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The US recession has affected consumers' purchasing behaviors across various product categories, leading them to increasingly "buy down," or purchase less expensive brands in order to save money, according to new report by comScore. Technology is enabling such price-seeking behaviors with the Internet cited as the most popular channel for ... more
Despite the renewed excitement in 3D entertainment over the past few years, would-be TV buyers appear to have little interest in purchasing a 3DTV set, according to a new survey from Retrevo. more
The flash sale is one of the hottest tools being used today to capture customers' attention, and email is a key driver of such campaigns, generating on average 18% of referral traffic to websites advertising flash sales, higher than social media (13%) and search (11%), according to a report by ... more
Some 18 months after the introduction of the iPad, 11% of US adults now own a tablet computer of some kind, and among them 53% access news via tablet every day, reading long articles as well as browsing headlines, according to a new report by Pew Research. more![Think Landing Page, Not Phone Number [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/111025_think_landing_page_video_lg.jpg)
Throughout the 40 years I've produced radio advertising, one question has come up more than all others: Should we put our phone number in the commercial? Anyone with a reasonable amount of marketing experience knows: Don't do it. Think "landing page" instead. more
Consumers worldwide are demanding a higher level of social responsibility from the companies they engage with, and most are using the power of the purse to press those demands, according to a study by Cone Communications. more![Dialogue Writing, Part 2: Where to Start [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/111018_dialogue_lg.jpg)
The listener needs to know—within the first couple of lines of dialogue—who is talking, where they are, and why they're having this conversation. No small task—but there are tricks! more
B2B marketers are moving away from traditional marketing tactics toward online content marketing: 82% now use content marketing in their programs, making it more popular than search marketing (70%), events (68%), and public relations (64%), according to a report by HiveFire. more
Tablet devices are becoming an increasingly important channel for e-commerce: Nearly one-half of tablet owners (48%) completed a purchase via their device in September 2011, according to a report by comScore. more
Most of the world's top marketing executives understand the dramatic shifts occurring in the way they engage with customers, but still struggle to manage the change, according to a new survey from IBM: 79% of CMOs expect a high or very high level of marketing complexity over the next five ... more![Dialogue Writing, Part 1: Chaos Is Good! [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/111011_video_lg.jpg)
ARRRRGH! Few things are more painful to listen to than bad dialogue. How can you go about writing good dialogue? Fire up the video, and we'll get started. more
Though more than two-thirds of mobile consumers (67.0%) say location-based coupons are convenient and useful, nearly one-half (44.8%) say they have security concerns about their locations being tracked, according to a survey from Prosper Mobile Insights. more
Google Android strengthened its lead in the US smartphone market in August 2011, accounting for 43.7% of smartphone subscribers, up 5.6 percentage points (PPs) from the previous three-month period, according to data from the comScore MobiLens service. more
Though one-half (50%) of Americans read print or Web editions of newspapers for local information at least weekly, more than two-thirds (69%) say the death of their local newspaper would have no major impact on their ability to find local information, according to a report by Pew Research. more![Should You Appeal to Your Audience's Right Brain or Left Brain? [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/111004_brain_lg.jpg)
Science tells us that the brain's two hemispheres process information quite differently. Knowing that, we can shape our writing to appeal to either the left brain or the right brain. But which should you appeal to? more
Although Google remains the search engine of choice for most customers, you can't ignore the importance of optimizing for Bing—which currently powers nearly a third of all stateside searches. And at the Bing Community's Webmaster Center blog, Duane Forrester provides insight into Bing's SEO preferences. "[There] are a few items we love to ... more
When searching for information on the Internet, people tend to exhibit one of three distinct behavioral search patterns, according to new research by About.com, which explores the various mindsets that drive Web search. more![How to Get Your Creative Approved [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/110927_video_lg.jpg)
You've finished the script. It's great. It's funny. It's the kind of writing that gets attention and wins awards. You send it to the client. Think it'll come back unscathed? Maybe... IF you follow this tip. more
Though overall global marketing budgets in the tech sector are increasing 3.5% in 2011, they are not keeping pace with annual revenues in the sector, which are expected to grow 6.5% over 2010 levels, according to a report by IDC. more
Although online shoppers who arrive at retail websites via Facebook and Twitter are less likely than those who arrive via search engines to make a purchase, they tend to spend more money when they do buy, according to research from RichRelevance. more
Despite a lack of confidence in the overall US economy, CMOs are planning to increase spending on all forms of marketing over the next 12 months, particularly the share of budget allocated to social media marketing, according to The CMO Survey. more
"Beginning at the dawn of Google, when I first got my feet wet with PPC, you could learn everything in an afternoon," writes Jared Reed at SteadyRain. "These days, it seems like there's a new management tool, tracking metric, or ad product springing up every hour." Still, social media remains ... more![Tripped Up by a Typo: Five Real-Life Examples [Slide Show]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/110916_slide-show_lg.jpg)
It's bad enough when you notice a typo in a tweet. But what if a sloppy error ends up on a billboard, menu, or business sign? Here are five examples that make the case for fanatical proofreading. more
Google Sites led the US explicit core search market in August 2011 with 64.8% of search queries conducted, followed by Yahoo Sites with 16.3% and Microsoft Sites with 14.7%, according to data from comScore. more![The Five Rules of Great Radio: Rule 5 [Video]](https://i.marketingprofs.com/assets/images/articles/lg/110915_pizza_lg.jpg)
You and two friends have spent the last three hours climbing up the edge of a giant pizza crust. Finally reaching the top, you look out over the vast plain of pepperoni and green peppers. The aroma causes you to lose your balance and tumble down into a pool of ... more
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