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  • Seven Tips for More-Profitable Direct Mail in Today's Economy

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    If you create or manage direct mail programs, the current economy probably has you pulling your hair out. Now is the perfect time to get back to basics and remind yourself of the following seven core principles of direct marketing.

  • Politics and Social Media: Capitol Hill Connects With Constituents

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Most Members of Congress have integrated social media into their communications strategies—using social tools to gauge public opinion, communicate with constituents, and reach new people, according to a survey from the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF).

  • Forrester: Why Tablet Commerce May Beat Out Mobile

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    With the number of Americans owning tablet devices forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 51% between 2010 and 2015, tablet commerce is expected to grow rapidly over the same period, offering consumers a portable yet highly engaging shopping experience, according to a new report by Forrester Research in partnership with Bizrate Insights.

  • Human vs. Machine: Clash of the Translation Titans

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    Humans or machines—which are superior these days? Both human and machine translation can be used when taking marketing content global. Learn three translation techniques—and when to use them.

  • Use of Video-Sharing Sites on the Rise

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    Watching video online is becoming more popular in the US, particularly among rural audiences: 71% of online adults now use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, up 5 percentage points from the 66% who did so a year earlier, according to a new report by Pew Research.

  • Online Marketing Judo: How to Convince Influencers to Help You

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    To get the most out of your online marketing, don't go it alone. Get powerful influencers in your corner to help spread the word about you. Here's how to build your team of evangelists and create a winning word-of-mouth campaign.

  • Social Media in Canada: Likes, Follows Sway Brand Perception

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    More than six in ten online Canadians (62%) say they have a social networking profile; among them 48% "like" or "follow" at least one brand or company on a social site, and 49% say their views of products and brands are influenced by recommendations of those in their social network, according to a survey from Ipsos.

  • Get 'Em While They're Hot: Six Ways to Maximize Lead Conversion

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    Are you increasing your inbound leads? What happens once you get them? Without successful conversion, leads are essentially useless. Here are six steps that'll immediately increase your lead-conversion rates.

  • Top 50 Websites: Google Nabs Top Spot From Yahoo

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    After trailing Yahoo for nine months, Google Sites was the top-ranked Web property in June 2011 with 182.5 million visitors, followed by Yahoo Sites with 178.4 million and Microsoft Sites with 173.6 million, according to comScore Media Metrix service. Amazon Sites jumped one spot to rank at No. 6 with 95.8 million visitors, while Twitter, which had joined the top 50 ranking in February 2011, jumped nine spots to No. 37 with 30.6 million.

  • How and Why Email Marketers Should Integrate Social

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    When social media use first took off, many posed the question, "Is social media going to kill email?" But savvy email marketers soon realized they could use social media to their advantage. Here's how.

  • Social Media Gets Mixed Reviews From Small Business

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Small business owners are still lukewarm about social media: 53% say they use social media for business, but only 12% say social marketing is a must for their business, according to a survey from Hiscox. Social media adoption varies by company size, however.

  • LinkedIn Now No. 2 US Social Network, Surpasses MySpace

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    LinkedIn is now the second most popular social networking site in the US: Traffic to the professional networking website increased 63% year over year as of June 2011, inching past MySpace for the first time, according to data from comScore Media Metrix.

  • Opportunity Calls: How to Effectively Capture Mobile Marketing Conversions

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    Smartphone use is exploding, providing new opportunities to connect and engage with target audiences. Learn how to optimize your mobile marketing campaigns, and effectively track and record mobile conversions.

  • Email Metrics: Open, Click Rates Highest in the Morning

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    Email open rates continued to languish in 2010, though performance levels varied dramatically by industry, whereas click rates improved during the year, according to a report by MailerMailer, which also found that most people tend to open email between seven and ten in the morning.

  • Embrace Irrationality: A Human- vs. Customer-Centric Approach to Marketing

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    Are you ready for the new marketing paradigm that's emerging? It's human-centric marketing, an evolution of the current customer-centric approach. And it will change the way we are introduced to and form relationships with brands.

  • CMOs Ramping Up Budgets, but Accountability Is Key

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    Marketing budgets are on the rise again: 57% of senior-level marketers say they are increasing their overall marketing spend in 2011; among them, most (26%) plan to increase budgets between 1% and 5%, according to the CMO Council's State of Marketing Report.

  • Where Does Google Make Its Money? Top 20 Google AdWords Keyword Categories

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    The insurance category fetches the highest cost-per-click (CPC) rates in Google AdWords pay-per-click (PPC) advertising: nearly $50 per click, according to new keyword research data from search marketing software provider WordStream Inc.

  • Creating an Interactive Experience: Trends in Email, Mobile, and Social Marketing

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    Today's customers often rely on social networks to interact with brands. Marketers need to adapt to a customer-centric model and understand consumption patterns across social networks and the total digital ecosphere.

  • Facebook Ad CPCs Up 22% in 2Q11

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Ad rates on the nation's most popular social network are climbing: Median cost-per-clicks (CPCs) on Facebook grew 22% in the second quarter of 2011 over the previous quarter, according to report by Efficient Frontier and Context Optional. Meanwhile, search spending increased 8% in the second quarter over 2Q10 levels.

  • Six Do's and Don'ts of Email Design

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    Without a well-crafted, clear, and consistent email design for your brand, your messages could be lost—or ignored—in the vast digital space. Here's how you should and shouldn't design your emails to get results.