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5 Reasons Why Digital Marketing Will Thrive in the Recession

September 30th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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From Dot Bomb to Dot Boom Let’s face it. The economy is taking on the distinctive, sickly pallor of a post Mardi Gras Keith Richards. Generally, recessions hit the advertising business with the ferocity of a rabid wolverine, and the last one trimmed overall ad spending by 9% according to market researchers Veronis Suhler Stevenson. [...]

Tagged as: behavioral targeting, email marketing, integrated marketing, media mix, online media, ppc, recession proof marketing, search marketing, web site analytics and testing, web site KPI

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The 10 Strengths of the Agency of the Future

September 16th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Web services giant Sapient recently fielded a national online digital marketing survey of more than 200 chief marketing officers (CMOs) and senior marketers responsible for managing digital budgets (among other things). Survey respondents were asked about the top qualities they sought in their advertising and marketing agencies in the coming year. Sapient’s Top 10 Wish [...]

Tagged as: ad agencies, ad agency, advertising agencies, digital capabilities, digital marketing, digital marketing agency, interactive advertising, Internet Advertising, millennials, recession proof marketing, sapient, social media, social networking, traditional agencies, Web site Analytics and Metrics, Web site testing and optimization

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The Alarming Truth About Digital Marketing’s Imperfections

September 8th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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A One Legged Stool There’s no question the Internet has been good to me. The last two jobs I had before getting involved in Internet marketing in 1994 were spokesman for the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (prison tours), and marketing director for Waste Management (landfill tours). I prefer this gig as it is smell [...]

Tagged as: digital marketing, integrated marketing, Internet Advertising, internet media buying, media mix, online media, ROI, search volume, traditional advertising

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Wake Up Agencies – Digital Shops = Trojan Horse

September 2nd, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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It was bound to happen, and now it has. A big-time digital agency (R/GA) has opened up a full-fledged brand development arm. And whom do you think they will be competing against with this new branding department? Other digital agencies? Nope. They are aiming for traditional agencies and the branding, media placement, and creative budgets [...]

Tagged as: ad agencies, advertising agencies, digital capabilities, digital marketing, digital marketing agency, Internet Advertising, landing pages, pr 2, PR firms, r/ga, seo campaigns, social media, traditional agencies, Web site analytics