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  • Social Media Sponsorships to Reach $56.8M in 2010

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    Amid double-digit declines in traditional ad spending, the emerging category of social media sponsorships grew 13.9% to $46.0 million in 2009 and is forecast to climb 23.6% to $56.8 million in 2010, driven by higher demand among advertisers to reach social media's target audiences, according to a study by PQ Media.

  • Consumers Less Anxious About Economy, but Cautious: RBC

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    Americans are beginning to shed their anxiety about the economy, which has dominated consumer sentiment over the past two years, and they are less pessimistic about both their local economies and job security, according to the recent results of the RBC US Consumer Outlook Index.

  • Email Unsubscribe Benchmarks: Marketers Offer More Control

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    Many retail email marketers have learned that their best defense against subscribers' clicking the "report spam" button is to provide not only a friction-free process to enable unsubscribing but also options that ISPs can't give email recipients, according to a study by Smith-Harmon.

  • World's Most Valued, Resilient Brands Led by Tech

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    The world's strongest brands have proven their resilience to recession: When most key financial indicators plummeted last year, the value of the BrandZ* Top 100 brands, led by technology brands, rose 4% to more than $2 trillion, according to Millward Brown.

  • 'Dwell Rate' of Ad Engagement Impacts Conversion

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    Marketing campaigns that actively engage consumers online for longer periods of time—by enticing them to "Dwell"—are more likely to generate high conversion rates and are three times more effective at driving brand-related Web searches, according to a study by Eyeblaster.

  • Un-Advertising: The Power of Testimonial Video in the Post-Advertising Era

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    Mad Men-style advertising, based on interrupting entertainment or news, is still with us—but most marketers recognize that it's unsteady on its feet. The reality is that people are tired of being "targeted" with ads and so are inclined to take evasive action. It's time to dust off the tried-and-true customer testimonial, and turbo-charge it for your website with video storytelling.

  • Why CMOs Need Standardized Measurements—Just Like CFOs and COOs

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    At many companies, Marketing can't match the financially relevant, standardized measurements produced by peers in Finance and Operations. That is a big problem, because the lack of financially relevant, standardized measurements weakens CMOs' stature. It doesn't have to be that way.

  • What's Next for Ad Networks?

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    Ad networks offer a flexible and more efficient way to reach and segment consumers. Advertisers can meet ambitious goals by leveraging the networks' mass reach, diverse targeting options, and flexible pricing platforms.

  • Email Offers Hollywood Blockbuster Marketing Opportunities—From Acquisition to Monetization

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    Movie studios are struggling to effectively reach moviegoers, who have so many other media vying for their attention. So like the plot of a blockbuster film, the studios are on a quest to find the ultimate marketing channel. But they don't have to venture to a galaxy far, far away. It's time they rediscovered email.

  • Women Download More Mobile Content

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    Women consume two times more mobile content than men, accounting for 67% of downloads among unique users on Myxer's mobile content site in April 2010, and downloading on average 17% more content than men during the month, according to Myxer.

  • Consumers Hesitant to Spend

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    Consumers won't be spending the US economy out of recession any time soon: Despite positive news that retail sales are improving, consumers are still concerned about their jobs and remain cautious in their shopping decisions, according to a survey by America's Research Group and UBS Global Equity Research.

  • Woman-Owned Businesses Put Customers First, Systems Last

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    Most women-owned small businesses say customer service is a top strategic priority—but don't have a formal, companywide customer-service strategy—and many do not take advantage of important marketing channels, such as websites and social media, according to a survey from Forbes Insights

  • Google Takes 71% of Searches in April

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    Google continued to dominate search in April, accounting for 71.4% of all US searches conducted in the four weeks ended May 1, 2010, up 2% from March, according to Experian Hitwise data.

  • Consumers Prefer Verizon Service (but Want iPhone)

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    Verizon continues to lead the telecom industry in wireless service customer satisfaction: 49% of Verizon customers surveyed say they are very satisfied with their cellular service, compared with 23% of AT&T customers who say the same about their service, according to a survey from ChangeWave.

  • Most Americans Post Risky Information Online

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    Over one-half (52%) of adult Americans who use social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace, have posted risky personal information online, and 23% of Facebook users haven't used the site's privacy controls to protect themselves, according to a Consumer Reports study.

  • Social Networks Influential, Not Always Trusted

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    Nearly one in five US Internet users (18%) say they have purchased a product because of something they have seen on a social networking website—such as Facebook or Twitter—yet social sites continue to receive low trust and privacy ratings from consumers of all ages, according to a survey from Vision Critical.

  • Consumer Brand Loyalty Wanes in Recession

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    Driven by the need to save money during the economic downturn, consumers have been revoking their allegiance to brands in the past two years, and many have opted for cheaper brands across a variety of product categories, according to a new study from comScore.

  • How Parents Deal with Kids' Social Media Use

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    Parents who use Facebook are nearly evenly split between those who friend their kids on Facebook (48%) and those who do not (52%), according to a survey from Retrevo. Meanwhile, a plurality of surveyed parents (36%) say the appropriate age for children to have their own social media page is between 16 and 18.

  • B2B Marketers Struggle With Changing Roles

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    Even while more and more consumers are using social media to help them make purchasing decisions, most B2B marketers are not using social networking and digital marketing tools to reach their audiences, according to a study that examines marketing's evolving role in the enterprise.

  • 7 Key Steps to Turning Your Big Idea Into a Big Success

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    If you're passionate about something and you have an idea that just won't go away, now is the time to explore it and to make something remarkable happen. Here are seven key steps you can take to ensure your great idea becomes a success.