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Digital Marketing Mantra for Advertisers

Strategy Driven

Digital marketing is slowly, but surely growing from a “nice to have” to a necessity. To be successful in advertising in the online marketing space , you will need to connect all the dots and deal with the complexity (and maybe even ambiguity) of the online marketing world. No Buyers, Only Specialists Here. Measure Everything.

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test.

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How are you doing on price? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Since then, I have had more and more discussions with my clients about their pricing strategies and being squeezed in this market. In a lean economy, many sales and business development people feel obligated to discount their prices; at least, the discussion of price and where it fits in the sales strategy becomes more important than ever.

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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Harvard Business Review

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. And more fundamentally, does marketing actually work? Marketing ROI analysis can help answer those questions. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Avery explains that it is also referred to by its acronym, MROI, or as return on marketing investment (ROMI).

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Why Marketing Needs to Hire a Corporate Folklorist

Harvard Business Review

Given how fashionable storytelling is today, you’d think every market-centered company would have a person like this on staff to manage the collective memory of its brand. Given the skills and span of responsibility required, this function should sit in the marketing department. The New Marketing Organization. Marketing'

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The Best Companies Combine Marketing and Strategy

Harvard Business Review

One of the Amazon reviewers, 'Greg' , said lovely, positive things about the book, but ranked it a 4 because: "I seriously question whether this is a strategy book or a marketing book. belong to marketing.". In his head, I am sure Greg has a definition of marketing and the book reflects his definition of marketing.

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Applying a Model for Small Business Continual Improvement

Deming Institute

The SME deck is to be developed in two months, with weekly two hours meetings, on-line or face to face depending on the location of my clients. 4) Develop an org chart to assign responsibilities and communicate it to everyone. Marketing mix. 6 Sigma Statistical tools to analyze Market data BCG matrix. Customers.

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