Do You Have a Contact Strategy for Your Social Media Program?
What is a contact strategy? A contact strategy is a marketing program that sends appropriate messages to relevant groups of customers according to a strategic schedule. Who needs a contact strategy? Any brand that is serious about using a particular channel to generate income. Most brands that live or die through direct marketing understand the importance of a contact strategy. Brands that rely heavily on the postal channel tend to focus...
Read More5 Reasons Twitter Will Survive and Thrive
The SocialMediaToday.com article “Twitter in a Corner- Facing Huge Challenges” is an interesting piece about Twitter’s goals to monetize and survive an uncertain future. Twitter’s baby steps into advertising and their deliberate roll out strategy are the initial focus. The piece correctly identifies Twitter’s great concern to preserve the user experience, the possible alienation of users due to the new advertising...
Read MoreInner Architect Debuts on SearchEnginePeople.com
Inner Architect Founder & CEO Susan Hanshaw and Business Director Dean Guadagni have a combined 7 years blogging experience. Together we have written over 2,000 articles focusing on direct marketing, social media, blogging, social networking, and a plethora of subjects related to Web 2.0. SearchEnginePeople.com We are proud to announce our acceptance as guest contributors to SearchEnginePeople.com Canada’s “largest and most...
Read MoreHow to Measure Social Media Lifetime Sales ROI
In 1 Simple Ingredient for All Your ROI Needs, I discussed using a key code system to track the performance of individual social media efforts. While this practice is a great step towards tracking the sales performance of the social media channel, it is not enough if you truly want to learn how your social relationships are influencing sales in the long term. What does it mean to measure impact on long term sales? Think about it this way....
Read MoreIs Your Facebook Copy Working For You?
In the couple of years that I have been involved with social media marketing, I have seen much correlation between what what works for driving engagement and what works to drive a direct marketing response. I have become convinced that there is one area of focus that is sorely overlooked by brands seeking to build a vibrant and constantly growing Facebook community. There lacks an attention to the influence of copy. Over the years I...
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