3 Online Marketing Game Changers for 2011 and Beyond
At this time of year where everyone seems to be either recapping the year with a “Best Of” list or forecasting 2012 with “Top Trends to Look Out For” we’ve decided to roll the two together to let you know what we thought made BOTH the biggest impact in 2011, and will continue to be [...]
Google’s Changing Algorithms Impact Social Marketing
Google recently announced changes to its algorithms - ones that increase emphasis on content recency – including a focus on social media to drive search results. In addition to these changes, Google now has the ability to search through AJAX and Javascript content. With these new developments, everything Facebook users post to a public page [...]
Why Social Media Automation Matters
The Wall Street Journal reported recently on recent franchiser social media efforts and various initiatives to ensure message consistency with their franchisees. You can click here to see what they have to say. We’ll be tackling the same issue with our social media automation programs at the International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention in February 2012. However, [...]
Channel Marketing Showcase – American Express and Small Business Saturday
Coming soon to a shopping area near you – it’s Small Business Saturday. This new holiday is being driven by American Express with support from Facebook, FedEx, Google, and a host of media outlets to encourage consumers to visit their neighborhood shops in lieu of big box stores and national retail chains. Check out the [...]
The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Distributed Marketing Network
Creating a network of responsive distributed marketers that are actively engaged in promoting your brand doesn’t happen overnight, it takes nurturing. Here’s what you need to know to become a ‘master gardener’ to a healthy and thriving local marketing network. Why You Need to Feed Your Network Your distributed marketers may be exceptional at running [...]
Make the Most of Your Marketing Meetings
What’s worse than sitting through a long meeting? A long meeting that doesn’t get anything accomplished. Here at SproutLoud, we recently had a meeting about meetings. Although that may sound a bit redundant, it was incredibly productive – we put in place a few structural rules so our meetings could be more efficient and produce [...]
Why Distributed Marketing Systems Fail
Distributed Marketing systems, in the broader ecosystem of Marketing Resource Management, isn’t a simple shoe-in to solve for the challenges of decentralized marketing organizations. And perhaps especially due to the relatively young nature of the industry, both the technology, and the partner selected, need to be the proper fit to meet the challenges of such [...]
Distributed Marketing Vs. MRM – What the #$@@ is the Difference?
VentureBeat recently ran into criticism when an outcry of marketing automation companies claimed a blogpost biasedly favored the Marketing Automation Company Marketo. In response, Dylan Tweney, VentureBeat’s Executive Editor, published What the !A#$ is marketing automation? - in response to a clear indication that not enough people knew exactly what Marketing Automation was…..So we’ve taken [...]
Distributed Marketing E-Mail Bliss = ExactTarget & SproutLoud
OK OK….the title of this blog-post may go a little bit overboard, but distributed marketing e-mail is a tough nut to crack…..and we’re excited because we think we’ve cracked it well. Our recent partnership with ExactTarget (announced here) pairs the industry leading distributed marketing platform with the world-class e-mail deliverability and reporting engine of ExactTarget. [...]
Marketers noted an Improvement in ROI across all Tracked channels in 2010
I read an interesting post within the LinkedIn Direct Mail Integration Advocacy Group posted by Evelyn Milardo. Enjoy the read………. Marketers reported spending increases last quarter, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) Quarterly Business Review. It was the first time in more than a year they’ve done so. Marketers noted an improvement in return [...]
