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  • There's nothing we love more than solutions—top-notch insights from top-of-the-line experts that help solve common marketing problems. Here's this week's solution, featuring SAS, which offers us a solution to the following problem: How does Marketing convince the CEO that it's time to embrace social media?

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  • Why do women and men do what they do or say what they say? If marketing to women is a "science," this question gets to the "art" angle that may too often be neglected. Isn't it a bit ironic that marketers are most likely to use the route in reaching a market that really thinks and

  • US Internet revenue for the first half of 2009 came in at $10.9 billion, down 5.3% from the same period in 2008, according to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report.

  • Although overall traffic declined slightly (-3%) to US websites in the health and medical category year-over-year from March 2008 to March 2009, health insurance sites experienced an 11% jump in volume.

  • Even if economists say the economic tide is turning, US consumers are skeptical, with two-thirds (67%) planning to decrease small-scale discretionary spending and very few planning big-ticket purchases.

  • Social media poses the greatest challenge to engaging customers today, according to a recent poll of more than 200 professional marketers.

  • Relevancy matters to women when receiving marketing communications. More than half (58%) of respondents in a recent survey said they want information that pertains to their lifestyle or relates to their recent purchases.

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  • Frugal consumers are choosing to put more of their money into their savings accounts rather than into retailers’ cash registers, which translates into a glum forecast for retailers.

  • Starting today, Google will invite 100,000 users to beta-test its much-buzzed Wave. What will the hugely ambitious communication and collaboration platform mean for marketers?

  • After improving in August, The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index dipped in September and now stands at 53.1 (1985=100). Consumers' outlook on jobs and business conditions in the months ahead also sagged.

  • US consumers are increasingly using e-coupons, as well as their traditional print cousins, to trim spending as the recession drags on.

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  • It takes a lot more than Harry Potter's brand of wizardry for marketers to understand the spending habits of what is commonly referred to as the youth market—those between age 6 to 18. In fact, it requires a flexible understanding of the subcategories within this vast network of youth. And success ultimately will require a combination of spells and strategies that allow for those young shoppers to identify and connect with your brand.

  • Marketers must improve the transparency of their data-collection practices if they are to help calm their customers' fears. Giving website visitors control is always the right move. You acknowledge that they have the control anyway and accept the responsibility of offering sufficiently significant value to entice the customer to exchange personal data. The key is to make sure the level of information you ask them to share directly relates to the value the customer will receive.

  • In the past year, the most fundamental of the 4 Ps of marketing (price) has rapidly risen to prominence. In a way, that is an inevitable outcome of the recent media focus on macro factors that determine the economics of demand and supply—inflation, employment, and income, to name a few. Not surprisingly, as the consumer price index flutters up and down, all eyes focus on commodity prices. So how much impact do commodity prices have on retail prices? And on pricing strategy?

  • There are many approaches to using email-campaign metrics to measure and improve marketing performance. The following are the top five approaches, along with appropriate measures and usable insights for each.

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  • Spending on advertising in Jan.-June 2009 fell 14.3% YOY, but the telecom category experienced solid growth (7.5%), with Sprint Nextel, AT&T, and Verizon increasing spending 55.3%, 6.3% and 3.1% respectively.