December 31st, 2009
Predict (v): to declare or indicate in advance; especially: foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason.
In anticipation of the New Year, I began making mental notes over the past month about predictions I had for the marketing world in 2010. But chances are that many already have the same ideas as me. [...]
Posted by Sharon Harper in Advertising, Communication, Holiday, Interactive, MF, Marketing, Media, Online Advertising, Public Relations, SEM, Social Media, Technology, Trend Spotting | No Comments »
December 14th, 2009
As a PR professional, I believe that our work by its mere nature is ideally positioned to drive social media marketing efforts. My bias notwithstanding, it has become even more apparent how social media has sparked greater integration between PR and other marketing practices–like SEO, interactive, and traditional advertising–and why they should no longer be siloed.
One [...]
Posted by Sharon Harper in Advertising, Business, Communication, Interactive, MF, Marketing, Public Relations, SEM, SEO, Social Media | No Comments »
November 16th, 2009
There are some fairly simple design and coding errors that adversely affect search engine optimaztion that we still see fairly often.
Posted by Frank Piacitelli in Ad business, Copywriting, Design, Development, Flash, Google, Interactive, Interface Design, SEM, SEO, Technology, Typography, User Experience | 4 Comments »
August 22nd, 2009
A recent PRWeek article highlights a study, which found that public relations is the leading force behind digital communications at 51% of organizations, compared with marketing, which takes the helm 40.5% of the time.
It explains how the blogging, microblogging, and social networking aspects of digital communications are mainly driven by the PR function, whereas the [...]
Posted by Sharon Harper in Blogging, Business, Business Blogs, MF, Media Relations, Public Relations, SEM, SEO, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology | 5 Comments »
July 22nd, 2009
There’s an old saying in the advertising world…
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”- John Wanamaker, U.S. department store merchant (1838-1922)
Mr. Wanamaker likely meant that half of his spend didn’t reach his target audience, or that when the advertising reached his target, it did not [...]
Posted by Colleen Bogart in Ad business, Advertising, Interactive, Online Advertising, SEM, SEO, Technology | No Comments »