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  • Video-Based Email Marketing Growing, Despite Challenges

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    Nearly three-quarters of marketers (73%) say integrating video with email marketing increases click-through rates (CTR), and fully one-half are now using video in their email marketing programs, according to a survey from the Web Video Marketing Council.

  • Small Biz Report: Social Media Adoption Levels Off

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    As small businesses continue to navigate the economic recession, their adoption of innovative marketing technologies such as social media has leveled off, while expectations among those who use social media have changed, according to a study by Network Solutions and the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business. Still, among those that leverage social channels, 57% expect to generate a profit from their social media efforts over the next year.

  • Most Americans Conduct Online Product Research

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    The commercial use of the Internet among Americans continues to grow: 58% of US adults say they conduct research online about products and services, up from the 49% who said so in 2004, while roughly one-quarter (24%) have posted comments or reviews online about products they buy, according to a survey from Pew Research.

  • Social Media Brand Passion Index: Butterfinger Rules for Trick-or-Treaters

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    When trick-or-treaters head out for their favorite candy on Halloween night, they'll be most delighted by the sight of a Nestlé's Butterfinger: Consumers are more passionate about that brand than any other major Halloween candy, according to the NetBase Brand Passion Index, which measures the intensity of consumer passion for brands among users of online communities.

  • Mobile Proximity Marketing Forecast: $6B by 2015

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    Driven by increasing consumer adoption of mobile devices such as the smartphone and iPad, mobile proximity marketing is forecast to reach $760 million in 2011, and swell to nearly $6 billion by 2015, according to a report by Borrell Associates.

  • The '8Ps' of Buying Triggers

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    Time is today's scarcest resource, and everyone is suffering from attention overload. Many marketers have therefore resorted to just getting louder (literally and figuratively). Rather than pushing (and annoying) customers, one way to break through the cacophony is via triggers that redirect customer behavior.

  • What CMOs Can Learn From Mixed Martial Arts

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Those who think mixed martial arts athletes are merely cavemen pounding each other for sport need to realize that they may well be the strongest personal-branding experts in the marketing world. Those "brutes" are very often better at social media marketing than many self-proclaimed gurus.

  • Four Lingering Myths About Video-Email Marketing

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    People are always looking for the next great thing in email marketing, and these days much of the talk involves social-networking integration. But now that email and online media have gotten much more sophisticated, there is one other technology—video, long considered taboo in email marketing—that can be integrated into your campaigns.

  • Sales and Social Media—Measuring the ROI

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    Although the ability to measure tangible results when using social media is still evolving, companies are realizing substantial savings from their social-media initiatives.

  • US Ad Market Strengthens, Auto Sector Rebounds

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    Though the path toward recovery has been slower in the US than in most regional ad markets, the trend is positive: US advertisers spent an estimated $54 billion during the first half of 2010, up 3.8% from the same period a year earlier, driven by discretionary ad spending categories such as automotive and department stores, according to data from The Nielsen Company.

  • Most Americans Have Found TV Commercials Confusing

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    Regardless of age, roughly three-quarters of Americans (75%) say they have found a commercial on television confusing and 21% say they often find TV commercials confusing, according to a Harris Poll.

  • Social Buzz for The Social Network

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    "The Social Network," from Sony Pictures Entertainment opened on October 1 to a strong $23 million in weekend ticket sales at US theaters, and prompted a 480% increase in weekend social media conversation about the movie, compared with levels recorded over the previous weekend, according to a study by Alterian.

  • Mobile Report: Browsing, Social Networking Up; Android Surges

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    More than one-third of US mobile subscribers (34.5%) browsed the mobile Web as of August 2010, up 2.6 percentage points (PPs) from the previous three-month average, while 22.5% accessed social networking sites or blogs, up 1.7 PPs, according to data from the comScore MobiLens service.

  • Online Searchers Swayed by Images, Multiple Brand Appearances

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    When searching for products and services online, appearance matters: 48% of search engine users say they are more likely to click on a search result if it includes an image and 53% are more likely to click if a company name or brand appears multiple times on the search engine results page, according to a survey from Performics.

  • Three Critical Steps for Securing Your Marketing Budget

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    Now that fall is here, you are likely tackling your marketing plan and budget. The pressure for marketing organizations to justify their spending, prove their programs' contribution to the organization, and demonstrate value is only increasing. These three steps can help ensure you are properly aligned with your organization and help you secure your marketing budget.

  • Top 10 Ways to Make Twitter Your Brand's Best Friend

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    There's more to Twitter than amassing followers and broadcasting your latest news. Properly engaging in the right discussions can earn customer goodwill and brand awareness. The real-time conversations that fill the Twitterverse offer an abundance of market insight.

  • Bambi vs. Godzilla: How to Work With Very Big Clients

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    Who said small firms can do business only with other small firms? If you can get your foot in the door, working for Fortune 500 companies is the smart way to grow a profitable marketing firm. This is how one small company found ways to turn its small size into a competitive advantage and now works with global giants.

  • Four Web Coding Practices to Maximize Marketing ROI

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    Lost user confidence is but one cost of sloppy code. Attempts to fix it can rack up thousands of dollars in consultant fees. And poorly coded Web assets can hinder marketing-campaign performance. All the beauty and elegance in the world will never compensate for the ugly repercussions of improper rendering.

  • Seven Types of Smartphone Apps Driving Mobile Market

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    Seven categories of mobile applications are expected to dominate the mobile market over the next four years: email, games, social networking, instant messaging, mapping and directions, music and radio, and weather apps, together will account for an estimated 7 billion downloads worldwide by 2014, according to research from In-Stat.

  • Most Twitter Replies, Retweets Occur in First Hour

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    Roughly 29% of tweets generate a reaction from other twitter users, such as a reply or retweet, and fully nine in 10 of those reactions occur in the first hour of the original tweet, according to a report by Sysomos.