It's that time of year when predictions and suggestions are made for the new year. Forbes made a list of the digital skills they see as the most important and TEKsystems polled 250 CMOs to find out what they're looking for in 2018. Distilling all this data down into one list, here are my picks: Analytics: This one wins hands-down, no contest. If you are not … [Read more...]
Earned Media Outperforms Paid in Demand Gen
According to a recent Demand Gen study B2B marketers are looking for new ways to drive demand, increase brand awareness and bring more prospective customers into the funnel. Earned media is growing more and more appealing to these companies, as the price of paid efforts increases. Working with Cision, Demand Gen found that 79% of marketers are prioritizing earned … [Read more...]
Make Your Website a Tool to Grow Your Business
There are 28.8 million small businesses in the US, which account for 99.7% of US businesses. (Source: SBA Gov 2016) Just over half of them (54%) have a website. (Hard to imagine why the other half don't!) There are thousands of web design companies out there offering to make or update your site. If your company has a website, or is considering … [Read more...]
Why Monitoring Brand Mentions Matters
Back in the 1980s research showed that when someone had a bad experience with your brand they were likely to tell 35 people. Now a negative mention online can reach millions in a flash. If you're smart, and you have a monitoring system in place, you can catch the negative content the moment it happens and do damage control. Hats off to investment research and … [Read more...]
The Rise of Social Media Customer Care
There is no doubt that social media is a part of our lives today - and, as such, social media has to be a big part of every company's marketing plan. But don't just use it as a broadcast channel. Your customers expect you to be active and responsive on social media. It is all about social media customer care. I do have a favorite social media management dashboard that is not … [Read more...]
