AMA-DC is the third largest chapter of the American Marketing Association in the country with more than 1,000 members representing more than 600 organizations, many of which are in the ecosystem that supports Uncle Sam. It is a vibrant community and because of its location is unlike any other AMA chapter in the United States. The Marketing Consigliere was flattered to be asked to judge this year’s M Awards and […]
“CXOs – Get Marketing On Track! Part I” and Part II have attracted new readers that The Marketing Consigliere has been happy to become acquainted with. The timeliness of this blog apparently has hit a nerve and now another report underscores the need to “get marketing on track.” The CMO Council recently commissioned a study to determine current marketing operations in light of “economic uncertainty and decreasing budgetary resources.” […]
Alterian‘s December 2008 research is starting to reverberate around the Marketing world. While some leading trade publications are still picking up the news, the message is clear – most marketers still need to get their act together, but thankfully realize it. The main problem is money (of course), time, and corporate culture. This United Kingdom-based leading analytics platform company has a lot to say in its report. […]
In the iMedia Connection article “Heralding the Death of Non-Social Media,” Doug Schumacher of Basement, Inc. has correctly pointed out that in an increasingly Network Centric Marketing world, “A high percentage of purchases are already preceded by online research. And where there is online research, there are search results. Those search engine results pages often bring up links to a number of consumer review sites.“ Yes, there are empirical studies corraborating […]
Prediction 1: Robert Scoble will become marginalized as a new “Twitterer to follow” emerges that is less condescending and opinionated. The Marketing Consigliere actually likes Scoble, has met him twice, but understands that like all “celebrities,” a new one will probably come along that the huddled marketing masses will want to anoint as their new savior. He will never be relegated as the “Lindsay Lohan” of […]
Here’s a great opportunity to learn about leveraging data for more successful email campaigns. If you’re a member of the American Marketing Association, you should have received an email invitation to attend a webinar entitled “Using Web Behavior Data to Drive Follow Up Messaging.” This is a terrific chance to learn from a vendor, Lyris, about how data mining can be used in conjunction with CRM tools […]
Last week in the February 18, 2008 issue of Advertising Age,the headline article by Bradley Johnson was entitled “Media Work Force Sinks to 15-Year Low.” So jobs were bad in the last recession of the early 1990s and they’re bad again. OK… The article’s graph clearly shows media jobs peaking during the dotcom bubble, rapidly shrinking, but finally leveling off for the past few years and […]
The Marketing Consigliere has come across several start-up companies in his path that plan on depending on advertising for their revenue model. Having been in publishing, he tries to give them ideas how to make that work for them. But they definitely should look at publishers closer – many of them are struggling. While one may argue that much of that struggle is due to […]
Last year, Super Bowl XLI was interesting in that the Doritos commercial was made from user-generated content and this year for Super Bowl XLII they promoted their brand with user-generated music. Regarding advertising, there were the “usual suspects” who provided acceptable, entertaining commercials that were spoken about at the water cooler the following week; but from a social networking or technological view this Super Bowl was a bit of […]
CXOs – Get Marketing On Track! Part II
No sooner had the Marketing Consigliere posted yesterday’s blog entitled “CXOs – Get Marketing On Track!” did another occurence involving online metrics and web analytics come to his attention. Reporting on the Interactive Advertising Bureau‘s Ecosystem 2.0 Annual Conference, ClickZ writer Zachary Rodgers wrote in “Millard Issues Plea for More Art, Less Science in Online Ads” that Wenda Harris Millard, co-CEO at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, said during her speech about online advertising […]
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