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The Meaningful Market
The term “Meaningful Market” has been thrown around a lot recently. If you Google the term, you find different results ranging from company names, book titles to people who attempt to define it… including Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter, who says what it means to him in more than 140 characters. At this year’s DMA [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Triggered Communications Webinar & 5 Tips for Success
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Triggered Communications is a great way to increase your email marketing’s timeliness, relevancy and ROI. To help get you started, we’re hosting a Webinar on April 15, 2010 at 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST — “How to Use Event Triggered Communications to Increase Email Relevancy, Response and Sales.” We’ll show you [...]
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 [...]
Think “Leads,” Not “Web Site Visitors”
We’re in the process of updating our Web site (well, when aren’t we in the process of updating or optimizing our Web site?) and maybe many of you are doing same right now. Here’s some advice to make sure you’re getting the most out of your Web site: Stop thinking in terms of VISITORS. Think [...]
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 [...]