising strategy. Here’s a case study to show you the tactics we used and the great results for MSU. Maybe [...]
Survey Says… SEO Tops Marketers’ 2011 Plans
SEO Tops Marketers’ 2011 Plans – This survey reveals the top three online marketing channels and tactics planned for 2011. (Source: toprankblog.com, highest ranked marketing blog) [k1]Lets move to a future blog post
Top 5 PPC Pitfalls
I just read a great article on Pay Per Click in the Multichannel Merchant about the top 5 things marketers get wrong in PPC campaigns… thought you would find this interesting – especially if you attended our Google AdWords Webinar. If you missed this Webinar, just view our on-demand library to get the basics on starting [...]
All Aboard the SEM Bandwagon!
A recent Forrester study shows what all of us already know. Marketers will continue to shift dollars from traditional media and traditional direct marketing to online direct marketing. I like Target Marketing Magazine’s research summary overviewing the growth factors in SEM, SEO, online advertising (a.k.a., Pay-Per-Click) and Email Marketing which are among the listed 16 [...]
Hot 2010 Marketing Trends Getting Hotter
Targeting – Measurement – Channel Integration – Prospecting These four trends are what ICS is all about and what we’ve been preaching for increased sales lift, better Marketing ROI and overall business growth. Now, direct marketers across the country are finally starting to see these four tenets as "hot trends for 2010" according to Deliver Magazine. [...]
Why digital makes sense in your marketing mix
By: Adam Henige While more and more organizations have at least begun to dip their toes into the world of search marketing, some still fail to see how it will fit into a traditional marketing campaign or precisely how it supplements more traditional methods. I’ve been fortunate enough to have this discussion in-person with a [...]
Tips & Tactics for Launching a Google AdWord Campaign
Click on the following link to few the first 10 minutes of ICS’s webinar on Tips and Tactics for launching a Google Adword Campaign. If you like what you hear, give us a call for a copy of the full webinar detail … as well as professional and experienced advise in this area. http://www.youtube.com/icsMarketingSupport#play/uploads/0/hL-w8y9iCzs [...]
ROI-based Search
Here’s a DMNews article about setting-up a paid search budget based on profitability. I found it interesting for two reasons. 1) We just broadcasted a webinar on paid search and discussed budget setup and controls and 2) We just happen to be strategizing on how to expand our own marketing success in paid search from [...]