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By Jared Shusterman on November 10, 2011
Not all co-op advertising programs are created equal. Especially when using co-op marketing funds or Market Development Funds (MDF) to differentiate you from your competitors, simply offering a program doesn’t ensure success. More importantly, when you are selling your program through a sales channel that has the choice to participate in your competitors co-op marketing [...]
Posted in Brand Management, Co-Op Marketing / Management, National | International Brands | Tagged Ad Builder, brand compliance, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Gary Ritkes on November 9, 2011
SearchEngineLand recently published an article (click here) referencing a survey noting marketers indicate SEO continues to out perform PPC and Social Media Marketing. In the same survey, most marketers indicated they plan on increasing their budgets for Social Media. If you plan to follow in a similar path, it is important not lose sight of [...]
Posted in Automated Marketing, Direct Mail, E-Mail, Local Marketers | Tagged brand compliance, Brand Management, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Co-Op Marketing / Management, Corporate Franchise Marketing, Customer Loyalty, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management, National | International Brands | Tagged Ad Builder, PPC, Retention Based Marketing, SEO, Social Media Marketing |
By Raleigh Susskind on November 3, 2011
An issue our sales team often encounters is a company’s hesitance to use ad builders because of the belief that they won’t be used well, if at all, by their distributed marketers. This stems from many reasons, including previous experience with a distributed marketing platform and results from other corporate driven marketing programs. And the [...]
Posted in Brand Management, Distributed Marketing Network Challenges - Q&A, Local Marketers, Marketing Strategy, Network Engagement | Tagged Ad Builder, brand compliance, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Jared Shusterman on October 28, 2011
Co-op marketing and MDF programs have historically struggled with under-utilization. By some estimates, over 50% of funds available to channel partners go unused. With the economy in its current state, one would think channel partner programs would spike – especially when funding is involved. So how come local channel partners aren’t leaning more on their brand [...]
Posted in Co-Op Marketing / Management | Tagged Ad Builder, brand compliance, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Raleigh Susskind on October 18, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Distributed Marketing Best Practices, Distributed Marketing Network Challenges - Q&A | Tagged Ad Builder, brand compliance, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Jared Shusterman on October 10, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Marketing Strategy, Miscellaneous, National | International Brands | Tagged Ad Builder, brand compliance, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Jared Shusterman on September 21, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Brand Management, Direct Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Strategy, National | International Brands | Tagged Decentralized Marketing, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Deb Griffith on September 15, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Distributed Marketing Best Practices, Distributed Marketing Network Challenges - Q&A, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Industry News | Tagged Brand Management System, decentralized marketing organizations, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Resource Management, MRM |
By Jared Shusterman on September 2, 2011
Your channel marketing plan – do you have one? You’ve made the decision to move forward with giving your local sales and distributed marketing channels top-notch marketing support. You are about to embark on creating the best online marketing center there is for your organization for local-level and field marketing support. You’ve thought about your [...]
Posted in Brand Management, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Asset Management, National | International Brands | Tagged Ad Builder, Brand Management System, Channel Marketing, Co-Op Advertising Platform, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Corporate Franchise Marketing, Distributed Marketing, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Asset Management, Marketing Resource Management |
By Jared Shusterman on August 29, 2011
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. [...]
Posted in Direct Marketing, Direct Marketing, E-Mail, Local Marketers, Local Marketing Automation, Marketing Industry News, National | International Brands | Tagged Ad Builder, Co-Op Funds Management, Co-Op Marketing, Distributed Marketing, e-mail marketing, ExactTarget, Local Marketers, Local Marketing Automation, Local Store Marketing, Marketing Resource Management |
