by | May 14, 2018 | Blog, BRANDING, CONNECT MAGAZINE, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE
Curiosity may kill the cat, but it can give the marketer nine lives. That’s how Harish Bhat, author of “The Curious Marketer,” sees it. And he’s right: When trying to market your product or services, the bare minimum can be a death sentence. With so many forms of...
by | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, CONTENT MARKETING, INBOUND MARKETING, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE
The power of content continues to make its presence felt. According to Time Inc.’s “How Custom Content Inspires Consumers” study, two in three consumers have greater trust in custom content than traditional advertising. In addition to trust, the study (which queried...
by | Oct 18, 2017 | AUGMENTED REALITY, Blog, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE, SOCIAL MARKETING
For those of us in the print industry October 18th is a special day marking the return of International Print Day, a 24-hour event that lets like-minded people share their love of print through social media. International Print Day promotes the open sharing of...
by | Sep 13, 2017 | BRANDING, INFOGRAPHIC, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE
The 10-year-old kid, selling ice cold fresh lemonade on the street corner in your local neighborhood had it right. He or she may not have not realized it but the simple marketing strategy that they accidentally and innocently came up with works perfectly on the people...
by | Aug 22, 2017 | DIGITAL MARKETING, DIRECT MAIL, INFOGRAPHIC, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE, MARKETING ROI, MULTI-CHANNEL MARKETING
Everybody likes cookies, right? Especially the ones your grandmother made. But what about cookies that are used for digital targeting, people like those too, right? Since the 1990’s, cookies, those small pieces of coding that are placed on your web browser by...
by | Jul 10, 2017 | DIRECT MAIL, DIRECT MARKETING, MARKETING INTELLIGENCE, PERSONALIZATION
Ask marketers how to gauge the success of their direct mail campaigns, and the answer inevitably points to ROI. One of the biggest reasons a direct mail campaign fails is the inability to measure success. If you cannot accurately track results, your enthusiasm level...